Blood of the True King
His hand closed around her throat in a flash, lifting her off the ground.
“Say her name like that again,” he hissed, eyes burning red, “and I’ll end you.”
Chloe clawed at his arm, choking. “Gabriel… I’m carrying your child! I’m your Blood Queen!”
He laughed.
Cold. Empty.
“My Blood Queen,” he said slowly, “has always been Isabella.”
“What makes you think you could ever replace her?”
“You’re nothing but something my brother used—secondhand trash. A whore. I never once intended to make you my Blood Queen.”