Liars Like Us - Book 1: Legacy of Lies
His voice carried through the hall, smooth and absolute.
“My daughter has fire,” he said, pride radiating from every syllable. “The same fire that built this empire, the same fire that will keep it alive when I am gone.”
The men cheered again, raising their glasses high.
Cruz leaned down, his lips brushing Valentina’s ear, his words for her alone. “And soon, princess, you’ll see it. You’ll feel it. That blood inside you…it already knows where you belong.”
Her smile didn’t falter, dazzling the court like a mask of flame. But her nails bit crescents into her palm.
Because she knew where she belonged.
And it wasn’t here.