THE MAGNATE'S SHADOW

"𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧."

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I was the treasured daughter of the Benoît legacy empire, until Sofia crawled into our lives. Taken in as an orphan after the tragic death of my mother's oldest school friend, she used her fragile health and a heart made of venom to tear my world apart. She systematically stole Mireille and Tilford my parents blind devotion, my brother Cassian's fierce loyalty, and the quiet promises of my fiancé, Jasver Ford.

Together, they recast me as the jealous villain. They forced me into a "routine" kidney transplant to save her. And on a freezing Tuesday in March, I died alone while Sofia recovered in the next room.

But the universe gave me a second chance.

Waking up four months before the wedding that ruined my life, I remember everything. I no longer want my family's hollow love, or Jasver's worthless vows. To survive, I will play the monster they always claimed I was. And to destroy them completely, I am stepping out of the Benoît light- and straight into the shadow of Nikolai Volkonsky , the city's most ruthless business tycoon and Jasver's ultimate ruin.