The Queen They Buried
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
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The pain of her body giving out still haunted her when a sharp, familiar voice sliced through the fog. “Aubree, you’re a total letdown!”
Aubree Miller’s vision cleared, and there was Emery, her fourth brother, shooting her a look that could kill.
Her heart skipped. ‘Am I… back? Five years ago, the day Carmen got named heir? The day my whole world crashed?’
That day, Carmen played them all. She set Aubree up, making everyone think she was so jealous of Carmen’s inheritance. that she’d pushed her down the stairs to get rid of her.
Right on cue, her second brother, Daxton, swooped in like a hero, saving Carmen from anything worse than a fright.
Emery showed up next, not even listening to her side, demanding she own up.
Aubree swore she was innocent-she even made a desperate vow-but they thought she was just dodging blame.
In the end, they made her apologize in front of everyone and beg Carmen’s forgiveness. To “fix” Carmen’s scare, her parents gave Aubree’s share of the family money to her.
In one day, Aubree became Rithol City’s biggest joke.
And that was only the beginning.
Carmen, with her sugary smile, would say, “I wish I was as pretty as Aubree.” Next thing they knew, Aubree’s face was scarred from a random “allergy.”
She couldn’t look better than Carmen-it’d make her feel bad-so Aubree had to be ruined.
Aubree’s art was her everything, but Carmen wanted to “be that good too.” So, every painting Aubree poured her soul into got Carmen’s name on it.
Aubree? Branded a faker and kicked out of school, her teachers’ disappointed glares cutting deep.
It didn’t stop there. Carmen’s weak heart meant she couldn’t move much, so to keep things “fair,” Aubree was starved, forced to waste away beside her.
Weak, hungry, and crushed, she still got disowned and thrown out like garbage.
a bridge, her body shutting
Carmen like she was fragile, his face all worry. Then Emery, his
her, promising to
waiting. He grabbed her wrist,
“Say sorry!” he barked.
in her wrist snapped her
at Emery, the brother just two years older, the one who used to get her, who’d
his eyes were just cold and
brushing it off. “I mean, I’m a Wilson on paper,
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No surprise Aubree’s mad.” Her words sounded kind, but they left plenty of room
“If I’d known you’d turn out this rotten, I’d have told Mom
cold. “That is
ever crossed Carmen, they’d rather she
she wished the Wilsons had never
gritted her teeth, yanking her hand free as pain shot through her wrist. Her voice came out rough. “Y’all
eyes softened, all pity. “Oh,
to say more-her silence
shook his head, disappointed. He’d hoped she’d own her mistake, not dodge
what’s happened to you?” he
back to the Wilsons-tough, sweet, like a ray of sunshine trying to warm them
her. “You want it straight? You’re pissed Carmen’s getting a cut of the family money. You
ten years while you were gone, Carmen held us together. Kept Mom and Dad from losing it. And when you showed up? She tiptoed around you
twisted into a bitter smirk. ‘Huh, news to me
“My bad,” she muttered.
was done expecting her family
played it sweet, looking pained. “Aubree,
fix it.” Her real
a smug glint-she wanted all the family’s love
innocent. “Aubree, relax. You said sorry. We’re
close, his heart melting. ‘That’s so you, Carmen-always keeping it classy, even
deserve this.” He shot Aubree a cold look. “At least
off, Carmen in his arms, throwing Aubree a final disgusted
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