The Queen They Buried
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.
starving, she ended up huddled under a bridge,
she was fragile, his face all worry.
were the brothers who’d found her, promising to make up for lost years, swearing she
waiting. He grabbed her wrist, yanking
“Say sorry!” he barked.
sting in her
Emery, the brother just two years older, the one who used to
were just
she was brushing it off.
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surprise Aubree’s mad.” Her words sounded kind, but they left plenty
face. “If I’d known you’d turn out this rotten, I’d have told Mom and Dad to leave you in
cold. “That is it,
Carmen,
wished the Wilsons had
through her wrist. Her voice came out
softened, all
to say more-her silence hit harder than any comeback
hoped
to you?”
to the Wilsons-tough, sweet, like a ray of sunshine trying to
her. “You want it straight? You’re pissed Carmen’s getting a cut of the family money. You think she’s stealing your share,
you were gone, Carmen held us together. Kept Mom and Dad from losing it. And when you showed up? She tiptoed around you so you wouldn’t feel left out. What’s your problem?
smirk. ‘Huh, news
“My bad,” she muttered.
they thought-she was done expecting her family to care. No more falling for that
played it sweet, looking pained. “Aubree,
gave a dry chuckle. “A mistake’s a mistake. I’ll fix it.” Her real
eyes flickered with a smug glint-she wanted
off, all innocent. “Aubree, relax. You
Carmen close, his heart melting. ‘That’s so you, Carmen-always keeping it classy, even when
whispered to her. “You deserve this.” He shot Aubree a cold
in his arms,
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