The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

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Tessa smacked her head against the nightstand on the way down, her face twisting in pain.

Victor strode over and scooped her up with ease.

His usually cool tone softened slightly, tinged with exasperation. “How do you even fall out of bed while sleeping?”

Seriously, unbelievable.

Then again, back at the villa, she’d been just as restless–constantly falling out of bed.

Cradled in his arms, Tessa pouted and covered her forehead. “You’re mean.”

Her big watery eyes stared up at him with grievance.

Her head ached, but the fall had definitely knocked the sleep right out of her.

Victor set her down on the couch.

Her pajama top was loose and rumpled, revealing a soft sweep of skin that practically glowed in the morning light.

Victor’s Adam’s apple bobbed.

Tessa instantly felt the heat of his stare. She followed his gaze-

“Ah-!” She hissed and clutched her clothes shut. “You–you perv!”

Victor smirked. “You undressed yourself this time.”

“I did not!”

God–there was no explaining this.

This man really was like a fallen angel; the moment he gave into his urges, he completely lost all restraint.

And whoever had to deal with him? Paid the price.

His needs were excessive, and their compatibility was… not ideal.

Nope. Not thinking about that. The memory alone made her wince.

Tessa turned away, pulling her collar tight. “I was planning to head to Ashen Pact today to find

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my mom.”

:

to her, she was seriously

into a fight right now, the first thing she’d feel

had been teaching her how to run first, fight later for the

And now?

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If she had to run,

Victor heard her mention Ashen Pact,

to Ashen

Tessa nodded. “Yeah.”

with Marie if not

twenty brutal days by Marie’s

no longer feared the whirlpool of power and

that suffocate, the worst

conquer that fear in

it was time to

frowned and handed her a glass of milk. “You

“Huh?”

my people to help your mother.

your people to help my

And it’s already stabilized?

place was chaos! And

his head.

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Tessa went quiet.

:

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him–his eyes usually cold, now surprisingly warm–and hesitated. “No,

deal had been simple: he’d help her see her mom, and that was

gone

Was this… a bonus?

Wait…

how thoroughly he’d devoured her

definitely gotten

expression grew strange as she looked at

caught it. “What’s

trying to sound casual. “So… you like

innocently. “Is that why you’re

to be it,

think she was all that special–definitely not the type to make

teased her about

type, why had he been so