The Unshackled Queen: Never Say Never by Gilbert Soysal

“He couldn’t save you because Amelie had been threatening him with your life.

Amelie? She’s a master at playing nice in front of my father,” Hannah remarked.

“The Compton-Chadwich alliance only made the Chadwich family more daring.

You think he’d risk you for anything, just being my father’s right-hand man?”

Alessandra’s furious face froze.

“If he tried to get you out of Jade Paradise, Amelie would never let him off the hook.

He’s stuck with my father’s errands; he can’t watch over you all the time,” Hannah pointed out.

“Being with the Comptons won’t guarantee your safety.

And where else could he send you?”

Alessandra shook her head, looking bewildered.

“You’ve barely scratched the surface! You don’t know a thing!”

“Why do you reckon we’d be having this chat if you weren’t Winston’s sister?”

Hannah’s gaze met Alessandra’s, her lips tight.

“He reached out to me for help, remember? To save you.

Without being Winston’s sister, you think you’d have dodged that close call heading to the Blackeye? If you weren’t Winston’s sister, I’d have just let the Juarez family handle you however they pleased!”

at Hannah, bravely speaking

over! It was me who tried to hurt you

don’t think

to fight

choice myself! I told Madam if I made it through,

was a mess, crying about going

me, but I doubted

”

her face, Alessandra lamented, “He never kept his

should I trust

observed as Alessandra poured out her

it all out, Alessandra sank to her knees,

I just want to

stoic face softened as she

means Amelie has given

to sacrifice one to save the whole Chadwich

doesn’t come out at a loss,” Hannah

“Heh.

”

streaking her

my

hand me over to

about how your brother would react to this

hung in the

Hannah’s inquiry, Alessandra lost