VENGEFUL QUEEN by St. Germain Lili

Author:St. Germain, Lili
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

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Back in the car, Nathan starts the engine, but makes no move to pull away from the curb. He just sits there and watches me silently.

“I would have gotten you a new phone if you’d asked me,” he says finally.

I don’t say anything. I’m still staring at the facade of Will’s house, still milling with several police officers who have stayed behind to finish executing the search warrant. Will is long gone, thrown into the back of a car in cuffs and taken down to the police station for booking. A cold sensation pools in my gut as I imagine him being strip-searched, interrogated, thrown into a cell until he can get a bail hearing. Ironically, I wonder if he’ll cross paths with Rome. What an interesting conversation that would be, one that would probably end up with someone dead. The terrifying thing is, I don’t care if Rome kills Will. In the state I’m in, I almost pray for it. Something vital has snapped inside me, and I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to fix it.

I’m broken. Destroyed. The girl who woke up in the hospital isn’t the same girl who was at that engagement party. The old me is dead, and in her place, this shell of a human being is hobbling around, gaunt and pale, pretending I’m still her. The old Avery wasn’t vengeful. She wasn’t full of rage. She had no idea how fucking good she had it. She had no idea that she could have said no to all of it–the engagement, the future, everything. She could have withdrawn her hefty trust fund from the bank and run off to an island for the rest of her life. She could have been anything, done anything, demanded anything.

I miss the old me, but I hate her, too. She had no fucking spine, but the new Avery does. The new Avery has a spine, beautiful and strong, and it holds her wounded body together like armor. The new Avery is not meek. She is not merciful. She does not do what she’s told, and she definitely does not let her family decide who she fucking marries and breeds with.

“Avery,” Nathan says. “Did you hear me? I said I’d get you a new phone if you wanted one. All you had to do was ask.”

I look at him, the white-hot anger in my eyes obviously apparent; he shrinks back slightly, blinking several times.

“I don’t have to ask you for a phone,” I say. “I don’t have to ask you, or anyone, for anything. I’m Avery fucking Capulet. I can get what I want all by myself.”

Nathan lets out a breath, switching his attention to the road as he pulls the Range Rover away from Will’s front yard. “You’re Avery fucking Capulet,” he agrees. “You don’t need to ask anyone for anything. I’m glad you finally figured that out.”

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