SHE MARRIED A MAN WITHOUT HANDS TO SAVE HER MOTHER… BUT ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHT, SOMETHING TOUCHED HER IN THE DARK

the kind village widow vanished completely. The woman standing before Valerie now had icy eyes, a hardened face, and the practiced cruelty of someone who had spent years disguising herself as virtuous.

“This,” Rosario said, “is a family arrangement.”

Valerie’s throat tightened painfully. “I married Matthew.”

“Yes,” Rosario said. “Legally.”

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