Tatiana’s POV

Power wasn’t something you begged for.

It was something you Seduced, Stroked, and Stole.

Power was currency, but influence, real, blood-deep influence was the bank.

And I, Tatiana Chase, had never been bankrupt.

When the cell doors opened for me, the world thought I’d slink away quietly, humbled and grateful.

Fools.

They didn’t know me at all. My release was only the beginning.

The real game was still being played, and its prize wasn’t my freedom, it was Charles ...