Serena losing her baby was never random. It was never an accident born of anger alone. It was fate correcting itself in the most merciless way possible.

Long before Serena ever walked into Julian’s life believing she had found love, another woman had already paid the price for that illusion. Eve had once been the offering. Burned quietly, strategically, by a woman who believed bloodlines were more important than lives. Mrs. Vale had made sure Eve never carried a child for her son. Never ...