I was born fiercely competitive, and I’d spent my life locked in a battle of wills with the equally proud Emilia Hawthorne.
To outdo me, she agreed to marry Dominic Vale—the man I’d always wanted. The marriage would give Stonebrook and Redmont Packs shared access to the eastern trade routes and border defenses, and she would become the envy of everyone as the wife of an Alpha heir.
In my last life, I retaliated by setting my sights on her revered older brother, Adrian Hawthorne.
I drugged Adrian with wine laced with wolfsbane, then made sure the hotel cameras caught us spending the night together. I threatened to kill myself until the Stonebrook Pack Council was forced to recognize our marriage.
On my wedding day, Emilia was shaking with rage. But in front of guests from both Packs, she had no choice but to acknowledge me as her brother’s wife.
In time, Adrian accepted me with a quiet gentleness.
For him, I sanded down my sharp edges and tried desperately to fit in at Stonebrook. I even reconciled with Emilia. I thought I’d finally found love, and a home.
But when Emilia had an unexpected miscarriage, the man who’d sworn he believed me said this to his father behind a closed door:
“Laurel has a paranoid nature. Even if she’s changed, we can’t rule out the possibility she hurt Emilia. Investigate her.”
And that’s when I realized: he had never truly trusted me.
That night, I slipped and fell into the water. I went into premature labor, gave birth to a stillborn child, and bled to death in Adrian’s arms.
When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day the news of Emilia’s engagement broke.
This time, I wanted nothing to do with the Hawthornes.
So when my father asked if I would consider the man he had chosen for me, I nodded.
“Callum Rhodes is fine. I’m willing to marry him.”
She Stole My Fiancé So I Married The Prince Chapter 01 When I was given a second chance at life, I graciously handed my parents and my fiancé back to the adopted daughter who had lived my life for twenty years. I stopped competing with her. When my mother threw her a lavish twenty-first birthday
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I Died In His Arms Now I’ll Marry Another Chapter 27 The roar drowned out the thunder, and the whole world seemed to fall silent. In that moment, Adrian remembered everything. The rain stopped. I found Callum, but we never got our grand, heart-wrenching goodbye. When the rescue team found us beneath the rubble, he
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I Died In His Arms Now I’ll Marry Another Chapter 26 I started packing early, keeping myself busy every day. Then one day, Callum didn’t come. He sent word through his assistant that the Royal Guard had identified the poisoner. Adrian had asked him to be there in person to ensure there were no problems
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I Died In His Arms Now I’ll Marry Another Chapter 25 Callum said he would help me find the things I liked, and he took it seriously. Every day, he brought me different foods to taste, one by one. He would stand in line outside a shop on that less-than-perfect leg to buy me little
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I Died In His Arms Now I’ll Marry Another Chapter 24 When I got home, I went into the memorial room my father kept for my mother. Her body wasn’t here. There was only a photograph and an empty memorial box on the shelf. The wall lamp glowed quietly. In the photograph, my mother was
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I Died In His Arms Now I’ll Marry Another Chapter 23 The next morning, word came from the Royal Castle that Queen Evelyn was showing signs of waking. I immediately went to the Castle for questioning, but also because I wanted to confirm her condition for myself. Queen Evelyn didn’t take her anger out on
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I Died In His Arms Now I’ll Marry Another Chapter 22 I had thought his promise not to kill himself was the real lie, something said just to comfort me. I gave a guilty little smile. “My family came for me too suddenly. I didn’t get the chance to tell you.” Callum sat outside the
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I Died In His Arms Now I’ll Marry Another Chapter 21 When Callum stood on the mountaintop again, he thought of his mother’s swollen, tear-reddened eyes and of his father’s arm still shielding him as he fell. Suddenly, he didn’t want to die anymore. After that, he drove to the foot of the mountain every
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I Died In His Arms Now I’ll Marry Another Chapter 20 Callum would never forget that day. He had returned home with a border medal, thinking that at last, he might earn a word of approval from his father. Instead, his father, Frederick, slapped him hard across the face. “You went to the front lines
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I Died In His Arms Now I’ll Marry Another Chapter 19 In the end, Adrian took his men and left. Callum changed the terms of the investigation. I was barred from leaving the capital, but I was allowed to remain at home and be questioned under the observation of a Royal Council representative. To prevent
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