Rothschild Estate,
Genevieve received the extra payment, money from the few remaining assets Valdemar had signed away as collateral for his gambling debts. And when she learned who had purchased the land and their vineyard, her blood boiled so fiercely it made her head hurt.
The royal palace had bought everything under the name of the Empress. They all knew too well what the Empress represented to their family. For Genevieve, having their legacy seized under her name felt like the sharpest humiliation imaginable, salt poured into a wound that had barely begun to scab.
Her late husband, the alpha who rejected her, was the root of every bitterness she carried. The alpha who chose Vivianne's mother loved her openly and shamelessly and died with her as if that woman was the rightful partner of his life. He left behind their illegitimate child and expected Genevieve to raise her.
