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Broken Bonds

Author: Joyce Mama
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-02 23:38:42

*Yolanda's POV*

Elais brought Noelle home today,as he has been doing for a while now but something about him irritated me today.

The way he and Noelle's laugh merges together so perfectly brought deja vus of what I had to do to ensure her place.

Contrary to popular belief,I didn't hate Selene.How could I? She was not my daughter but sometimes I wish she was,well at least at first.

She knew the world was a big game and understood it too.She was very much like me and the embodiment of all I wanted in the child.

But of course,nothing went perfect for me,she was too much like me. And the second her father died,she set out to get revenge and destroy me and deep down I knew that her wrath was coming to haunt me.

I like to think I wasnt all bad. I had a secure plan to make both of them successful but her obvious hatred cancelled it all. I refocused on Noelle And aspired to make her great. And I did,but it came with many regrets. Like getting witches involved to cut Noelle's mate bon
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