Bloodbound: The Alliance
Landen Vacheron, heir to a fortune built on oil and ambition, has lived his life as a wealthy playboy, the world bowing to his every whim, thanks to the empire his billionaire father, Colton Vacheron, forged. But as his older brother Vance steps into the role of CEO, Landen begins to see that the true cost of power and privilege is far greater than he ever imagined. Avara Du Pont is a devoted daughter who set aside her own dreams to bolster her father’s political aspirations. Unaware of his dark secrets. When it comes to light, Colton Vacheron offers him a proposition he cannot refuse; a marriage alliance between Avara and Vance, as a way for him to garner more political influence. And Mayor Du Pont will receive a king’s ransom as payment to stave off the shadows spilling into his life. Avara agrees to the fake relationship in order to protect her family from her father's criminal ties.
Chapter 64
My head dives to the side and I flop down beside him with an uncontainable smile. He swings a glance over with me with something suggestive frolicking over his features. I lift myself upright and I start snatching at idle pillows, forming a pillowfort. A puffy, inflated barricade that marks an impassable boundary between us.
"And what's this?" Vance says from the other side.
"Insurance," I state, cresting a throw pillow atop as the final piece.
"I guess there is something admirable in trying to be faithful to one's fake fiancé."
"I'm faithful," I say to conclude the matter. "I'm faithful to the one that has my heart."
"And we both know that's not Landen," he points out half in triumph and half in conflict. "Second times a charm and if things don't work out with Landen. I've heard whispers about a half-brother we may have."
I pause and Vance props up his posture so I can catch a glimpse of his grin over the barricade.