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His Bloody Mate

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News of the missing heir brought her back to the city she thought she had left for good. Anita 'Nita' Valken, the precious daughter of the Valken family, had managed to escape from their overbearing clutches under the disguise of building her empire in a different land. Nine years had passed with her life being filled with bliss and peace, with no watchful eyes scrutinizing her every move. However, this carefree life came to a screeching halt with just one phone call. News of a missing elder brother and the crushing pressure to find him at the earliest dragged Nita back to the very city she had fled in the past. Her existence had been forgotten in the years she had remained away. Though now, with her sudden return, the spotlight she despised was back on her once again. The shocking news that she would be filling in for her missing brother as the next heir only caused sparks to fly. If that wasn't all, her surprisingly odd interactions with the head of the Grimsa family, another hegemon in the city, had now made her the center of everyone's attention. __ Hugh Grimsa had never thought that the brat from the Valken family, who had run away from home the first chance she found, would appear before him ever again. Unfortunately for him, fate had other plans as he seemed to keep running into her at every turn, though their encounters were anything but amicable. Her unruly tongue and disdainful attitude knew just how to get on his last nerve each time they met. While everyone assumed that their rivalry was due to the bad blood between their families that had been passed down through generations, only those involved were aware of the real truth hidden beneath their facade. One a Vampire clan and the other a Werewolf tribe, both competing for the top spot in a city that knew nothing about the existence of creatures that were not human. So what would happen to this facade when the new heiress discovers that the trail to finding her missing brother keeps leading her closer to the Grimsa family? Will Nita be able to solve the mystery of her brother's disappearance, especially when rumors of a certain supposedly celibate man stealing glances at the new head of the Valken family business begin to fly throughout their city? Was this just a figment of everyone's imagination or did the heiress manage to bewitch the eternal bachelor? Follow Nita on her journey to finding her brother while steering clear of enemies hidden in the shadows, accompanied by an unlikely ally who seems to have ulterior motives for lending his aid.
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