Veins of Envy: A Revision Betrayed

Kayla Dupree is a billionaire CEO, a powerhouse in heels, and the last woman anyone should ever underestimate. Unfortunately, her vampire in-laws did exactly that when they forced their son, Jonathon, to marry her as a political power play. The marriage was built on strategy, obligation, and Jonathon's Olympic-level ability to avoid his own emotions. So when he dumps her for a human mistress who looks suspiciously like his first love-Amanda, a woman who appears to have lost a fistfight with a clearance rack-Kayla is left furious, humiliated, and officially done with vampire nonsense. Naturally, that's when life decides to get stupid. During a retail-therapy shopping spree, Jonathon's mistress assaults her in public-because apparently Kayla can't even buy moisturizer without someone committing a felony. She ends up in Dark Ward Hospital, where she meets Dr. Kamal Warren: calm, brilliant, annoyingly handsome, and clearly wondering why supernatural creatures insist on using his ER as their personal drama arena. One chaotic misunderstanding leads to another, and suddenly Kayla and Kamal are in a fake relationship that snowballs so fast even they can't keep up. The problem? They're both catching real feelings, and neither one is emotionally prepared for that level of chaos. Meanwhile, Jonathon's "perfect new life" collapses like a wet cardboard box. His mistress is pregnant-but not with his child. The betrayal hits him like a truck, and for the first time in his long undead existence, he realizes the truth: he was in love with Kayla all along... and he realized it exactly five minutes after losing her. Now he's sprinting back, ready to grovel, apologize, and possibly cry. Kayla feels bad for him. Truly. But she has zero intention of giving up Kamal, her dignity, or the peace she's finally found. And when jealousy, supernatural politics, and two men with the emotional stability of a telenovela cast start circling her, Kayla Dupree decides she's done being the victim of other people's chaos. Love is messy. Envy is loud. And Kayla Dupree is finally choosing herself... even if everyone else chooses violence, drama, and terrible decisions.