The Heiress He Underestimated novel Chapter 81

Chapter 81 Raven

A ripple of shocked laughter ran through the crowd.

“I started writing when I was sixteen, Elera continued, her voice getting stronger. “I was lonely and angry and I didn’t know how to process all the things I was feeling. So I put them into stories. Into characters who were smarter than me, braver than me, who could do all the things I couldn’t. And then, when I was nineteen, I finished my first book. Ghost of the Glass. I sent it to exactly one agent, fully expecting to be rejected. Instead, she published it and sold it in three days.”

She paused, letting that sink in. “I published it under a pseudonym because I didn’t want my real life to contaminate the stories. I didn’t want people looking at me and seeing my father’s name, my family’s reputation, my face, and letting that color how they read my words. I wanted the books to stand on their own. So I became Raven. A bird that’s associated with mystery and intelligence and death. Someone who could watch from the shadows and tell the truth without fear.”

Across the room, she saw her father. He looked like he’d been hit with a brick. His face was red, his mouth hanging open. He’d had no idea. All these years, she’d been making a fortune from her books, building an empire of her own, and he’d thought she was just a pretty idiot playing dress–up.

“And then last month,” Elera said, her eyes finding Drakonius again, “I got married. To a man who had no idea who I really was. Who married me thinking I was just a doctor trying to save his life. He’s sitting right there, probably having a heart attack right now, and I’m so sorry baby, I wanted to tell you, I tried to tell you, but I didn’t know how.”

Drakonius let out a breath the

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