Introduction

Eleanor Vance, the quiet matriarch of the powerful Vance family, cherished her secluded cottage life, preferring peace to the family' s lavish estate.

Her son, Michael, CEO of Vance Holdings, fiercely adored her, his protective loyalty legendary.

But on the night of Michael' s extravagant engagement gala, his fiancée, Tiffany, stumbled upon Eleanor' s home.

Mistaking the esteemed matriarch for a "vagrant," Tiffany, fueled by cruel arrogance, unleashed a shocking assault.

She brutally murdered Eleanor' s loyal housekeeper, Sarah, and then turned on Eleanor herself.

Eleanor was beaten, her hair savagely cut, her limbs broken, and her lips grotesquely stitched shut.

Then, she was stuffed into a canvas bag and brought to the gala.

Unknowing of its contents, and in a blinded rage over a perceived insult to his mother, Michael kicked the bag and ordered the "vagrant" disposed of-thrown to the estate's ferocious Dobermans.

How could her own son unknowingly condemn her to such a horrific fate?

The searing pain of her body was nothing compared to the agony of his unknowing betrayal, born from a twisted, protective rage.

But when Michael confronts the horrific truth in the kennels, realizing the "vagrant" is his beloved, mutilated mother, his world shatters.

This revelation unleashes a vengeance so dark and absolute it will consume all involved, forever altering the fate of the Vance empire and forging an unexpected queen.