Chapter 43- A Deepening Rift
I woke up angry and didn’t know why until I remembered the thing that had been sitting like a stone in my stomach all night: Damian had met the lawyer without me. He’d planned something and he kept it from me “to protect” me. He said that. He said it like it would soothe me. It didn’t.
We were stil...
Chapters
1. Chapter 1- The Runaway Groom
2. Chapter 2- The Wedding Night
3. Chapter 3- The Morning After
4. Chapter 4- The Blackwell Matriarch
5. Chapter 5- Rumors And Whispers
6. Chapter 6- The Drive
7. Chapter 7- The Conservatory
8. Chapter 8- Glass and Smoke 
9. Chapter 9- Collateral
10. Chapter 10- Counterstrike
11. Chapter 11- The Meeting After
12. Chapter 12- The Stage
13. Chapter 13-The Warehouse
14. Chapter 14- Matches and Mirrors
15. Chapter 15- Sparks
16. Chapter 16- The Safe Room
17. Chapter 17- Seconds To Burn
18. Chapter 18- The First Cuts
19. Chapter 19- Paper and Confession
20. Chapter 20- The Name At The Top
21. Chapter 21- Ink and Breath
22. Chapter 22- The Trustee's Box
23. Chapter 23- The Books that Keep Secrets
24. Chapter 24- The Sound of Seals
25. Chapter 25- The Plan that Almost Worked
26. Chapter 26- When the House Burns, We Make Fire
27. Chapter 27- When the Mirror Breaks
28. Chapter 28- The Push
29. Chapter 29- Countermeasure
30. Chapter 30- Rescue of Marianne
31. Chapter 31- A Quiet Evidence and an Old Ledger Page
32. Chapter 32- Sophie's Confession
33. Chapter 33- Luca's Awakening
34. Chapter 34- The Half-Blood Hint
35. Chapter 35- The Housemaids Note
36. Chapter 36- Private Calm, Public Risk
37. Chapter 37- A Kidnapping Threat
38. Chapter 38- The Ambush
39. Chapter 39- A Quiet Bond and a Telling Mistake
40. Chapter 40- The Trustee's P.O. Box
41. Chapter 41- Hidden Shelter
42. Chapter 42- A Rescue Plan and a Fake Bait
43. Chapter 43- A Deepening Rift
44. Chapter 44- Marcus's Secret Life
45. Chapter 45- The Public Hearing
46. Chapter 46- The Ransom and the Trap
Zoom out
Zoom in