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Chapters
Chapter 1: The Gilded Cage
Chapter 2: Echoes and Embers
Chapter 3: Charcoal and Scars
Chapter 4: Embers and Ultimatums
Chapter 5: Smudged Lines
Chapter 6: Fractures in the Glass
Chapter 7: Six O'Clock Shadows
Chapter 8: Apartment Reverberations
Chapter 9: Echoes of Silence
Chapter 10: Terrace Atelier
Chapter 11: Fractured Loyalties
Chapter 12: Crossroads of Control
Chapter 13: The Spark Before The Fire
Chapter 14: Shattered Focus
CHAPTER 15: Embers & Anchor
Chapter 16: The Forbidden Pull
Chapter 17: Echoes at Midnight
Chapter 18: Surrendered Boundaries
Chapter 19: Sanctuary's Edge
Chapter 20: Anchor's Fracture
Chapter 21: Into The Night
CHAPTER 22: Aftermath
Chapter 23: Cracks in the Ice
Chapter 24: Shadows and Echoes
Chapter 25: Poisoned Blood
Chapter 26: The Taste of Ash and Ambition
Chapter 27: Whispers and Warning Signs
Chapter 28: Smoke and Shadows
Chapter 29: The Suffocating Orbit
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Chapter 20: Anchor's Fracture
AVA'S POV
The Serenity glowed under Pier 12's dim light, a sleek beast resting on the dark water. Stepping aboard transmitted a gentle rock through me, as if the world was holding its breath. Marcus stood at the rail, a shadow against the harbour's mist. His hand closed over mine – warm, rough, uni...