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Chapter 1 A Life Left Behind

Word Count: 1281    |    Released on: 18/08/2025

e's

glass shattering, each shard catching a different refle

nder. Or maybe it's the way the ground suddenly feels like

ur days-stiff suits, bland hotel breakfasts, investor pitches. But I finished the

even a little turned on. I wanted to be spontaneous again. The wife

ent al

"too tempting to function." My heels in one hand, the wine in the other. My heart humming wit

m and bathed in the soft golden hue of the lamp, was wrong. J

ing fe

The wine clinked softly in my hand as I moved closer ahead. The antici

I hea

mo

eep. F

e? His phone? Maybe he fell asleep to something inapp

ouder. More urge

ped th

bleeding onto the marble floor like a wou

inside me

e last. My fingers brushed the wall, searching for something solid to hold o

spilled into the hallway like a secret. From inside, I heard it-soft ga

e, like prayers at

e wine, still holding onto hope like a fool with a gift in my

uth, m

t of my heart th

d the d

orld...

t slow-it

neath the soft petals of springtime roses. The man whose laughter had filled

was a s

to us-not borrowed, not stolen, not given away like an unbearable song. His b

ite, desperate. And his mouth-oh My God-his mouth was pressed into her soft delicate

Legs tangled at his hips, hands holding unto his backside. She moved with him-fluid, fevered, soft-as if

s failed me, my body a vessel of nothing but shock and di

soft, now rumbled in my ears, drow

s required belief, and all I had was disbelief-pure,

en-she

er head, her eyes catching

g. Her face was a blur, but her eyes-sh

to cover herself. Nathan blinked, confused at first. His body sti

changed in

The damage had been done. The room, once

rds barely scraping past

His mouth opened, but nothing came out. The woman-

burned into my mind, her body twisting as she scrambled to escape w

hasty departure at first, too stu

at fel

andoned on the marble floor, like a cruel re

sped it, the weight of it pulling me back into the moment. The bracelet was still

rds, but they faltered before they could take shape. "Jane... please, you didn't see her face." His e

His words trailed off, a choked breat

have said. The silence that followed was worse than any confession. It was t

only thing I could do was clutch the bracelet tighter, feeling the cold metal dig into my palm, grounding me

ack to that fractured moment. But I had to go. The dreadful silence in that room was too much, and as I

e cold, familiar bracelet-the one th

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Contents

Chapter 1 A Life Left Behind Chapter 2 The Bracelet Chapter 3 Tit for Tat Chapter 4 The Sour Reunion Chapter 5 Poisoned Roots Chapter 6 Session of Shadows
Chapter 7 What's Done Is Done
Chapter 8 Clause by Clause
Chapter 9 The Unrest
Chapter 10 The Watcher's Hand
Chapter 11 Alone, But Not
Chapter 12 Crossroads in the Dark
Chapter 13 Behind Closed Doors
Chapter 14 Uninvited Guests
Chapter 15 Under Siege
Chapter 16 Justice or Ruin
Chapter 17 Voices in the Dark
Chapter 18 A Score to Settle
Chapter 19 Blood Debts and Broken Truths
Chapter 20 After the Rescue
Chapter 21 Back to Work
Chapter 22 The Stranger at the Table
Chapter 23 The Law Can't Follow
Chapter 24 The Descent into Memory
Chapter 25 The Thief in Her Story
Chapter 26 The Weight of Stillness
Chapter 27 The House Reacts
Chapter 28 The Other Side of the Door
Chapter 29 The Quiet Uniform
Chapter 30 What the Silence Remembered
Chapter 31 A Quiet Man's War
Chapter 32 The Echo Between Hours
Chapter 33 Traces and Triggers
Chapter 34 The Recoil
Chapter 35 Faint Threads
Chapter 36 The Friend Who Doesn't Flinch
Chapter 37 The Wind Between Departures
Chapter 38 Veils of the Familiar
Chapter 39 The Passenger Behind Me
Chapter 40 Hotel of Quiet Truths
Chapter 41 The Devil You Remember
Chapter 42 The Appointment He Stole
Chapter 43 The Soft Science of Control
Chapter 44 One Breath from the Fall
Chapter 45 Grey Light, Clear Mind
Chapter 46 Shifting Ground
Chapter 47 The Queen Falls
Chapter 48 The Cost of Civility
Chapter 49 The Real Win
Chapter 50 Where the Past Waits
Chapter 51 When the Body Breaks
Chapter 52 The Cost of Saying Nothing
Chapter 53 Not Quite Gone
Chapter 54 What Followed Her Back
Chapter 55 A Different Morning
Chapter 56 Phase One
Chapter 57 Past the Noise
Chapter 58 Beneath the Feathers
Chapter 59 Back to New York
Chapter 60 Between J and L
Chapter 61 Archive Sector
Chapter 62 Before the Words Could Form
Chapter 63 No Way Home
Chapter 64 Actions and Consequences
Chapter 65 The Debrief
Chapter 66 The Beginning of the End
Chapter 67 Above My Paygrade
Chapter 68 The Fool or the Finder
Chapter 69 The Ones Who Shape Us
Chapter 70 What Was Said in Seventeen Minutes
Chapter 71 In Spite of Everything
Chapter 72 The Unintended Dial
Chapter 73 Where the Compass Once Pointed
Chapter 74 The Victor Boaz Thread
Chapter 75 Between Then and Now
Chapter 76 Close to the Chest
Chapter 77 The Unwritten Price
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