Shattered promises
In a world where love and betrayal walk hand in hand, Shattered Promises unravels the haunting story of a woman whose heart became both a weapon and a wound.
Alina Carter thought she had everything — a passionate love, a promising future, and a man who swore the stars would always belong to her. But when his lies shattered her world, all that remained were broken promises and the echoes of a love she no longer recognized. The night she discovered his betrayal was the night her innocence died — and something darker was born within her.
Years later, Alina has rebuilt her life, or so it seems. Behind her composed smile hides a storm of pain, guilt, and vengeance. When fate brings her face-to-face with the ghosts of her past — and a stranger whose presence feels dangerously familiar — she’s forced to confront not only the man who ruined her, but the woman she has become.
Every secret has a cost. Every lie leaves a scar. And every shattered promise demands a reckoning. As Alina’s world spirals into a web of deceit, obsession, and passion, she finds herself torn between the darkness that seeks revenge and the light that offers redemption. But can love be reborn from the ashes of betrayal — or is she destined to destroy the very thing she’s trying to save?
Shattered Promises is a gripping suspense thriller laced with forbidden desire, twisted secrets, and emotional intensity. It explores how love can heal or haunt, and how sometimes, the heart’s most dangerous enemy is the truth we refuse to face. In a story where trust is fragile and loyalty comes at a price, Alina must decide: will she be the victim of her past
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Chapter: THE PRICE OF REVELATION Alina woke to silence.Absolute silence.The kind that made her skin crawl. She blinked against the harsh, white light overhead. Her head throbbed, pounding in time with her heartbeat.The room was unfamiliar. Sterile, but not like the last one. This place smelled of stone and cold metal, mixed with faint traces of smoke—like a fire had been put out just moments ago.Her arms and legs were free. She tested her body cautiously. Nothing felt restrained. Yet… something wasn’t right.A shadow flickered at the far end of the room.Alina squinted. Slowly, the figure stepped into the light.It was Elias.“Good, you’re awake,” he said smoothly, voice calm but with a razor’s edge that cut straight into her chest.“Where… where am I?” she croaked, her voice barely a whisper. Her hands trembled.He didn’t answer immediately. He walked closer, slow, measured, his eyes locked onto hers like a predator studying prey.“This is a safe place… for now,” he said. “Though not entirely yours.”Alina’s sto
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Chapter: THE WOLVES IN THE WALL The night felt too quiet.Too still.As if the world itself was holding its breath, waiting for something to break.Alina felt it first—not with her ears, not with her eyes, but with that strange, pulsing awareness deep in her chest. The same one that ignited when her powers surged. The same one that warned her in moments she couldn’t explain.A cold ripple slid down her spine.Something was coming.Nathan must have felt it too. His hand tightened over hers, steady but rigid, like he was preparing for a storm only he could see forming.“Don’t leave my side,” he said quietly.He wasn’t demanding.He was terrified.And that scared Alina more than anything.They were returning to the estate, the long hallway stretching ahead of them like the throat of some waiting beast. Guards flanked the walls, alert. The silence was suffocating—until, suddenly…A light flickered.Once.Twice.Then died.The corridor plunged into darkness.“Stay behind me,” Nathan growled, pulling her slightly back.Bu
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Chapter: THE GIRL WHO BREAKS THE WORLD The scream didn’t stop.It ripped out of her like something alive—raw, ancient, and filled with a rage that wasn’t hers. The room shook. The air vibrated. Metal groaned under an invisible pressure that made the lights flicker and burst one by one.“Alina!”Aarin rushed toward her, but a force—like a shockwave—threw him back into the wall.His body slammed against metal with a brutal crack.“Don’t touch her!” Darian barked, shielding his face from the violent energy spiraling out of her. “She’s crossing the first threshold—if you interrupt it, she’ll tear herself apart!”Aarin pushed himself up, blood running down his forehead, eyes blazing.“I don’t care!”He lunged again—Another shockwave blasted out of Alina’s body, hurling him across the room a second time. He hit the floor hard, coughing, but still reached out in her direction, dragging himself over broken glass.“Alina—fight it,” he groaned. “You have to fight it.”But she couldn’t hear him.She wasn’t even fully in her body any
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Chapter: THE SEAL BEGINS TO WAKEThe world was black.No sound. No light. No air.Just a hollow, suffocating weight pressing against her chest, her skin, her soul.Her breath felt shallow, like she was drowning without water. Struggling to breathe. Struggling to move.She tried to scream, but no sound came.Tried to fight, but her limbs refused to obey.It felt like hours. Maybe days.Then—A voice.A whisper in her mind. Cold, ancient, and filled with authority.“You can’t escape.”Alina jolted awake.Her hands shot out, instinctively grabbing at the edges of the cold metal surface beneath her. Her body jerked forward, heart racing, head spinning.Where was she?Everything was too still. Too silent.The air smelled sterile. Clinical. A heavy metallic scent that reminded her of blood.The room was dark, but she could see faint shadows moving through the edges of her vision. Figures—people—moving around her. She tried to lift her head, but it felt like it weighed a hundred pounds.Then, the door creaked open.A silhou
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Chapter: Continuing….The world became a blur of cold air, shattered glass, and Aarin’s arm locked around her waist.They didn’t fall far—only one story—but the impact still knocked the breath from her lungs as they hit the ground hard and rolled into the bushes.Aarin didn’t stop moving.“Get up,” he rasped, pulling her to her feet. “We have seconds before they—”A sharp whistle cut through the night.A thin metal dart embedded itself in the dirt inches from her foot, still vibrating.Her pulse spiked.“Aarin—”He yanked her behind the building, chest heaving.“They’re tranquilizers,” he said. “Designed for things stronger than humans. Don’t let it touch your skin.”Her stomach dropped.“Things?” she echoed.“Aarin… what ARE you?”He didn’t answer.He was listening.Every muscle in his body coiled tight, his head tilting in a way that wasn’t human at all—as if he could hear the Hunters’ movements from far away.“Three above us,” he whispered.“Four circling from the north.”He closed his eyes.“One more…
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Chapter: Continuing Aarin didn’t move for a long, breathless moment.His chest rose and fell too fast, like the walls were closing in on him.Like Darian had ripped open a door Aarin spent years trying to keep sealed shut.She took a step toward him.“Aarin… what did he mean? What’s inside me?”He squeezed his eyes shut.“Aarin.”His eyes snapped open—bright, burning, almost glowing with something that wasn’t anger or fear but something far more dangerous.“You weren’t supposed to hear that,” he said quietly.Her breath stuttered.“Aarin, I deserve to know—”“No.”The word cracked out of him like a whip.“You deserve to be safe. And knowing what you carry will put you in even more danger.”Her voice trembled, but she forced it out anyway:“Danger from who? From Darian? From your family? From… from you?”Aarin flinched like she’d hit him.“No,” he rasped, stepping closer.“Never from me.”But his eyes told her something else—That he wasn’t sure he believed his own promise.Aarin dragged a hand through hi
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FAKING IT WITH MY HOCKEY ALPHA (alpha Rhett’s Redemption
Alina Harper is determined to survive her first year of college without falling into the typical clichés—until she collides with Rhett Blackwood, the infuriatingly handsome captain of the university hockey team. But Rhett isn’t just a star athlete; he’s an alpha werewolf carrying a dark past, a cursed reputation, and a temper that could shred anyone who gets too close.
When a dangerous shadow pack targets the campus’s supernatural community, Alina and Rhett are forced into a fake relationship for protection. The rules are simple: keep it pretend, avoid real feelings, and survive the semester unscathed.
Except rules are meant to be broken.
As Alina navigates college life, parties, and exams, she discovers a web of secrets, betrayals, and dangerous enemies hiding in plain sight. Rhett’s brooding charm and protectiveness make her heart beat faster than any hockey match ever could, while hidden rivalries and past mistakes threaten to destroy everything.
Enemies become lovers, allies turn into traitors, and the line between deception and desire blurs. With supernatural threats lurking in the shadows and their feelings growing impossible to ignore, Alina and Rhett must confront their fears, confront their pasts, and fight for a future neither of them thought they deserved.
In a world where trust is a luxury and love can be deadly, will their hearts survive the game? Or will secrets, vengeance, and betrayal win?
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Chapter: THE BEAST BORN FROM LOVEThe void roared.Rhett soared through the fractured air, white fire trailing behind him like a comet born of rage and desperation. Every step tore the ground apart, every heartbeat shaking the realm to its very core. The monstrous entity loomed above Alina, wings of bone spread wide, shadow dripping from every limb, mouth opening impossibly long, lined with fangs that could devour galaxies.Alina struggled against her restraints, veins glowing with silver as her bond flared, a thin but defiant thread linking her to Rhett. Her voice barely reached him over the chaos:“Rhett… it’s—”A claw of shadow slammed into the platform, sending shards of moonstone flying.Rhett roared, shifting midair. His wolf form stretched impossibly tall, muscles glowing with white fire, fangs sharp enough to split reality. He collided with the creature, and the impact sent shockwaves that split the void further, revealing black rivers beneath, full of screaming, lost souls.The entity twisted, slamming him ba
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Chapter: THE REALM THAT EATS SOULSThe void swallowed Rhett whole.Not like a doorway.Not like falling.More like being devoured.His body stretched, bent, folded through dimensions he didn’t understand and wasn’t meant to survive. His bones split into light. His blood turned into sound. His heartbeat became a pulse felt across dead universes.And still—He pushed forward.Every step was agony, tearing him further apart.But he didn’t stop.Because somewhere ahead—Through endless screaming shadows—Alina was here.“Alina!”His voice echoed wrong, splitting into ten versions of itself.Some cried. Some growled. Some whispered.All of them were him.A twisted path formed beneath his feet—if it could be called a path. It writhed like a living serpent, shifting with each step, made of broken time, floating bones, and fragments of worlds that had died long before his existence.The air was cold.Not natural cold—A cold that ate memory.Each breath threatened to take something from him.His name.His past.Her face.Rhett
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Chapter: THE MONSTER WHO WORE HER SKINThe shadow-being fully unfurled behind Alina, its form stretching across the broken void like a living eclipse. Faces twisted in and out of its mass—crying, laughing, screaming—never staying long enough to be called human.Rhett held Alina protectively, his arms tightening around her trembling body.“You can’t have her,” he growled, silver fire crackling along his skin.The entity chuckled, a sound like bones grinding together.“Boy… I already do.”Before Rhett could react, shadows shot forward.Not toward him—Toward Alina.A massive, pulsing tendril slammed into her chest.She convulsed violently, gasping as the ancient presence surged into her like a tidal wave.Her eyes rolled back.Her mouth opened—And she whispered, in a voice too soft and too broken:“Rhett…run.”The whisper wasn’t hers.It was forced out of her lungs like a puppet being yanked by invisible strings.Rhett’s head snapped toward her, panic cutting through him like a blade.“No, no, no—Alina—stay with me—”But h
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Chapter: THE MONSTER WEARING RHETT’S SKINThe void did not open.It detonated.A shockwave of white fire ripped outward as the rupture split wide enough for something to crawl through—something shaped like Rhett, but not entirely him.Not anymore.Alina’s breath hitched.“Rhett…?”He stepped through the fractured void wall like a creature made of broken starlight.His body flickered—wolf, man, light, shadow—fighting itself with every movement.His bones glowed through torn flesh.His skin split in glowing cracks as if his spirit was too big for his body.His eyes…They weren’t silver.They were empty white.Burning.Drowning.Starved.The First Alpha recoiled.Recoiled.The creature who had possessed gods and slaughtered empires took a step back.“No,” the First Alpha whispered, voice trembling. “That is not possible. Your body cannot contain that power.”Rhett didn’t answer.His gaze was locked on one thing—one person—one anchor:Alina.Bound to the monolith.Bleeding.Barely conscious.The entity clawing inside her mind l
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Chapter: THE WOLF WHO BREAKS THE WORLDSRhett didn’t feel the ground when he hit it.Didn’t feel the blood soaking his shirt.Didn’t hear Livia screaming his name or Nolan shouting in terror.All he felt—all he heard—was Alina’s scream echoing across planes of existence.A scream no human throat should be able to make.A scream that tore something inside him clean in half.“ALINA!”He slammed his fists into the ground—The earth split.The darkness shuddered.The air twisted around him in silver spirals——but the void remained closed.Her scream cut out abruptly.And Rhett went still.Too still.His heart didn’t beat.His breath didn’t move.His eyes were frozen open, silver hollow and dead.Livia took a hesitant step forward.“Rhett…? Alpha…?”Nolan whispered, voice trembling, “Is he—did he—”Rhett inhaled.Once.Deep.But the breath wasn’t human.It rattled like dying stars.The air around him vibrated.Stone cracked.Walls crumbled.The fortress groaned as if something inside it was preparing to explode.Livia’s eyes w
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Chapter: THE VOID THAT REMEMBERS Silence.Not peaceful silence.The kind that feels like a mouth closing around you.Alina hit something solid—cold, wet stone—but the impact made no sound. Her breath echoed strangely, as if the air didn’t know how to carry it. She pushed herself upright, palms slipping on dark liquid she didn’t want to identify.A thin mist curled across the ground, pulsing faintly with red veins of light.Her heart hammered.“Rhett…?”Her voice dissolved into the void like it was being swallowed whole.No answer.Not even an echo.She was alone.A whisper brushed her ear.Not a voice.A memory sharpened into sound.You are not alone.Alina spun around—nothing.Only shifting shadow.Her pulse raced.“Show yourself,” she whispered, even though fear tightened her throat. “If you want me dead, then stop hiding.”A low, dark chuckle rolled through the void.Dead?My dear vessel…Death is too small a fate for you.The shadows rippled—retracting like curtains loading away from a stage.And a shape towered
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SEDUCTION AND STRATEGY
In a world where power is currency and secrets are more valuable than diamonds, Isabella Voss steps into the empire of the ruthless and magnetic Damian Moretti with one purpose—revenge. But beneath the polished marble halls and glittering galas, she discovers that every smile hides an agenda, every alliance conceals betrayal, and every touch carries a price.
Their attraction is instant, forbidden, and dangerous. Damian sees in Isabella not just a rival, but an equal—a woman whose intelligence and ambition rival his own. What begins as a calculated partnership to outwit a shared enemy soon spirals into a seductive battle of wits, passion, and strategy.
As they rise together through deception and desire, a shocking secret threatens to destroy everything: a hidden heir, born from a past neither fully understands and protected by a web of lies. With enemies closing in, manipulative seductress Selene Varchen weaving psychological traps, and the shadowy mastermind Kane orchestrating their downfall, Damian and Isabella must decide whether love can survive a world built on betrayal—or if they must sacrifice their hearts to keep their empire from burning.
In Seduction and Strategy, loyalty is fragile, passion is a weapon, and every kiss could be a trap. Behind every luxury and every whispered promise lies the same truth: in the war for power and love, only the most cunning survive.
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Chapter: THE POISONED ALLIANCE The morning sun barely pierced the stormy clouds over the Moretti estate, casting a gray pallor over the manicured gardens and opulent marble terraces. Isabella Voss sat in the private strategy room, her fingers tracing the rim of a crystal glass, thoughts spinning like a storm of silk and fire. The engagement had revealed hidden threats, Kane’s network had escalated, and now—after the shocking revelation of the hidden child—every moment felt like walking a razor’s edge.Damian Moretti entered quietly, tailored suit immaculate, gray eyes scanning every corner of the room as though anticipating an invisible threat. “We have a problem,” he said, voice low but urgent. “The alliances we thought were secure… they’re compromised.”Isabella’s pulse jumped. “Who?”“Not all of them,” Damian said, pacing with controlled intensity. “Some of our supposed allies are playing both sides. Feeding information to Kane’s network, attempting to manipulate events from within. And worse…” His gaze locked o
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Chapter: THE ENGAGEMENT DECEPTION The engagement party was supposed to be a celebration—a display of wealth, power, and unity. Crystal chandeliers shimmered over polished marble floors, the soft hum of a string quartet filling the air, and guests draped in haute couture mingled beneath gilded ceilings. It was the perfect setting to showcase the union of Isabella Voss and Damian Moretti, a couple admired, envied, and feared in equal measure.But Isabella knew better. Every layer of luxury, every gleaming surface, every whispered toast was a potential trap. After the series of betrayals, near-fatal incidents, and shocking revelations about Kane’s network, she understood that the engagement was no longer just about love or strategy—it had become a battlefield.Damian appeared at her side, impeccably dressed in a tailored black tuxedo, mask angular and commanding. His gray eyes scanned the crowd, noting movements, gauging intent, and calculating risk. “Everything seems calm,” he murmured, voice low. “But calm is never wha
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Chapter: THE WEB TIGHTS The early morning sun spilled through the towering windows of the Moretti estate, casting long shadows across the marble floors and gilded walls. Despite the beauty of the estate, a sense of unease hung over Isabella like a weight. Last night’s gala had revealed just how vulnerable even the most carefully orchestrated empire could be.Damian Moretti stood across from her in the private strategy room, gray eyes narrowed over a pile of reports and surveillance footage. His posture radiated tension, coiled energy, and authority. “They’ve already adapted,” he said quietly, tapping a screen displaying encrypted communications intercepted overnight. “Kane’s network is reorganizing faster than we anticipated. We neutralize one threat, and another appears.”Isabella leaned closer, her fingers brushing the polished mahogany desk. “And Alessandro? He was just the beginning. The true network, the hidden hand, remains at large. Every step we take, they anticipate it.”Damian’s jaw tightened. “Whi
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Chapter: SHADOWS AND SECRETS The void swallowed Rhett whole.Not like a doorway.Not like falling.More like being devoured.His body stretched, bent, folded through dimensions he didn’t understand and wasn’t meant to survive. His bones split into light. His blood turned into sound. His heartbeat became a pulse felt across dead universes.And still—He pushed forward.Every step was agony, tearing him further apart.But he didn’t stop.Because somewhere ahead—Through endless screaming shadows—Alina was here.“Alina!”His voice echoed wrong, splitting into ten versions of itself.Some cried. Some growled. Some whispered.All of them were him.A twisted path formed beneath his feet—if it could be called a path. It writhed like a living serpent, shifting with each step, made of broken time, floating bones, and fragments of worlds that had died long before his existence.The air was cold.Not natural cold—A cold that ate memory.Each breath threatened to take something from him.His name.His past.Her face.Rhett
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Chapter: THE MASTER MIND REVEALED The city sprawled beneath the Moretti estate like a constellation of gold, unaware of the storm brewing above in the penthouse. Isabella Voss leaned on the balcony, crimson gown brushing against the polished marble floor. Her pulse was rapid, her mind a whirlwind of fragmented images: the masquerade, the engagement gala, the masked intruders, the whispered threats. Every encounter, every betrayal, every shadow she had felt lurking in the corners of her life, led to this night.Damian Moretti appeared behind her silently, the familiar heat of his presence grounding her amidst the tension. Gray eyes scanned the skyline, calculating, alert. “We know Kane was only a pawn,” he murmured, low and dangerous. “Tonight, the true player—the one who manipulated everything—will be revealed.”Isabella’s chest tightened. Anticipation coiled inside her like a spring. “And if they’ve been inside all along?” she asked softly, her fingers clutching the railing. “If it’s someone we trust?”Damian’s jaw h
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Chapter: THE HIDDEN HAND The city sprawled beneath the Moretti penthouse like molten gold, lights glittering against the dark sky. Isabella Voss leaned against the balcony railing, her fingers tracing the edge, mind racing. Every second since the masquerade had been consumed by unraveling threads of deception, betrayal, and threats. Every piece of information she had uncovered pointed to one unnerving truth: Kane was not the puppeteer; he was a pawn.Damian appeared silently behind her, a glass of scotch in hand. The warmth of his presence contrasted the cold tension of the night. He handed her the glass, their fingers brushing, sending an electric jolt through her.“The network is larger than we imagined,” he said quietly. “Every move Kane made, every trap, every operative—it was directed by someone even closer, someone inside the empire.”Isabella took a slow sip, the amber liquid steadying her thoughts. “And this… hidden hand,” she murmured, “they’ve anticipated every step we’ve taken. Even Matteo couldn’t
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CHAOS COLLEGE
College life was supposed to be the best years of their lives—parties, friends, first loves… but at Ravenwood University, nothing is ever as simple as it seems.
When fiery socialite Lila Harper clashes with notorious bad boy Cade Mercer, sparks fly—both on and off campus. But behind the laughter, late-night parties, and prom-night glitz, secrets lurk. Friendships are tested, loyalties are shattered, and a single betrayal sets off a chain of vengeance that no one sees coming.
As the semester unfolds, sleepovers turn into secret schemes, midnight whispers reveal dangerous truths, and everyone has something to hide. In a world where love and betrayal walk hand in hand, the question isn’t who can you trust—it’s who will survive the chaos.
Every chapter brings shocking twists, heart-pounding cliffhangers, and the intoxicating pull of forbidden romance. By the time the last dance ends, no one will be the same. College isn’t just about classes… it’s about chaos.
At Ravenwood University, bad boys, wild girls, secrets, and betrayal rule the campus. Sparks fly, friendships shatter, and hearts break—sometimes at the same time. From prom night drama to midnight schemes, every chapter hides a twist that will leave you gasping.
Who can you trust when everyone has something to hide?
Welcome to Chaos College… where nothing is safe, and everyone has a secret.
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Chapter: THE VIOLENCE CONFRONTATION (1)The moment the door slammed behind her, the air shifted.Too still.Too cold.Too wrong.She didn’t need to turn around to know she wasn’t alone anymore.“I was wondering when you’d finally stop running,” a voice murmured from the shadows.Her pulse snapped tight. She forced herself to inhale, to steady her shaking hands. She hated that he could smell fear. Hated that he had spent so long feeding on it.But she didn’t turn around.Not yet.“You followed me,” she said, keeping her tone level even though her throat threatened to close.“No,” he said softly. “I waited.”Her stomach dropped.That meant he knew.Everything.The file she found.The betrayal she uncovered.The truth she wasn’t supposed to see.He stepped forward, the dim light catching the sharp line of his jaw and the cruel smirk stretching across his mouth.“You weren’t supposed to look through that drawer,” he said. “And you definitely weren’t supposed to connect the dots.”“I didn’t connect anything,” she lied.He laughe
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Chapter: THE FRACTURED SOULFor a heartbeat, Maeve couldn’t breathe.The thing crawling out of the mirror wasn’t Cade.Not his essence.Not his fire.Not his stubborn, furious, beautiful humanity.This version stepped onto the void-floor with fluid, precise movements—like a puppet whose strings were pulled by something ancient. His smile stayed perfectly in place, unchanging, wrong.The reflection drifted beside him, pleased.“We built him from the pieces he hates the most,” it purred. “Obedience. Emptiness. Silence.”Mirror-Cade lifted his head, gold eyes muted, expression smooth and unnatural.“Maeve,” he said in a soft echo. “Come. With. Me.”Maeve’s skin crawled.“No,” she whispered. “You’re not him.”The reflection clucked its tongue.“He will be. Once the real one breaks.”Maeve’s stomach twisted.“Where is he?” she demanded. “Where’s the real Cade?”The reflection’s grin sharpened.“He’s in the heart of himself, girl. And he’s losing.”All around them, the mirrors flickered—each showing Cade in different
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Chapter: THE LABYRINTH OF HIMCade’s eyes—one shimmering gold, the other drowning in ink—locked onto Maeve with a force that nearly buckled her knees.The dual voice echoed through the mirror-realm, warped and layered:“Maeve… choose.”His breath hitched, his body trembling as if two worlds were fighting inside him.Maeve didn’t move.Couldn’t.Her fingers tightened around the glowing shard until the heat burned her palm. She forced herself to breathe, even as the labyrinth around them shuddered like a living beast.“I’m not choosing,” she whispered, voice breaking but steady. “Not yet.”For a heartbeat, nothing happened.Then—Everything happened.The mirrors flared with blinding white light.The ground tremored.The air split with a sound like cracking bones.Cade inhaled sharply and staggered backward, hands flying to his head as if someone else had seized control of his skull.A dozen versions of his voice erupted from the mirrors at once:“NO—”“Don’t—”“Maeve—run—”“Choose—NOW—”The shadows inside every mirr
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Chapter: REFLECTION WARThe black wave exploded toward Maeve with the force of a collapsing world.Maeve barely had time to cross the shard in front of her before the shadows struck like a hurricane. The blast hurled her backward. Her shoulder slammed into the wall, pain blooming like fire up her arm. But she didn’t drop the shard. She couldn’t.Cade was lying behind the reflection.Unmoving.Breathing — barely.If she fell here, Cade would never rise again.The reflection materialized through the smoke, each step slow, deliberate, mocking. Its feet didn’t touch the ground like a person. It hovered — drifting with the weightless grace of something that never belonged to the human world.“You’re still alive,” it said, disappointed. “Annoying.”Maeve forced herself upright. “You won’t take him.”The reflection’s smile grew wider, stretching Cade’s features into something horrifying.“But I already have.”It blurred forward — a streak of darkness. Maeve dodged on instinct, rolling across the broken floor. The r
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Chapter: THE HALF TAKENFor a single, trembling heartbeat, Maeve couldn’t breathe.Cade — if it was Cade — stood before her, shoulders rising and falling with slow, controlled breaths. The shadows inside his skin pulsed like a second heartbeat, writhing under his veins, crawling toward his throat, curling behind his eyes.It was Cade.And it wasn’t.She could feel it instantly.Her Cade — the boy who had fought beside her, who had reached for her even while drowning in the void — was still in there.But something else had sunk its claws into him too.“Cade…” Maeve whispered, voice barely steady.He smiled — a smile that was almost his, but too calm, too perfect, too hollow.“Maeve,” he said softly. “You don’t have to be afraid.”That was how she knew.He had never told her not to be afraid.He always told her, “Be afraid — but fight anyway.”Her heart clenched.“What did you do?” she whispered. “What did the Entity do to you?”Cade blinked slowly. The shadows in his irises rippled like black oil.“It helped
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Chapter: TEMPTING THE ENEMY Cold.That was the first thing Alina felt as she surfaced from the darkness. Not the sharp bite of winter air, but something deeper—cold that crawled under her skin like a parasite, clinging, feeding.She tried to move.Chains rattled.Her eyes snapped open.A dim room. Stone walls sweating with damp. Shadows twisting like smoke. Her wrists were bound above her head with iron cuffs etched in markings she didn’t recognize.She wasn’t alone.“Relax,” a soft, feminine voice murmured. “Struggling only makes it tighter.”Alina blinked at the silhouette approaching—womanly, graceful, almost ethereal in the dim light. Long hair cascaded over her shoulders like spilled moonlight, and her eyes glowed silver with an unsettling calm.Livia Blackwood.Rhett’s sister.The name hit her like a slap.“You—” Alina choked. “You’re supposed to be dead.”Livia smiled, serene and sharp as a blade. “Most things you hear about me are only half true. Consider this an upgrade.”Her footsteps echoed softly as
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