Shattered Vows
Hidden behind corporate walls and polished smiles lies a marriage no one knows about.
Althea Rivera, a brilliant marketing head, is secretly married to Damian Navarro, the cold yet powerful CEO of Navarro Group. Their love began in secrecy and continued that way because Damian insisted no one must know.
But Damian’s public life tells a different story. To the world, he’s in love with Celine Vargas, his charming secretary.
When the company holds a corporate retreat at a luxury resort owned by Damian’s estranged twin brother, Darius Navarro, fate plays its cruelest trick. One night, after a few drinks and too many heartaches, Althea mistakes Darius for her husband. Passion ignites, truth blurs and her world shatters.
As secrets unravel, loyalties are tested, and love becomes tangled in lies, Althea must face a haunting question:
Who truly owns her heart the man she vowed to love, or the man she accidentally gave her soul to?
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Chapter: Chapter 82 – The CollapseChapter 82 – The CollapseAlthea POV The call came three days after the letter.Three days of carrying Damian’s words with me like a fragile relic—folded into my bag, tucked beside my heart, reread in quiet moments I pretended were accidental. Three days of telling myself that the letter was closure, that I didn’t need anything more.I was wrong.My phone rang at 2:17 a.m.That hour when the world feels suspended between nightmares and confessions.I woke instantly, heart racing before I even saw the screen. Some instinct—sharp, ancient—already knew.Unknown number.I answered before the second ring could finish.“Hello?”“Ms. Navarro?”The voice was calm, professional, carefully neutral. The kind of voice trained not to carry emotion even when delivering devastation.“Yes,” I said, my throat already tight. “This is Althea.”“This is St. Augustine Medical Center. I’m calling regarding Mr. Damian Navarro.”The room seemed to tilt.I sat up slowly, one hand braced against the mattress.
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Chapter: Chapter 81 – One Last LetterChapter 81 – One Last LetterAlthea POVI didn’t expect the letter to arrive the way it did.No courier in a crisp suit.No dramatic knock at the door.No warning.It was folded neatly inside a plain cream envelope, slipped beneath my apartment door sometime between midnight and dawn—quiet, almost apologetic in its arrival, as if even the paper itself feared disturbing the fragile balance I had built around my heart.I noticed it only because I nearly stepped on it.The envelope had my name written in handwriting I would recognize anywhere.Damian.My breath left me in a slow, uneven exhale. For a moment, I simply stood there in the narrow hallway, barefoot, still half-wrapped in sleep, staring down at the envelope like it might explode if I touched it.I hadn’t heard from him in weeks.Not since the last call from the hospital.Not since the doctors had begun using words like limited and prepare.I told myself I was ready.I told myself I had already mourned him in pieces—during slee
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Chapter: Chapter 80 – The Book of VowsChapter 80 – The Book of VowsAlthea’s POV“I forgot this was here.”The words came out of my mouth before I realized I was speaking aloud.Mara, who was sprawled on my couch with her feet dangerously close to my throw pillows, glanced up. “What did you forget now? Another emotionally significant object you swore you burned?”I held up the thin leather-bound notebook in my hands.“This,” I said.She squinted. “That looks… serious.”“It is,” I replied. “Or it was.”She sat up. “Do I need wine for this?”“Always,” I said.She stood, already moving toward the kitchen. “Red or white?”“Surprise me.”I sat on the floor, back against the couch, the notebook resting on my knees.The leather was worn. Soft at the edges. Familiar in the way something is familiar when it’s been touched too many times with too much hope.I had
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Chapter: Chapter 79 – Althea’s IndependenceChapter 79 – Althea’s IndependenceAlthea’s POV“I don’t need you to walk me home,” I told the driver.He glanced at me through the rearview mirror. “Are you sure, ma’am?”“Yes,” I said. “I want to walk.”He nodded, pulled over, and I stepped out into the evening air.The city felt different tonight. Not quieter. Not louder. Just… neutral. Like it wasn’t leaning into me anymore, demanding something.My phone buzzed.Mara: Did you survive the emotional beach reunion thing?I smiled faintly as I typed back.Me: Barely. But I didn’t drown. Progress.Mara: That’s my girl. Wine tomorrow?Me: Tomorrow I’m busy being independent.Mara: Disgusting. But proud.I slipped the phone back into my bag and kept walking.“Miss Althea?”I turned. A woman stood outside a café I’d never noticed before, holding a cli
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Chapter: Chapter 78 – The PromiseChapter 78 – The PromiseAlthea’s POV“If it’s meant to be,” Darius said, his voice barely louder than the waves, “we’ll find our way back.”I stopped walking.Not because the words surprised me but because they didn’t demand anything from me.I turned slowly. “That sounds like something you practiced saying.”He smiled faintly. “Maybe. Or maybe it’s the first honest thing I’ve said without rehearsing.”I crossed my arms, more out of habit than cold. “You know promises used to terrify me.”“I know,” he said. “That’s why I didn’t make one.”“That sounded like a promise,” I pointed out.“No,” he replied gently. “It sounded like faith without expectation.”I studied his face the lines time had etched there, the calm that hadn’t existed before. “You’ve changed.”“So have you,” he said. “That’s why this feels… safer.”We st
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Chapter: Chapter 77 – The FirefliesChapter 77 – The FirefliesAlthea’s POV“Do you remember,” I said quietly, “how we used to pretend the fireflies were stars that fell too low?”Darius didn’t answer right away.We were walking through the old garden paths now the ones behind the resort that most guests never bothered to explore. The lanterns were gone. No artificial lights. Just darkness softened by moonlight and the faint glow drifting around us.“I remember,” he finally said. “You insisted they weren’t insects.”“I was wrong,” I replied.“No,” he said gently. “You were hopeful.”I stopped walking.He noticed immediately.“That’s not the same thing,” I said.“It used to be,” he answered.A firefly blinked near my hand.Then another.Then dozens.I let out a breath I didn’t realize I was holding.“They’re still here,” I whispered.
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Bloodhound Moon
Under a moon that binds wolves by blood and fate, Lyra Vale survives by staying invisible.
Raised among humans and believing herself weak, Lyra’s life shatters when a full moon awakens the wolf inside her and exposes her to the brutal hierarchy of werewolf packs. Claimed as the mate of Ronan Blackthorn, the feared Alpha King, Lyra is thrust into a world ruled by dominance, ancient laws, and a Moon Goddess who demands obedience.
But Lyra is not what she seems.
As her power grows and forbidden truths surface, she discovers the mate bond is not a blessing it is a chain. And the Moon Goddess is not a protector, but a parasite feeding on bloodshed and control.
Torn between love and destiny, Lyra must choose:
submit to fate… or break the moon itself.
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Chapter: 4Chapter Four — The Price of BreathingThe body stayed where it fell.No one rushed to remove it. No one spoke. The corridor seemed to hold its breath, stone walls slick with blood and tension. Wolves stood frozen in various stages of shift claws half-extended, eyes glowing, chests heaving. The scent of death thickened the air until it coated the back of my throat.I was still standing over him.The assassin.His neck lay at an angle that made it clear he wouldn’t be getting back up again. I stared down at him, waiting for something shock, horror, regret.None came.Instead, there was a strange calm. Not peace. Not satisfaction. Just a grounded stillness, like I had finally stepped into the right shape.That terrified me more than the killing.“Clear the hall.”Ronan’s voice cut through the moment like a blade through silk. It wasn’t loud, but it carried. Wolves snapped to attention instantly, dragging the body away, ushering servants and guards back, sealing doors with practiced effic
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Chapter: 3Chapter Three — The Weight of the MoonSleep didn’t come gently.It dragged me under by the throat.The moment my eyes closed, heat poured through my veins like molten silver. My body arched off the bed, breath ripping from my lungs as images slammed into my mind forests older than memory, moons bleeding red, wolves bowing not to kings but to something else.To me.I woke with a scream tearing from my chest.The sound echoed off stone walls, raw and animal. I curled inward, clutching my ribs like they might split apart. My skin burned, every nerve buzzing like I’d been flayed and stitched back together wrong.The bond pulsed.Not violently this time steadily. Like a heartbeat that wasn’t mine.Ronan.I could feel him distantly, a presence at the edge of my awareness. Awake. Alert. Unmoving. It was infuriating how calm he felt while I was unraveling.Get out of my head, I thought viciously.Amusement brushed against the bond.I froze.You felt that, I accused.Yes, his voice answered n
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Chapter: 2Chapter Two — Claimed by ClawsThe pain didn’t fade when I closed my eyes.It lived under my skin nowbhot, insistent, threaded through every nerve like fire-wired veins. The bond pulsed between us, a living thing, tugging whenever I breathed, tightening whenever he moved. I could feel him the way you feel a storm before the rain breaks: heavy, inevitable, crushing.I tried to sit up. Iron chains rattled, biting deeper into my wrists. The sound echoed through the chamber, drawing attention I didn’t want.Dozens of eyes stared back at me.Wolves lined the stone hall in semicircles, some human, some not fully shifted muscle too thick, teeth too sharp, eyes too bright. Their scents layered over one another until the air felt wet with it. Dominance. Blood. Curiosity. Hunger.And fear.Not mine. Theirs.He stood at the center like the axis everything else rotated around. Tall. Broad. Impossibly still. His presence filled the space, pressing against my chest until it was hard to breathe. Dar
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Chapter: 1Chapter One — The Moon Finds MeI learned early that survival meant silence.Silence when the itch crawled beneath my skin like ants trapped under glass. Silence when my bones ached before storms that never came. Silence when the moon felt too close, too heavy, like it was leaning down to whisper my name.I lived among humans because they didn’t listen to the dark. They didn’t hear the way the night breathed. They didn’t notice how the world tilted when the moon grew full, how shadows stretched just a little too long, how my pulse stopped belonging to me.I worked at a diner on the edge of town, the kind with flickering neon and cracked vinyl booths that smelled permanently of grease and old coffee. Graveyard shifts suited me. Less people. Less questions. Less chance someone would notice the way I flinched at sudden sounds or how my eyes reflected light wrong when I was tired.I kept my hair tied back. Long sleeves even in summer. Gloves when I could get away with it. I avoided mirror
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A Man in Distress
He’s powerful. Unshakable. Untouchable… until she returns.
Evan Ramos commands the courtroom and the city’s most prestigious law firm, but behind the polished suit and iron reputation is a man undone by grief and longing. Widowed, weary, and raising a young daughter, he has never stopped carrying the weight of a past love.
Liana Cruz never meant to come back - returns to town for a funeral, sparks ignite that neither can ignore, not after the night that tore her heart apart, not after she left him for the sake of her sister. But fate has other plans. Drawn back into Evan’s orbit, she finds herself face-to-face with the man she once loved and whose touch still makes her pulse race.
As legal battles pit them against each other, as stolen moments and lingering glances spark with undeniable chemistry, Evan and Liana are forced to confront the desire, guilt, and passion that refuses to stay buried. With a rival firm watching, a colleague quietly coveting her, and a past that won’t let go, the heat between them becomes impossible to ignore.
Will they let the past destroy them, or will they risk everything to finally give in to the fire that has always simmered between them?
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Chapter: 48CHAPTER 48 — LianaI didn’t sleep.I lay in bed staring at the ceiling while the city breathed outside my window—cars passing, distant sirens, the low hum of a world that kept moving even as mine felt suspended over a cliff.Ethan’s words replayed over and over.I’ll take the fall.The idea lodged in my chest like a splinter I couldn’t dig out. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw him standing in his office, shoulders squared, already bracing for impact. Not dramatic. Not heroic. Just… resolved.And that terrified me more than Marcus ever could.By six in the morning, I gave up pretending to rest.I showered, dressed, and stared at my reflection longer than necessary. I looked the same—composed, professional, controlled—but underneath, everything felt dangerously fragile.I arrived at the firm earlier than usual.Too early.The halls were quiet, lights dimmed, the polished
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Chapter: 47CHAPTER 47 — LianaThe pressure didn’t arrive all at once.It crept in quietly—like a hand tightening around my ribs, slow enough that I almost convinced myself I could breathe through it.Almost.Monday morning, the firm buzzed with the kind of energy that meant something had gone wrong somewhere important.Phones rang too sharply. Voices dropped when I walked past. And Marcus—Marcus was smiling.That was how I knew.“Liana,” he called from his office. “Come in.”I took a breath before stepping inside.He didn’t gesture for me to sit. He never did when he wanted control.“Close the door,” he said.I did.He leaned back in his chair, studying me like a puzzle he already knew how to solve.“You’ve been the topic of conversation lately,” he said casually.I kept my face neutral. “I didn’t realize my work was so interesting.”“Oh, it’s no
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Chapter: 46CHAPTER 46 — LianaEthan didn’t disappear.That would’ve been easier.Instead, he stayed exactly where he was—same office, same meetings, same measured professionalism—but the space he left behind felt louder than absence ever could.The next morning, he greeted me like nothing had happened.“Good morning, Liana,” he said evenly as he passed my desk. “Marcus wants the deposition notes by ten.”That was it.No lingering look.No quiet check-in.No warmth threaded beneath the words.Just… distance.I stared at my screen for a full minute after he walked away, the cursor blinking like it was waiting for me to say something I couldn’t.By noon, I realized something worse than heartbreak had settled in.I missed him.Not romantically—not in the way people assume—but in the way you miss gravity when it suddenly stops holding you down.A
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Chapter: 45CHAPTER 45 — LianaI knew something was coming.Not because Ethan said anything outright. Not because he changed the way he spoke to me or looked at me.But because he stopped filling the silence.For weeks, Ethan had been the steady rhythm beneath everything—the one who explained without condescension, defended without spectacle, stood beside me without asking for anything in return. He noticed things but never demanded answers. He offered space without disappearing.And then one afternoon, he asked me to stay late.Not for a case.Not for strategy.Just… to talk.“Don’t worry,” he said lightly when I hesitated. “No ambush. No bad news. I promise.”I almost laughed.Almost.The office emptied slowly around us. Chairs rolled back. Laptops shut. The city outside the windows shifted into dusk, the skyline bleeding orange and gray.I stayed at my desk, pre
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Chapter: 44CHAPTER 44 — LianaI stayed the night.Not in the way that would make the world cruel or suspicious. Not in the way that crossed a line you can never uncross.I stayed because neither of us knew how to be alone with the truth yet.Evan slept on the couch. I slept in the guest room. The diary lay between us on the coffee table like a silent witness, its presence heavier than any accusation.Morning crept in slowly, pale and hesitant, as if even the sun wasn’t sure it was welcome here.I woke before my alarm, my body stiff, my head throbbing with everything I hadn’t said.For a moment—just a moment—I forgot where I was.Then the weight returned.Rina is gone.Maya is hers.Evan is standing too close to a truth neither of us planned to face.I sat up slowly, my feet touching the cold floor.The house was quiet except for the faint sound of movement from the kitchen.
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Chapter: 43CHAPTER 43 — LianaI thought I was done crying.I was wrong.The diary stayed with me like a pulse I couldn’t ignore. Even after leaving Evan’s house, even after driving in silence with the radio off, even after locking myself inside my apartment and sitting on the floor with my back against the door.There were still pages left.And something in my chest told me they were the ones that mattered most.I waited until night fell again.I needed the quiet. The kind that doesn’t interrupt grief, only listens to it.I opened the diary carefully, like it might bleed if I wasn’t gentle.I don’t have much time.My stomach dropped.The doctor says the stress isn’t helping. I laughed when he said that. As if grief waits for permission.My fingers curled into the paper.I keep thinking about Maya. About what she’ll remember. About whether she’ll ever know how much
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