Revenge Of The Rejected Ex-Wife
For ten years, Seraphina Frostbane was a ghost in her own marriage and the invisible wife to London’s coldest billionaire, Kieran Blackthorne. She was his duty, his mistake, the woman who bore his heir but never his heart. When her father dies and her glamorous sister—the woman Kieran was meant to marry—returns to reclaim everything Seraphina accidentally took, he ends their marriage without hesitation.
Broken but unbowed, Seraphina signs the divorce papers, takes her son, and disappears.
But fate isn’t done with her yet.
At her father’s funeral, an ambush meant to silence her nearly succeeds until she’s saved by Lucian Reed, a mysterious man with a spiral tattoo and eyes that promise danger. Under his brutal mentorship, Seraphina sheds her fragile shell and rises from the ashes as a woman who can bend the city’s elite to her will.
But the stronger she grows, the more unhinged Kieran becomes. Realizing too late that his indifference masked a possessive obsession, he launches a ruthless war to drag her back into his empire and his bed.
Now, caught between a new love that empowers her, an ex-husband who would burn the world to keep her, and a secret pregnancy that could destroy them all, Seraphina must decide:
Will she rule her own destiny… or be devoured by the darkness that once claimed her?
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Chapter: Chapter 195 Seraphina's PovThe last secret Arthur Blackthorne ever gave us was permission to stop looking.Three months later, the archive beneath Ground was closed.It was not destroyed.It was not opened to the public either.Mara would probably have fought anyone who suggested either extreme.Instead, the institutional records documenting Site Ten, Virellan, Elias, Armitage and the network of decisions that had allowed children to become subjects of adult ambition were preserved under strict professional control. The materials necessary to establish what had happened remained available for legitimate legal, historical and safeguarding purposes, subject to privacy restrictions Mara had spent weeks designing and twice as long explaining to the rest of us.The intimate medical observations were different.Where they served no legitimate purpose beyond satisfying curiosity, they were destroyed.Personal belongings were returned where possible.Naomi's letters remained with the Blackthorne family.Father Michael'
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Chapter: Chapter 194 Seraphina's PovSometimes, the saddest evidence is proof that a child knew exactly what he wanted before adults convinced him to want more.The yellow construction paper lay between us, creased through the center and faded around the edges, but Adrian's drawing remained clear enough to make the room hurt.A bicycle shop.A family.A dog.A man with a wrench.And on the back, in uneven pencil:I want to fix things people still want to keep.Samuel stared at the screen without speaking.Nobody rushed him.There was nothing useful to say.For years, Adrian's childhood had been described through assessments, reports, projections and fears. Adults had documented what he could become with such intensity that his actual wishes had nearly disappeared beneath the paperwork.Yet there it was.Age eleven.No ambiguity.No extraordinary destiny.He had wanted a repair shop.And eventually he built one.Lucian leaned against the archive table."He wasn't escaping."Samuel finally looked up."No."His voice was ro
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Chapter: Chapter 193 Seraphina's PovFreedom looked different when carved into the bottom of a child's boat.Lucian turned the tiny wooden hull slowly beneath the lamp, reading Adrian's words again as though the sentence might change if he stared long enough.A bridge only matters if both sides are free.Daniel had already lost interest in the revelation.He had climbed back onto the couch, dragged the blanket over himself and curled against the cushion with the absolute confidence of a child who had solved the important part of the problem and saw no reason to continue discussing it.The adults, unfortunately, were less efficient.I took the boat from Lucian.The carving was almost invisible unless the wood caught the light at exactly the right angle. Adrian must have scratched the letters into the grain with a needle or the point of a small knife. They weren't neat. Some dipped lower than others. The word bridge had been squeezed together because he'd clearly misjudged the available space.He had been eleven.Eleven ye
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Chapter: Chapter 192 Seraphina's PovThere are sentences that change what you know.Then there are sentences that change who was watching you all along.My father chose you.Samuel Vale's words stayed suspended between us, impossible to fit beside anything I had learned over the past several days. Arthur had watched Daniel. Arthur had preserved the photograph. Arthur had written about hope, bridges and children who deserved to remain untouched by old expectations.Arthur had seemed to be the one making the choice.Apparently, he wasn't.I turned away from the living room so Daniel couldn't see my face.Lucian was already watching me.Mara had stopped pretending she wasn't listening.I lowered my voice."Explain."Samuel didn't answer immediately.When he did, the certainty had left his tone."I can only explain what my father told me.""Then start there."Another pause."My father knew Arthur was dying."My grip tightened around the phone."How?""Arthur contacted him."I closed my eyes.That made no sense.Arthur had pr
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Chapter: Chapter 191 Seraphina's PovThree days was a very short time in which to disappear forever.I remained on the living-room floor long after reading Arthur's final sentence, my phone bright in my hand while the rest of the house settled around me. Somewhere upstairs, water ran briefly through the pipes. A door closed. Lucian's footsteps crossed the hallway as he finished getting Daniel ready for bed. The ordinary sounds should have pulled me back into my own life.They didn't.Three days later, Adrian Vale disappeared for good.I read the line again.Then the sentence before it.He returned Naomi's compass and asked me to promise that I would never search for him again.Arthur had agreed.That mattered more than the disappearance itself.The Arthur we had spent days discovering did not simply lose people. He searched. He documented. He hired investigators. He built contingencies around uncertainties most people would have accepted as unavoidable. For Adrian to look him in the face and demand a promise that he woul
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Chapter: Chapter 190 Seraphina's PovThe day Arthur finally believed her turned out to be the day he stopped trying to save everyone.The dried olive leaf lay across Edwin's desk, fragile and brown with age, held to the tiny label by tape that had yellowed almost to the same color as the paper beneath it. After everything we had discovered, nobody reached for it immediately. We had learned that the smallest objects Arthur preserved often carried the largest pieces of his life, and Father Michael's handwritten description suggested this one belonged to a moment Arthur had never recorded for himself.The day Arthur finally believed her.Mara leaned over the desk."Believed which part?"Edwin looked toward Naomi's letter."I think we know."The only debt the living owe the dead is to remain wonderfully alive.The sentence returned to me with unexpected force.Arthur had carried Naomi's death like an assignment. Every trust, every file, every contingency had grown from promises he believed required constant repayment. Perhap
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Chapter: Chapter 127 Ava's PovI never saw exactly how my mother was rescued. Maybe that was a good thing.There are some moments in life that are better left unwitnessed. Moments that would only add more nightmares to the ones already living inside your head.By the time Cain and I reached the location where the Feds had tracked Bishop, everything was already in motion.Men were everywhere. Vehicles filled the compound.Gunshots echoed through the air, followed by shouting and the hurried footsteps of people moving in every direction.I remember Cain keeping one arm around me as he guided me through the chaos.I remember Damian shouting instructions. I remember Mercer moving with the other officers.But most of all, I remember waiting. Waiting for someone to tell me my mother was alive.And eventually, they did. Vivian Monroe was alive. My mother was alive.Bishop had taken her because he thought she would be his bargaining chip.He knew the authorities wanted the cartel money. He knew they had been trying to loca
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Chapter: Chapter 126 Cain’s PovWhen we finally arrived back at the Pit, the place felt strangely empty.Usually, the bar was never this quiet. There was always someone moving around, music playing somewhere in the background, or the sound of men arguing over cards and drinks.Tonight, there was nothing.I remembered the instructions I’d given Grim before leaving. He was supposed to take everyone to my father’s house and keep them there until we were certain Reaper couldn’t reach them.For once, the silence didn’t bother me.It meant they were safe.Ava stepped out of the vehicle and stretched her arms above her head.“I’m making you something to eat.”I looked at her.“You don’t have to.”“I know.”She walked toward the entrance.“I’m doing it anyway.”I followed her inside, unable to stop the small smile that appeared on my face.After everything we’d been through, watching Ava fuss over me felt almost unreal.She moved around the kitchen, putting together something simple while I went upstairs to clean myself up.
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Chapter: Chapter 125 Ava's PovThe moment we stepped through the back door, chaos swallowed us whole.Gunshots rang through the compound from every direction. Men were running between vehicles, taking cover behind walls and shooting at one another. The night was filled with shouting, flashing gunfire, and the sharp smell of smoke.For a second, I couldn’t move. There were too many people.Too many guns.Too much happening at once.Cain immediately stepped in front of me. “Stay behind me.”I nodded.His arm came around me, keeping me close as we moved through the compound. Every time someone came toward us, Cain turned his weapon in their direction.Damian stayed on our other side.He fired at anyone who tried to get close enough to attack us.I had never seen anything like it.Men who had once seemed untouchable were now running for their lives. Some were hiding behind vehicles. Others were trying to escape through the gates while the Feds surrounded the compound.Cain glanced toward Damian. “You got another gun?”
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Chapter: Chapter 124 Cain’s PovI couldn’t risk making another phone call.The guards outside my room were too alert, and I had no idea when one of them would decide to walk in and check on me. After what had happened earlier, I knew better than to assume I had privacy.So I kept my movements careful.I sat on the edge of the bed with my phone hidden beneath my thigh and opened my messages.Sanchez.I stared at his name for a moment before typing. I sent him the address Ava had memorized from the documents in Reaper’s vault.This is where the cartel money is hidden. Find it immediately.I paused before sending another message.There was no point explaining everything through a normal conversation. If someone discovered my phone, I didn’t want them finding a long explanation that could put Sanchez at risk.Instead, I used the military short code we had relied on years ago.Compromised. Reaper territory. My lady with me. Need extraction. Multiple armed men.I didn’t have to explain who my lady was.Sanchez didn’t know
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Chapter: Chapter 123 Ava's PovDinner with my father felt like a performance.I sat across from him, pretending to listen whenever he spoke, smiling whenever I thought a smile was expected of me. I answered his questions carefully and avoided giving him anything that could make him question my decision to stay.But underneath the table, my hands remained clenched. I couldn’t stop thinking about the vault.The information inside it could be enough to bring Reaper down.After dinner, my father remained downstairs with a few guests. He had told me they were people I didn’t need to meet yet, which gave me the opportunity I’d been waiting for.I excused myself and went upstairs. The moment I reached the hallway, I slowed down.My eyes moved from one end to the other.It was empty.Still, I couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was watching me. What if my father had cameras installed throughout the house?What if there was one inside his bedroom?What if he already knew I had been pretending this entire time?I swallow
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Chapter: Chapter 122 Cain’s PovI couldn’t run after Ava.The moment she disappeared through the door with Reaper, every instinct in me screamed to follow her. I wanted to tear through the hallway, shove aside anyone who stood between us and drag her back to me.But I couldn’t.Several of Reaper’s men were stationed outside the room. I could hear their voices through the closed door, low and indistinct, occasionally followed by the sound of their boots shifting across the floor.There were too many of them.I had no idea how many guards Reaper had surrounding the house, but judging from what I had heard since arriving, there were enough to put me down before I made it halfway to Ava.Doing something reckless now would only get me killed.And as much as death had been waiting for me because of my illness, I wasn’t ready to welcome it.Not yet.I still had to spend time with Ava. I still had time with my unborn child.Even if that time was painfully short. The thought of never holding our baby hit me harder than anyth
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