Bound in Silver and Scars
On discovering that his contract wife, Valkyrie, had leaked the documents that ruined his main energy company, the Australian billionaire investor Kaelen Vance throws her out into the rain in Melbourne, giving her only a single suitcase.
However, Kaelen does not realise that Valkyrie was made to take the blame by his manipulative mother, Victoria, who had threatened to switch off the life support for Valkyrie's sister Chloe, who is bedridden.
Four years later, Kaelen sets about tracking down the rogue trading company that has been quietly purchasing controlling shares in his empire and ends up tracing the IP address to a remote coastal town on the Great Ocean Road.
There he finds Valkyrie with a sharp four-year-old boy who has his unmistakable silver eyes.
Having discovered that she is innocent, Kaelen buys the entire town, makes himself her landlord, and then launches a fierce campaign to win her back.
Yet Valkyrie has built an iron shield around her heart, compelling the arrogant tycoon to tear down his own family lineage to prove his devotion.
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Chapter: Chapter 6: The Fall of Vance EnergyKaelen's POV In Melbourne, the rain had finally ceased, so that the sky just before dawn was the colour of a bruised plum; fifty stories down on the asphalt, the streetlights reflected off the wet pavement as if it were spilled ink.I was in my corner office at Vance Global, the glass cold against my forehead, holding a glass of Scotch I hadn't touched for hours. The door of the boardroom behind me was slammed open, the leather chairs scraping noisily against the hardwood."He's still in the room," barked Arthur Vance, my uncle and senior board director, into his phone. He shut the door with a loud metallic click, the sound echoing like a gunshot in the quiet room.“Kaelen, turn around and look at the board!” I stayed where I was because I didn't want to turn around; turning around would have meant looking at the monitors fixed to the wall, which showed the trading halts, and that meant facing the red ticker symbols scrolling without interruption across the bottom of the screen.VAN
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Chapter: Chapter 5: Vanishing Down the Great OceanValkyrie's POV You have ten seconds to get out of my way, Kaelen.My hand didn't shake. Although the small pocket knife appeared to be light in my hand, the steel was real and reflected the sickly green glow of the door handle behind him.Kaelen remained in his present position and stood at the threshold like an iron monument, the rain glistening on the dark wool of his coat. His silver eyes moved slowly from the blade in my hand down to the thin, damp mattress upon which the black court folder was placed, and then back up to my face.He quietly stated that he was aware of the hospital records, that he knew his mother had gone to St. Jude’s and that she had looked at Chloe's medical files.I wasn't able to stop myself and instead let out a hollow, bitter laugh. "Do you really think that makes any difference? Do you really think that because you've found a paper trail you now have the right to act as the hero?" I took a step forward, the knife still aimed at his chest. "Your mothe
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Chapter: Chapter 4: Victoria’s Cold Ultimatums Valkyrie's POV Twenty-four hours earlier. The air in the tea room in South Yarra was sweet, heavy with the smell of crushed chamomile and costly silk. Outside, Melbourne's skyline remained dry and was illuminated by the pale gold of a fading autumn afternoon, totally ignorant of the storm which was waiting to tear my life apart. Victoria Vance was sitting across the low marble table. She held her porcelain cup with a carelessness that was at the same time terrifying, her platinum blonde bob cut so precisely that it appeared to have been carved from ice. Everywhere you looked, there was the show of her vast wealth, from her perfectly tailored blazer to the large diamond band on her index finger. She had not touched her tea at all; she just stared at me with those pale blue eyes, which were cold and completely lacking any human warmth. “You're five minutes late, Valkyrie," she remarked, her voice smooth and almost melodic, at the same time having the force of an iron hammer
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Chapter: Chapter 3: The Shadow Over St. KildaValkyrie's POV Next to the window, there was a neon sign emitting an unpleasant, continuous buzz, with vibrations running through the glass, which was filled with water. Seaside Palms Motel. One could not hear anything; there was only a stretch of cracked asphalt and the constant storm blowing in from Port Phillip Bay.I was sitting on the edge of the mattress, with the thin bedspread wet under my jeans since they had been soaked by the rain. The air in the room had a stale smell, a mixture of cheap disinfectant and old sea air, but I didn't feel like giving a damn. My entire body was like a nerve, shaking strongly as it changed from being due to cold to one caused entirely by exhaustion driven by adrenaline.Opposite the bed, on the small desk, my laptop screen was casting a harsh blue glow onto my trembling hands.My sister had gone missing, in the same way that a chess piece is transferred by a person who holds their breath in their hand, and I was left trapped in St. Kilda, st
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Chapter: Chapter 2: The Contract’s FuneralValkyrie's POV The plastic test strip was in my numb fingers.Two pink lines.I pressed my back firmly against the wall of the darkened shopfront, my chest rising and falling as the icy rain kept on beating down around me. My hand moved instinctively downwards and came to rest with my palm flat on my lower abdomen. Under the damp fabric of my coat, under my shivering skin and muscles, a secret was taking hold of Kaelen's blood.Our baby.A sob was about to burst free and tear through my throat, but I pushed it down, suppressing the sharp, metallic taste of pure panic. Only three hours earlier had I practiced exactly how I would tell him. I had imagined his eyes growing gentle, that rare and stunning smile which, as a rule, took weeks of persistent persuasion to get out of his quiet, serious manner, the way his big, warm hands would cover mine when I gave him the news. We were meant to be building a real life on the foundation of the ashes from our paper marriage.Rather, he look
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Chapter: Chapter 1: The Eviction in the DownpourValkyrie's POVMelbourne had been experiencing a storm all afternoon, but the actual unrest was within the penthouse."Don't touch me, Valkyrie."Kaelen’s voice did not get any louder; that was unnecessary since it was a cold blade that sliced through the background noise of the climate control system.Standing behind his desk, the harsh LED light from his two monitors cut deeply into his cheekbones, creating a dent.His hair was a bit messy, with one strand dropping over his forehead, the only evidence indicating that the perfectly maintained, billionaire investor was beginning to come apart.My hands were hanging in the air between us, shaking. "Kaelen, please just let me have a look at the logs. You know how digital signatures work. Anyone with high-level access could have faked my IP address…""Quit talking." He didn't turn to look at me and kept his eyes fixed on the data streams flashing on his screen. "Just quit talking."The atmosphere in the room seemed heavy, thickened by t
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