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CHAPTER 32: THE MAN IN THE DARK

Author: L.NOCTURE
last update publish date: 2026-08-10 01:29:06

"Your father should have killed me when he had the chance."

Ava froze.

The voice was so close that she could feel the speaker's breath against the back of her neck.

Her fingers tightened around the small black device.

Ethan moved instantly.

"Ava, get down!"

He lunged toward her.

A gunshot exploded through the darkness.

Ava screamed as Ethan pulled her to the floor.

The bullet struck the metal wall behind them.

Daniel fired toward the sound.

Another shot answered.

"Stop shooting!" Victoria shout
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  • FRACTURED VOW    CHAPTER 39: THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN 

    The forest went completely silent.Ava stared at Daniel.His gun was pointed directly at her.For several seconds, nobody moved.Nobody breathed.Nobody spoke.Then Ethan stepped in front of Ava."Daniel."Daniel's hand remained steady."Move."Ethan shook his head."No."Daniel's eyes hardened."I said move."Ava could barely hear her own heartbeat.Daniel had been the one person in the room she had never questioned.He had helped her.He had protected her.He had answered her questions when everyone else had refused.He had stood beside her when she discovered Ethan's secrets.And now—His gun was pointed at her heart."Daniel..." Ava whispered.His eyes flickered.For the first time, she saw something behind his expression.Pain.Not hatred.Not anger.Pain."You remember," he said quietly.Ava swallowed."Yes."Daniel's jaw tightened."Then you remember too much."Ethan stepped closer."You don't have to do this."Daniel laughed bitterly."Don't pretend you know what I have to do.

  • FRACTURED VOW    CHAPTER 38: THE LIE HE LEFT BEHIND

    "Your father lied about everything."Ava stared at the man standing between the trees.For a moment, she couldn't understand what she was seeing.The forest seemed to disappear around her.There was only the man's face.The scar above his eyebrow.The cold smile.The certainty in his voice.And the words that had just shattered the last piece of faith Ava had left in her father.Your father lied about everything.Emily grabbed Ava's wrist."Don't listen to him."The man smiled."Still protecting her, Emily?"Emily's face hardened."You won't get near my daughter.""Your daughter?"He laughed quietly."You mean the daughter you abandoned?"Emily flinched.Ava noticed."Who is he?"The man looked at Ava."You really don't know?""No.""That's unfortunate."He took a step forward.Ethan immediately moved in front of Ava.The man's smile disappeared."Ethan Walker."Ethan's jaw tightened."You shouldn't be here.""Neither should you."Ethan's hand moved toward the weapon hidden beneath hi

  • FRACTURED VOW    CHAPTER 37: THE WOMAN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH

    Ava couldn't move.The message remained on her screen.SHE IS YOUR SISTER.Her eyes moved from the phone to the woman standing in the distance.The woman who had once appeared in the Brooklyn apartment.The woman Ava had believed was Ethan's mistress.The woman who had become one of the ugliest pieces of her husband's secret life.Her sister.It couldn't be true.Ava shook her head."No."Ethan said nothing.That frightened her more than anything.She turned toward him."Tell me it's not true."Ethan's face was pale."Ava...""Tell me.""I don't know."Her eyes widened."You don't know?""I knew about the woman.""Then who is she?""I don't know."Ava laughed bitterly."Of course."She looked at her mother."Mom?"Emily's face had gone completely white.She looked at the woman in the distance.Then she closed her eyes.Ava's stomach dropped."You know her."Emily slowly opened her eyes."Yes."Ava's voice trembled."Who is she?"Emily looked at her daughter."Her name is Claire."Ava'

  • FRACTURED VOW    CHAPTER 36: THE SECOND INSIDER

    Ava stared at her mother.Emily didn't move.For several seconds, neither woman spoke.The only sound inside the hidden room was the faint hum of the computer.Ava's father's final words echoed in her mind.She's closer to you than you think.Ava swallowed."Who?"Emily's face remained unreadable."Who is he talking about?"Her mother looked toward Ethan.Then Daniel.Then Lucas.Finally, her eyes returned to Ava."I think you already know."Ava's heart pounded."No."She shook her head."I don't know anything anymore."Emily slowly walked toward her."Ava, listen to me.""No."Ava stepped backward."Don't tell me you're protecting me again.""I'm not.""Then tell me the truth."Emily's eyes filled with tears."I've been trying to.""Since when?""Since the day I came back."Ava laughed bitterly."You've been alive for years.""Yes.""You watched me grow up from a distance.""Yes.""You watched me get married."Emily's lips trembled."Yes.""And you never came back.""I couldn't.""Wh

  • FRACTURED VOW    CHAPTER 35: THE MESSAGE

    Ava stared at the phone in Ethan's hand.The words remained on the screen.I know what you did to my daughter.Her father's name was nowhere on the message.There was no signature.No explanation.Yet somehow, Ava knew.She could feel it.Her father was behind it.Or someone wanted her to believe he was.She slowly looked at Ethan."What did you do to me?"Ethan didn't answer.The silence was enough.Ava's chest tightened."Answer me.""I don't know what that message means.""Then why are you afraid?""I'm not afraid of the message.""Then what are you afraid of?"Ethan looked down at the phone."My past."Ava laughed bitterly."Your past?"She turned toward the window."Everyone keeps telling me they lied because they were protecting me.""Your father.""My mother.""Daniel.""Lucas.""And you."She looked at Ethan."But nobody seems to understand that every lie has made me less safe."Emily kept driving.Her eyes remained fixed on the road."Ava, there are things you need to know."

  • FRACTURED VOW    CHAPTER 34: THE WOMAN WHO CAME BACK

    Ava couldn't breathe.Her mother's face stared back at her through the haze of smoke.For years, Ava had carried the memory of her mother as a fragile collection of photographs and fading childhood memories.She remembered her perfume.Her laugh.The way she used to brush Ava's hair before bed.She remembered the day she was told her mother was gone.But the woman standing in front of her wasn't a memory.She was alive.And she was holding a gun.Ava's lips parted."Mom?"The woman's expression softened."Hello, sweetheart."Ava shook her head."No."Her mother took one cautious step closer."Ava...""No!"Ava backed against the safety deposit boxes."You died."Her mother lowered the gun slightly."They told you I died.""Everyone told me.""I know.""Why?"Her mother looked away."Because it was the only way to keep you alive."Ava laughed through her tears."That's what everyone says."Her mother flinched."I know you're angry.""Angry?"Ava's voice cracked."I spent my entire life

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