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Chapter 19: The Man Who Should Be Dead
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The Bride in the Blackwood File Chapter 21: The Third Child
The black SUV stayed close behind them.Its headlights appeared through the broken rear windshield like two unblinking eyes."Faster!" Damien shouted.Daniel pressed harder on the accelerator.The car raced through the rain-soaked streets, swerving around traffic.Ava's hands trembled around her phone.The message remained on the screen.Find the third child.She looked at Elena."Who is the third child?"Elena's face had gone pale."I don't know.""You do.""I don't."Ava's voice broke."Everyone keeps telling me pieces of the truth!""First I'm a Carter.""Then I'm a Blackwood.""Then Emily is my twin.""Now there's a third child.""How am I supposed to trust any of you?"Elena reached for her hand."I'm sorry."Ava pulled away."I don't need another apology.""I need the truth."Elena closed her eyes."Then you need to know what happened that night."---Another gunshot rang out.Daniel swerved.The SUV nearly collided with them.Damien looked through the rear window."They're tryi
The Bride in the Blackwood File Chapter 20: The First Daughter
The room fell silent.Ava stared at Elena.Ava is the first daughter.The words didn't make sense.She shook her head."No."Elena's eyes filled with tears."I'm sorry.""No."Ava took a step backward."You've all been telling me different versions of the same story.""First I'm a Carter.""Then I'm a Blackwood.""Then there's another Ava.""And now you're telling me I'm the first daughter?"Elena's voice trembled."Because you are."Damien looked between them."Mother."Elena turned toward him."Tell me everything."Before she could answer, Daniel spoke."There's no time."Damien's expression hardened."You've had seventeen years.""You're going to tell me now."Daniel looked toward the sealed door."We have minutes."Damien stepped closer."Then start talking."---Elena took a shaky breath."The night you were born, there were two girls.""Your father and I believed you were safe.""But your grandmother had already made plans."Ava frowned."What plans?""She wanted to divide the B
The Bride in the Blackwood File Chapter 19: The Man Who Should Be Dead
Damien couldn't move.Neither could Ava.Outside the window stood a man Damien had buried seventeen years ago.His father.Daniel Blackwood.Older now.His hair was streaked with gray, and a deep scar ran along the side of his face.But there was no mistaking him.Damien's hands curled into fists."That's impossible."Lucas stared through the glass."Sir...""I saw my father's body.""I attended his funeral."Lucas swallowed."Then who is that?"Damien didn't answer.Because somewhere inside him, a terrible possibility had already formed.His father had never died.---The front door opened.The footsteps echoed through the manor.Ava instinctively moved closer to Damien.The mysterious woman entered first.She stopped several feet away.Her eyes locked onto Ava.For a moment, neither woman spoke.Then the woman whispered,"You're alive."Ava frowned."You know me."The woman gave a sad smile."I've known you all your life."Damien stepped forward."Who are you?"She looked at him."M
The Bride in the Blackwood File Chapter 18: The Voice of a Dead Man
The phone slipped from Damien's hand.For several seconds, he simply stood there.Ava watched him carefully."Damien?"He didn't respond."Who was it?"He finally looked at her."My grandfather.""But he's dead.""I know."His voice was barely above a whisper.Lucas approached cautiously."Could it have been a recording?"Damien shook his head."No.""How can you be sure?""Because he called me by a name only he used."Lucas went silent.Ava's stomach tightened."What name?"Damien looked away."Little Wolf."Ava frowned."That's what he called me when I was a child.""And nobody else knew?""Nobody."Damien looked at the phone again."Except someone who knew him very well."---The police took Ethan away for questioning.Before leaving, he looked at Ava."You need to remember something.""What?""Your mother wasn't the only person who tried to protect you."Ava stared at him."Who else?"Ethan's eyes shifted toward Damien."His father."Damien's expression hardened."My father died s
The Bride in the Blackwood File Chapter 17: The Blackwood Heir
The words hung in the vault like a death sentence.You're the Blackwood heir.Ava stared at Ethan."No."Her voice was barely audible."You don't get to lie to me again."Ethan's expression remained calm."I'm not lying."Damien stepped between them."Choose your next words carefully."Ethan gave a bitter laugh."Still protecting her?""Even after everything you've discovered?"Damien's eyes narrowed."What exactly are you claiming?"Ethan held up the envelope."That Ava Carter was born into the Blackwood family."Ava shook her head."My parents are the Carters.""Your mother raised you," Ethan replied."That's not the same thing."Ava's heart pounded."Then who are my real parents?"Ethan looked at Damien."That's the question you should be asking him."Damien's expression hardened."Don't involve me in your games.""I'm not."Ethan tossed the envelope onto the table."Open it."Ava hesitated.Then she reached for it.Inside was a copy of an old birth record.Her eyes moved across th
The Bride in the Blackwood File Chapter 16: The Woman Using Her Name
The car sped through the darkness.No one spoke.Ava stared at the brass key in her palm.317.Someone had already opened the safety deposit box using her name.But she had never been there.She finally broke the silence."Lucas."He glanced at her through the rearview mirror."Who opened the box?""The bank won't tell us.""Why?""Because whoever opened it passed every verification."Damien's expression hardened."Meaning?"Lucas tightened his grip on the steering wheel."Meaning they had Ava's identification, her signature, and her biometric information."Ava's heart dropped."That's impossible.""Apparently not."She looked at Damien."Someone has everything.""Not everything," Damien said.Ava frowned.He pointed toward her hand."You still have the key."---Twenty minutes later...The car stopped outside an old private bank in the city's financial district.The building appeared abandoned.The lights were off.The doors were locked.Lucas checked his watch."The bank closed two
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