All Chapters of The Bride in the Blackwood File : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Ava couldn't move.Damien was staring at her.His hand was still in hers.But suddenly, that hand felt unfamiliar."She's your brother."Elena's words echoed through the chapel.Damien slowly pulled his hand away."No."His voice was quiet."That's impossible."Ava couldn't answer.She wanted to tell him it wasn't true.She wanted to laugh.To say Elena was confused.But deep inside, something had already changed.The memories.The hospital.The four children.The photograph.The ledger.Everything was beginning to fit.Damien looked at Elena."You're lying."Elena shook her head."I wish I were.""Then prove it.""I can."She reached inside her coat and pulled out a small envelope.The paper was old.Yellowed around the edges.She handed it to Damien.He stared at it."What is this?""Your birth certificate."Damien opened it.His eyes moved across the page.Then stopped.His face went pale.Mother: Elena Blackwood.Father: Adrian Blackwood.He looked at Ava.Her expression had alrea

The whisper came from somewhere inside the walls."Welcome home, Ava."Ava's blood turned cold.She grabbed Damien's arm."Did you hear that?""Yes."Lucas immediately raised his weapon."Show yourself!"No answer.Only silence.Then the lights flickered.Once.Twice.The hallway changed.The walls that had looked old and familiar moments ago suddenly appeared different.Ava stared around in confusion."This isn't my home."Damien looked at her."What do you mean?""The wallpaper."She pointed toward the staircase."My mother chose that wallpaper.""But the pattern was different."Lucas examined the wall."She's right."He ran his fingers across it."This isn't wallpaper.""It's a projection."Ava's heart pounded."Then where are we?"Lucas pulled out his phone and checked the signal."Underground."Damien frowned."Underground?"Lucas nodded."We aren't inside the mansion.""We're beneath it."Ava stared at the floor."Then what is this place?"Before Lucas could answer, a door opene

The little boy stood beneath the dim vault lights.He couldn't have been more than six years old.Ava stared at him.Her heart seemed to stop.He looked like Damien.The same dark eyes.The same sharp features.Even the same small crease between his brows.Damien took a slow step forward."Who are you?"The boy didn't answer.Instead, he looked at Adrian."Daddy?"Adrian's expression softened."Come here."The boy immediately ran toward him.Damien's hand tightened around his gun."Don't touch him."Adrian stopped.The boy looked between them, confused."Why is he angry?"Ava's chest tightened.She crouched down."What's your name?"The boy looked at her."Daniel."Damien froze.Daniel.The same name as his father.He looked at the older Daniel standing near the entrance."Who is this child?"Daniel didn't answer.Elena did."Your son."Silence.Damien stared at her."My son?"Elena nodded."Yes."Ava's mind raced."How?"Adrian laughed."That's the question you've been asking all nig

Ava stared at the photograph on her phone.Her mother was tied to a chair.A gun was pressed against her temple.And Adrian was standing behind her.THIRTY MINUTES.Her fingers went cold."Ava?"She quickly locked the screen.Damien watched her carefully."What did he send you?""Nothing."He stepped closer."Don't lie to me."Ava looked away."I can handle it.""Handle what?"She couldn't answer.Damien reached for her phone.She pulled it back."No."His expression hardened."Ava.""It's my problem.""The moment Adrian threatened you, it became mine."She finally looked at him."He has Chloe."Damien went still."And the boy."Ava nodded.His jaw tightened."What else?"She hesitated."Your mother."Silence.Damien took the phone from her hand.The photograph appeared on the screen.His face changed instantly."Where?"Ava shook her head."He wants me to come alone.""Then you're not going.""He'll kill them.""He'll kill you if you go.""I don't have a choice."Damien looked direct

Ava stared at Daniel.Her father.The man who had raised her.The man who had apologized at her wedding.The man she had spent eighteen years believing was simply a grieving father caught in a complicated family.Now he was standing in front of her with a gun.And he wanted her inheritance."No."The word escaped her lips.Daniel's expression remained cold."You heard me.""You are not my father.""I am.""No."Ava shook her head."My father loved me."Daniel's eyes flickered."Your father did love you.""Then why are you pointing a gun at me?""Because love and survival are two different things."Ethan stepped in front of Ava."Put the gun down."Daniel looked at him."You have no right to give me orders."Ethan's jaw tightened."She is my wife."Daniel laughed."Is that what you still call yourself?"Ava looked at Ethan.His face had gone pale."Why is he saying that?"Ethan did not answer.Daniel's eyes moved between them."Because the marriage was never valid."Ava's heart stopped