All Chapters of Echoes Of The Broken Vow, Her Ultimate Ascent : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Trinity's POV: It Ends Tonight I raise my head expectantly as four-year-old Lily bursts into the room. Behind her comes Julian, his face inscrutable and dark.My heart swells with the desperate longing of a mother who almost didn't make it home. But then Lily stops suddenly in her tracks.Her playful momentum vanishes. She gapes at me, her tiny features contorts into an expression that crushes the breath out of my lungs. It is a terrifying mixture of raw fear and unbridled loathing. I never knew a child so young could manage to display two such emotions at once until this moment. It distorts her innocent face into something unrecognizable."Lily," I mutter. I stretch a trembling hand out toward her. "Come to mummy."She is holding a small bouquet of flowers close to her chest. She takes a step back, shrinking away from my reach as if my fingers are those of spiders, her most feared animal."No," she says, her small voice clear for all to hear. "You hate me."I gasp, a spike of pain

Julian's POV: Trouble In Paradise I glare at the laptop screen, my brows furrowing as I stare at the pale face of Clarke, my head of finance. As my chief financial officer, Clarke usually maintains an unshakeable, corporate composure, but right now, the panic in his posture is impossible to miss."Clarke, come again?" I say, leaning forward."Sir, our stock value just dropped three more points in the last fourty hours," Clarke repeats. He adjusts his glasses with a trembling finger. "The sell-off isn't slowing down. It’s accelerating.""Wait," I say, my voice tightening. "Give me a minute."I grab my phone off the desk, my thumb swipes the financial app to verify his words for myself. A cold knot forms in my gut as the red charts confirm the disaster unfolding in real-time. Three whole points. In less than three days. I swallow hard, my eyes narrow at the screen as millions of dollars in net worth vanish into thin air.I put my phone away, and clear my throat. "Clarke, keep your eyes