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Chapter 1

Elowen Vale's POVBy dusk, the rain was coming down in sheets.Caspian Hale stepped off the ferry beneath a long-handled umbrella.I hadn't seen him in a year. He'd lost a considerable amount of weight. There was an unhealthy pallor to his face, but he still carried himself with the same cool, almost aristocratic reserve."Elowen, your eyes?"His brows drew together as he lifted a hand and waved it in front of my face.The exiles had once poisoned me, leaving me blind.But there must have been some medicinal plant growing wild on the island. I'd survived by eating whatever greenery I could find, and somehow, against all odds, my sight had returned.After striking a verbal deal with Lucian Hale that day, he'd told me to go back to the island, keep pretending I was blind, and wait for word from him.I had no idea how he'd managed it.But sure enough, Caspian had come all the way to the island to take me back.I kept my gaze fixed blankly ahead and followed him onto the boat wi

Chapter 2

Elowen Vale's POVAn awkward silence fell over us.Caspian quickly handed the baby off to the nanny. He couldn't even bring himself to meet my eyes."Elowen, if you need someone to blame, blame me. Mara gave me a son. I have to marry her."The truth is, there's another reason I brought you back. I've received word that my uncle is getting married too. He's my grandfather's illegitimate son."He's ambitious, but he has no real power in the family, so I'm certain he'll try something while everyone's distracted by the two weddings."Mara can't protect herself. You two look almost identical, and you're far better at handling yourself, so..." He paused. "I want you to take her place at the wedding."Once, I would've exploded. I would've torn into him without a second thought.But at that moment, I was strangely calm.That seemed to unsettle Caspian more than anger ever could. His frown deepened as he studied me.He was just about to speak when Mara suddenly burst into tears and dr

Chapter 3

Elowen Vale's POVI deliberately missed the last step and went down hard. Sure enough, I heard Caspian hurrying after me."Elowen! Are you hurt?"He helped me to my feet. I kept my eyes red but refused to let the tears fall, forcing my voice to stay as steady as I could.It still came out small and strained. "When did it start? You and her."Caspian went still.For a moment, conflict flickered across his face. He didn't answer. Instead, he led me over to a stone bench and sat me down. Then, just as he used to, he took my hands and gently wiped the dirt from my palms."Elowen, what's done is done. There's no point dwelling on it. The baby hasn't done anything wrong, so promise me you won't take this out on him."Once the wedding is over next month, I'll make all of this up to you. After that, you can yell at me, hit me, hate me… Whatever you want."Uncle Lucian is ruthless. He won't go easy on Mara just because she's a woman, and she wouldn't stand a chance against him. The wed

Chapter 4

Elowen Vale's POV"No. It wasn't me…"The slap came without warning, knocking me to the floor.Caspian was beyond reason. He grabbed me by the throat and hauled me back up."I told you, Elowen. All you had to do was cooperate, and I would've made sure you were more than compensated afterward. So why couldn't you leave Mara and the baby alone?"I've let you get away with too much. You think that means you can do whatever you want? Maybe it's time I made sure you couldn't hurt anyone again."He seized my right arm and wrenched it back. Something gave.Pain exploded through my arm. I heard a sickening crack, and my scream tore through the room.One look at my mangled arm beneath the harsh overhead light was enough to turn my stomach. For a second, everything blurred. Every instinct in me screamed to fight back, but I forced myself to stay still. I couldn't ruin the plan. Not now.Caspian tossed me aside like I was nothing.I should have remembered who he was. He was a Hale, bo

Chapter 5

Elowen Vale's POV"I'll tell you the truth. He never loved you. Not even from the beginning. The only reason he got close to you was to get his hands on the organization's secrets."You probably don't know this yet, but Caspian wiped them all out. Mom, Dad, every last one of our uncles in the organization. Their bodies have probably been rotting for days by now." Mara laughed.I froze, the words hitting me like a physical blow. Tears spilled down my face before I could stop them."No!" I screamed. "Mara, they were your family too! How could you do something like this?"All I felt was hatred.The smile slowly vanished from Mara's face, leaving behind something cold and ugly."I was only fighting for what I wanted. Do you really think I'd just stand aside and let you have a man like Caspian? I wanted him, Elowen. And I was willing to do whatever it took to make him mine."Make him mine?Before I could ask what she meant, Mara walked out and locked the door behind her.The next

Chapter 6

Elowen Vale's POVThe truth was, there was nothing medically wrong with his sister. She'd simply been poisoned with something the organization developed.I couldn't help wondering how Caspian would react if he ever found out he'd been wrong about me all along.On the day of the wedding, Caspian paced back and forth outside my room. The ground around his feet was littered with cigarette butts.When I finally opened the door and stepped out in my wedding dress, he instinctively took a couple of steps toward me. For a moment, he simply stared, as though he'd forgotten where he was. "Elowen..."I didn't move. I just stood there, staring blankly ahead.It wasn't until Mara reminded him that Caspian seemed to snap out of it. He handed a sealed file containing the Hale family's most closely guarded secrets, along with the orders needed to mobilize their men, to the bodyguard standing behind me."There's this too, Elowen." Mara was clearly irritated by the way Caspian kept looking like

Chapter 7

Third Person POVLyra Hale had been unconscious for five long years, and not a single doctor had ever been able to figure out why.Yet now, against all odds, she was awake and sitting up in bed.Mara, who had followed Caspian into the room, went rigid at the sight. Her mind went completely blank."Lyra, do you remember what happened five years ago?""I…"Lyra looked around in confusion, then she saw Mara. She let out a startled cry and immediately ducked behind Caspian."Caspian, it was her! She was the one who forced me to take that drug!"Caspian went still. His expression hardened as he turned a sharp, questioning gaze on Mara.Mara's face went pale, and she immediately shook her head."It wasn't me. It was my twin sister, Elowen. We look exactly alike, so of course you could have mistaken me for her."With Caspian beside her, Lyra gradually calmed down. She studied Mara's face for a moment before shaking her head firmly. "You're lying. I remember the woman who caught me.

Chapter 8

Third Person POVCaspian floored the accelerator, tearing down the road at full speed.He called the guards he'd sent with Elowen over and over, but no one picked up.With every unanswered call, the panic inside him grew. He slammed a fist against the steering wheel."Elowen, please... just be okay."Never in his life had he hated himself more. He wondered why he hadn't investigated what happened five years ago and why he had simply believed the worst of Elowen.Halfway there, he passed Lucian's wedding convoy coming from the opposite direction. His gaze drifted toward the bridal car in the middle of the procession.For some reason, his foot slammed down on the brake.Caspian frowned, unable to understand why he'd stopped. A moment later, he started the car again and drove on, passing Lucian's lead car by inches.…Elowen Vale's POVInside the lead car, I finally let myself breathe. The whole encounter had lasted barely a few seconds, yet when I leaned back against the seat,

Chapter 9

Third Person POV"Elowen Vale... she's the woman Lucian is marrying. She was never blind. She was faking it."She knocked us out on the way and switched to Lucian's wedding car. I rushed back to warn everyone, but I was too late. His men had already brought the bomb back here. The entire Hale residence was destroyed."And Lucian's men took the authorization codes for our entire operation. You need to run, Mr. Hale. If those people imprisoned on the island are released, they'll come after everyone in the Hale family."The driver forced out the last few words with what little strength he had left. Then his body went limp, and he died right there in front of Caspian.The revelations came one after another, each more devastating than the last.Caspian's vision blurred, and for a moment, he nearly blacked out. He could barely process what had just happened.Then it hit him. The wedding convoy he'd passed on the way here. Elowen had been in that car.Caspian spun around, his eyes blo

Chapter 10

Third Person POVCaspian stopped dead.For several agonizing seconds, he stood there, torn between going after Elowen and turning back for the others. In the end, he forced himself to let Elowen go.Following the directions he'd gotten from the locals, he soon tracked down Mara, Lyra, and the child.The man who had taken them was another prisoner recently freed from the island—Dorian Cross, Caspian's former assistant.Mara dropped to her knees in front of him, clutching her son as she begged for their lives. "Dorian, please. Don't kill us. He's your son. Caspian isn't his father. You are."Dorian gave a contemptuous scoff and kicked her away."You really think I'm stupid enough to believe you? Years ago, I caught you drugging Lyra. You seduced me to keep me quiet and promised you'd pay me a fortune if I never told anyone."But the second you got what you wanted and became Caspian's woman, you turned on me. You made up some excuse and had him send me to that island. And now that

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