All Chapters of Ashes Under The Moon: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

The next morning, I went straight to Dakota's company.I wasn't there to beg for mercy. I wanted to see for myself whether they'd still be so shameless when the Department of Revenue came knocking.I barged into the CEO's office. Dakota's gaze flickered when she saw me, open disgust and arrogance in her eyes."Have you changed your mind? Here to sign the property transfer agreement for the family estate, aren't you?"She pulled out a document and flung it at my feet. "Sign it already. Maybe then you'll get your mother's ashes back."I glanced down at the agreement, a faint sneer tugging at my lips, then planted my foot on it."Asher! Don't be so ungrateful!" Dakota shot to her feet, the veins in her forehead bulging. "Do you still think you're the Blake family's precious heir? Let me tell you something. Your mother's dead! There's no one left to stand up for you!""That's right. My mother's dead." I walked toward her, my gaze cold and venomous. "I have nothing left now, so there

The machinery roared, and within seconds, a huge hole had been carved into the grave.Half an hour later, I held Dakota's grandfather's urn, grinning maliciously.Meanwhile, Walter was still gloating over his victory that morning, messaging me on WhatsApp to rub it in."Asher, I suggest you stop fighting it and just divorce Dakota. She doesn't love you anymore, and no amount of scheming on your part will change that.""Why else do you think she hasn't had a child with you in three years? She told me herself. Only my child can be the legitimate heir to the Lennox family!"Reading his messages, I found the whole thing ridiculous. From now on, the Lennox family could keep its bloodline thriving in a cesspool.Grayson pulled one last straggler out from behind a wall.I recognized him immediately as one of Dakota's men, grabbed my stun gun, and shocked him in the chest.As the man convulsed and curled up, I kicked him over and said coldly, "Go back and tell Dakota I got Walter's gif

I curled my lip and spread my hands. "I'm not. I reserved that spot for your great-uncle. Shame he isn't dead yet."Dakota's expression darkened with the ominous stillness before a storm. She gritted her teeth and spoke one word at a time."Asher, don't forget that I still have your mother's ashes! Do you think you can get away with this? I'll dump every last bit of your mother's ashes into a dog bowl and feed them to the dogs!"My breath caught, and my heart seemed to stop.I stared at the woman I knew so well, yet in that moment, she felt like a complete stranger.Over the past three years, we might not have been madly in love, but we'd always treated each other with respect.The Blake family was on the decline, and I'd become the Lennox family's live-in son-in-law.I took care of her entire family and handled all the day-to-day affairs of the sprawling Lennox Estate. Dakota, meanwhile, was gentle and considerate toward me, the very picture of a good wife.We didn't have chil

I was young back then. Holding my mother's trembling hand, I didn't understand what she was trying to tell me.I'd never met Dakota, but I didn't want my mother to take risks for my sake. She was already looked down on by the family. If my situation made things even harder for her, wouldn't that make me a terrible son?So I agreed to the arranged marriage. My mother's eyes were red-rimmed, but all she could do was remind me again and again, "If things don't work out, you have to come back and tell me."I never imagined that my marriage to Dakota would sour in just three years.As my mother lay dying in her hospital bed, she wept, her voice trembling."Asher, it's all my fault. I was too weak. If only I'd fought harder to stop you from marrying the Lennox family's daughter, maybe you wouldn't be in this situation now. I've failed you."At the time, my body was covered in needle marks from all the blood they'd taken from me.Until the very moment she closed her eyes, my mother was