The First Wife’s Revenge
“Should the line break, the heir shall inherit the duty. The vow cannot be undone, only passed. One child must always remain, or the chain of guardianship ends, and darkness claims the world.”
Olivia dropped the book into her lap. She was not just her mother’s daughter. She was the last surviving heir.
Her entire life, she had been told she was ordinary. A wife. A woman meant to keep a house, to follow, to endure. But she was more. She had blood that carried a vow older than Ethan, older than her mother’s marriage, older than the lies.
She whispered, “I was never meant to be just a wife.”
The attic seemed to exhale with her. Dust drifted from the beams, and the air felt lighter.
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