Chapter 1: The Storm, The Shack, The Secret.
Part 1 ❄️ **My Brother Orchestrated a Forced Marriage and Sent Enforcers After Her — But She Fled Straight To Me.** Leo Vance simply tried [more…]
Part 1 ❄️ **My Brother Orchestrated a Forced Marriage and Sent Enforcers After Her — But She Fled Straight To Me.** Leo Vance simply tried [more…]
The crunch of snow under my boots was the only sound for what felt like miles. Elara, leaning heavily on me, shivered against my side. [more…]
The small cabin was filled with the low murmur of conversation and the crackle of the fire. Elara was asleep, bundled in an old blanket [more…]
The days that followed were a blur of intense planning and hushed conversations in the small cabin. Elara’s physical wounds were healing, but the scars [more…]
The decision to contact Aunt Clara weighed heavily on me. She lived several states away, a world apart from the isolated mountains. But she was [more…]
I left Elara and Silas hidden deep in the wilderness, in a more secure, abandoned trapper’s cabin Silas knew. The thought of them vulnerable, even [more…]
“You see, Leo,” Elias gloated, his voice dripping with condescension, “your years in isolation have made you reckless, desperate. You’ve resorted to violence, even. And [more…]
The aftermath of Elias Vance’s arrest was swift and decisive. Officer Carter, no longer bound by Elias’s charisma, led him out of the study, past [more…]