Betrayed by those she trusted most, Mia Harper's world was shattered in a single night. Once a quiet, unassuming woman, she has now become the embodiment of silent rage. With nothing left to lose, Mia steps into the shadows, carefully plotting her revenge against those who wronged her. In a city where power is bought with secrets and lives can be erased with the stroke of a pen, Mia navigates a dangerous game of deception, drawing closer to her enemies with each calculated move. But as her fury grows, so does the risk of losing herself in the vengeance she seeks. Will Mia get the justice she craves, or will the price of revenge consume her before she can strike? A gripping tale of betrayal, loss, and the quiet power of a woman fueled by fury, Silent Fury explores the thin line between justice and destruction.
It started with laughter.
Not the kind that warms a room or settles the nerves. This laughter was faint, distant, muffled behind expensive walls and hidden doors. Mia Harper paused in the hallway of her fiancé's penthouse, her heels silent against the imported marble, a chilled bottle of champagne in her hand. She had just closed the biggest legal deal of her career, and tonight was supposed to be a celebration-a step toward the life they had planned.
But that laugh...
It was familiar. Too familiar.
She moved quietly toward the study door-half open. The smell of cedar and cigar smoke reached her first. Then came the voices.
"...She actually thought you loved her. That's the best part."
Mia froze.
The voice was feminine, sultry. Sharper than she remembered, but unmistakable.
Elena.
Her best friend.
Her maid of honor.
Another voice answered, amused and smug. Male. Cold.
"You don't need to worry about her anymore. After tomorrow, she'll be indicted, not invited."
That one belonged to Daniel Ward-her fiancé. A rising political star, charismatic and calculated. The man who said he'd protect her. Love her. Build a future.
Mia's breath left her body like a punctured balloon. The champagne slipped from her fingers and shattered on the tile, the crack louder than a gunshot.
The laughter stopped.
Footsteps approached.
Panic surged. Her mind screamed: Run. But her body refused. She stood there, paralyzed in the hall as Daniel appeared in the doorway, tie loose, hair tousled from Elena's touch. His expression didn't shift-no surprise, no shame. Just a flicker of annoyance.
"Mia," he said smoothly, as if nothing was wrong. "You're home early."
Behind him, Elena emerged with a glass of scotch in her hand, silk robe barely tied. She smirked. "Surprise."
Mia looked between them, her hands trembling. "What... what is this?"
Daniel sighed, walking past her to the broken glass. "This is inconvenient. We weren't finished."
Elena laughed again. "Don't be dramatic, Mia. It's just business."
"Business?" she echoed, voice hollow.
Daniel straightened. "You've been sloppy. Asking the wrong questions. Digging through things that didn't concern you. Elena warned me, but I thought maybe-just maybe-you could be useful."
"Useful?" she repeated numbly.
He nodded, as if discussing the weather. "Your access to the firm's secure clients, your name on the accounts... it made the embezzlement easy. You were the perfect cover."
Mia felt the world tilt.
He stepped closer, eyes dark. "And now? You're the fall girl. Tomorrow, everything unravels. You'll be arrested. Disgraced. And we-" he gestured between himself and Elena, "-we move forward."
"You planned this," she whispered. "For how long?"
"Long enough," Elena said, sipping the scotch. "Honestly? You made it too easy."
Mia turned, walking backward, heart racing. "You won't get away with this."
Daniel smiled, predator calm. "We already have."
She fled the apartment.
She didn't remember taking the elevator down, or how she ended up in the pouring rain, standing barefoot and broken on the curb. Her phone buzzed-an unknown number. She answered on instinct.
A voice whispered: "They're coming for you. Tonight. Run."
The line went dead.
She dropped the phone.
Her mind snapped into focus, like a blade drawn from its sheath.
Run? No.
She would disappear.
And then, she would come back.
But not as Mia Harper.
As something else.
Chapter 1 The Night Everything Broke
15/09/2024
Chapter 2 Blood on Ivory Sheets
15/09/2024
Chapter 3 The Price of Trust
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Chapter 4 Framed in Silence
16/09/2024
Chapter 5 Trial by Lies
22/09/2024
Chapter 6 Goodbye, Mia Harper
22/09/2024
Chapter 7 Ashes and Ash Blonde Hair
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Chapter 8 Echoes in the Mirror
01/05/2025
Chapter 9 A Funeral Without a Body
01/05/2025
Chapter 10 Becoming No One
04/05/2025
Chapter 11 The List
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Chapter 12 Whispers in the Alley
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Chapter 13 The Woman in the Window
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Chapter 14 Code Name: Echo
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Chapter 15 Finding the First Thread
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Chapter 16 Heir to a Fallen Legacy
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Chapter 17 Training in Shadows
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Chapter 18 False Faces
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Chapter 19 A Voice She Never Heard
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Chapter 20 The First Strike
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Chapter 21 Checkmate in Reverse
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Chapter 22 The Architect of Ruin
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Chapter 23 A Visit to Black Hollow
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Chapter 24 The Widow's Game
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Chapter 25 Stolen Identities
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Chapter 26 Justice in a Dress
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Chapter 27 A Message Without Words
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Chapter 28 The Broker
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Chapter 29 Favors and Footprints
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Chapter 30 Mirror to the Past
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Chapter 31 The Spider and the Web
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Chapter 32 Cold Hands, Warm Lies
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Chapter 33 Kiss of the Enemy
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Chapter 34 The Lawyer's Secret
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Chapter 35 He Knows She's Alive
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Chapter 36 A Trap for a Snake
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Chapter 37 Silent Witnesses
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Chapter 38 A Family Unburied
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Chapter 39 Buried Code
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Chapter 40 Backroom Deals
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