Shattered Love, A Monster's Reign

band, Christian, chose the woman who

threatened to release our intimate video

e. He pushed me down the stairs. He forced m

ew lover' s lies, he had me kidna

p to my back, believing I was just some namele

en recognize

oken and bleeding, I made a vow. I would survive this. I would escape.

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Pace

ian Valentine chose Blair Mayo over t

dn't look back. His steps were firm, too firm for a man who had ju

doctors had told me to rest, to grieve. But how could I rest when

had lost. Then, Christian returned. Not to hold my hand, not to console me. He sto

gainst Blair," he said. His voi

h hitche

en the accident that stole my baby, that nearly stol

stian, she was drunk. She ran a re

trembling body. "She's sorry. She cried. She

w again. "Her first time? My baby's first breath was tak

ed out his phone. "I have something that co

he intimate videos, taken in moments of vu

whispered, my vo

e now cold, calculating. "Don't test me.

oy me, to publicly humiliat

iber of my being. I had believed his grand gestures, his persisten

into my shaking hand. It was a for

ly hold the pen. The words blurred on the

ut, desperation lacing my vo

r. "You were always too complicated, Elena. T

, a dark undercurrent to his charm. I, a divorcée, had challenged i

n he once showed. It felt like a betrayal, a f

c, and the crushing weight of his betrayal. My baby was gone. My h