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Bound by Vows and Revenge

Chapter 2 A Broken Home

Word Count: 894    |    Released on: 19/12/2024

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rnight. I barely slept as my mind kept replaying every word he had said, every smir

ve parents had posted it, how proud they looked of

ived at their house, the familiar sight of their pristine lawn and white picket fence

opening the door as her smile faltered the instant she saw me

tepping inside without wa

h a cup of coffee, scrolling through his phone then he looked up, his brows furrowing.

ne tell me about

ce with my dad before sighing. "It's not

y voice shaking. "Mom, they'r

ine. "Mia deserves to be happy

I was hearing. "She's with my fiancé. How

xpression unreadable. "Nathan made

Do you even hear yourselves? You've always put her first. Always. I've spent my

pity, not love as she uttered. "We've always done our best for you, sweetie. B

ruth I'd always known b

have expected anything different." I voiced as with that I walked out before they c

rk wasn't m

boards clicking and the hum of the coffee machine in the break room. Gosh, I tri

r about Nath

er Instagram. They lo

ne being dumped

pretending not to hear. But their voices follo

ompared to Mia. I

lms. I wanted to scream, to tell them they didn't know anything

ia was beautiful, confident, per

t of the day passed in a blur as the weight of their words pressed down on me. And by th

cushions with my eyes burning with unshed tears as my

xt from Nathan's mom, which stated a remind

age with my stomach

and just not care?" I wondered, though my first instinct was to decline as

Mia, about all the people who probably

"I wasn't going to give

telling her that I'd be there. Not for

nation flickered to life inside me. Though, I didn't kno

let them see me as

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1 Chapter 1 Shattered Promises2 Chapter 2 A Broken Home3 Chapter 3 The Birthday Party4 Chapter 4 A Game of Revenge5 Chapter 5 A Bold Decision6 Chapter 6 The Deal is Sealed7 Chapter 7 The Announcement8 Chapter 8 A New Life Begins9 Chapter 9 The Past Resurfaces10 Chapter 10 The Wedding Announcement11 Chapter 11 The Wedding Preparations Begins12 Chapter 12 Nathan's Sabotage13 Chapter 13 Family Secrets14 Chapter 14 The Confrontation15 Chapter 15 Crack Beneath the surface16 Chapter 16 Conflicts17 Chapter 17 Paid Offs18 Chapter 18 The ledger19 Chapter 19 With her20 Chapter 20 The price of truth21 Chapter 21 The Unraveling22 Chapter 22 Ties that bind23 Chapter 23 The vow before the storm24 Chapter 24 Something Shifted25 Chapter 25 Jasmine scent26 Chapter 26 The Turning Point27 Chapter 27 Burn it down28 Chapter 28 The Ground Beneath Us29 Chapter 29 Smoke in the mirror30 Chapter 30 Shadows from the past31 Chapter 31 Bloodlines32 Chapter 32 Legacy wounds33 Chapter 33 The Awakening34 Chapter 34 Shadows of the Bloodline35 Chapter 35 The Prisoner's Truth36 Chapter 36 The Warning37 Chapter 37 A Door Left Unlocked38 Chapter 38 Smoke in the Rearview39 Chapter 39 The Test40 Chapter 40 The Knife Behind the Smile41 Chapter 41 Between Fire and Flesh42 Chapter 42 Beneath the Silence43 Chapter 43 A throne of ashes44 Chapter 44 A Throne of Ashes (Continued)45 Chapter 45 Beneath the bones46 Chapter 46 The Crown and the Warning47 Chapter 47 Blood in the water48 Chapter 48 Ashes and Oaths49 Chapter 49 The Basilica of Shadows50 Chapter 50 The Fall of Kings51 Chapter 51 The Crown and the Trap