The Governor's Secret Pyre

“She was the quiet architect of his ambition, the silent force behind Governor Ethan Thorne' s meteoric rise, her family' s tech fortune paving his path to power. Now, Nia was a ghost in her own life, coldly banished to the estate' s sprawling guesthouse as Ethan announced his engagement to Victoria Sterling, a well-connected East Coast political heiress. He'd already orchestrated the painful alienation of their young son, Leo, and Victoria's venom grew daily, subtly turning Nia into a convenient secret. Then, the unthinkable tragedy struck: their spirited seven-year-old daughter, Lily, was found drowned in the estate pond-a devastating accident, or so they claimed. Ethan coolly framed his loyal chief of staff, but Victoria, with a chilling, triumphant smile, whispered the shattering truth directly to Nia: Lily's death was no accident. How could the man she' d invested everything in, the father of her children, betray her so completely, steal her family, and then participate in such an unthinkable act? How could a mother, stripped of her children and her sanity, endure such a cold, monstrous injustice? Trapped and heartbroken, yet now consumed by a burning, vengeful rage, Nia found an unlikely ally in Jax, a defiant young street artist known for exposing the powerful. Together, they unearthed years of Ethan' s hidden corruption-a vast, intricate web of deceit, graft, and power abuse that promised to unravel his entire empire. Broken but unyielding, Nia made her final, definitive choice: the gilded guesthouse that was her prison would become his funeral pyre, a blazing testament to her unyielding fury and his impending doom.”