Chloe's Legacy: A Vow of Vengeance

o, promising each other we would conquer the world. I would use my political m

y husband, Alex Thompson, was the Governor of Illinois. His brother, the tech mogul Ethan Hayes, was mar

ctory party, th

first sho

chaos washing over the polished marble floors. I saw the gunman, a craz

fr

a second of hesitation, her pregna

ar

er. The life I saw in her eyes just moments ago vanished, rep

falling form, the crimson stain spreading across her white gow

tively curved around another woman, shielding her, his face a mask of frantic

ment of truth, he prote

s began to subside into horrified whispers and sobs. I

e, please," I begge

gling to focus on mine. She coughed, a tr

er voice a faint rasp. "T

"What are you talking

her face. "If one of us... dies... we can go back. To before. But our memories..

. A secret clause. A way out she had ke

losed. Her last brea

y other half. Gone, because she protected me.

pit of my stomach. It wasn't just grief. It was rage. Pur