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Twice His Wife

Twice His Wife

Author: D. Moses
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Chapter 1 THE LETTER WITH NO NAME.

Word Count: 1249    |    Released on: 03/08/2025

n the ground and turned air into mist. The kind that soaked through shoes, clothes, even skin. The kind Anais Vale had learned to live with. She stood in the kitchen of the cottage she'd rented

e, she wouldn't survive it. Not emotionally. Maybe not physically. Because Cassian Vale didn't argue. He dismantled. The next morning, Anais packed a bag. She moved like someone preparing for a funeral. She folded the black dress she never wore. The grey coat she'd saved for job interviews. Everything about her life here had been small, temporary. A life built on borrowed time. She wrote a letter to her landlord, left rent for the next two months. No forwarding address. No number. No need. By noon, she was at the train station. By nightfall, she was in a car-one she hadn't called-driving through the glowing streets of the city she swore she'd never see again. The driver didn't speak. Just tapped his fingers once against the steering wheel when she slid into the back seat. She recognized the rhythm. Cassian's security always did that. A code. A signal. She looked out the window. The buildings rushed past in a blur of glass and steel. It felt like being pulled underwater-no sound, no breath, just pressure. She hadn't realized how much quieter her life had become until the noise came back. The car pulled up in front of the penthouse building. She didn't move. The driver opened the door. Anais stepped out. The doorman didn't ask for her name. He just nodded once, held the glass door open, and pressed the button for the top floor. The elevator ride was silent. Her heart wasn't. She hated how familiar it all was. The soft gold lights. The scent of citrus and leather. The gentle chime of the 25th floor. Her hand shook as she stepped into the hallway, but her steps didn't. Not anymore. She paused in front of the door. Then knocked once. There was a long pause. Then the door opened. And there he was. Cassian Vale. Unchanged. And yet, entirely different. He didn't say a word. He just stood there in his usual black, tailored to a kind of quiet cruelty. His tie was undone, collar loosened like he'd just come from war-or was going to one. His eyes were the same gray-blue she remembered, sharp enough to wound and cold enough not to care. But there were new things, too. Lines around his eyes that hadn't been there before. A stiffness in his left shoul

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1 Chapter 1 THE LETTER WITH NO NAME.2 Chapter 2 THE ROOM THAT STILL REMEMBERS.3 Chapter 3 THE WIFE WHO WAS NOT BURIED.4 Chapter 4 THE ROOM WITH THE LOCKED DRAWER.5 Chapter 5 A WOMAN LIKE ME.6 Chapter 6 WHAT WIVES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW.7 Chapter 7 THE LOCKED DRAWER.8 Chapter 8 NOT ALL TRUTHS STAY BURIED.9 Chapter 9 SOUTHBRIDGE.10 Chapter 10 WHAT THE SILENCE DIDN'T SAY.11 Chapter 11 THE GAME BENEATH THE VOWS.12 Chapter 12 THE CUT THAT DIS NOT BLEED.13 Chapter 13 A NAME NO ONE SPOKE.14 Chapter 14 TERMS OF RESURRECTION.15 Chapter 15 THE QUIET BEFORE THE COLLAPSE.16 Chapter 16 THE WOMAN WITH THE BRIEF CASE17 Chapter 17 PAPER CUTS AND WOUNDS.18 Chapter 18 EVERYTHING LEFT UNSAID.19 Chapter 19 BLOOD DOES NOT LIE.20 Chapter 20 COST OF KNOWING.21 Chapter 21 THE LINE BETWEEN BLOOD AND WAR.22 Chapter 22 SOME FIRES DO NOT DIE.23 Chapter 23 WHERE THE SHADOWS BLEED.24 Chapter 24 RACING THE PULSE.25 Chapter 25 THE ECHO OF LIES.26 Chapter 26 THE TRAP WITHIN THE TRAP.27 Chapter 27 DEAD WEIGHT.28 Chapter 28 THE WOMAN IN THE SHADOW.29 Chapter 29 WHEN THE SILENCE BREAKS.30 Chapter 30 THE LINE THEY CROSSED.31 Chapter 31 THE EDGE OF THE MAP.32 Chapter 32 NO TURNING BACK.33 Chapter 33 THE ARCHITECT.34 Chapter 34 ALL BETS ARE OFF.35 Chapter 35 NO WAY OUT.36 Chapter 36 THE BREAKING37 Chapter 37 ASHES AND REVELATIONS.38 Chapter 38 THE BREAK.39 Chapter 39 FIRE FROM THE WRECKAGE.40 Chapter 40 LINE OF FIRE.41 Chapter 41 WHAT YOU WERE NEVER MEANT TO KNOW.42 Chapter 42 DAY ZERO .43 Chapter 43 THE GHOST AT THE GATE.44 Chapter 44 WHAT LIVES IN THE DARK.45 Chapter 45 THE BREAK THAT MATTERS.46 Chapter 46 LOCKED IN.47 Chapter 47 THE NAME IT SPOKE.48 Chapter 48 COLLATERAL ROYALTIES.49 Chapter 49 THE VOICE THAT WAS NOT HERS.50 Chapter 50 WHAT IS LEFT STANDING51 Chapter 51 THE SMOKE BETWEEN THEM.52 Chapter 52 THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.53 Chapter 53 WHEN THE DUST REDUSED TO SETTLE.54 Chapter 54 THE SILENCE THAT SCREAMED.55 Chapter 55 THE LINE BETWEEN US.56 Chapter 56 WHAT CAN NOT BE UNDONE.57 Chapter 57 THE THINGS WE DO NOT SAY.58 Chapter 58 A TWICE CRACKS IN SILENCE.59 Chapter 59 THE CRACKS IN SILENCE.60 Chapter 60 THE SILENCE BEFORE THE STORM.61 Chapter 61 NO GOING BACK.62 Chapter 62 WHERE THE SHADOWS SETTLE.63 Chapter 63 WHEN THE SILENCE BREAKS.64 Chapter 64 THE EDGE OF LOYALTY.65 Chapter 65 BENEATH THE SKIN.66 Chapter 66 THE ONE THING HE NEVER EXPECTED.67 Chapter 67 WHAT THEY DO NOT SAY ALOUD.68 Chapter 68 THE UNREADABLE.69 Chapter 69 UNEXPECTED TURN.70 Chapter 70 THE ROOM WHERE EVERYTHING CHANGED.71 Chapter 71 THE CONSEQUENCES WE CARRIED.72 Chapter 72 THE WEIGHT OF KNOWING.