Chapter Forty-Four – The Weight of Guilt
Oliver stood in the hallway outside Nuella’s room, staring at the door he’d walked through hundreds of times over the past two weeks. Today, for the first time, he couldn’t bring himself to enter.
The conversation with Cherish had opened something inside him, not just comfort or understanding, but ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter One – The Last Will
2. Chapter Two – Signed in Cold Ink
3. Chapter Three – The Sparks We Don’t Name
4. Chapter Four – Wolves at the Gate
5. Chapter Five – Fire in Her Eyes
6. Chapter Six – His Ruthless Vows
7. Chapter Seven – The Fire He Couldn’t Control
8. Chapter Eight – The Enemy Returns
9. Chapter Nine - At War's Edge
10. Chapter Ten – The Morning After War
11. Chapter Eleven – Fractured Trust
12. Chapter Twelve – Oliver Wept
13. Chapter Thirteen – Lines in the Sand
14. Chapter Fourteen – Ashes and Embers
15. Chapter Fifteen – The Enemy’s Face
16. Chapter Sixteen – Shadows and Warnings
17. Chapter Seventeen – The Devil’s Bargain
18. Chapter Eighteen – The Hunter’s Game
19. Chapter Nineteen – The Reckoning
20. Chapter Twenty – Truth and Consequences
21. Chapter Twenty-One – New Foundations
22. Chapter Twenty-Two – From Contract to Covenant
23. Chapter Twenty-Three – The Ghost of Blood
24. Chapter Twenty-Four – The Silence Between
25. Chapter Twenty-Five – The Court of Public Opinion
26. Chapter Twenty-Six – The Breaking Point
27. Chapter Twenty-Seven – The Hidden Blade
28. Chapter Twenty-Eight - Taken
29. Chapter Twenty-Nine - The Devil’s Bargain Returns
30. Chapter Thirty – The Media Feeding Frenzy
31. Chapter Thirty-One – The Final Card
32. Chapter Thirty-Two – Blood and Betrayal
33. Chapter Thirty-Three – Code Blue
34. Chapter Thirty-Four – America’s Most Wanted
35. Chapter Thirty-Five – Into the Shadows
36. Chapter Thirty-Six – The Longest Night
37. Chapter Thirty-Seven – The Wedding That Wasn’t
38. Chapter Thirty-Eight – Unraveling
39. Chapter Thirty-Nine – Into the Lion’s Den
40. Chapter Forty – The Empty Room
41. Chapter Forty-One – When Love Feels Like a Curse
42. Chapter Forty-Two – A Moment’s Reprieve
43. Chapter Forty-Three – The Mirror of Truth
44. Chapter Forty-Four – The Weight of Guilt
45. Chapter Forty-Five – Voices of Reason
46. Chapter Forty-Six – The Hunter and the Hunted
47. Chapter Forty-Seven – The Descent
48. Chapter Forty-Eight – The Perfect Storm
49. Chapter Forty-Nine – Spiraling
50. Chapter Fifty – The First Sign
51. Chapter Fifty-One – Awakening
52. Chapter Fifty-Two – Strangers Again
53. Chapter Fifty-Three – The Court of Public Opinion Returns
54. Chapter Fifty-Four – Breaking Point
55. Chapter Fifty-Five- Fragments of Us
56. Chapter Fifty-Six- What again?
57. Chapter Fifty-Seven- The Truth in Photographs
58. Chapter Fifty-Eight—Five Seconds of Betrayal
59. Chapter Fifty-Nine—The Hunt
60. Chapter Sixty—The Struggle Continues
61. Chapter Sixty-One— The Archive
62. Chapter Sixty-Two— Three Hours Later at Nuella’s Apartment
63. Chapter Sixty-Three— The Mother Card
64. Chapter Sixty-Four— The Evidence
65. Chapter Sixty-Five—The Unraveling
66. Chapter Sixty-Six—The Sunday Promise
67. Chapter Sixty-Seven—The Network
68. Chapter Sixty-Eight—The Final Move
69. Chapter Sixty-Nine— The Verdict
70. Chapter Seventy—Now the Verdict
71. Chapter Seventy-One—The Test
72. Chapter Seventy-Two—The Test Again
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