Ranchland Refuge: Where Love Grows

Ranchland Refuge: Where Love Grows

Adelheid Rufo

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The recurring nightmare was a constant torment, a horrifying glimpse into my future. Every night, I watched myself trapped, broken, married to Ethan Vanderbilt, his cruel eyes and chilling smile haunting my sleep as Brittany Miller, his manipulative girlfriend, whispered poison in his ear. But this time, it hit differently. I jolted awake, heart hammering, but the terror wasn't just residual dream-fear. The details were sharper, the pain more intense. It wasn't just a bad dream; it felt like a memory, a terrifying premonition burned into my soul, a stark warning of the life awaiting me as Mrs. Ethan Vanderbilt. My familiar East Coast bedroom did nothing to calm the dread. My engagement, meticulously planned by our influential families and celebrated by society, was no longer a gilded cage – it was a death sentence. I couldn't breathe. I saw my very spirit withering in a silent, opulent prison, completely at his mercy. How could my aunt, bound by her powerful Senator husband and their family alliances, only see an "advantageous match" when I saw a monster? They feared the scandal of breaking the engagement; I feared losing my entire self. "What's more important?" I choked, "His career, or my life? Because I' m telling you, marrying Ethan will destroy me." The fear was a cold knot in my stomach, but a desperate, burning resolve ignited. I couldn't accept this fate. I had relived my end, and I refused to walk that path again. Looking at my pale, haunted reflection, I whispered, "No. I won't let him. I'll change it." My desperate fight for freedom began at that very moment.

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The recurring nightmare was a constant torment, a horrifying glimpse into my future.

Every night, I watched myself trapped, broken, married to Ethan Vanderbilt, his cruel eyes and chilling smile haunting my sleep as Brittany Miller, his manipulative girlfriend, whispered poison in his ear.

But this time, it hit differently.

I jolted awake, heart hammering, but the terror wasn't just residual dream-fear.

The details were sharper, the pain more intense.

It wasn't just a bad dream; it felt like a memory, a terrifying premonition burned into my soul, a stark warning of the life awaiting me as Mrs. Ethan Vanderbilt.

My familiar East Coast bedroom did nothing to calm the dread.

My engagement, meticulously planned by our influential families and celebrated by society, was no longer a gilded cage – it was a death sentence.

I couldn't breathe. I saw my very spirit withering in a silent, opulent prison, completely at his mercy.

How could my aunt, bound by her powerful Senator husband and their family alliances, only see an "advantageous match" when I saw a monster?

They feared the scandal of breaking the engagement; I feared losing my entire self.

"What's more important?" I choked, "His career, or my life? Because I' m telling you, marrying Ethan will destroy me."

The fear was a cold knot in my stomach, but a desperate, burning resolve ignited.

I couldn't accept this fate. I had relived my end, and I refused to walk that path again.

Looking at my pale, haunted reflection, I whispered, "No. I won't let him. I'll change it."

My desperate fight for freedom began at that very moment.

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