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While I Was Bleeding Out, He Lit Lanterns For Her
As I lay on the floor of our manor, bleeding out from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, I used my last ounce of strength to call my husband, Cole. I begged him for help, my vision blurring. But the only thing I heard was the clinking of champagne glasses and his mistress's giggle in the background. "Stop the drama, June," Cole snapped, his voice cold. "We're about to go on stage. Don't call again." He hung up, leaving me to die alone on the Persian rug while he accepted an award with another woman on his arm. I woke up in the hospital days later. My baby was gone. They had removed my fallopian tube. Cole finally arrived, smelling of expensive scotch and his mistress's perfume. He didn't hug me. He didn't cry. Instead, he leaned over my hospital bed, pressing his knee into the mattress until my fresh stitches tore open and bled. "You embarrassed me by calling an ambulance," he hissed. "My mistress, Alycia, says you're faking it. Clean yourself up." He left me bleeding again to go announce a $10 million donation to Alycia's "groundbreaking" medical research. I stared at the TV screen, numb. The research Alycia was taking credit for? It was mine. I wrote that patent years ago under a pseudonym. They thought I was just a poor, orphan housewife who needed Cole's money to survive. They had no idea I was actually a billionaire scientist hiding my identity. I pulled the IV needle out of my arm. A drop of blood fell onto the divorce papers I had been hiding. I didn't wipe it off. I signed my name right over it. Then I walked into the bank, reactivated my dormant account with $128 million, and bought the penthouse directly overlooking Cole's house. The mourning widow is dead. The avenger is born."I'm not paying for a mural that mocks everything I've built."
His voice was sharp and clean like a scalpel. Controlled. Cold. And utterly infuriating.
Avery dropped her brush, letting it clatter to the floor. The sound echoed in the too-perfect lobby like a scream no one dared to acknowledge.
"Maybe if what you built wasn't so hollow," she replied, tilting her chin just enough to show she wasn't intimidated. "You wouldn't be so bothered by some paint."
Chase Turner. The Machine. The man who owned half of Manhattan, the world's leading anti-aging tech empire, and apparently, a sense of humor so thin it snapped under the weight of truth. He stood there in his tailored black suit like he belonged to a different species. Impeccable. Untouchable. Immortal at least, that was the goal, wasn't it?
He stared at the mural. Her mural. Shadowy faceless men in suits tearing apart golden clocks with manicured hands. Time bleeding out in thick streaks of red and gold.
"I want you out of this building in ten minutes," he said, voice like the tick of a clock about to strike midnight.
Avery's heart pounded in her chest, but she forced a laugh. "Firing the help, huh? Classy."
He didn't flinch. Just turned and walked away, like she was already erased from his day.
Whatever.
She scooped up her supplies, heart still racing with adrenaline. She didn't regret the mural. Not for a second. She'd painted the truth, and if it rattled the king in his tower, good. Someone needed to.
But just as the elevator doors began to slide open behind him-
Everything blinked.
Not like the power went out. Not like the lights flickered.
No. Time blinked. Like someone hit a reset button on the world.
Avery's knees went weak. Her hands pressed to the wall. The mural-
Gone.
Her jaw dropped. The wall was blank. Pristine.
Like she hadn't painted a damn thing.
Like she hadn't been there at all.
"Cole!" a voice barked from behind her.
She turned sharply. Same room. Same man. Same goddamn suit.
"What the hell are you doing?" Chase's eyes narrowed, and this time, confusion mixed with the usual condescension. "Why are you just standing there? Get to work."
She blinked.
No. No way.
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Heartbeats and Time
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Anne Bradstreet and Her Time
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Time
"There's something so fascinating about your innocence," he breathes, so close I can feel the warmth of his breath against my lips. "It's a shame my own darkness is going to destroy it. However, I think I might enjoy the act of doing so." Being reborn as an immortal isn't particularly easy. For Ros/0/3290/coverorgin.jpg?v=ef0f4897628e17a1fb0e5b5eb6992ddd&imageMogr2/format/webp)
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Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time
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Confused Destiny
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Lunar Destiny
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Unfaithful destiny
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Entangled Destiny
All Autumn Smith had ever wanted was her mother's love but she never knew her mother's secret; the real reason why she hated her. A secret her mother held very close to her until a phone call, a shadow from the past brought it all back. In a quest to prove her worth to herself, her mother and the re/0/85824/coverorgin.jpg?v=20260106210833&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Debt of Time and Tears
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Time Pause
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The Veil Of Faith And Destiny
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Shadowed Destiny.
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STOLEN TIME
What will you do if you only have three months to live? How will you spend your last ninety days? Kati Sullivan is young and still innocent to the world. On one fateful visit to her Doctor, she is given the news that will change the rest of her life. Sebastian Caine is strong-willed and has been/0/24152/coverorgin.jpg?v=32e28a022926e4596b070296a84b010b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
HER DESTINY
A story about a girl who was born in China with the name Chira. She was born to rule her world. Her parents were Dolo and Dinna, she was their first child. Her parents relocated to Mexico taking her along with them. Her destiny changes when she meets with Gustavo who hails from Mexico and circumsta/0/24234/coverorgin.jpg?v=1b39faa42057523645ef73ec3461dbb1&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Zara's Destiny
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Painted Destiny
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