Chapters
1. CHAPTER 1: A JOB TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
2. CHAPTER 2: THE KING OF ICE
3. CHAPTER 3: A QUIET CALL FOR ASSISTANCE
4. CHAPTER 4: BROKEN GLASS
5. CHAPTER 5: THE INITIAL LINK
6. CHAPTER 6: THE LOCKED ROOM
7. CHAPTER 7: A WARNING UNSPOKEN
8. CHAPTER 8: SHADOWS OF THE PAST
9. CHAPTER 9: THE FIRST TEST
10. CHAPTER 10: THE PRICE OF DEFIANCE
11. CHAPTER 11: THE MIRRIR’S GHOST
12. CHAPTER 12: A TENSION THAT BURNS
13. CHAPTER 13: ARIA’S QUIET REQUEST
14. CHAPTER 14: AN UNWANTED GUEST
15. CHAPTER 15: THE THINE LINE BETWEEN HATE AND DESIRE
16. CHAPTER 16: A THREAT IN THE DARKNESS
17. CHAPTER 17: THE MAN FROM MY NIGHTMARES
18. CHAPTER 18: TRAPPED IN HIS GAME
19. CHAPTER 19: A STORM BREWING
20. CHAPTER 20: WHISPERED IN THE WIND
21. CHAPTER 21: AN OATH OF SILENCE
22. CHAPTER 22: A DANCE WITH THE DEVIL
23. CHAPTER 23: THE NAME THAT HAUNTS ME
24. CHAPTER 24 – A DANGEROUS FASCINATION
25. CHAPTER 25 :THE NIGHT EVERYTHING CHANGED
26. CHAPTER 26 : A HEARTH UNDER LOCK AND KEY
27. CHAPTER 27 : THE WARNING
28. CHAPTER 28 : PLAYING WITH FIRE
29. CHAPTER 29 :A BITTER KISS
30. CHAPTER 30 : THE BEGINNING OF THE END
31. CHAPTER 31 :THE DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
32. CHAPTER 32 :THE MONSTER IN THE MIRROR
33. CHAPTER 33 :BETRAYAL’S SHADOW
34. Chapter 34 :The Web of Lies
35. CHAPTER 35 :A CHILD’S FEAR
36. CHAPTER 36 : A GAME OF CONTROL
37. CHAPTER 37 : THE MASK SLIPS
38. CHAPTER 38 : AN UNINVITED GHOST
39. CHAPTER 39 : A TEST OF LOYALTY
40. CHAPTER 40 : THE ENEMY WITHIN
41. CHAPTER 41: THE GHOST’S TRUTH
42. CHAPTER 42: THE SHATTERED PICTURE
43. CHAPTER 43: A CRACK IN THE MASK
44. CHAPTER 44: THE SILENCE BETWEEN US
45. CHAPTER 45: THE POISONED RING
46. CHAPTER 46: A DANGEROUS DANCE
47. CHAPTER 47: THE NOTE IN THE MASK
48. CHAPTER 48: BELOW THE MANSION
49. CHAPTER 49: SECRETE IN THE WALLS
50. CHAPTER 50: CHOICES WITH CHAINS
51. CHAPTER 51: THE INNOCENT WEAPON
52. CHAPTER 52: SHADOWS IN HER EYES
53. CHAPTER 53: TRUTH IN A WISHES
54. CHAPTER 54: TIES THAT CHOKE
55. CHAPTER 55: THE ESCAPE PLAN
56. CHAPTER 56: THE STRANGER AT THE DOOR
57. CHAPTER 57 – DOLLS AND DAGGER
58. CHAPTER 58 : THE PUPPET MASTER
59. CHAPTER 59 :THE DOUBLE AGENT
60. CHAPTER 60 : TICKING LIES
61. CHAPTER 61 : BLOOD AND BETRAYAL
62. CHAPTER 62 : A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
63. CHAPTER 63 : NO WAY OUT
64. CHAPTER 64 : THE ENEMY WITHIN
65. CHAPTER 65 : PLAYING WITH FIRE
66. CHAPTER 66 – THE LAST WARNING
67. CHAPTER 67 :TINTED LOVE
68. CHAPTER 68 : THE ART OF DECEPTION
69. CHAPTER 69 : THE BREAKING POINT
70. CHAPTER 70 : THE PRICE OF A LIE
71. CHAPTER 71: A DEADLY GAMBLE
72. CHAPTER 72: SHADOWS OF THE PAST
73. CHAPTER 73: BOUND BY SECRETE
74. CHAPTER 74: THE TAST OF REVENGE
75. CHAPTER 75: FIRE AND ASHES
76. CHAPTER 76: A NAME IN THE DARK
77. CHAPTER 77: BURNING THE BLUEPRINT
78. Chapter 78: END OF THE LINE
79. CHAPTER 79 : FREEDOM OR FIRE
80. CHAPTER 80: REBIRTH OR RUIN
81. CHAPTER 81: THE TRUTH NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR
82. CHAPTER 82: ETHAN’S PLAN UNFOLD
83. CHAPTER 83 : CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE
84. CHAPTER 84 :THE NIGHT OF THE ULTIMATUM
85. CHAPTER 85: A DEAL WITH A MADAM
86. CHAPTER 86: THE BREAKING POINT
87. CHAPTER 87 : SPLITE SECOND
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CHAPTER 54: TIES THAT CHOKE
"Ivanka, I had no other option. He intended to murder me.
Ethan's hands were bloody, but not his own, and his voice shook. His face was shadowed by the
tunnel's low light, which brought out the unadulterated terror in his eyes.
My heart was racing as I gazed at him. "What happened?"
He looked ba...
