BETRAYED,I MARRIED HIS BROTHER
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Chapter 6 power seduction img
Chapter 7 The Invite img
Chapter 8 Devil's dealI img
Chapter 9 Fire Storm img
Chapter 10 what love is img
Chapter 11 Bleeding Painting img
Chapter 12 The letter img
Chapter 13 Alexander's Return img
Chapter 14 one time peace img
Chapter 15 Under the Surface img
Chapter 16 Burn img
Chapter 17 Deep waters img
Chapter 18 Thorny truth img
Chapter 19 Pregnancy img
Chapter 20 The woman he hunted img
Chapter 21 love worth believing in img
Chapter 22 Dominic Lancaster img
Chapter 23 Who to Trust img
Chapter 24 Mental Tiredness img
Chapter 25 Shadows of the past img
Chapter 26 united for a cause img
Chapter 27 Fight img
Chapter 28 DNA TEST img
Chapter 29 All Together img
Chapter 30 The calm before the storm img
Chapter 31 A Line in the Blood img
Chapter 32 The Red Dot img
Chapter 33 Ghosts in the Walls img
Chapter 34 The Passenger img
Chapter 35 In the House of Wolves img
Chapter 36 Ghosts in the Bloodline img
Chapter 37 The Price of Knowing img
Chapter 38 Sanctuary of Shadows img
Chapter 39 Whispers in the Blood img
Chapter 40 The Safe House Isn't Safe anymore img
Chapter 41 Ashes in the Dark img
Chapter 42 The Judas Protocol img
Chapter 43 Phase Two img
Chapter 44 The Monster We Were Meant to Be img
Chapter 45 Ghost Code img
Chapter 46 Shattered silence img
Chapter 47 Faultlines of Freedom img
Chapter 48 The Gathering Storm img
Chapter 49 Ashes Between Us img
Chapter 50 The Ghost and the Flame img
Chapter 51 (A Crown of Smoke img
Chapter 52 The Haunting Silence img
Chapter 53 The Girl in the Silence img
Chapter 54 Raven Protocol img
Chapter 55 The Heart of the Trap img
Chapter 56 Brother of Ice, Heart of Fire img
Chapter 57 After the Fire img
Chapter 58 The Unwritten Future img
Chapter 59 The Hollow Sister img
Chapter 60 Echoes and Ashes img
Chapter 61 Side Story( Mirrors That Burn) img
Chapter 62 Side Story: Mirrors That BurnII img
Chapter 63 Blood haven img
Chapter 64 What if img
Chapter 65 Bloodhaven's Door img
Chapter 66 Ghost Code img
Chapter 67 Echoes in the Wire img
Chapter 68 Rewriting Ghosts img
Chapter 69 The Archive of Ashes img
Chapter 70 Where the Code Bleeds img
Chapter 71 The Children Who Remember img
Chapter 72 The Name in the Dairy img
Chapter 73 The Memory that Fought Back img
Chapter 74 The Place Where Names End img
Chapter 75 The Place Where Names End(II) img
Chapter 76 Blueprints of the Forgotten img
Chapter 77 Echoheart Awakens img
Chapter 78 The Transparent War img
Chapter 79 Ghost in the Wire img
Chapter 80 Beneath the Memory Sea img
Chapter 81 The Girl Who Remembered Too Much img
Chapter 82 Fracture Lines img
Chapter 83 Blueprints for Tomorrow img
Chapter 84 A Name for Tomorrow img
Chapter 85 Residual Ghosts img
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BETRAYED,I MARRIED HIS BROTHER

Toria writes
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Chapter 1 The Betrayal

Eliara's POV

The sterile scent of antiseptic clung to the air as I lay motionless on the hospital bed. My body was weak, my mind spinning, it's was as if I was hit by a truck and beaten half to death, suspended between fever dreams and the cruel sting of reality.

The slow drip of the IV and the beeping of the monitoring machine was the only sound filling the room until the buzz of my phone shattered the silence.

I blinked, a headache coming in due to the sound, my groggy fingers fumbling for the device on the tray beside me. My thumb hovered over the screen. A notification blinked at me.

*Alexander Lancaster spotted with mystery woman, are wedding bells off?*

My breath caught in my throat, my heart sank to my stomach, for a minute I doubted my sights, I even thought for a moment it might be another person entirely and not him but was I wrong.

I clicked the article with trembling fingers. The photo loaded slowly and agonizingly slow was it. And then the world stopped spinning, the words I use in deceiving and living in my own delusional bubbles burst.

No! No! No!

But no matter how many No's I say to myself, there they were, Alexander, the man I had loved for seven years and cared about more than myself and her, Serena, my adoptive parents real daughter, who is kind of my sister, in a sense. The long-lost daughter my adoptive parents had searched for in hushed whispers and desperate prayers. Which was answered.

His arm was wrapped around her waist smugly , her face tilted into his chest, and that smile. That soft, tender smile, the one I thought was mine.

The monitoring system or IV monitor, whatever the name is, beeped erratically matching my heart rate, my vision blurred and my head pounded as if ten nails were been Hammered into them.

I dialed him, Once, Twice, but it all went to Voicemail.

The silence was louder than any scream, it was the kind that happens but isn't needed and isn't a good one.

Then the phone rang again, my Mother.

My gut twisted. I answered with shaky hands. "Hello?"

"Darling," she cooed, false sweetness coating every syllable, it never means good whenever she is like this, either she wants something or it's trouble, "Aren't you going to congratulate your sister? She and Alexander, don't they make such a stunning couple, hmm?"

I couldn't breathe, the pain and betrayal was much, my heart hurts so much, my lungs burns.

"You knew?" I whispered, voice cracking like shattered glass, I hope I was wrong, just this once prove me wrong, "You knew about them?"

A pause. Then a sigh. "It's time you accepted reality, Eliara. Serena is our true real daughter. Alexander... he was never truly yours. You were just a placeholder so act like one and send your greetings."

Click.

The line went dead just like my heart, a cold painful chill ran through my whole body, I shivered.

A placeholder, that's what she called me and at this moment I felt like one.

That word echoed in my mind as my tears fell freely. I had given him everything, My loyalty, My heart, Seven years of my life, time and effort but what happened? I got discarded like an old dress in the back of a closet in return, I was easily replaced like a spoilt old cloth doll.

A knock came at the door, I didn't answer nor made a move.

But it opened anyway, and my friend, best friend's head peeped in, she is all smiles till she saw my face. I know I look pale.

Naomi stepped in, her eyes scanning my face. "Eliara?" Her voice cracked. "Oh God, what happened?"

I couldn't speak. I just handed her my phone, I didn't need to, all my problems and woes are in there.

She looked at the phone, her eyes widened like an anime character, very funny even bit I wasn't feeling it at this moment. And then she exploded.

"That bastard! How dare he" she hissed clenching her hands into a fist. "I swear, if I see him, I'll castrate him and feed it to him till he choked on it and die"

"Maybe she's right, she is definitely right" I whispered. "Not maybe, I think she is right, I was just something temporary something replaceable. I am.....I was just a... a placeholder."

"No," she said, gripping my hand firmly. "You are not disposable not replaceable, God! Fuck no, Eliara, you are the most loveable and the most beautiful person I have ever had in my life. And there is no fucking way we are letting them win, You deserve so much than that, what they did to you isn't right, they took advantage of you and your kind heart, you are not what that bitch and sorry excuse for a woman told you, you are my friend, my best friend, they will get what is coming to them, don't worry."

But in that moment, I wasn't sure I could win anything. I wasn't sure I could even stand, everything became blurry and I let out a heart breaking sob, she immediately came to my side, holding me and rubbing my back.

"It's alright sweetie, it's alright, we will deal with them, shushhhhh, stop crying, look at me, look at me"

I lifted my head up and look at her with tears still running down my face, am sure I was covered in snot but I didn't care, I was so heartbroken, it's as if my heart was thorn to shreds and scrubbed with sandpaper, I loved him, it hurts so much, so fucking much.

"Oh baby, stop crying they don't deserve your tears at all"

            
            

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