Chapter 31: The Invalidation Play
The digital clock built into the concrete ceiling of the master suite shifted silently to 03:14 AM.
Chloe lay wide awake, her eyes tracking the soft green pulse of the biometric monitor. The heavy uterine spasms had subsided into a dull, lingering ache, a physical reminder that her body was operating on borrowed time. The room around her was completely soundproof, insulated by feet of military-grade concrete, yet the silence felt louder than a detonation.
I will be on the other side of this door... Nothing gets past me, Chloe.
His words played on a loop in her mind, competing with the damning dates on the private investigator's report. He was her warden. He was her protector. The two identities were so violently entangled she could no longer separate t
