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Chapter 1: The Three-Hundredth Mark<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I kept a ledger in my mind. It was not an obsessive habit born of madness, but a cold, necessary calculation for survival.<\/span><\/p>\n

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That was the exact number of strikes, shoves, and physical assaults I had endured in three years of marriage to\u00a0<\/span>Lucas Vane<\/span><\/strong>. To the world, Lucas was a golden god\u2014a tech mogul who graced the covers of\u00a0<\/span>Forbes<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Time<\/span>, the face of modern philanthropy, the man who pledged billions to clean water initiatives while poisoning the soul of the woman he swore to protect.<\/span><\/p>\n

But behind the triple-paned, soundproof glass of our Manhattan penthouse, he was a calculating monster. He was an artist of cruelty who knew exactly how to strike where the Chanel gowns and diamond chokers would cover the evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was seven months pregnant. The baby was a secret hope I held onto, a tiny spark of life in a mausoleum of marble and cold steel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chapter 1: The Three-Hundredth Mark I kept a ledger in my mind. It was not an obsessive habit born of madness, but a cold, necessary calculation for survival. Three hundred. That was the exact number of strikes, shoves, and physical assaults I had endured in three years of marriage to\u00a0Lucas Vane. To the world, Lucas…<\/p>\n

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