Empress of Ash
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"Happy anniversary, sister," Chloe smiled, the diamond necklace I’d inherited glittering on her neck.
"You signed the transfer papers," Gavin said, wrapping an arm around her. "The company is ours. You were just a placeholder, Isla. A boring, plain placeholder."
I tried to scream, but the poisoned champagne had turned my limbs to lead. Chloe shoved me. I hit the freezing water of the Atlantic, watching the yacht drift away as I sank into the darkness.
I hate you, I screamed silently. Let me come back.
Then, I woke up. In my old bed. On the morning of my wedding day, five years ago.
"You signed the transfer papers," Gavin said, wrapping an arm around her. "The company is ours. You were just a placeholder, Isla. A boring, plain placeholder."
I tried to scream, but the poisoned champagne had turned my limbs to lead. Chloe shoved me. I hit the freezing water of the Atlantic, watching the yacht drift away as I sank into the darkness.
I hate you, I screamed silently. Let me come back.
Then, I woke up. In my old bed. On the morning of my wedding day, five years ago.















































