Chapter 1
Just because my husband, Justin Garrett, suspected I was hiding his lover, Luciana Yvette, he locked our son in a remote, beast–ridden mountain cabin–as a threat to me.
I could hear my little boy crying in terror, but Justin remained unmoved. He just stared coldly at me and said, “Give Lucy back to me.”
“I don’t know where she is!” I shouted through tears, trying to rush toward him. But the bodyguards grabbed my shoulders and held me back.
By the time I got there to save my son, he had already been mauled to death by wild dogs.
At the funeral, Luciana smiled at me. “It was just a little game, and he’s already eating out of my hand. Mrs. Garrett, it’s time you gave up your spot.”
I sneered. “Fine, Justin. Let’s divorce. I hope you two grow old together… and never have a child.”
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Luciana disappeared.
After Justin turned New York upside down and still found nothing, he had Kathy Sanders “invited” to his office.
On the laptop in front of her, a video was playing.
The old wooden cabin was dark and broken. A three–year–old boy curled in the corner, crying, “Mommy.”
That was her son–Mike Garrett,
It was his son too.
Hearing the boy’s terrified cries, Justin acted like he didn’t hear
He just stared into Kathy’s eyes and said, “Give Lucy back to me.”
She tried to rush forward, but the bodyguards pinned her to the chair.
“Justin, he’s your son!”
Kathy bit her lips until they bled just to force the words out.
“Return her, and you can take him home.”
Justin’s voice was cold like he was discussing a trivial deal.
“I don’t know where she is.”
Kathy dug her nails into her palm, forcing herself to stay calm.
She never cared about that pampered pet.
Even after countless nights alone, receiving all kinds of ambiguous or explicit messages and videos from a stranger on WhatsApp, she never responded.
No matter how far the provocations escalated, she stayed unmoved. So how could she suddenly kidnap someone?
But he didn’t believe her.
The video shifted to the outside of the cabin.
Beast prints and droppings everywhere. The wooden door was rotting, barely standing.
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Kathy sucked in a sharp breath. Her voice trembled.
“You’re threatening me–with Mike’s life?!”
Justin curled his lips, ignoring her question. “Two hours left until dark.”
Kathy pulled out her phone, trying to locate her son through his tracker.
Justin tapped the table to get her attention.
“There’s a signal blocker in the cabin.”
His words were as cold as ice.
“Don’t waste time doing nothing.”
“You’re insane!”
Kathy couldn’t stop shaking.
“You hid her, so you should’ve known I’d lose my mind.”
Justin was smiling, but it never reached his eyes.
His voice grew gentler, laced with poison.
“Kathy, want to bet how long that door can hold?”
A flash of clarity struck her, and Kathy blurted out, “Eternal Heart.”
It was an island shaped exactly like a human heart.
Justin had found it among countless islands overseas, sparing no expense
to turn it into a paradise. It was his engagement gift.
He made a promise–only one woman would ever set foot there.
That woman was Kathy.
Chapter 1
Over the years, many women came and went around Justin. No matter how favored, none were allowed near that island.
To dethrone her as Mrs. Garrett, breaking the myth of being “the only one” was the key.
Luciana, growing bolder in Justin’s heart, would inevitably desire it.
Kathy was gambling–on that pet’s obvious ambition.
Justin stood up to leave.
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As he passed her, she grabbed his sleeve.
“Where’s Mike?!”
He raised a brow. The bodyguards stepped forward, prying her fingers off and straightening his wrinkled sleeve.
“When I’m sure, I’ll tell you. Otherwise…”
His cruel words faded under his retreating footsteps, silent but deafening.
Kathy was locked in the conference room like a caged beast.
She tried again and again to locate her son by phone, only to get the same cold message, “Signal lost.”
No matter how much she screamed, cried, cursed, or even tried to call the police, it was all useless.
Dusk fell outside the window. Each tick of the second hand tortured her
nerves.
Suddenly, the door opened. Her phone lit up with a new message.
“Signal blocker disabled. Go find him.”
No time to think–Kathy bolted out the door.
Signal back. The tracker pointed to the deep mountains outside the city.
It was rush hour.
Her car was stuck in traffic, barely moving.
She abandoned it and ran, calling the satellite phone on her son’s smartwatch.
After an endless tone, a sobbing voice pierced her ears.
“Mommy, where are you? I’m scared!”
Kathy’s heart broke. Gasping, she answered, “Don’t be scared, baby. I’m coming.”
She ran 20 kilometers to get past the jam.
She paid a huge sum to “snatch” a car and sped through countless red lights toward the outskirts.
With the pedal to the floor, she sped along a mountain road where the guardrail was broken.
She was about to turn when her phone suddenly picked up growls- drawing closer.
“Mommy, dogs…”
Before Mike could finish, a scream cut through.
“Ahhh! Mommy, they’re biting me! It hurts!”
Kathy’s soul nearly left her body.
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Something slammed into the back of her car, ramming it toward the broken rail.
The impact turned her vision black. She faintly heard the sound of bones crushing, of flesh tearing–then everything went dark.
When she woke up, she was still inside the car.
Her phone screen had gone black. The silence was terrifying.
Stumbling out, she followed the tracker through the woods.
Two kilometers in, she saw a wooden cabin hidden among the trees.
The night wind picked up, carrying a strong stench of blood.
She went limp all over, stumbling with every step, almost crawling into the cabin on all fours.
With her phone’s flashlight, she saw blood splattered everywhere, torn cloth, and scattered flesh and bones.
In the pool of blood, a watch still glowed blue–still in call mode, soaking
in red.
Her throat moved, and an inhuman scream tore out, scattering every beast and bird lurking in the forest.
