After The Vows

Contents Also By Claudia Burgoa IMPORTANT NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 About Claudia Burgoa Also By Claudia Burgoa All rights reserved. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on your personal e-reader. 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If you would like to see a list of them, please check the link below with more information. This book has a cliffhanger, it’s necessary to read Who We Love to fulfill the most anticipated HEA. TW Website Happy Reading, Claudia For my personal Seth— for supporting me while I get lost in my world, and make sure to take care of me and the family “Instead of saying, "I'm damaged, I'm broken, I have trust issues" say "I'm healing, I'm rediscovering myself, I'm starting over.” ― Horacio Jones Prologue Seth Some things are unforgettable. They stick around in the place where they happened—even when our minds bury them deep in the darkness, they still exist. Some others… no matter what we do, never disappear. The images come back during the night, haunting us like a bad scene from Friday the 13th. It’s been almost eight years. Eight long, painful years. Many would think it’s over. That we had all forgotten and moved on. But it seems like I’m not the only one who still remembers. Of course, I didn’t know that until Chapter One Seth “What’s on your mind?” Mom’s green eyes study me the same way she’s done ever since I can remember. Nothing gets past her. Dad should hire her to work with The Organization. She’d be great during interrogations, which is what she does with me half the time. One day, I’ll be able to get away with murder, and she won’t notice. Can today be that day? The corner of my lip lifts slightly before I shake my head. “Seth?” My name comes out like a command. It almost sounds like,