Introduction

My life as Ava Thompson, the perfect society wife of real estate mogul Ethan Maxwell, seemed perfectly gilded.

Our anniversary gala on a dizzying New York night was a dazzling spectacle under blinding flashbulbs.

Then, a dark van, masked men, and my screams echoed as the world went black.

I woke up disoriented, body aching, only to find Ethan, the loving husband, staging a performance for the cameras.

In his Bentley, feigning unconsciousness, I heard him confess his monstrous plot.

He'd orchestrated my abduction for a "cleaner divorce" and a lucrative business deal.

At the hospital, shielded by a curtain, I overheard doctors reveal shattered hopes: a lost early pregnancy, and permanent infertility due to the trauma.

Ethan and his head of security, Marcus, brazenly confirmed it: my baby's demise and my barrenness were part of his calculated plan for my ruin.

My own husband had meticulously engineered my destruction, abandoning my trust, my body, and my future-all for his mistress, Chloe Vance, and a mere business transaction.

Chloe later taunted me with knowing mockery, "He knew you were pregnant before... your little accident."

He thought I was broken, a pathetic pawn in his cruel game, even shoving me violently when I lashed out.

But beneath the crushing pain, a cold, unyielding fury ignited within me.

The gentle, submissive Ava shattered, replaced by an iron will forged in betrayal.

He underestimated me, and he had fatally underestimated my family.

While he spun his elaborate web of deceit, I reached for a secret burner phone.

"Kevin," I whispered into the phone, "the eagles are restless."

My vengeance was about to begin, and it would be absolute.