Chapter 30: Happily Ever After.

The love between Chloe and Liam had developed out of the most terrible adversity. Truly a phoenix rising beautifully out of the flames of their own and their parents' tumultuous pasts. They had weathered the storms that would have broken lesser souls, but with each trial, they had been brought to love one another that much more. As the two locked eyes, they believed they had finally found the elusive happily ever after they had been looking for. But little did they know that their greatest challenge was yet to come—some malevolent force, lying in the waiting, to make its hit when the time was most vulnerable. A lull before the storm fell upon them, misleading them with a sense of safety as they reveled in the warmth of their newfound joy. It had started so subtly—the way the air cooled and unease began to whisper, leaving Chloe's hackles rising. The first time, she'd chalked it up to echoes of old traumas—scars of battles long ago—still haunting her dreams. But as the days began to b