Kglynn05
Maven Hale was born into a legacy that looked noble from the outside. Her mother was a respected cop. Her father, a decorated military general. Her older sister Ellie, already a rising star in the FBI. On paper, the Hales were built on service, discipline, and honor.
Behind closed doors, the truth was far darker.
Maven grew up in a house where love was something fragile and fear was constant. Her father, Lawrence Hale, carried his rage like a weapon, hurling it at anyone who came too close. Night after night, Maven and Ellie watched their parents tear each other apart in violent fights that never truly ended-only paused.
Then everything changed the day Imogen Hale, their mother, was diagnosed with stage three pancreatic cancer. Aggressive. Merciless. A countdown no one wanted to hear. Maven watched her mother fade, fighting with every breath, until one warm May afternoon when Imogen Hale slipped away surrounded by people who loved her.
Ellie broke. Maven didn't.
Maven burned.
In the wake of their mother's death, Lawrence Hale shattered completely-and he dragged his daughters down with him. His grief curdled into cruelty. His temper worsened. His addictions spiraled. The home that once held family dinners and laughter became a revolving door of strangers, drugs, and violence.
And Maven-who looked too much like her mother-became his favorite target.
Maven is strong. She's smart. She's resilient.
But even steel cracks under enough pressure.
The question now is simple:
Will the job break her?
Or will it finally give her something she's never had-
a reason to let her walls fall?