FISSURES OF THE FORGOTTEN II: Inheritance of the Damned

Some legacies are meant to be buried. Others refuse to die.

For five years, Sloane Mercer has lived a lie. Hidden away in the mountains of Vancouver, she's built a quiet life as Sloane Rivera-a devoted wife, a mother, a respected shop owner. To the world, she's just another woman with a family and a boutique. To those who know better, she's a ghost. A fugitive. A woman who should not exist.

She thought she was safe. Thought she had outrun the blood-stained history she left behind.

Then Mara walks through her door.

A face from her past. A friend who never stopped wondering where she went. A reminder that nothing stays forgotten forever.

But Mara isn't the only problem.

Because while Sloane fights to keep her new life intact, Callum Rivera's past is coming for him first. The man she built a future with has his own ghosts, his own buried sins clawing their way to the surface. And when his family shows up-bringing debts, lies, and the kind of trouble that doesn't knock before it enters-Sloane realizes they were never going to outrun the past.

Not his. Not hers. This time, the past isn't just knocking. It's breaking down the door.