Deeply Broken

(Reimagined and Expanded with 10,000+ more words than the original)

The torture was meant to break her, but it was the truth that made her heart bleed.

She left this world believing she wasn't my everything.

It's the thought that replays in my head as I stare at the image of the life gone from her body, her tangled brown hair fanning around her face as it hangs, listless. I didn't get to tell her that I didn't knowingly betray her before she was killed. That I still loved her. Now she'll never know, and the whispered words on her last breath will never belong to me, but the man she grew to love in my place.

He teeters on his knees next to me. Inconsolable.

Both of us are in pieces on the floor. And the only thing that keeps us from completely crumbling is the promise of finding her killer and making him pay.

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PLEASE NOTE: This book contains sensitive subject matter. If you are affected by triggers or have experienced serious trauma, it may not be for you. Not recommended for persons under 18 years of age. 

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Deeply Broken is the second book in the Broken three-book series and contains a cliffhanger. Each book should be read in order to avoid any spoilers and to follow the continuity of the story. 

Read the whole DAMAGED series:
The Broken Series (1-3): Tragically Broken, Deeply Broken, Beautifully Broken
Companion Novels (4-6): Fractured, Desolate, Scorned