HE WAITED 1,095 DAYS TO CLAIM ME
Nyra Calder has spent three years building a life that does not require anyone to die for it.
A quiet apartment. A kind man who loves her. A future that looks nothing like the compound she grew up in, where her father ran his empire on fear and she was trained to be its most precise instrument. She left all of it behind. She told herself she was done.
Then her father turns up dead and the phone rings and the compound pulls her back like it never let go.
She returns expecting grief. What she gets is a cellar, a drugged drink, and the man she planned to marry watching her fall with a face she has never seen before.
Magnus was never who she thought he was. The life she built was constructed on top of something rotten. And the only person in her world who has never once lied to her is Raze Calder, the man she left, the man she has never stopped wanting, the man who looks at her like three years was nothing more than a delay.
Nyra does not need saving. She never did.
But she is about to find out what she actually needs, and it is nothing like what she chose.
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Chapter: Chapter 4Cold.That was the first thing I felt.It was not the kind that brushed against your skin and faded. This one sank deeper, settling into my bones like it had been waiting for me.My eyes fluttered open slowly, my vision struggling to adjust to the darkness around me. The air was damp, thick, carrying the faint smell of metal and something older, something abandoned.It was a cellar.My head throbbed as the memory came back in pieces. The drink, the drug and Magnus. My stomach twisted.I tried to move, but the sharp pull around my wrists stopped me. My hands were bound tightly behind the chair, the ropes digging into my skin just enough to remind me that whoever tied them knew what they were doing.Of course they did. This wasn’t random. This was planned. A voice cut through the silence. It was low and filled with frustration. I stilled immediately.“…you weren’t supposed to move this fast,” Marcus said, pacing somewhere to my right. His tone wasn’t the one I knew. It was sharper and
Last Updated: 2026-04-25
Chapter: Chapter 3By the time the burial ended, the compound no longer felt heavy with grief.It felt empty and quiet. People began to leave slowly, their conversations quieter now, their movements more relaxed, like whatever they had come for was already done.The tension that had filled the air earlier didn’t disappear completely. It just settled into something colder.I stood there for a moment, my eyes scanning the space without really thinking about it. Then I turned to look at Marcus but he wasn’t beside me.My chest tightened slightly as I turned, searching through the retreating crowd. He had been there just a few minutes ago, close enough that I could feel his presence.Now he wasn't here. Where would he have gone?A strange feeling settled low in my stomach. It was not panic. I just didn't want anything to happen to him. I moved slowly at first, stepping away from the grave, my eyes adjusting to the dimming light as evening crept in. The compound grew quieter with every passing second. “Ma
Last Updated: 2026-04-25
Chapter: Chapter 2The moment the plane touched down in Denver, something tight settled in my chest. It was not loud, nor was it sudden.It was just there, heavy against my chest like a weight that prevented me from breathing properly. I sat still even after the plane started moving, my eyes on the runway outside, but I wasn’t really seeing it. My mind kept going back to the same words.He’s gone. Your father is dead.I swallowed, my fingers curling slightly against my lap. He had died from a heart attack. That’s what Ronald said. But it didn’t sit right with me.My father wasn’t the kind of man who just died like that. He wouldn't die quietly and it would take time before he would die naturally. He had too many enemies, not to mention the fact that he lived in a world where death always meant something.There was always a reason. So no, I didn’t believe it. Because men like him didn’t just die. They were either taken, betrayed, set up or they saw it coming.My jaw tightened as another thought pushed
Last Updated: 2026-04-25
Chapter: Chapter 1“What are you doing here?” I choked out, my heart hammering a frantic, erratic rhythm against my ribs. I stared back at the man who had ruined my life with the same ease most people use to breathe.He had been the one person that plagued my thoughts ever since I left my father's house 1095 days ago and now—now he was here. This was not possible at all. Raze’s eyes didn't just look at me; they bore holes through my soul. Was this even real? He couldn't be here, in this room, standing on the rug I’d picked out with my fiancé. His gaze raked over my body with a terrifying, predatory familiarity, claiming every inch of skin like I was his property all over again.When those dark, bottomless orbs finally met mine, a slow, lazy smirk curled his lips. He was giving me a look that promised nothing but beautiful destruction.“I missed you, princess,” he drawled, the vibration of his voice making the marrow in my bones ache. “Didn't you miss me?”“I—I have a life now, Raze. Get out,” I stamm
Last Updated: 2026-04-25
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