Chapter: Chapter 14Chapter 14. Nyx's pov It had already been a long day of me serving the customers at the diner. My fingers had pressed against so many orders that it was starting to feel numb, still I wasn't ready to stop. I could feel Rhea's judgmental eyes on me. She would at times pause to check if I was handling the dishes alright or if I was about to clock out of being a normal person. I had moved to get another set of orders ready when I felt something sharp move through my lower abdomen, I held on discreetly to the counter, acting like I was checking on something when someone gripped my shoulder.“Hey…” It was Rhea. She had worry written all over her face and it was terrifying to see that my strong facade didn't have a lasting effect on her. “Are you okay? You don't have to answer that because I know you're not. Come this way.” She directed me to the back of the kitchen and made me sit down.“Rhea, I'm totally fine. It's just a—” Another sharp pain moved again and this time, it had me compl
Last Updated: 2026-10-06
Chapter: Chapter 13Crux’s POVI could feel the back of my throat itching furiously. I needed something to die down the thirst that surged through me.As blood dripped to the floor of my office, Aethros was already pressing against my chest. The need was burning fast, and I needed to quench it.“Still taking deep breaths to convince yourself that it will go away?” Aethros growled. His movements were demeaning, and I couldn’t find a way to get him to stop. “You need to feed. Feed on something.” He sang in my ear like a song.It was so urgent. I was starting to wonder how I was going to get my hunger to die down, but the only way I could think of was the one Aethros told me, and that was me feeding.I reached for my phone and called Reyes, requesting his immediate company. Reyes didn’t waste any time; he was already in the office seconds after I had called him.“You asked…” His voice trailed off when he noticed the blood that had pooled on the floor. Dread shimmered through his eyes. “Do I need to make the
Last Updated: 2026-10-05
Chapter: Chapter 12CruxThe paper of the folder felt rough beneath my fingers as I flipped to the next page.It was the fifth time I had read through it tonight. The file was thin, filled with medical reports, blood work results, and routine notes from the clinic.Normal blood pressure, low iron levels and vitamin recommendations. Somehow, I had memorized all of it.Yet I could not close it.“Call Reyes,” Aethros growled from the dark corners of my mind, his clawed paws pacing back and forth across my subconscious. “He is taking too long. Demand the full report. We need to know where she is right now.”“Shut up, Aethros,” I muttered under my breath, staring down at the small clinic intake photograph clipped inside the folder.Nyx Jackson stared back at me, her expression serious, almost irritated with whoever had taken the picture. I had looked at that photograph five times tonight, and I had no idea why.“She is out there unprotected,” Aethros snarled, his voice rising in volume until my ears rang. “Th
Last Updated: 2026-09-23
Chapter: Chapter 11Nyx’s POV I froze, my breath catching in my throat. I remembered this feeling. I remembered it from fifteen years ago, and from every failed attempt after that. The sudden spill of warmth and wetness before the cramping started. The physical proof that my body had failed again. “Nyx?” Rhea asked, noticing the way I had gone still. “What is it?” “I’m bleeding,” I whispered, tears spilling over my eyelashes and mixing with the rain on my face. “Rhea, I’m bleeding. I’m losing it.” Fifteen years of losses rushed back into my mind like a wave of ice water. The doctors’ pitying looks. Adrien’s disappointment turning into resentment. The endless IVF treatments, the loans, the quiet crying in the bathroom so no one would hear me. I couldn’t lose this baby. I couldn’t go through that agony again. “Listen to me,” Rhea said, reaching out to grab my wrist with a weak grip. “You are not losing this baby. Do you hear me?” “I feel it, Rhea,” I said, my voice cracking. “I feel the wetness. It
Last Updated: 2026-09-17
Chapter: Chapter 10Nyx’s Pov “Rhea!” I cried out. “Stay where you are, Nyx!” Rhea blurted out. She tried to push herself to her feet, but a gasp escaped her lips. Her knees gave out, and she collapsed back to the floor, her chest rising and falling heavily as one hand clutched her side. Dark, thick blood oozed through her fingers, staining her clothes. I felt my heart drop into my stomach. “Rhea…” I tried to move toward her, but a hand grabbed my shoulder, dragging me backward. “Not so fast, little bird,” a dark voice growled in my ear. “Get off her!” Rhea hissed from the floor, clutching her bleeding side as she tried in vain to raise a hand toward him. She let out a harsh, wet cough. “I can’t… I can’t stop the bleeding. They cut me with wolfsbane…” Panic crashed into me so hard it became difficult to breathe. In a burst of pure instinct, I locked my hands over my stomach to protect my baby, threw my weight backward, and slammed the back of my head directly into the man’s face. A sickening crunc
Last Updated: 2026-09-17
Chapter: Chapter 9NYX’S POVFourteen days.That was how long I had been living above Rhea's diner.I rolled onto my back and stared at the cracked ceiling, listening to the laughter drifting up from the kitchen below. Dawn hadn't even broken yet and the diner was already alive but I wasn't.No matter how exhausted I was, sleep refused to come. Every time I closed my eyes, my mind found something else to worry about.It was either money, the baby or the stranger whose life had somehow become tied to mine.I let out a slow groan and buried my face into the pillow. "Why won't you just sign those damn papers?" I muttered, my voice sounding muffled against the pillow as I squeezed my eyes shut.For the past two weeks, I had done everything I could to avoid the one thing I knew I could not escape forever. Sooner or later… I would have to face Crux Matteo again and the thought alone made my stomach tighten.I still could not understand him. He had every reason to walk away. The pregnancy had happened because
Last Updated: 2026-08-27
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