HIS DARK OBSESSION: The Architect
I was the girl no one noticed.
Until I opened File Case No. 0001.
Azrael Atlas St. Claire. They call him “The Architect.” A ghost. A cold-blooded killer. A man so dangerous the FBI can’t touch. His death would shatter the economy. Rival syndicates would burn the city to kill him. He has no weakness.
Then he found me.
He appeared in my archive and vanished without a trace. The next morning, gifts started appearing on my nightstand. First, a bullet coated in dried blood. Second, ten fingers belonging to the man who touched me.
He watched. Followed. Stalked my every move.
Then one night, he came through my window. He took what he wanted while I floated in haze. I woke up sore, terrified…and craving for more—needing for more.
The FBI saw a fracture in me, and decided to weaponize it. They wired me. Made me their spy with a promised I’d be safe if I helped them cage the monster.
Yet, at the first sign of blood, they ran. Leaved me in chaos.
He stayed.
Now, I lived in his world. My mother thinks the lawyer at her table is a kind stranger. She didn’t feel his hand between my thighs underneath. She doesn’t know he’s been sculpting my life for years, long before we ever met.
The FBI wants me to betray him. His enemies want me dead for revenge.
But the monster who stole my life?
He’s the only one who ever truly saw me.
And I’m starting to wonder if that makes me just as dangerous as him.
They say there’s a line between the victim and the villain.
I don’t think I’m on the right side anymore.
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Chapter: ###049: THE FRAME//VESPER//The handcuff clicked open, but I didn’t move my wrist. Azrael stood beside the bed, the small key still between his fingers, watching me with that patient, ancient gaze. My arm ached from the position, yet I let it hang there, suspended, unwilling to be the first to claim freedom.“Your mother is asking for you,” he said.The words hit my chest like a blow. Right, my mother. I sat up too quickly, blood rushing, the room tilting. Azrael’s hand steadied my elbow—dry palm, precise pressure, no more warmth than necessary.“She’s awake?”“For several hours now.” He released me and stepped back, straightening his cuffs. “I’ve told her you’re recovering from a minor illness. She believes it. The fiction pleases her.”I swung my legs over the edge of the bed. I smoothed my shirt automatically, a futile gesture as I tried to make myself presentable, then followed him through the doorway.The East Wing smelled different. Sunlight poured through windows that faced the rose garden, and
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Chapter: ###048: THE DEVIL’S LAIR//VESPER//I reached for my clothes with hands that wouldn’t stop shaking. The fabric of my shirt felt foreign against my skin. I pulled it over my head without looking at him, my fingers fumbling with the hem. The jeans came next, and I stepped into them, swaying slightly as I zipped it up, the sound too loud in the enclosed space.The car started moving. I didn’t remember him starting the engine. I stared out the window at the passing darkness. My reflection stared back at me—hair disheveled, lips swollen, eyes too wide—so I looked away. The silence between us felt heavy, textured, like something I could reach out and touch. It pressed against my eardrums, filled the hollow spaces inside my chest.I tried to count the seconds. I lost track somewhere after two hundred. My body felt detached from itself, moving through space without my conscious direction. When the car finally slowed, I blinked and found us approaching wrought iron gates that loomed against the night sky. They opened
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Chapter: ###047: THE THROAT//AZRAEL//She was still trembling when I withdrew the knife.Her hips jerked, suddenly empty, and she gasped at the loss of pressure—the absence of the thing she had been riding, the thing that had filled her, the thing she had taken all the way down without knowing she was capable of taking anything at all.Before she could process the emptiness, I flipped the blade in my hand. A muscle memory honed over years.“The knife was just the appetizer, luv.”I grabbed a handful of her hair, tilting her head back until she was forced to look at me. Her eyes were twin abysses of terror and addiction. I pressed the flat of the blade against her cheek, dragging it down to the sensitive skin of her throat.Her breath came in shallow, rapid pulls. Her pupils had dilated. Her skin had broken into goosebumps that spread from her throat down her arms, her chest, her belly. Her nipples had hardened again like they were reaching for something. Her thighs pressed together, and I felt the way her body
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Chapter: ###046: THE KNIFE//AZRAEL//Vesper’s breathing still came hard and ragged, her body trembling against the leather seat. Her lips parted, her skin flushed with the heat I had already pulled from her. She was trying to steady herself. She was trying to pretend she had not just come apart on my fingers with her mother sleeping three feet away.I lifted my fingers to my mouth, tasting her slowly, letting the salt and sweetness coat my tongue. I sucked them clean, one by one, and let her watch. Her eyes tracked the movement. Her throat worked. She was still hungry. She was always hungry. The rain hammered the windshield in sheets, reducing the world beyond to gray static. Visibility had dropped to nothing.I pulled onto the shoulder. Gravel crunched beneath the tires. The car rocked with the wind once, twice, then settled. The road was desolate here, buried beneath arching trees that blocked what little moonlight might have penetrated the storm. No other vehicles. No witnesses.Vesper went rigid. I felt h
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Chapter: ###045: THE COLLECTION//VESPER//I came down the stairs with my duffle bag hanging off my shoulder, the strap digging into the marks he had left on my collarbone. My mother was at the kitchen table, a glass of water in her hand, her eyes bright with a hope I had not seen in months.“Ready, baby?”I nodded. I did not trust my voice.Detective Nora was in the living room, her voice low and urgent, her body angled toward Theodore Pierce like she was trying to find a crack that was not there. I stood in the hallway and watched them.“—cannot let her leave with someone we haven’t vetted.” Nora’s voice was sharp, professional, but underneath it I could hear the desperation she was trying to hide. “She’s a key witness in an ongoing investigation. Her safety is our responsibility.”Theodore—Azrael’s voice was calm and reasonable, as if he had never raised his voice in his life. “With all due respect, Detective, your responsibility is precisely why I am offering her my home. Your agents could not keep a brick from
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Chapter: ###044: THE TRAP//VESPER//“Mrs. Martin.” His voice found my mother like a lighthouse finding a lost ship at sea. She emerged from the kitchen, tear-streaked and shaking, and he crossed to her in three quick strides, taking her hands in his with a gentleness that made my stomach turn. “I cannot in good conscience allow you to stay in a home that is no longer secure.”My mother looked at him, then at the shattered window, then back at him. Her brow furrowed with confusion, the pieces not quite fitting together.“Mr. Pierce, I don’t understand. Mark said this was about the lawsuit. Why would someone throw a brick through our window over a lawsuit?”Azrael’s expression didn’t change, but I saw something flicker behind his eyes—amusement, maybe. Or satisfaction.“I’m afraid your friend here—Mark hasn’t been entirely honest with you, Mrs. Martin.”Agent Miller’s face went pale. “Mr. Pierce, I don’t think this is the time—”“The FBI doesn’t typically assign agents to protect civilians over civil litigati
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Midnight Phantom
He was twisted in every way.
Knows nothing about boundaries and a heart made out of ice and steel.
He kills those he deems to rot in hell and those who dare disobey him.
And definitely, he will torture anyone who dares lay a hand on HER.
Damon Montreal, a notorious mafia boss in the city, had set his eyes only on one woman. The only light to his darkness Cara Davidsons.
While she was the CEO’s princess daughter, she had all she needed.
Yet, no matter how perfect her life seemed to be, there was a shadow that followed her everywhere.
A prowling presence beneath the veil of darkness. A monster of a man. A phantom that visits her every night and watches her sleep.
“You are mine, Cara. You are fucking mine.”
With a voice so velvety and rich, compelling her to dive into his dark, messed-up world.
Will she be able to embrace the devil that only she could tame and accept him for who he is? Or that Damon would be too ruthless and engulf the remaining ray of light in his life.
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Chapter: Chapter 143: Epilogue[Damon] ***Ten years later...*** I run my thumb over her lips the slides my fingers into her hairline, gripping her close as much as I can while she moves on top of me, grinding and taking me inside her.God, I love this woman with all my heart. It fucking hurts like I am going to explode.Right inside her.Her back arches, and her hair falls down her spine as she rides me, and I lean back on my elbow, holding her hip.Fuck, baby. I groan.“God, Damon,” Cara whimpers, her knees on my side trembling.She digs her nails into my shoulders and comes in, kissing me, her taste and heat making my fucking head spin. This was the second time in six hours. She, climbing on top of me and stirring me awake at the crack of dawn just ten minutes ago.How easily I stir for her, though. My beautiful wife.Ten years.A decade has passed since that night.Yet, I still couldn't believe the vision I had with her had now come true.We are now living in a two-story house. A picket white fence and a centen
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Chapter: Chapter 142: It’s Done[Cara]He was frantic and disoriented from having the sack on his head. He lists too much and fights the bonds on his wrist.“Get them out of here and make sure their mouths are sealed before I will,” Damon instructed a few of the armed men to get the catering crew out of here. His threats are resolute, and I'm sure as hell that if one of them squeaks, that would be the very last sound they make.A shudder ran down my spine, but it wasn't for the horrible thought of what Damon might do to the poor catering crews, but mainly to the man’s hysterical blue eyes glued on me. A momentary surprise registered on his face upon seeing me, but then he was back wrestling with his binds.The vivid anger in me burns the back of my throat, seeing my father's face as well as the one responsible for his death. He tries to talk, but the gag on his mouth shuts him up. Salvatore unceremoniously rips the fabric off his mouth and grabs his head by the hair.“C-Cara?” He sputtered, recovering his breath.“
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Chapter: Chapter 141: Served in a Silver Platter [Cara]I felt comfortable and confident with the dress I chose. It was a tight-fitted tube with a chromatic effect that changes hues when the light hits it. Though I topped it up with a white pea coat, covering Damon’s bite marks was glowing in brilliant red on the skin on my shoulders.My make was already done, and I just let my hair hang in its natural curls, cascading down to my waist, then paired it with black Louboutin shoes with rhinestones lining around the pointed heels.I was staring at my reflection in the mirror for one final glance as I eased my nerves. Just then, the doorbell chimes, and the raging dread fire starts again and coils in my gut.Damon says it's going to be fine, and I trust him. However, I am not worried about this man, but rather the information he brings us. A knock came through the door on cue, and Damon’s voice followed. “Cara, my love.”It’s going to be fine. I tell myself and take a deep breath. Traipsing across the room and opening the door.“I’m don
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Chapter: Chapter 140: Quickie[Cara]I was fidgeting my fingers as I stared at myself in the mirror, unable to contain my raging nerves and needles pricking at my throat, making it hard to swallow.Damon assures me that everything is going to be fine, but is it going to be?He invited Salvatore Servantes to his home, or should I say his penthouse. Yes, we haven't been back to his glass mansion or he lets me go with my mom when she says she's going back home. He didn't even allow me to return to my condo.It's only the two of us, but it will be soon that Salvatore comes ringing the doorbells.Damon is true to his words when he says he will let this guy who ordered to kill Henry come over and dine with us.Perforation rigged into my large almond eyes as my gaze traveled down to my chest, to tiny scars above the swell of my breasts, and disappeared underneath my bra. The tip of my fingers unconsciously brushes over the small lump of a scar on my side. Mentally counting the stitches and cursing Burson’s soul to rot in
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Chapter: Chapter 139: Picket White Fence[3rd POV—Damon]Damon watches Cara sleeps in his arms. The fact that she was snoring softly and appearing calm gave the impression that she was having a pleasant dream rather than one of the terrifying nightmares that had been tormenting her sleep for some time after the traumatic event. That there were no monsters chasing to touch her.The air was thick with the stale smell of after-sex, their naked bodies were entangled in a comfortable way, and both of their breathing was in perfect harmony. She was sprawled atop him, her breasts squished on his ribs. The side of her cheek pressed to his chest just above where his heart softly pounding. As though it was the last sound she was listening to that lulled her to sleep.Damon carefully cleared the golden tresses veiling on her beautiful face, his index trailing the fine bridge of her nose. Her eyes fluttered from his touch as though, even though, through her sleep, she could still recognize him. He stilled for a moment when she stirred,
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Chapter: Chapter 138: Gizzard Out[Cara] He motioned to his tenting arousal and didn’t need to elaborate on what he wanted me to do. My entire system seemed to know as well what he needed.I unzipped his trousers and took out his agonizingly hot, stiff, turgid cock. He pushed my head slightly so the tip of the rested cock rested on my lower lip, the weight of it making me pout. Damon stared down at me as though he appeared to be waiting for me to act. Grabbing a fistful of my hair, he gently pulled me back so my throat was almost perfectly aligned, a straight passage from my mouth to my stomach, and my spine bent downwards with my breasts hanging hefty just above the sheets.Instinctively, my mouth opened, and his cock slipped in, resting heavily on my tongue as the salty tang wrapped around my taste buds. I have a small mouth and the bulk of his shaft still surprises me even though this wasn’t the first time I’ve given him a blowjob.Damon began stroking my hair softly.Moving his hips as he began to feed his shaft s
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Tattoo on her Face
Isla: A missing child who had been presumed dead for several years. Is she, however, truly dead?
Tricia: An heiress and the daughter of a powerful Empire businessman. Was that life, however, truly meant for her?
Violet: An Assassin’s Guild Founder and the reigning Queen of the Underground City. Is she, however, worthy of that title?
All three distinct identities converge on a single fate.
What if the enigmatic cold assassin and mafia heir named Seth happens to cross her path? Will Seth be able to figure out what she's trying to hide? Or will she reveal herself alongside him?
Upon her sister’s death, she blamed herself for it. That she changed her identity in order to start a new life. She worked so hard to earn what she had right now. She became strong, powerful, feared, and respected.
After many years have passed. What if a ghost from her past comes back to haunt her? What if the things she ought to believe isn't what they really are? Will she be able to deal with it? What if the people she's grown to love and care for have secrets of their own? Will she be able to accept it?
Will it get easier for her in the long run? Or else fate will make things even more difficult for her.
She had always wished to live a normal life, but that wish seemed to exist only in her imagination.
For she is, after all, the girl with the TATTOO ON HER FACE.
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Chapter: Epilogue~IslaIt has been ten years since that day, I never thought I would live and believe it or not, miracle did happen to us.After Luzy saved me by giving her blood, she also survived. Because of what Lino did to us, her blood cells regenerate ten times faster than usual until it returned back to normal. And because we had the same blood type and our systems had gone through the same experiment, my body immediately accepted her blood and returned to normal as if I'd never been to life and death.But not everything has returned as I have expected.Dad died.Yes, he died in order to save us. Lino had planted a bomb in the entire area long before anything happened. He expected Dad to show up, and he wanted him dead, and he wanted us all dead.Axhton told me what happened after Seth took me out of that hell. Dad was fighting with Lino and warned him about Lino's plan to blow up the whole place. He told them to leave. They refuse
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Chapter: Chapter 48: Might be the End~SethFrom what I had seen with my parents, I was stunned into silence.Great! I am sure as hell that my eye's not playing tricks on me.Sending it all from the back of my head, I start finding Isla remembering where I last saw Luzy had gone.I heard sobs coming from the glass door at the end of the corridor as I followed the deserted corridor. I jogged towards that door, but what I saw made my heart stop and my knees weaken.I noticed Isla unconsciously lying in a pool of blood, with Luzy sobbing at her side. She heard me coming and looks at me with a tears streaming on her eyes.What happened? My gaze turned into the blinking monitor: "FORMAT COMPLETED."Looks like Luzy's back, she quickly got up and ushered to me. I was about to shout at her, but she grabbed the hem of my shirt and lowered her knees."Please, whoever you are. I’m begging you, please help my twin." She begged. I yanked her arms fo
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Chapter: Chapter 47: Please, come back.~IslaI avoided her attack and attempted to knock her off balance by grabbing her feet, but she jumped and kneed me on the jaw, causing me to stumble a few feet away from her.Shit!My jaw feels like it's been dislocated. I hissed, wiping the blood from the corner of my lips. She gave me a blank stare while smirking evilly.I got to my feet, ignoring the pain. She drew a dagger from her back and lunged at me, moving so fast that she hit me on the right arm. I noticed an opening on her left feet and quickly took advantage of it by bending my body and sweeping her feet, causing her to trip."Please, Luzy, return to your senses. Fight back against that fucking chip on your head!" I clenched my teeth."It's me, please. I'm Isla." My voice broke, taking a backward step closer to the monitor, and she instantly rolled over, dashing towards me. I easily sidestepped her attack, and she quickly spun her arms around, hooking me on m
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Chapter: Chapter 46: Luzy~Isla / TriciaI felt like I was floating in a fluid that surrounded me. The only thing that causes me to breathe is the thing that was tucked into my mouth.My body was not that exhausted than the last time. What is going on here?I can't open my eyes, but my other senses have returned to normal except for my hearing. I can feel the fluid shifted, slowly draining until all I can feel is my body soaking wet and the fluid gone. I slumped on the hard surface, but the impact doesn’t hurt.I became more aware of my surroundings and my hearing improved. I felt someone took the things attached to my body and hoisted me up, laying horizontally on a cushioned object. Which I assume was the same stretcher I was in when I came."Master, her body is ready for the procedure. Shall we mount the chip?"Fuck! They're going to put that shit on my head! I need to get out of here as soon as possible."All right, get the chip ready."
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Chapter: Chapter 45: Rescue Mission~Seth"Well, gentlemen, thank you for coming, and your assistance is greatly appreciated. I'm hoping that we can find my daughter as soon as possible." Tito Harry addressed them."Anytime, Cloudio, we've been allies for decades and are happy to assist." If I'm not mistaken, the slender white-haired man's name is Mr. Yosores, and the other is Mr. Gualiza. Before they leave, they say their goodbyes to Tito Harry and send their regards to Tita Trixie, who went to the kitchen.Tita returned with a tray of juices and placed it on the coffee table in front of us, taking the seat next to her husband. Now there are only five of us left, sitting on their couch. We fell silent and just stared at each other as if we were waiting for a bomb to explode on our faces.I cleared my throat, breaking the awkward silence between us."So... Do you know who's son of a bitch we're going to face this time?" I asked Tito because it appears
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Chapter: Chapter 44: Joined Forces~SethIt's been three days since Isla went missing, and I have a strong suspicion that Mr. Stan has something to do with this shit!According to Jaffy and Miette, she went with that man because he said they had something to talk about, and they haven't been seen since.It's also been three days since I've slept because I keep wondering where she is. The last time she’d been kidnapped, she had her cellphone with her, but this time is different. I tracked down her phone and found it in the middle of a dark forest.I wanted to kill myself because of what had happened. None of this could have happened if I hadn't let her friends drag her after our class, if only I hadn't let my gaze leave her that day.None of this BLOODY FUCKING HELL could happen! I swear I'm going to kill Jacob Stan if I see him. I'm going to fucking crush his bones into powder.I'm currently sitting in the living room of our underground hideout. I was drin
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Chapter: Epilogue: Rainbow after horrendous storm[Erin] The smell of poppy and roses filled my senses as I set down a basket of them right in front of a lead grey tombstone just. The wind around me gushes in chilly temperature, picking up the autumn leaves, swirling into the air, and ruffling my hair in the process.“I miss you, Pa,” I whispered, pushing back the tears pricking at my eyes as I stared at his name engraved in bold black characters.It has been five years since that tragic day, but still, it played back inside my mind like it happened yesterday. I remember it so vividly that the horrific memories haunted me in my nightmares for years. I was traumatized by the sound of gunshots, I froze whenever I see blood and trembled even at the subtlest banging noise. Nikolai had always been by my side, calming me down whenever I have panic attacks, when I woke up screaming in the middle of the night, and when I sometimes get so violent to the point where I didn't realize I was already hurting myself and the people around me. One
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Chapter: Chapter 149: Lost[Vereena]If there's one thing I could use to my advantage, it's the element of surprise. He didn't know I am capable of manhandling a person, and he doesn't know that I am nimble for my size.Taking a deep breath, I drew my elbow and pummeled it hard into the soft flesh right under Mikael’s ribs. His pained grunt blows on my ear utterly caught him off guard. Twisting against his grip, I tried knocking his gun, but he was able to pull the trigger. My head spins and my eardrums rang deafeningly at the proximity of the blast. My action messed with his aim, and instead of blowing my head off, the molten hot bullet seared through my shoulder blade. “Fuck!”I'm tired, but adrenaline shot through my veins, and in one swift motion, I bring my knees to his gut. His grip finally loosens on me, and I quickly remove myself away from him. Pivoting on my heels, I watch Pa’s terrified expression, Nikolai’s bellowing voice sounded muffled in my ears just as the crossfire started.I ran to Pa, rain
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Chapter: Chapter 148: Forlorn[Erin]“Linda, come on.” I tug the terrified woman’s hand right after I shot those men dead. I am still trembling, my fingers could barely hold the handle of my gun, but I keep my head leveled, knowing that if I gave in to my panic, we would both likely be killed.Fortunately, Linda was too terrified to even asks me a question. She just obliged, nodding excessively as we both wade along the wall. I keep my vigilance high, gun right before me, the safety pin unlatched, and with the knife poised, ready to stab anyone that would jump right in front of us. Linda creeps closely behind me, holding the hem of my dress like a little child to her mother. As we rounded the corner, three more men emerges through my line of sight. However, before I could pull the trigger, a hand clasps around my gun, knocking it out of my grip. My quick reflexes took over me, slashing the knife into his face. He hadn't anticipated my attack and he stumbled backward, clutching his bloodied face, but I didn't let
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Chapter: Chapter 147: Blessings[Third Person’s Point of View—Nikolai]“Took you damn hell long enough.” Nikolai groused in annoyance to Akim while he slightly limped on his legs towards their posts just outside the palace.The blast detonated from the bombs he planted all over the place the night during Erin’s ball. He had planned it all along in case the Seraglios won’t heed his request upon taking back his wife. And he's right. That leeching son of a bitch double crosses not only him but Tommaso as well. Nikolai couldn't help but be amused by the thought that the old man got swindled by the own boy he took in years ago. But that amusement immediately faded when the realization hit him that Erin is the one that suffered the most. Trapped in the middle. “I thought you’re bidding your time,” Akim responded, handing him a bulletproof vest, and arming him with guns. A part from the medic team also came to his side, examining the cuts and bruises he got but he immediately dismisses them with a single flicker of his
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Chapter: Chapter 146: Swiss Knife and a Gun[Erin]I snatch the lighter off the table, cracking it a few times before it sparkled into flames. I first melted the rope around my ankle, ignoring the heat and blowing the fire out before it could burn me alive. The ties loosens and I was able to free my feet first. I can now stand with ease but my hands were quite difficult to release since I cannot hold the lighter properly to burn it from my wrists.There must be something in here.I rummaged through his drawers and closets, trying to find anything until I found a Swiss knife buried under the layers of scratch paper. I flicked the blade and quickly dropped to the floor, sandwiching the handle in between my feet then started sawing the rope. It takes longer than burning it, but eventually, I finally cut the rope in half. Using the Swiss knife, a picked the lock on the doorknob, just like how Tiara taught me. Surprisingly, without her guidance, I managed to twist the knob and unlock the whole thing. I wanted to celebrate but, I st
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Chapter: Chapter 145: Fool[Erin]“Move bitch!” Mikael’s voice roared at my side while I struggle to keep my footing as he drags me harshly into the stairs. I tried not to trip, one hand holding my belly, cursing the bastard.I have no idea where he was taking me, but as I look over my shoulder, I could no longer see Nikolai, just the thick cloud of dust and the loud gunfire reverberating. Nothing left but chaos and it’s everywhere.We came to the corridor, but instead of going to the wing leading to my room, Mikael was taking me to the opposite. My feet strained from following his brisk steps. “Where the hell are you taking me?” My attention went down the hallway we were weaving. I have never been to this place in the palace. “Let me go!” I cried, clawing Mikael’s wrist, but the bastard just won't budge. Damn it! He steered me through the darkened hallway, and then we stopped in front of a door, he twisted the knob and kicked it open. Mikael forcedly tugged me, hurling me inside.A yelp tore through my th
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