Chapter: Chapter 65: My fiancee wants a strip showTatiana’s POVI stood there for a while, not sure what to do with myself. My legs felt like they didn’t belong to me anymore. The music pulsed through the hall, all glitter and laughter and perfect people who didn’t know what it meant to crawl.I tried to breathe, but every inhale was shallow, like the air didn’t want me. Women walked past in dresses that probably cost more than a year of my rent, their perfume lingering in the air like smoke. Once upon a time, I’d been like them. I’d been the girl with the perfect smile, the one people watched when she walked into a room. Cheer captain, Yale recruit and overall queen of her high school.Now I was just another body in a borrowed dress, standing too close to people who could smell the desperation on me.I felt every stare. The discomfort crawled under my skin until I wanted to tear it off. My reflection in the mirror across the ballroom mocked me. Cheap makeup, trembling hands, fake confidence. I looked like a stranger dressed up to be
Última actualización: 2025-11-14
Chapter: Chapter 64: Beg for my helpTatiana’s POVThe air left my lungs the moment the words left his mouth. Who are you planning to destroy this time? It was as if someone had reached inside my chest and crushed my heart between their fingers. I wanted to say it wasn’t like that, that I’d changed, that I’d spent every damn night paying for what I did. But the truth that crawled up my throat was ugly. I had ruined his life.Of course I had thought about him. Five years is long enough for wounds to scab but not long enough for the scar to fade. His name still scratched the inside of my head when I tried to sleep. Sometimes when I was desperate and alone, I’d touch myself as I picture him in an orange suit, jaw tense, eyes like fire even behind prison glass. I’d imagine touching him through the glass, imagine the heat of his body, and then I’d hate myself for it.That thought slammed into me again now like a curse.He should still be in prison. He should be locked away, far from me, far from this glittering hell of a part
Última actualización: 2025-11-13
Chapter: Who's life are you trying to ruinTatianaI felt suffocated. My lungs refused to pull in enough oxygen as I stumbled through the crowd, weaving past strangers whose faces blurred out completely. Hasan’s laugh echoed behind me, mocking and haunting through the five fragile years I had spent trying to bury him in the darkest corners of my memory.I couldn’t be here breathing the same air as him.I couldn’t risk those eyes that once looked at me with obsession, but in the sweetest way possible were now sharpened with hatred.So I bolted through the crowd, every step sinking me down like I was running through a quicksand, as my pulse hammered in my ears. Five years. Five whole bloody years since the damn video. Since my mother’s screams. Since Hasan had been dragged out of our lives and my life ruined forever. Five years since I had betrayed him with the most cowardly act of my existence; pointing the finger at him, letting him take the blame for something we had been a willing participant for. I had thought he was gon
Última actualización: 2025-09-08
Chapter: The gigTATIANAThe night had barely started and it was already falling apart.I stepped into the club, music pounding through my chest, club lights slicing through the smoke as I forced my body into motion. It was supposed to be easy, just my everyday routine to smile, dance and collect my tips. But tonight, some client decided to make it personal.A man heavily induced with alcohol but with an entitlement heavier than it all had cornered me during my slow set. “Hey, doll, come over here. I want to talk.”I shook my head, forced the faintest smile. “I’m working. Sorry.” I replied. His gesticulation disgusted me and even after months of working here, I still couldn’t stomach such people.The man sneered, reaching for my arm. “Don’t give me that, you know you want this.”Him touching me was my thirteenth reason. I pulled my arm back, slapping his hand away. “Back off,” I hissed. “No means no, you sick fuck!” I barked as I picked up his glass, threw the contents on his face and slammed the glas
Última actualización: 2025-09-05
Chapter: Fast forwardTatianaFIVE YEARS LATER.The nightmare always started the same way: me on my knees in our old living room, my mom holding up her phone to my face with the video that ruined everything, her face red with a mix of tears and rage. “Do you understand what you have done, Tatiana? You’ve ruined us, Tatiana!” she screamed. “You’ve dragged this family into filth.” she added, her voice laced with pain and betrayal.I tried to speak, but my throat felt like it had been sewn. My hands shook so badly and my lips trembled horrendously I thought they would fall off.“Mom, I’m -”Mom’s hand raised in the air and I flinched, bracing for the slap, but then an arm hovered over my face. “Don’t touch her.” Hasan said in a cold tone, his eyes red with rage. The fire in his voice matched the fire in mom’s eyes. Hasan’s jaw locked, every vein in his neck visible as he stood in front of me like a barrier. My mother’s face crumbled, grief twisting her into something even more terrifying than rage.“I lost
Última actualización: 2025-09-04
Chapter: It's overTatianaI didn’t move. I just lay there, breathing in the faint scent of Hasan’s shirt, the warmth of his arms around me like a shield I never knew I needed. My body was heavy from crying, but inside my chest, my heart wouldn’t stop beating as if it was trying to remind me of the mess that is my life.I could have stayed like that forever, cocooned in the safety of his hold, but the more I listened to his heartbeat against my ear, the more something stirred inside me. The same thing that caused all these headaches.Lust.I wanted to stop thinking. About the damn videos. About the blackmailer. About my withering friendship with Emily. About the videos. I didn’t want to feel like Tatiana Olivera. I just wanted to feel like I belong to him.I tilted my face upward. Hasan’s jawline loomed above me. My hand lifted on its own, brushing against his chest. Hasan froze, but only for a second, then his gaze dropped down to mine and then I kissed him.It was hesitant at first, unlike the other f
Última actualización: 2025-09-03
Chapter: Chapter 70: breaking point Selvara's POVWhen the door to the cage creaked open, it was the guards bringing food for me. One crouched beside me and I expected him to leave as soon as he dropped the food, not like I was going to eat it anyways.What's the point of eating at the verge of death? With poison in my belly...I saw as his eyes wandered around my bare body. Afterall what I had on was just a little night gown that barely covered me up."Pretty little thing, are you not? Shame Mordain wants you untouched.""Stay away from me," I said while trying to crawl backward.But my body would not cooperate. Whatever Mordain had done to knock me out was still affecting me. The guard reached out and grabbed my chin. "Maybe just a little touch would not hurt," he said while his other hand moved toward my dress."I said stay away!" I tried to summon my power but nothing happened.The guard laughed. "Your power does not work here, Moonborn. The cells are warded." His hand slid down my neck, to my shoulder and then low
Última actualización: 2025-11-11
Chapter: Chapter 69: the arrow Zyros's POV (at the convergence...)One moment Selvara was standing beside me and the next, she collapsed."Selvara!" I caught her before she hit the ground. Her body was limp and her eyes were closed."What happened?" Flair shouted while running toward us."I do not know," I said while shaking Selvara gently. "Selvara, wake up. Please."But she did not move. Mordain stepped forward with his hand still raised. "She is simply sleeping. The darkness does not harm those with Eclipse blood.""If you hurt her..." I started."I would never hurt my daughter," Mordain said. "Unlike you, who let her walk into danger again and again."Before I could respond, the hall doors burst open and more Eclipse wolves poured in. Dozens of them."Protect everyone!" Thorne shouted. But it was too late. The Eclipse wolves were already moving as they all surrounded Mordain."Anyone who interferes will die," Mordain announced while looking around the hall. I tried to move toward Selvara but one of the Eclipse
Última actualización: 2025-11-10
Chapter: Chapter 68: Taken Selvara's POVWhen I opened my eyes, everything was dark. I tried to move but my body would not obey as my arms were heavy. I couldn't even remember what had happened earlier."She is waking," a voice said from somewhere nearby.Footsteps approached and then light appeared. A torch held by someone I could not see clearly."Welcome back, daughter," I heard Mordain's voice.My vision cleared slowly and I remembered I had fainted earlier, when I woke up again it was someone taking me away while chaos erupted where the convagence was held."Where am I?" I asked while my voice came out hoarse."Home," Mordain replied while stepping into the light so I could see him clearly. "The Eclipse territory. Where you were always meant to be."I tried to sit up but something held me down and I couldn't even sit up properly. "Let me go," I demanded."I will," Mordain said. "Once you understand and accept what you are.""I know what I am," I said. "And it is not this."He crouched beside me. Up close,
Última actualización: 2025-11-09
Chapter: Chapter 67: the convergence Selvara's POVWe had just an hour left, which was barely enough time to breathe, let alone prepare for what was coming.Thorne led us through the forest to a hidden camp where his people had set up temporary shelter. They brought water, clean clothes, and bandages.I cleaned the blood from my neck while Cara helped me into a simple white dress. It was ceremonial, Thorne said. It was also traditional for those presenting themselves before the Convergence."You look like a bride," Cara whispered while tying the last knot."I feel like I am walking to my execution," I replied.Zyros appeared in the doorway wearing a dark formal robe that made him look every bit the Alpha heir he was supposed to be. His eyes found mine immediately he got out."Are you ready?" he asked."No," I said honestly."Good," he replied. "Neither am I."Thorne cleared his throat from behind him. "We need to leave now. The Convergence does not wait."We rode horses through the forest toward the capital. The city loo
Última actualización: 2025-11-09
Chapter: Chapter 66: Between pleasure and assassins Selvara's POVI heard footsteps all of a sudden. Zyros had heard them too as he was already moving. He grabbed his sword from where it leaned against the wall.He walked slowly towards the entrance as I tried to look for any piece of clothing to cover myself with, but most of them were already torn from earlier. Before he could even get to the door, the door burst open and a figure stood there. We couldn't see his face, not because it was dark but because he was covering his face with a mask, but one thing that was clear is that there is a dagger in each of his hand."Found you," the figure said. Before either of us could react, more figures poured into the room and there were at least five of them.Zyros fought immediately and even though it was pretty dark, I could see him moving his sword around.I scrambled for my dress, anything to cover myself. One of the assassins lunged at me. I rolled off the bed and his dagger hit the mattress instead."Selvara!" Zyros shouted.He was fight
Última actualización: 2025-11-09
Chapter: Chapter 65: A stolen momentSelvara's POVWe found shelter in an abandoned hunter's cabin deep in the forest. Though it wasn't really a good place to stay, it was manageable as we could use it before the next day when the convergence would be happening.Flair posted guards outside while the rest of us collapsed inside. Everyone was exhausted and went to rest immediately. I had tried preparing something with the herbs I could find but looking around with the food ready, they were all asleep.Cara fell asleep immediately in the corner. Tharis sat by the door, his sword across his lap and Flair paced near the window with her arms crossed. Zyros stood by the fireplace, staring into flames that were not there yet.I walked over to him slowly. "We should start a fire." And he nodded but did not move."Zyros," I said softly while touching his arm. He flinched and then he turned to me and I saw the pain in his eyes. He looked at me for a while and I just smiled at him and urged him to say whatever he wanted to "I almos
Última actualización: 2025-11-08
Chapter: GoneLazaro’s POVMy fight with Aric continued into the bushes that surrounded the dilapidated house, as we rolled all the way over down, clawing at each other’s neck.It was a sloppy area, so rolling was inevitable. I had to stick my foot between a cluster of bushes to stop myself, slamming a fist hard into the side of his face as I did.“Fucking bastard!” I cursed, driving a knee into his skull. “You have a death wish, don’t you?”“You’re the one with a death-wish, Laz. I promise you, you’d regret ruining my plans today.”“Go to hell, Aric.” I shoved him off me just then, further down the shrubs. But then, to my surprise, he never stopped going down. As he realized that too, his pupils dilated in fear, and he reached a hand out to me. “Laz, no—“A snap went off and he tumbled all the way down, disappearing from sight, his screams of terror filling my ears. What the heck just happened?Well, my greater concern lay with Seraphina back at the old house. So I had to get back to her… Carefully
Última actualización: 2025-06-26
Chapter: Chapter 48: Back away nowSeraphina’s POVI sat at the only table in the cold, empty room of an old building in Santa Fe, my gaze zeroed into the distance, my thoughts running wild. This was the place I’d chosen as the meet-up joint for Aric and I. According to him, the plan was that he shows up, sets my brother free in the air, and I leave with him. No problems. No casualties. No troubles. Simple. But I would be crazy to just go along with that absurd plan, don’t you think?That was why I had a few burly farm workers from Martha's, hiding in the small bushes behind the dilapidated house. A whole different plan drafted out. If Aric decided to move funny, more than I could handle, they would intervene. That was my own plan. But in all this, I couldn’t afford to get my brother injured.So I had a plan for him too. A ferryman would be waiting to pick him up to the boat as soon as he arrived.The sound of a car pulling up to the house immediately snapped me out of my thoughts, and I bolted to my feet, anxiety
Última actualización: 2025-06-26
Chapter: Chapter 47: Your brother diesJaxon’s POVWe touched down at Monaco sometime before noon, and as the hunter led the way to the arrivals lounge, I cautiously trailed behind him, my eyes roaming about in a vigilant sweep.My jaw twitching every now and then.My gut feeling about Seraphina being in Argentina was strong enough, and that was why I’d offered to go there in search of her.I couldn’t bear the thought of her being hurt, or in a difficult situation over there.I was eager to see her. But then, as if Lazaro had seen right through my plan, he’d shattered it, sending me to fucking Monaco, when we both knew it was a lost cause.And although I knew, a small part of my mind still wished the one in Monaco here, was the real Seraphina.I sighed, my grip tightening around the duffel bag I carried, as I watched the hunter flag down a cab.We got in, and the hunter gave the address, and soon, we were on our way to fake Seraphina.“So,” the hunter cheered his throat, leaning into the seat next to me, “you’ll be the on
Última actualización: 2025-06-26
Chapter: Chapter 46: Tell me where you areAric’s POVI sat at the top pew of the grandstand, cracking my neck from side to side, as I watched the brown-haired boy that danced around energetically on the field, in the game of rugby.He bore a striking resemblance to his sister, and sitting here, watching him play, I concluded he was the key I needed to unlock this unforeseen mess that had rolled out.The same mess his sister had created.Seraphina had disappeared all of a sudden, two weeks ago, disrupting the string of plans I’d had in place to reclaim my father’s legacy. And I’d beaten myself up for days, wondering why I hadn’t moved any faster than I did.Racking my brain to string another plan together.Well, I believe I wouldn’t have found a solution by now if I hadn’t decided to show up at Lazaro’s suite unannounced the previous day.It was fate, yeah. I had overheard Lazaro’s phone call with the boy, and I’d known instantly, that this was the heavens offering their support to help me reclaim my father’s legacy in the fu
Última actualización: 2025-06-24
Chapter: Chapter 45: I'll try to be thereLazaro’s POV“The bounty hunters have returned.”I looked up from the journal in my hands, to find Jaxon there. I’d been reading the journal non-stop for days, since I found it. Biding my time for whenever the bounty hunters returned with news of their search. And that moment had finally arrived. Thank heavens.“Send them in,” ‘I ordered, slamming the journal shut and pushing to my feet. He left and returned seconds later, with three men trailing behind him, all of which their appearances screamed their profession.“So,” I started as they spread out in front of me, their heads tilted in slight curtsy, “what do you have for me? Did any of you find her?”The burly man with a heavily tatted face stepped forward, clearing his throat. “Take a look at this,” he said, lifting his phone to my eyes. “Saw someone with a striking resemblance to her in Monaco,” he continued, “although this one’s married to a lawyer.”I squinted my eyes at the picture on the phone, taking in the fiery red hair a
Última actualización: 2025-06-24
Chapter: Chapter 44: was that worse?Lazaro’s POVI sat at the desk in my study, my eyes pinned on the picture I held in my hands. It was a picture of Seraphina and I, one we’d been obliged to take after our wedding months back. As my eyes burned into the picture, my chest constricted painfully. It’s been two long weeks since she disappeared, leaving behind her ring and that stupid note. And after searching everywhere for her, without a trace of her identity, I crawled into a cave of dark despair, staring at her picture all day long. That was all I could do at the moment. Wait. And stare longingly at her picture. Until I found her someday.The search around the neighborhood had spread to other households, ending in violent house raids and chaos. I let out a deep sigh, raking my fingers through my hair in frustration, and just then, a knock sounded on the door. Jaxon walked in seconds later, his shoulders moving stiffly as he approached my desk.“What’s the update?” I demanded, glancing up at him. He shook his head, h
Última actualización: 2025-06-24
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