Chapter: Chapter 112ELARA POVGiulia has been nothing short of a living nightmare since she stepped foot in this house. It’s like she has eyes stitched into the wallpaper that wherever I go, she is there waiting and ready to probe and dig her manicured fingers into spots she knows are already tender.My sickness has worsened, and her cruelty has risen to meet it. She acts the saint in Nero’s presence like she can’t hurt a fly, but the moment his back is turned, the mask slips, and she returns to being a devil in designer heels.I’ve been trying to ignore her. I refuse to roll in the mud with her and throw words back and forth like petty schoolgirls, but she is making it impossible. Lately the urge to slap her is so strong my palm actually itches.I’m hiding in the library with head on the table, trying to catch a few minutes of sleep when her voice cuts through the comfortable silence like a serrated knife and pollute the air.“Gluttony and sloth? You’re really working your way through the sins, aren't y
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-01-07
Chapter: Chapter 111NERO POV“I don’t think your whore really likes me,” Giulia says, her voice slicing through my concentration and dragging my attention back to the dining table.My eyes have been fixated on the archway, waiting for Elara to appear, even though I know it’s a pipe dream. She can’t stand me anymore just like I tell myself I can’t stand her. It shouldn’t bother me. I swore to hate Carlo Graco and everyone carrying his blood. But every time I look at her, I don't see the monster who destroyed my family. I just see Elara. And the fact that she’s his daughter feels like a cosmic joke designed solely to punish me.That’s why she’s my karma, and I’ll have to pay for the rest of my life.Giulia’s words register a second later, and anger blisters beneath my skin, hot and sudden.“Is that what you call her?” I sneer, my voice dropping a dangerous octave. “To her face?”Giulia blinks, taken aback by the shift in my tone. “No… no,” she stammers. “I would never do that. I can be cordial, though I do
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-01-06
Chapter: Chapter 110ELARA POVMy stomach lurches, and not just from the sickness this time. She talks about me like I’m a stress ball or a piece of gym equipment. And honestly, I don’t know how to counter this because that seems to be my purpose here, and I don’t even seem that important in the grand scheme of work.We reach the end of the hallway, and I stop before the heavy oak doors, eager to end this conversation.“This is Nero’s studio,” I say with a tight voice. “He doesn’t let people in there.”“Oh, he’ll let me in. I’m going to be his wife,” she says with a satisfied sigh, stepping closer to the door. “Wives get keys to everything, didn’t you know?”She turns back to me, her expression shifting into something conspiratorial. She steps into my personal space, causing her perfume, overly floral and cloying to invade my nose.“Actually, since you’re being so helpful,” she lowers her voice, sounding deceitfully syrupy. “Maybe you can give me a few tips. Fast track the process for me.”I raise an eyeb
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-01-05
Chapter: Chapter 109ELARA POVJust as Nero told me yesterday, his beloved fiancée has arrived. She’s been moving her luggage in since this morning, and judging by the sheer mountain of trunks that has been coming and going, I can already smell that she’s going to be nothing but trouble.Okay, maybe that’s me being unnecessarily mean. It’s unfair to judge her before we’ve met just because of my unresolved, pathetic feelings for Nero.I’m currently hiding out in Diana’s room, fighting the itch in my fingers to rummage through her drawers, desperate to busy myself. I need a distraction. I don’t want to be alone with my destructive thoughts, and Kane doesn’t count. He’s currently sprawled on a chair, smiling at his phone and taking pictures of himself. I swear, the man is his own biggest fan.Seated on the small rocking chair opposite Diana, I bounce my leg nervously. “So, what are you doing?”“You asked five minutes ago,” she snaps without looking up. “Stop asking dumb questions. You have eyes.”True. I do
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-01-05
Chapter: Chapter 108ELARA POVAside from the heavy ache that has taken resident in my heart, I feel a hunger I’ve never felt before and the first thing that comes to my mind as I open my eyes is the crispy, golden crust of Valina’s Pollo Milanese.Knowing I have to go to the kitchen to get it, I sit up, my limbs feeling heavy from the exhaustion of the emotional toll of the last twenty-four hours. I climb out of the bed and immediately slip on the marble floor, stumbling and crashing down hard on my side. Pain explodes in my elbow, and I hiss through my teeth as I clutch my arm.Great. Just fucking great. As if the misery of my heart breaking wasn’t enough, apparently, I need physical injuries to match.Sleep was impossible last night anyway. Being told I don't matter, and that I was nothing was a blow I couldn't shake. It cut deeper than I’ll like to admit. Everything cuts deeper than I’ll like to admit when it comes to Nero. It’s my own awful luck for having feelings for a man made of ice. Feelings I c
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-01-05
Chapter: Chapter 107NERO POV; TEN YEAR OLDI stand in the middle of my mother’s studio, the afternoon sun casting long, dusty beams across the floor.I managed to make a little over three hundred dollars today. Yesterday, several strangers gave me money up to a hundred-dollar for doing absolutely nothing, and I realized I didn't have to pickpocket anymore. I could just stand in the alley by the train station, looking small and pitiful, and people would just give me money.It’s something shameful to do, and I know my mom will be mad at me if I tell her, but I can’t help but be happy because I have enough to buy my mom’s favorite snack which is fish cakes and also finger ice-cream.The bag with the fish cakes is warm in my hand, smelling of grease and fish which makes me want to gag, but other than that because I hate fish.My forehead pinches in confusion and concern as I stop at my mom’s latest painting and just stare. Painting was never her forte as her old work was just bad, but these… these are differ
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-01-03
Chapter: Chapter 78NIKO POVFucking hell.How am I supposed to resist the urge to bend my boss over the bed and fuck her senseless? Fuck her until she forgets every single thing that’s making her anxious?It’s worse because I know, deep down, I wouldn’t have to fight her for it.Lia would let me have my way with her.She’d let me spread her out, let me ruin her. She’d choke on my cock, let me slide into her sweet, tight—I groan and roll my palm over my aching length. Just the thought of her, naked and trembling beneath me, is enough to make my breath turn ragged.I squeeze my cock through my pants and press down hard, trying to ease the relentless pulse of need.“Niko?”Her voice cuts through my thoughts like a blade.I jerk upright, my head snapping toward the bathroom door.She’s peeking out, only her face and a single bare shoulder visible. The rest of her is behind the door.“What?” My voice is strained.She doesn’t seem to notice.A small, innocent smile tugs at her lips. If she had any idea what
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-10-19
Chapter: Chapter 77NIKO POVLia is hyperventilating.Her hands are trembling so violently it’s a wonder she can even keep them on her lap. Each breath she takes is swallow, and uneven, and comically too loud in the suffocating silence of the car. Through the dim glow of the dashboard lights, I catch the gleam of unshed tears clinging to her lashes. Her face is turned toward the window, desperate to hide them.Because Lia has been so upfront about not wanting my help. She’s made that painfully clear. Setting boundaries, keeping things professional, refusing to lean on me no matter what. And if I push too hard, if I make the wrong move now, she’ll shut me out completely.So I don’t jump the gun and reach for her.At least not yet.I don’t do anything in the car. I don’t take her hand like I want to. I don’t fumble around words of comfort that she’ll reject anyway. I just grip the steering wheel and keep driving, letting her think she’s fooling me, that I don’t see her falling apart right in front of me.B
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-10-19
Chapter: Chapter 76LIA POV“It’s not what it looks like.”“Okay.”I blink, caught off guard. “That’s it?”“Yeah.” “You’re not going to ask for details?”“Do I need to?”I stare at him, searching for doubt, for suspicion. There’s none. Just trust.Something in me stutters. Warmth surges in my chest, creeping into the cracks I’ve desperately tried to seal.I turn away from him, staring out at the open sea. The water stretches endlessly, its surface rippling beneath the hues of the dying sun. The boat rocks gently, but my stomach churns violently. I want to focus on the waves, on the sky, on anything but the way Nikolai’s presence seems to press into me is heavy and impossible to ignore.Beside me, I hear the rustling of fabric as he digs through the small bag he brought with him. I refuse to turn, refuse to let curiosity get the best of me, even as I catch a glimpse of something black in my peripheral visionNot when he pulls something out.Not when he moves closer.But the moment his hand brushes
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-10-16
Chapter: Chapter 75LIA POVMy emotions swing violently from frustration so sharp it burns to fear so cold it numbs within seconds.Karl, my ex-husband, has released an interview about me. A full thirty-minute video interview mostly saying things that aren’t true.But the truth doesn’t matter.No one cares if it's true or completely fabricated. The damage is already spreading like wildfire. There’ve been several articles poking, and punching down. Corporate vultures don’t really care about the truth, just one slip up and everyone is ready to take you down.I should have seen this coming.Thing has been going well. Too well.The meticulous planning, the design sketches finally falling into place, the artisans who had been hesitant but were now willing to work with me. Everything for the luxury line was moving forward better than I dared hope.I’ve been working tirelessly, and somehow, against all odds, it was yielding results.That should have been my first warning.Because nothing good lasts. Not for me.
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-10-16
Chapter: Chapter 74NIKOLAI POV“Noted boss.” His chuckles drifts through the phone. I can already hear the relief in your voice. “Let me hang up now. You seem to want to kill someone else at the end of the line.”I drop my hand down, shoving my phone back into my pocket. My eyes find Lia again because I can’t help myself. Thankfully, she’s alone now and is walking toward me.She settles on the seat opposite me, and another strode of silence settles between us like a heavy weight. Still not talking to me. still paying me no attention. In a normal job, this would have been professionally and I would have been thankful that my client isn’t trying to form any familiarity with him and is keeping in line. But this is Lia. I don’t want this from Lia. I don’t care about the line, or my boundaries, my sanity, or professionalism. I want her to disrupt every single one of them rightfully so.She pulls up her tab and starts strolling through it, going through work certainly. Before I can say word, Rick appears out
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-10-04
Chapter: Chapter 73NIKOLAI POVI’m not much of a talker, so I like silence. I like the absence of conversation, the ease of being alone with my own thoughts. I like when people don’t interact with me, when I’m not involved in meaningless chatter. Silence is a relief. Always has been.But this silence, the one filling the space between Lia and me inside this boat, is anything but a relief.It’s suffocating.Lia and I haven’t exchanged more than a cold, obligatory “good morning.” No accidental brushes of conversation, no fleeting meaningless chatter that I despise so much. Just stiff acknowledgment and then nothing. And it’s driving me insane.I should prefer this. I should welcome the distance, but apparently, when it comes to Lia, silence isn’t something I can stomach. It’s not peaceful. It’s not easy. It’s a fucking wall that she’s built higher and thicker with every passing day.It’s been like for a week.A week of Lia ignoring me, acting like I don’t exist. She doesn’t talk to me anymore. She doesn’t
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-10-04
Chapter: chapter 92One Month Later LYNEXIA The first peek of the morning sun through the window hit my face and I stir awake with a yawn. I sigh, extending my hand to the other side of the bed to find it empty. Of course, what am I even expecting? I reluctantly climb out of the bed, while rubbing the remnant sleep away from my eyes with the back of my hand. The soft pad of my legs echoes in the air as I slip out of the room, making my way to Felicity's room. I used to grumble about me and Felicity's morning routine before everything went down but now I very much enjoy it. After almost losing my daughter once, I now bask and cherish every single moment I spend with her. I guess the saying goes you value something that you have used. Felicity's soft snores reach me as I slowly creak the door to her room open. Her beautiful, innocent face brings a smile to my face before I step into the room. I settle on the edge of the bed, tucking the strands of her hair behind her ear. I watch her sleep
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2024-05-29
Chapter: chapter 91LYNEXIA The words have just left my mouth before Elena lunges at me. "Shut it." She explodes. "I'm about to fucking end your life so stop being pompous." "What?" I scoff. "Were you expecting me to fall on my knees and beg for your mercy?" I say. "Is that it?" She slaps me across the face, the look on her face sinister. I know I shouldn't push her since she can be so unpredictable but I don't stop. "Shut it," She roars at my face. "I hope my death brings you the utmost happiness and joy. You sick, pathetic loser—." I choke on my words as something sharp digs into my stomach. I wince as blind pain throbs through me. I look down to find Elena's claw deep inside of me. Elena smirks. I shock her by matching it with a scornful, tight smile of my own. "Let's get this over with." I grit my teeth, doubling over as she pulls her claws out of my stomach. Blood drips off the corner of my mouth as my stomach starts to leak. "You should have shut it when I asked you to." "Why do you eve
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2024-05-29
Chapter: chapter 90LYNEXIA An ache starts in the middle of my head as I groan awake. I blink, confused as an unfamiliar room that resembles a barn comes into view. As my head throbs harder and more vicious, I try to reach out my hand to grip it but my hand jerks back against a hold. Then I wiggle my body, including my hands and legs. They jerk against a hold painfully that I have to grit my teeth. The headache is so much I have to squeeze an eye shut as I turn my gaze down to look at the state that I am in. My hands are tied behind the wooden chairs I'm seated on and my legs are tied around the legs of the wooden chair. My back screams with pain as it is arched uncomfortably. Panic sets in as I realize the danger I may likely be in. Seraphina brought me here for what? Why has she kidnapped me? What have I done? What is her aim in any of this? I don't have the luxury to think of an answer as I wiggle my hands, trying to cut the bondage around my wrists. The chair scraps loudly on th
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2024-05-29
Chapter: chapter 89DIMITRI"What is this about?" I ask, my voice tight with curiosity as Zarek leads me away from the quarantine camp towards a lone building at the edge "I'm afraid you will have to hear it from the person herself." Zarek glances back at me before he focuses front again. "Hear about what? Who?" I press as we slip into the lone building. A woman whose face is obscured by a veil turns towards me. Before I can ask further questions, she pulls the veil down to reveal her face. "Julianne," I say. "What are you doing here?" Her chest rises and falls with deep breaths. "I may have a cure for the black plague." "You have a cure?" I repeat, my mind reeling. This can't be true. Julianne nods. "Yes." This time, she sounds assertive. "How?" I ask, not knowing how to react to this. "I have been thinking hard about why Gavin, I, and Lynexia didn't get infected even though we came in contact with black ink. I have been racking my brain this past—." "Get straight to the point." I cut her of
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2024-05-28
Chapter: chapter 88LYNEXIA"No." Dimitri cuts me off harshly as if he already knows what I am about to say. My mouth falls open in shock. "But what if I can provide the cure?" Taking up Elena's offer doesn't feel so bad though dying sends a shiver of dread through me. "Let me guess, you have to put your life on the line for it?" Dimitri's eyes flash in disbelief. I grip the hem of my shirt tightly. Deep down, fear gnaws at me, but to save these people, to make this place livable for those I care about, I'm willing to risk everything. "Yes. If that's what it takes.""No, so get over yourself and stop trying to play the savior." Dimitri jolts to his feet, his chair scraping loudly against the floor. "Dimi—." "Stop it with this your useless hypothetical theory. You are no savior and you don't have the power to be the messiah." His words cut deep but I know it's the panic talking through him. He shoves his fingers into his damp hair. "I didn't let you hate me for five years just to make you be a sacri
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2024-05-28
Chapter: chapter 87LYNEXIA In a span of two days, things do take a turn for the worse. Bodies ply upon bodies. The shadow pack territory becomes a ghost town compared to how vibrant it once was. The number of people tolled into the trainee complex which is now the quarantine camp increases exponentially. The air is thick with despair and the stench of death. The children have been taken away from the town to a safer place leaving behind the healthy werewolves locked up in their houses and the rest of us brave enough to watch over the infected. The drugs that were given to us by Alpha Henry are running out and our healers are hitting the wall about any cure or drug to reduce the symptoms. Reaching out to other packs is useless because word has spread and most of them wouldn't open their gate to us for fear of being infected. I don't blame, I would have done the same if I were in their shoes. As the dreadful moment passes at a slow, tormenting pace, my mind lingers more and more on Elena. The
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2024-05-28
Chapter: Chapter 72JUNEJune woke with a satisfied smile. The same smile that had rested on her lips when she’d drifted off against Ollie’s chest after he’d fucked her senseless. The soreness between her thighs and the scent of sex still clinging to the sheets were undeniably proof.Burying her face into Ollie’s sheets, she inhaled deeply, a soft hum vibrating in her throat. God, it should be illegal for someone to smell this good.Still half-dazed in the golden afterglow of sleep, she reached out, and her fingers blindly searched for the familiar heat of his body. Instead, they met cool, empty sheets.Her eyes fluttered open. Empty.A knowing sigh left her lips. There was only one place Ollie could be. She’d bet her last dime he was in his study, hunched over his laptop, completely engrossed in work.Jeez, he was a chronic workaholic. Most people worked to survive. Ollie worked because he thrived on it.Shaking her head, June slid out of bed, stretching before padding toward his sanctuary. The moment sh
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2023-12-05
Chapter: Chapter 71OLLIEHe opened his eyes to the soft glow of the moonlight filtering through the window, and there on the couch was June. She lay curled, chest rising and falling in every breath.The soft curve of her face was bathed in silver light, and for a moment, he forgot everything else.A smile tugged at his lips as he watched her.He stared at her for a long while, just savoring the sight of her, feeling a rare sense of peace. Finally with a reluctant sigh, he slid off the bed, and moved toward her quietly. When he reached her, he bent down slowly, carefully intending to lift her into his arms and move her to the bed. But just as his fingers brushed her shoulder, she stirred.Her eyelids fluttered, and she blinked in confusion as she met his gaze in the dim light. “Sorry,” he whispered. “I woke you up.”She groggily shifted, a frown pulling at her lips. “What?” Her voice was thick with sleep, and her eyes were still hazy. She quickly reached up, pressing her hands to his forehead. “How’s yo
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2023-12-05
Chapter: Chapter 70JUNEJune knew Ollie to an extent, and she knew that when he was hurting, he would retreat into himself like a hermit. He would never reach out. He was stubborn like that. He would isolate himself until it passed over.Today was the anniversary of his mother’s passing, and that couldn’t actually be easy for him. Not that he would admit it aloud. So, June took it upon herself to invite herself into his house, hoping her presence might help him.It wasn’t exactly an intrusion. Ollie had given her the access card himself, but that didn’t stop her from feeling nervous. Her heart pounded and her hands were clammy. Ollie’s reaction couldn’t be predicted and this could go very wrong. Maybe it was just her overthinking talking, but still. She had been waiting for over an hour now, sitting alone in his living room. Calling him wasn’t an option, she was too anxious to face his reaction over the phone. So she waited as each passing minute amplified the tension in her chest.After what felt like
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2023-12-05
Chapter: Chapter 69OLLIEThe longer Ollie stared at his late mother’s memorial picture, the more he realized that he shared zero resemblance with her—except for his eyes.Every defining feature he possessed came from his father, man he despised with every fiber of his being. It wasn’t just unfortunate. It was a curse. A colossal, cruel curse.To be the living reflection of the man who had haunted his life? It was enough to drive anyone insane.He should’ve felt something standing here—grief, sadness, anything. But instead, all he could do was compare. His mother’s face, captured forever in a frame, and his own. No sorrow. No anger. Just an aching numbness, lodged so deep in his bones it felt like it had always been there.There was a time when he would’ve been furious. When moments like this would’ve filled him with rage. But the older he got, the more that fire cooled, replaced by grim understanding. His father had hollowed his mother out. Shattered her at the height of her success, then dragged her dow
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2023-12-05
Chapter: Chapter 68JUNEJune didn’t protest, didn’t question him. The only thing she knew was how badly she wanted to feel him between her legs.He moved between her legs, fitting his broad frame in the space she made for him. Slowly, he bent down, and slid her legs over his shoulders.She sucked in a breath in anticipation as he traced the soft curves of her thighs. When his fingers hooked around her thong and pulled it aside, she felt a flush spread over her skin, her body tingling with raw desire.A low, throaty groan that Ollie let out vibrated through her, his breath caressed her pussy. Ollie didn’t rush as he alternated between teasing her clit and sliding deep inside of her. He dragged out her pleasure until she was a mess of frustration and needs.“Ollie, please,” she whispered “I need…” She bit her lip, unable to finish her sentence as another nibble of his teeth on her clit cut off her thoughts completely.“What do you need?” he murmured against her.He knew exactly what he was doing, and it
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2023-12-05
Chapter: Chapter 67JUNE“Are you even listening?”June heard Lola’s voice vaguely“Of course,” she said on autopilot as her lips curved into a small smile at the text Ollie had sent her. It had been a long day filled with back-to-back shifts, and she could finally reply to his message.“What was I saying?”Lola said, and June blinked, raising her gaze to meet Lola’s. Her arms were crossed over her chest, and a frown was etched on her face.“Uhm…” June’s voice trailed off as her eyes darted away as though the answer might magically appear in the air between them.“See? You weren’t listening.” Lola’s frown deepened as she gestured toward her with a pointed look. “Ever since you got yourself a boyfriend, you’ve become insufferable.”“I haven’t,” June gasped dramatically.Lola shook her head as her eyes narrowed. “Knew there was a reason I didn’t like him,” she muttered under her breath, but it was loud enough for June to hear. “He’s here to steal my girlfriend.”June rolled her eyes at her friend’s dramatic
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2023-12-05