Chapter: Chapter 24: Forgetting A Little While Growing Up Every Day, Slowly Chapter 24: Forgetting A Little While Growing Up Every Day, Slowly The morning before the first day in their new home began quietly, almost invisibly. Sunlight filtered through wide, floor - to - ceiling windows, reflecting off pale wood floors and minimalist furniture, touching every surface with soft warmth.The house already hummed with subtle motion: air vents circulating fresh, filtered air, sensors recording movement, thermostats adjusting automatically.Evelyn walked past the kitchen island, tablet in hand, checking security notifications while the coffee machine steamed silently on voice command. Everything had a place, everything had a purpose, and every choice was deliberate.Vivienne crouched near the wall - mounted touchscreen, eyes scanning the perimeter cameras. She swiped through each live feed — garden, driveway, street — every corner mapped and monitored.Nothing moved that shouldn’t. “All clear,” she said, her voice low, careful, almost reverent. She glanced at Eva,
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Chapter: Chapter 23: Name on the Gate Finally Felt Like Home Chapter 23: Name on the Gate Finally Felt Like HomeThe morning after the move, sunlight filtered through the tall manor windows, streaming across polished wood floors and catching faint dust motes that floated lazily in the warm air.The smart blinds shifted slightly at a preprogrammed schedule, softening the light for Eva’s sensitive eyes. The thermostat had already adjusted to a comfortable seventy - one degrees, while the air purifier hummed quietly in the corner, keeping the air fresh and crisp.Evelyn sat at the breakfast nook, tablet in hand, scrolling through notifications from the security system and the property manager. Every alert was muted except the urgent ones, yet the weight of weeks past pressed against her chest.Vivienne crouched near the wall - mounted touchscreen, fingers gliding over motion sensor logs and perimeter cameras. She toggled between exterior views, noting nothing unusual, stability maintained.“All clear outside,” she said softly without looking up. H
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Chapter: Chapter 22: Quiet Mornings, Gentle Protection, Technology Guarding Tiny Lives Chapter 22: Quiet Mornings, Gentle Protection, Technology Guarding Tiny LivesMorning arrived with the subtle hum of the farmhouse coming to life. Sunlight slipped through the smart blinds, casting clean lines across the wooden floor, while the thermostat nudged the temperature to seventy - two degrees and the air purifier hummed quietly in rhythm.Evelyn sat at the small kitchen table, tablet in hand, scrolling through notifications from the moving team and security system. Every alert was muted except the urgent ones, yet tension lingered in her chest, the residue of the weeks behind them.Vivienne stood near the countertop, arms folded, watching Evelyn, her eyes alert but calm. A soft chime from the digital assistant reminded them that all cameras, sensors, and motion detectors were active. Vivienne traced the edge of the counter with her fingers, calculating schedules and scanning feeds even as she appeared still.Tiny footsteps announced Eva’s approach. She carried her woven bask
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Chapter: Chapter 21: Quiet Beginnings of Hidden Lives and Shifting IdentitiesChapter 21: Quiet Beginnings of Hidden Lives and Shifting IdentitiesThe first rays of dawn slid across the smart blinds, tracing neat lines on the laminate floor. The thermostat had already nudged the farmhouse to seventy - two degrees, the air purifier humming softly in rhythm with the quiet of the house.Evelyn stirred, stretching her fingers over the edge of the tablet displaying real - time updates from the security system and the moving team. Notifications were muted except the most urgent, but even without alerts, tension lingered in her chest like an uninvited weight.Vivienne leaned against the countertop, arms folded, eyes sharp but calm, tracking every subtle movement Evelyn made.A soft chime from the digital assistant reminded them that perimeter cameras, motion detectors, and door sensors were fully active. Vivienne’s fingers traced the countertop edge as she calculated schedules, patrol times, and alerts, thinking through contingencies that might never be needed.From t
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Chapter: Chapter 20: Safe Garden Days Nurtured by Love, Technology, VigilanceChapter 20: Safe Garden Days Nurtured by Love, Technology, VigilanceEva’s first night in the new house was quiet. The moonlight spilled across the bedroom floor, filtered through linen curtains that rustled slightly in the summer breeze.The garden outside, alive with the muted hum of crickets and the occasional rustle of leaves, offered a kind of serene soundtrack to a day that had been anything but calm.Eva lay in her small bed, the quilt tucked snugly around her shoulders, clutching her rabbit tied in a scarf. It was no longer a lure, but a companion — a symbol of her courage.Her mother sat on the edge of the bed, brushing her hair with deliberate, rhythmic strokes. The brush moved slowly, smoothing tangles, each stroke a quiet act of protection. “Do you want me to tell you a story?” she asked softly.Eva shook her head, eyes heavy but alert. “Not now.”“That’s okay,” her mother whispered. “You can rest. I’ll be right here.”Her father stood by the doorway, checking the digital
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Chapter: Chapter 19: Fragile Blooms Threatened by Shadows, Secrets, And DangersChapter 19: Fragile Blooms Threatened by Shadows, Secrets, And DangersThe morning arrived soft and deliberate, pale sunlight filtering through smart blinds that shifted automatically to balance warmth and glare.The house was quiet, not the absence of life but the hum of modern systems running unnoticed — heating circulating evenly, lights adjusting subtly, notifications queued silently on muted phones and tablets throughout the estate.In the nursery, Eva lay curled under a lightweight blanket, a small tablet glowing faintly on the floor beside her, its automated reading program paused mid - sentence.Vivienne moved first, glancing briefly at the tablet before rising. Her slippers made no sound on the polished floors, her movements precise, habitual, almost imperceptible.She walked past the kitchen, where the coffee machine had already completed its cycle, and the refrigerator hummed faintly, keeping produce and medication at exact temperatures. Each sensor, each device, seemed to
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Crimson Bloomed: Ascend
Crimson Bloomed: Ascend
Post - Apocalyptic Horror | Action | Yuri Harem | Coming - of - Age | Rated R | Mature Content | Slow Burn
The city looked like it had been devoured — chewed up by fire, time, and whatever came after — then spit back out in jagged pieces.
Dead drones dangled from power lines like rusted ornaments. Neon signs flickered above fractured pavement, their broken scripts glitching into gibberish. Down the block, a half - melted smartcar burned slow, casting warped shadows across the skeletal remains of a coffee bar.
Behind a crumpled tram car, someone crouched low, breath tight in her lungs.
The shrieking hadn’t stopped.
It came again — sharp, bone-deep, the kind of sound that latched onto your spine and refused to let go. She checked the signal jammer at her hip. Still blinking. Still active.
Not for long.
They were tracking her. She moved fast — boots silent over broken glass, slipping through the breach in an old laundromat’s wall. Her body moved from muscle memory now: slide through, duck left, over the washer, don’t look at the corpse slumped by the dryer.
Out the back. Up the fire escape.
On the rooftop, she halted. Not alone.
Someone was already there — silhouetted against the bleeding sunset. Combat jacket. Short - cropped hair. Pulse rifle slung casually over one shoulder like it weighed nothing. Like this was just another rooftop, just another war.
“Don’t move,” the voice snapped.
She lifted her hands slowly. “I’m clean.”
“Everyone says that.”
“Scan me.”
beat. Then the girl stepped forward, rifle still raised but gaze locked in. Dark eyes, sharp, searching — not just for weapons, but tells. Fear. Lies.
She lowered the rifle half an inch.
“You’re lucky you’re cute.”
That wasn’t the line she expected.
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Chapter: Chapter 68: What We Leave Behind UsChapter 68: What We Leave Behind Us The engine thrummed under Aria’s hands, steady as her focus. The RV felt different with her in the driver’s seat — like it was learning her rhythm now, syncing to her pulse. Selene was resting in the passenger seat, legs pulled up on the dash, arms folded, eyes half - closed but alert in that quiet, predator way of hers. “You’re staring,” Aria said without looking away from the road. “I’m not,” Selene murmured. “You are.” Selene didn’t argue. She just smiled, barely. They’d loaded up more supplies back at the last stop — just enough. Not too much. Nothing flashy. Just water, dry food, spare batteries, some old wool blankets that smelled like cedar. Aria was the one who insisted on rationing the layout of things in the RV. Selene didn’t stop her. She liked watching Aria care about details like that. Liked the way she moved when she was focused — precise, like she was stitching the world back together one careful item at a time. The sun was st
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Chapter: Chapter 67: You’re Not Sneaking Off, Little Flame IIIChapter 67: You’re Not Sneaking Off, Little Flame III Aria flopped back against the comforter, dragging the blanket higher up to her chin, her blush still lingering. Selene rolled onto her side, hand casually resting over Aria’s stomach now, like she belonged there. She did. That was the problem. “You’re staring again,” Aria muttered, eyes still on the ceiling. “Can you blame me?” Selene replied smoothly. “You’re blushing like I didn’t already see you shaking spreading your legs while I taste you.” Aria groaned. “You’re evil.” “You knew that before you crawled into my lap.” “That was — that was a moment.” “A moment where you begged.” Aria tossed a pillow over Selene’s face with a muffled squeak. Selene just laughed and let it fall to the side. Her silver hair was tousled now, spilling across the blanket like moonlight, and she looked way too satisfied with herself. There was no guilt in her expression. Just fondness. Hunger too, but a quieter kind — like she’d finally tasted
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Chapter: Chapter 66: You’re Not Sneaking Off, Little Flame IIChapter 66: You’re Not Sneaking Off, Little Flame II “I know,” Selene said softly. She moved up her body, kissing the skin just beneath Aria’s ribs, then her sternum, then the side of one breast — cool lips leaving a trail of heat behind. Aria’s hands found her shoulders, weakly pulling her up. Selene smiled and kissed her. Deep, slow, sensual. Letting Aria taste herself on her lips. Aria moaned into it, hips twitching even now, the aftershocks still rolling through her. “You’re amazing,” Aria whispered, dazed. “You haven’t seen anything yet,” Selene whispered against her mouth, then trailed kisses down her neck again. Aria laughed, breathless and messy. “I don’t think I can take more.” Selene raised an eyebrow, cold fingers sliding down her belly again. “You sure about that?” Aria opened her mouth to argue — but then Selene’s tongue flicked her clit again. Her breath hitched. Her whole body jerked. “Oh my—!” “Thought so,” Selene murmured. She didn’t give Aria time to reco
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Chapter: Chapter 65: You’re Not Sneaking Off, Little FlameChapter 65: You’re Not Sneaking Off, Little Flame Aria stirred under the thick comforter, the weight of it pressing against her bare skin. The floor beneath the makeshift bedding was hard, but the mattress of blankets they’d layered last night softened the cold enough to make it bearable. The real problem wasn’t the floor. It was the body wrapped around her. Selene. Oh god. Oh god oh god oh god — She had actually slept with Selene again. Still asleep. Or at least pretending to be. Aria could feel her cool breath brushing against her neck, steady and unbothered, like the woman hadn’t just ruined her entire sense of self - control the night before. Her arm was slung over Aria’s waist, fingers loose but anchored, like even in sleep she refused to let go. Aria’s cheeks were already flushed and heating further as memory flooded in. Her heartbeat thumped louder in her ears than she wanted to admit. She was naked. Entirely naked. Tangled in Selene. Her thighs ached, her lips still ti
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Chapter: Chapter 64: Everything We Can CarryChapter 64: Everything We Can Carry 3:27 a.m. They didn’t say it out loud, but they knew they weren’t sleeping tonight. The air had that feeling again — thick, stretched, and just slightly wrong. Like time had been twisted into something unreliable. Like if they stopped moving, the world would start unraveling again. So they kept going. Through hollow streets and trashed storefronts, lit only by the flickering remains of streetlamps and the thin glow of an old lantern they passed between them. No drama. No panic. Just that quiet, electric urgency. The kind born of instinct and exhaustion and the kind of grief you can’t name out loud. Aria didn’t ask where they were going. Not because she didn’t want to know — because she didn’t need to. Selene moved like she had a map tattooed behind her eyes, and Aria trusted that. Trusted her. Not blindly. Not because of some past life. But because in a world that no longer explained itself, Selene was one of the only things that made sense. Th
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Chapter: Chapter 63: Cuddle Tax and Pocket HoardingChapter 63: Cuddle Tax and Pocket Hoarding Aria blinked herself awake, blinking blearily in the dim light leaking from the cracked emergency panel overhead. The faint hum of the power still running made her feel like they were somewhere almost normal. For a second, it almost felt like waking up from a long nap in a hotel. Until her eyes focused — and landed straight on Selene. Aria froze. Selene was lying next to her, close enough that their knees brushed under the makeshift blanket they’d bundled together. Her eyes were closed, lips slightly parted, hair soft and tousled around her cheekbones like she hadn’t just taken out half a pack of roamers yesterday. She looked perfect. Unreal. And Aria… was staring. She tried to look away, she really did. But her gaze drifted back to Selene’s lips. They looked soft. Cold. Kissable. Her stomach flipped. She swallowed hard. What the hell is wrong with me? Inches. She leaned in just a little. Then a little more. Close enough that she co
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Chapter: Chapter 84: She Doesn’t See Me, She Sees a WeaponChapter 84: She Doesn’t See Me, She Sees a Weapon Aria clicked through the last unread message on her phone — static laced and garbled — but the sender ID popped up as “Unknown”. It was just a looped image: a flicker of red sky over an empty street. No caption. No punctuation. Somehow, it carried threat. She powered off the device. The battery save icon glowed; there’d be no signal within these walls. Still, the message knew. Or maybe it planted something in her: a tremor. She let Selene lead through shattered streets — broken neon signs, rusted bicycles stacked like fallen soldiers, stray cats slinking over shattered mirrors. The city felt hollow, as though everyone had just vanished — but left warp marks in the air. Aria’s hands itched. Her internal pocket dimension hummed faintly behind her sides, a subtle pulse she couldn’t quite ignore. A shift. Tonight’s recharge had felt different — warmer. More urgent. They passed a fire - escape engulfed in vines. Below, someone had scra
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Chapter: Chapter 83: Her Reflection Blinked First. Then The World Tilted. Chapter 83: Her Reflection Blinked First. Then The World Tilted. Aria couldn’t sleep. Not really. The blanket was warm. The room was quiet, in that strange, post - collapse kind of way — the quiet of distant groans, wind scraping rusted metal, something moving a few streets over and deciding not to come closer. But her skin buzzed. The kind of electric hum that came from within, under muscle, beneath bone. Her breath felt too loud. Her heartbeat too fast. Across the room, Selene leaned against the window, silhouetted by the fractured moonlight slicing through the broken blinds. Pale skin. Braided hair. Combat boots still laced like she didn’t trust the night. “You feel it too?” Aria asked, voice barely more than a whisper. Selene didn’t turn. “Something’s shifting. The city’s too still.” Aria sat up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. “You think it’s the pocket space again?” “No. It’s you.” Aria scoffed, but it was soft. “You always say things like that.” “Because they’re true
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Chapter: Chapter 82: I Came In Gold. I’ll Drown In Violet IIChapter 82: I Came In Gold. I’ll Drown In Violet II Aria’s breath fogged the glass. The windows were cracked, edges scorched with soot, and the world outside pulsed like a dying heartbeat — red, dark, red again. Somewhere far off, a warning siren stuttered, cutting through the quiet like a blade. She didn’t move. She stood there barefoot, sweat cooling on her spine, heart fluttering in a cage she couldn’t name. Her phone buzzed. A glitchy screen. No signal. But the notification blinked anyway. “open me.” She didn’t remember downloading anything. The battery was nearly dead. Still, she tapped it. The video played on its own. Flickering light. Heavy breathing. A room she half-recognized — scorched stone, black vines crawling the walls. A woman on her knees, shackled at the wrists, dark hair soaked with sweat and something darker. Her voice cracked through the speaker like static. “I wait because I love you,” Eris whispered in the clip, but Aria’s name wasn’t said aloud — just
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Chapter: Chapter 81: I Came In Gold. I’ll Drown In Violet Chapter 81: I Came In Gold. I’ll Drown In Violet The apartment was dark, lit only by the city bleeding through the cracked blinds. Aria stood barefoot in the kitchen, one hand gripping the cold edge of the countertop, the other curled loosely around a half - full water bottle she hadn’t even opened. Her breathing was steady. Too steady. Like her body was bracing for something it already knew was coming. The clock on the microwave blinked 2:17 AM. The hum of the fridge was the only sound. Her skin still tingled — not from cold, not from heat — but from memory. The kind that started in her chest and spilled downward, coiling in the soft, pulsing place between her thighs. It was residual. Lingering. Like the afterglow of a kiss that never fully ended. She hadn’t slept. Not really. She’d dropped, briefly — a hard slide into dreamspace — but it was getting harder to tell what was real. Dreams weren’t just dreams anymore. They were messages. Gateways. Doors she couldn’t close once open
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Chapter: Chapter 80: You Still Moan My Name In Every Sleep II Chapter 80: You Still Moan My Name In Every Sleep II Aria’s lashes fluttered against her cheeks, sleep - quivering, still tangled in twilight. She lay draped across Eris’s cold body, wrapped in scales of shadow and silver, heart pounding beneath every gasp and sigh. Eris’s fingers drifted slow and deliberate along Aria’s spine, cool enough to startle, soft enough to soothe. She pressed a fingertip into the curve of Aria’s hip — and Aria trembled, spine arching toward the pressure. “You melt so beautifully,” Eris murmured, lips brushing Aria’s shoulder. Her kiss was breathless and cold, trailing across bone before sliding lower. Aria inhaled sharply. Her knees jerked. “Eris —” But before she could continue, another kiss landed behind her collarbone, slow and teasing. Eris moved like water, ice dripping over heat, every flick of her tongue mapped to Aria’s hidden sensitivity. Her teeth grazed over sensitive flesh. Aria moaned into the darkness of the dream, a long, heartbreaking s
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Chapter: Chapter 79: You Still Moan My Name In Every Sleep Chapter 79: You Still Moan My Name In Every Sleep The realm Eris was trapped in wasn’t fire or brimstone — it was worse. It was silence. No sun, no time, no breath of wind. Just stillness that stretched forever, cold and suffocating. She sat cross - legged in the nothing, barefoot on invisible stone, skin glowing faintly under a divine restraint — punishment for crimes that heaven refused to name and hell whispered in awe. Her wrists bore shimmering cuffs that pulsed with holy script, binding her movements. But her mind? Untethered. And her mind was full of Aria. “She’s forgotten,” Eris murmured to the void. “But her body remembers.” That dream. The one she’d tasted through the cracks of memory. Aria’s touch, her scent, the way her name had sounded when whispered with reverence — and need. It haunted her like a melody she couldn’t stop humming. Eris had clawed through centuries of darkness with only one name on her lips. Aria. She’d watched her from this prison, when the veil b
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