Chapter: CHAPTER 221: Fuck You!“She’d look over her shoulder when we were walking home from school,” I went on, voice cracking a little. “Like she expected someone to be following us. Wouldn’t tell me what. Said she couldn’t. That it was better if I didn’t know. I pushed, Miles. I pushed so fucking hard, but she just hugged me and said, ‘I dont want to drag you into this. You don’t understand how messy it is.’ I thought she was being dramatic.”My hands were shaking now, not just from the cold.I pressed them against my thighs to stop it. “And then she was gone. Her, her mom, her dad, Ethan. The house empty like they’d never lived there. And yet the police act like it’s a cold case already. Like four people don’t matter enough to keep looking.”I finally turned my head toward him to find his face pale under the hood, glasses catching the faint orange from the distant streetlight. He looked… wrong. Frozen. Like I’d just dropped something heavy on him and he didn’t know how to pick it up.“When did she go missing?
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Chapter: CHAPTER 220: She Sounded… OffThe figure stopped dead, like a deer caught in headlights. Then a voice, cracking a little on the edges, floated over the snow.“Shit—sorry! Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.” He took a half-step back, palms up in that universal I’m-harmless gesture. “I thought nobody came out here anymore. Especially not… uh… alone. At night. In January.”I squinted through the falling snow, trying to make him out. Skinny. Tallish but slouched like he was trying to disappear into his own shoulders with big square glasses that reflected the faint light. Messy dark hair sticking out from under the hood and a backpack slung over one shoulder, straps worn thin. Definitely not one of the usual suspects who haunted this place. He looked like he belonged in a library, not on abandoned train tracks.Still, I didn’t relax. “What the hell are you doing here then?” I snapped. “You following me or something?”“No! God, no.” He shook his head fast, snow flying off the brim of his hood. “I come here sometimes.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 219: Hey! Who The Fuck Is ThatHe hit the brakes hard at the red light, harder than necessary, so the seatbelt locked across my chest and I lurched forward. The truck jerked to a stop, tires squealing just a little, and he turned to me. “You’re being so fucking unreasonable right now, Tessa, and you know it! Nobody is dropping the case, they even told you that themselves but you’re acting like they’re personally burying bodies in the backyard just to spite you! You can’t keep doing this. You’re skipping classes, you’re barely sleeping, you’re turning into someone I don’t even recognize, and for what? To scream at people who are already doing everything they legally can?” My throat closed up, hot tears stinging the corners of my eyes. “Everything they legally can? That’s the problem, Jake! ‘Legally’ means jack shit when four people are gone! They get a half-assed file that’s collecting dust while my best friend might be…” My voice cracked, and I hated how weak it sounded. “While she might be hurt, or scared, or…
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Chapter: CHAPTER 218: Bullshit!TESSA~I stormed into the police station, my sneakers squeaking on the linoleum floor that smelled like spilled old coffee. My heart was pounding so hard I could feel it in my throat, choking the fuck out of me. It had been months since Camila and her whole family vanished, and these assholes were acting like it was just another paperwork headache.The desk sergeant looked up from his computer, his fat face already twisting into that bored, annoyed expression they all wear like a uniform. “Can I help you, miss?”“Help me?” I laughed. “Yeah, you can fucking help me by telling me why the hell you haven’t found them yet! Camila and her mom, her dad, her step brother? A whole fucking family just disappears, poof, gone, and you idiots are sitting here twiddling your thumbs?”He sighed, like I was some nuisance kid wasting his time. “Miss, we’ve been over this and I told you the case is still open, but…”“Still open? Bullshit!” My voice cracked louder, echoing off the crappy beige walls
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Chapter: CHAPTER 217: Need To Be Inside youI burst out laughing, the sound bubbling up uncontrollably, even as tears streamed down my cheeks. Yes, this was why it hadn’t felt real before. I’d always pictured a proposal like this: spontaneous, heartfelt, not scripted by politics or necessity. The laughter mixed with sobs, my hands covering my mouth as I nodded furiously. “Yes,” I managed, my voice breaking. “Yes, Ethan. A thousand times yes.” He slipped the ring onto my finger, standing to pull me into his arms. I buried my face in his chest, inhaling his familiar scent while he held me tight. His lips brushed my forehead again, lingering there. Then he tilted my chin up, eyes searching mine in the fading light. I didn’t wait for him to close the distance and surged forward, crashing my mouth against his, kissing him like I’d been starving for it and maybe I had. He groaned into me, hands sliding from my waist to grip my hips hard enough to bruise, pulling me flush against him. “Fuck, Camila,” he rasped against my
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Chapter: CHAPTER 216: … I Love YouThe days that followed blurred together in a way that felt unreal, like I was watching my own life through a pane of glass. Everything moved too fast and too slow at the same time. One moment I was lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, the next, people were talking about fabrics, rituals, dates, and alliances. Preparation. That was the word everyone kept using. The packs were preparing. The elders were preparing. And apparently, so was I. My healing came first. At least, that’s what they insisted. The healers visited morning and night, pressing bitter salves into my wounds, murmuring words I didn’t understand fully while watching me with sharp, calculating eyes. Whatever poison had been used on the blade that cut me had finally stopped fighting my body. The pain dulled, then faded. By the third day, I could walk properly. By the seventh, the ache was gone. It terrified me how fast it happened. Not because I wasn’t grateful — I was — but because it felt like the world
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Daddies Taste Better
⚠️Book Contains Explicit Content🔞
Gage didn’t make a habit of denying himself anything.
If he wanted something… anything, he’d claw his way to get it, consequences be damned.
But her? Thea?
She was the only goddamn exception.
Off-limits. Untouchable. A tempting little toy he had no right to shatter, yet that only made him itch to wrap his hands around her and play until she begged.
For months, he’d fought the urge, keeping his distance but fate, the-smug-bastard, threw her to him and he, being the despicable-asshole he was, couldn’t say no.
She’d walked into his life on his son’s arm, but that wasn’t an issue.
Because he’d take her anyway.
Steal her. Ruin her for anyone else. And keep her pinned beneath him for as long as it took to satisfy the hunger that’d been gnawing at him for months.
THEA
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I kept hoping my boyfriend would look at me. Just once. Just enough to feel like I still mattered.
But he never did.
So I went looking for attention elsewhere… and somehow, “elsewhere” turned out to be his father.
Gage.
The man I should’ve stayed the hell away from.
Gage wasn’t gentle, and he sure wasn’t safe, but he saw me and looked at me the way his son never did. And the moment I stepped toward him instead of away, I knew I’d crossed a line I couldn’t come back from.
It was wrong. Forbidden. A disaster begging to happen.
And yet… standing there in front of him, lonely and stupidly hopeful, I lean into the warmth he gave so easily, the attention he offered like it cost him nothing.
I should’ve walked away.
But I didn’t.
And neither did he.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 89: Just… AcknowledgmentMrs. Harlan paused.The room seemed to hold its breath with her.“Maybe,” she said finally after a while. “But it’s still only a maybe.”She let the word settle between us, simple and unadorned. No attempt to reassure or defend or explain him away.Just… acknowledgment. That doubt was allowed. That questions were valid. That love—even the deep, consuming kind—didn’t come with guarantees.She gave my hand one last gentle squeeze before letting go. “Whatever storm this is, dear, it will pass.”I nodded, throat too tight for words.She stood, smoothing her apron the way she always did when she was about to leave a room. “There’s soup simmering downstairs if you get hungry later.”“Thank you,” I mumbled.She gave me that small nod she always gave when she accepted gratitude without needing more words, then turned toward the wardrobe, then opened the doors to see the hangers slid along the rail, a few garments lifted out with careful hands. A pink camisole. The soft black coat I’d worn
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Chapter: CHAPTER 88: Didn’t Know How To FeelTHEA ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ .☘︎ ݁˖⋆⭒˚.⋆ I didn’t know how to feel. Last night had been a whirlwind of forced reconciliation, the kind where you swallow your pride and your hurt because holding onto it feels heavier than letting go. Mia had cried, swearing up and down that she hadn’t meant to tell Amelia, that it had slipped out one night when Amelia was crashing on her couch and she was drunk and worried and just needed to talk to someone. “I fucked up, Thea,” she’d said. “I know I did but I didn’t mean to. You’re my best friend. I’d never hurt you on purpose.” I’d believed her, eventually, because everyone makes mistakes, right? And Mia had been my rock for years. She’d been there when I was practically homeless, when Noah started pulling away, when everything felt like it was falling apart. So I’d hugged her back, wiped her tears, and told her it was okay. We’d sat on the couch with Amelia who’d mumbled a half-assed apology about “not realizing it was that big a deal.” But we’d talked it
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Chapter: CHAPTER 87: Look At MeThe gate lifted automatically a bit too slow for my liking, drummed my fingers on the wheel, jaw clenched, until it cleared enough for me to gun it.The city swallowed me.I drove without direction, windows cracked just enough to let the cold bite my face and keep my head clear.Or at least clearer.Every red light felt like an insult. Every slow-moving delivery truck felt personal. I gripped the wheel until the leather creaked under my palms.“Fuck,” I snarled, slamming my palm against the steering wheel hard enough to sting.The light turned green and I floored it.I didn’t know where I was going and I just needed motion, needed the rumble of the engine and the hiss of tires on wet asphalt to drown out the loop in my head.Thea’s voice kept cutting through anyway.“Don’t fucking touch me.”I laughed, a short, ugly bark that sounded foreign even to my own ears.Look at me.The big, bad sadist who could break women in half and make them thank him for it—reduced to driving around Manha
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Chapter: CHAPTER 86: Guess We Have Similar Taste In WomenThe words hung there for a beat, mocking. Then I turned to my father, smile widening until it felt like it might split my face. “Guess we have similar taste in women,” I chuckled, voice light, almost playful, like we were discussing vintage cars or single-malt scotch instead of the wreckage of my life. I tilted my head toward Amelia, who flinched like I’d slapped her. “Tell me, Father. Is Amelia one of your women?” The question landed like a grenade with the pin already pulled. Thea’s head snapped up so fast I heard the soft click of her neck vertebrae. Her eyes darted from me to Gage and locked there. Waiting. Searching. The flush of cold air drained from her cheeks in seconds, leaving her pale and suddenly clear. Richard didn’t flinch… not outwardly at least, but something flickered behind his eyes—something old, tired, and very carefully contained. He sighed. “What exactly is going on here?” he asked, voice low, almost gentle, like he was trying to talk a jumper off a ledge.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 85: Small WorldI stepped fully into the living room now, arms loose at my sides, posture deceptively relaxed. The three women stood frozen in a loose triangle: Thea closest to me, coat still half-off one shoulder; Mia planted protectively in front of her like a human shield; Amelia several steps back near the hallway, looking like she’d just been slapped across the face with her own past.Amelia broke first.“I need to leave,” she let out, voice thin and cracking. She took one jerky step toward the foyer, eyes fixed on the front door like it was the only exit from hell.Mia’s hand shot out and clamped around Amelia’s wrist before she could take another step. “Hold the fuck up,” Mia snapped, eyes narrowing as she looked between me and her friend. “What’s going on? Why does he look at you like he wants to skin you alive?”Amelia yanked her arm back, but Mia’s grip held. “Nothing,” Amelia hissed. “Let go.”“Bullshit,” Mia shot back. “You look like you’ve seen a ghost. Or a fucking demon.”Amelia’s gaze
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Chapter: CHAPTER 84: Amelia Fucking VasquezI stood on the balcony longer than I should have, the cigar burning down between my fingers while the city sprawled out below like it didn’t give a single fuck about the mess inside my head. I shoved my bedroom door open harder than necessary, letting it bang against the stopper, then kicked it shut behind me with the heel of my boot.“Fucking hell,” I muttered, dragging a hand through my hair.I felt like a mess.Fuck!I needed another drink.No. Fuck that. I needed to stop thinking.I yanked open the nightstand drawer, grabbed the half-empty pack of cigarettes I kept there, slapped one between my lips, lit it with the Zippo that still had her initials scratched into the side from the night she’d stolen it to light a joint on the roof. The flame flickered, caught, and I inhaled deep enough to burn my throat then exhaled smoke toward the ceiling, watched it curl and dissolve like every promise we’d ever made.That’s when I heard it.The front door.The heavy, unmistakable thud of the
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Chapter: CHAPTER 43: More Like A CurseSILAS °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ There are a lot of things I expected to run into in the afterlife. Floating grandpas. Judgmental angels. Maybe even that dog I kicked when I was ten. But what I didn’t expect? A former subordinate. It was right after being separated from Leah by the game master, because the game was supposed to be fair. I hated being separated from her. But what’s new? I’ve been hating a lot of things lately. The others shuffled around me after the push Off the line game, limping, panting, crying, bleeding… you know, the usual afterparty. Then a guard approached from the edge with his black uniform, heavy boots, and mask covering half his face. Standard issue game-lackey. But the way he walked… it was like someone who knew me. He stopped right beside me, and before I could ask who the hell he thought he was, he spoke quietly, his voice low and familiar in the way a stranger shouldn’t be. “Silas.” My brows shot up. “That’s bold of you,” I said. “Using my name like we’re
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Chapter: CHAPTER 42: Me?She suddenly twisted and grabbed my wrist. “Shit,” I cursed under my breath. Not giving me a moment to think, she yanked me and I flew forward, slamming onto my knees, the stone floor tearing my skin open. I gasped. She held my wrist like a vice. If she dragged me one more inch— No. No. NO. I dug my nails into her hand, kicked backward, anything, everything. She didn’t even flinch. “I’m ending this,” she snarled and hauled me up. I saw the chalk line right there next to my foot. One shove. One breath. One heartbeat. I curled my knee, pulled my leg back, and kicked—hard—into the side of her knee. Something popped and she shouted, her grip loosening as pain shot up her leg. I used the opportunity to wrenched free, stumbled upright, and shoved her back with both hands. She stumbled and slid… One foot landing outside the circle. The alarms screamed. It was… over. I just stood there staring, chest rising and falling so fast I thought I’d pass out on the s
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Chapter: CHAPTER 41: ShitWhen the screen finally flashed my number, I thought I would panic. I thought my stomach would drop, or my legs would freeze, or that I would choke on my own breath the way I did every time a teacher called my name in school. Or when I was called to HR back when I was still alive.But none of that happened.Instead… I felt nothing.Like someone had reached inside my chest and pulled the cord connecting me to reality. Every emotion—fear, dread, disgust, the instinct to run—just fell quiet inside me.I was hollow.Maybe that was acceptance. Maybe I had already died before stepping into the circle.Numbers echoed across the room in the Game Master’s booming voice, and the spotlight rotated until it landed on me and the person and 0269. Fate really had a sick sense of humor.Someone nudged me gently from behind and only then did I realize I hadn’t moved. My feet were glued to the floor. I forced one step forward, then another. I wasn’t walking into a circle—I was walking into my own fune
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Chapter: CHAPTER 40: God, I Was Such An IdiotThey marched us into another hall that was bigger than the last, echoing with that hollow emptiness that made me feel like my bones were hollow too. The floor was smooth stone and polished, almost reflective. In the very center of the hall was a huge white circle, drawn thick like the kind of chalk line cops draw around bodies at crime scenes.Olympic death games, perhaps.The Game Master walked ahead, tapping the cane he carried against the ground, almost bouncing with excitement.Some people were already whispering, trying to guess the challenge.He turned toward us, eyes shining with playfulness.“Welcome!” he announced. “To the next round. The rules are simple.”He tapped his cane once in the middle of the circle.“One on one. Each team enter… only one stays in the ring. Push your opponent out, and you win. If you leave the circle, you lose.”He spun, clapping his hands together once.“Last teammate standing survives. The losing member…”He let the sentence trail into silence, li
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Chapter: CHAPTERS 39: 00:04:02°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･I attempted another sip of soup and tried not to think about what flavor it was supposed to be. Artificial “nutrient”? When the light blinked. It happened so fast I barely registered the drop in temperature before the inevitable voice boomed through the speakers: “Beloved players! How lovely to see everyone eating so well!” Forks froze mid-air and someone at the next table flinched hard enough to drop their spoon. But there was no point complaining. I swallowed the last mouthful out of pure instinct. Might as well. No telling when we’d get another meal. The worst part was how automatic it felt. Like I was already being conditioned. 0269 stretched, wiped her hands on her pants, and grabbed her tray with one hand. “Come on,” she said. “Better move.” She didn’t have to tell me twice. I stood, falling into the slow shuffle of bodies heading toward the exit. The air felt tight, but then again, everything here did. We filed in, taking spots among the crowd. Everyone wai
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Chapter: CHAPTER 38: Honestly, SameI hugged the blanket tighter, staring at the dull light overhead. The dorm was quiet, the tension from earlier still humming in the corners.I couldn’t sleep anyway. Might as well talk.“You… ever scared?” I asked, voice quiet, almost timid.She chuckled softly, the sound low and amused. “Scared? Yeah. Everyone’s scared.”I let that settle in my mind and swallowed. We stayed quiet for a while, then started talking again about stupid and random things that felt too normal for a place like this.She talked about how she couldn’t sleep unless she was lying on her back, one arm over her head. She demonstrated it right there on my bunk, and I had to bite back a laugh because she looked so annoyingly comfortable.I told her I hated the sound of people chewing loudly. She said she once nearly punched someone for that. I wasn’t sure if she was joking.We talked about the beds being too hard, the cold metal floor, the weird smell of the dorm, the way the walls hummed like they were alive. We
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