LOGIN𝘼𝘽𝘽𝙄𝙀I knew my mother would fly down to Paris the moment my introductory video dropped, but I never expected her to track me down this fast. How on earth was she able to locate me the exact second the plane touched the ground?Of course, it was easy for her, I realized, my stomach twisting into a tight knot. My name was currently the number-one trending topic across all of Paris.She must have asked around for me, and people would have told her where I was.I had left L'impasse des Ombres just to celebrate with my friends in the bright side of Paris.My heart hammered against my ribs as Regina Summers strode toward me. She stopped just a few inches away, her manicured hands clenched into fists, her sharp, cold eyes glaring at me with venomous fury."Mom..." I muttered, my voice barely a whisper.The very second that word left my lips, her hand whipped through the air.She slapped me.The sharp, stinging slap echoed through the quiet alleyway. My head snapped to the side, my chee
𝘼𝘽𝘽𝙄𝙀"Congratulations, Abbie!!!" Manon and Zenia cheered loudly, raising their glasses high into the air with massive, glowing smiles plastered across their faces.My introductory video had officially been uploaded by S&K Music, and it was trending online far beyond my wildest expectations. Within hours, my social media notifications had completely exploded. Manon and Zenia had seen the teaser pop up on their feeds, and they were beyond shocked to see my face broadcast across the internet.I could have told them beforehand, but I chose to surprise them instead and the look on their faces had been worth every single second of secrecy. They were completely blown away to see that the quiet girl living in L'impasse des Ombres was officially the newest rising star of a global powerhouse label.Because of how wildly excited they were, they insisted on throwing a small congratulatory party for me at a private lounge, and surprisingly, Demon had allowed me to go and celebrate with them.
𝘼𝘽𝘽𝙄𝙀Days had flown in a blur of intoxicating, uninterrupted sex. Ever since I had run back into his arms and told him to return home, neither of us could get enough of each other. We had turned every single corner of his house into our personal playground.From the bedroom to the couch, to the dining table, to the kitchen counter to the bathroom... we had sex everywhere.It was thrilling, fun, and deeply addictive. But it was also necessary, because I knew our sweet, uninterrupted sex was about to come to a temporary halt once S&K Music officially introduced me as their newest signed artist.According to the vocalist who would be training my voice, since I didn't have a voice for singing, she said I would spend time in the practice room, training my voice. On top of that, they were putting me through rigorous rhythm and performance training to sharpen my rapping skills. Once my schedule officially kicked off, I would be spending far more time inside S&K's sleek studio walls tha
𝘼𝘽𝘽𝙄𝙀"Are you sure about what you just said? Demon was the one from that night?" I asked, still shocked."Yes. He told me himself. And you already know Logan doesn't lie, right? Maybe he might've lied a few times, but he wouldn't possibly lie about saving you that day." Ruby said, then sat beside me on the bed."I'm sure you already know he always opens up to me every May 26th. So he opened up to me and told me how you were kidnapped and about being butchered, but he saved you." Ruby said.My mind spun, racing back five whole years to that horrific, rain-soaked night in California.I had never seen the face of the stranger who fired those brutal gunshots because I had passed out from sheer terror. The moment I woke up back then, I had completely spiraled. I was too traumatized to look at my savior's face—too horrified by the gruesome memory of my captor's blood splattering onto my clothes and into my mouth when his lifeless body collapsed over me."He recognized you the exact se
𝘼𝘽𝘽𝙄𝙀"Why didn't you say a word to the policemen that day?" I asked both Manon and Zenia as we walked in the narrow street of L'impasse des Ombres.It had been five days already, and Amber was finally laid to rest. We were all returning from her funeral."You're just asking now, Abbie?" Zenia asked, a fleeting, melancholy smile touching her lips, though her face remained pale and exhausted from the grief of Amber's death."I couldn't think straight until now," I admitted. "I was too traumatized by the sheer horror of how she was killed. But thinking back... you both told the policemen that she was last seen at The Velvet Massacre. But you both knew exactly who she was with that fateful night. Why didn't you tell them the truth? Why didn't you say she was last seen with Demon?"Manon stopped walking for a fraction of a second, casting a knowing look in my direction. "You lied to them too, didn't you? You told them you had absolutely no idea where she was or who could have done it
𝙇𝙊𝙂𝘼𝙉"Maybe you should try to understand her, Bloodbath," Pierre said, as I sat across from him, smoking non-stop.It was the only way I could try to quench the anger boiling inside of me.But I wasn't angry because Papillon had screamed at me. I wasn't angry that she had used me as a punching bag, or that her small hands had left a burning sting across my jaw. I didn't care about the slaps.I was trying to hold back from unleashing my fury on myself. I had been a goddamn coward. A fucking incompetent moron.I was incredibly stupid for burying Amber’s body in a place where it could easily be discovered. I was a complete idiot for not burning that treacherous bitch's corpse until it was nothing but microscopic ash scattered to the Parisian wind. If I had done it right, there would be no body. There would be no horrific scene for my innocent girl to stumble upon.I didn't regret what I did to Amber. I never would. I had only apologized to Papillon because I had looked into her bea
𝘼𝘽𝘽𝙄𝙀Chaney had brought me over to Ruby's salon after I had stopped crying. He didn't stop me hugging until I no longer had any tears to shed.Demon was really cruel to have done that to me. For a moment, I had thought that he was really cool and that maybe... just a little maybe we could be
𝘼𝘽𝘽𝙄𝙀He killed someone. He did it so effortlessly. Smashing that man's head against the wall as if he were smashing a ball into the wall.That was the first thing that pried into my mind when I woke up and found myself in my room.He had brought me home.Though I was unconscious, I could fain
𝘼𝘽𝘽𝙄𝙀I waited outside Ruby's apartment just like she had asked me to. There were other old-looking apartments next to Ruby's.Groups of boys and girls sat outside, gathered in small circles. Smoke curled into the air around them as they laughed loudly, sniffed cocaine, and listened to a Frenc
𝘼𝘽𝘽𝙄𝙀"Abbie!" I heard Ruby calling my name.I tore my gaze away from the stranger and turned, blinking against the sudden sunlight, to see her approaching. It took me a few heartbeats before I recognized her. It had been eight years since I last saw her, but somehow… she hadn't changed much.







