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Fingernails

Author: Erotictales
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-11 12:58:58

There was blood under my fingernails.

I didn’t remember scratching anything. Not even myself. But when I pressed my hands to the wall, red smudges bloomed like bruises.

The panic room smelled like nothing,just cold metal, recycled air, and sterilized silence. I wanted it to smell like baby powder. Like lavender oil. Like him.

But there was no trace of my son here.

Only me.

Caged.

Screaming until my throat gave out.

Milo had carried me here after I threw a lamp through the nursery window.

I hadn’t thought. Hadn’t breathed. Just moved.

I wanted to run.

To chase.

To find whatever hole Ivan crawled through and rip him out with my bare hands.

But Milo had stopped me.

Lifted me like a child. Kissed my temple like I hadn’t just tried to die.

> “You’re no good to him dead.”

Then he locked the door.

Time didn’t pass in the panic room.

The lights never dimmed. No clocks. No night or day,just a padded bench, a bottle of water I hadn’t touched, and a monitor blinking footage I couldn’t decode.

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