Mag-log inDamien stood there, tall and broad, his wet shirt clinging to his muscles. His amber eyes watched me closely. Rain dripped from his dark hair.
“Strip,” he said simply.
My eyes went wide.
“What? No please. I can’t do that.”
“You can and you will,” he replied, crossing his arms.
His voice was calm but left no room for arguing.
“All of it off. Now.
”I kept my eyes on the floor, cheeks flaming.
“This is wrong. I’m scared.
Please, just let me put something on.
“No,” he said quietly. “You stay like this, get used to it.”
He walked around me slowly, like he was inspecting something he owned.
His fingers brushed my spine lightly, then trailed over my hip. Every touch sent sparks through my skin. I hated how my body reacted a warm flutter low in my belly, wetness starting between my thighs.
Shame made me want to cry harder.
“Sir, why are you doing this to me?” I whispered, voice cracking. “I’ve done nothing to you.”
His grip wasn’t gentle this time. “I told you to stay put.”I yanked against him, anger mixing with the fear. “Let go of me! If you’re going to kill me, just do it. Stop playing these games. Stop making me want you when you’re just using me for revenge!”He pushed me inside the room and slammed the door behind us. His breathing was heavy. “You don’t understand what’s at stake.”“Then explain it!” I shouted, voice breaking. The sheet slipped a little from my shoulders but I didn’t care anymore. “Tell me why I should trust anything you say when your own people want me dead. Tell me why my body keeps betraying me every time you touch me. Tell me”Damien cut me off by slamming his mouth down on mine. The kiss was hard, desperate, almost angry. I tasted salt from my tears and something darker his own pain. For a moment I kissed him back, hating myself for it, then I shoved at his chest with all my strength. He pulled back, eyes glowing bright amber now. “Because the bond doesn’t lie
He carried me back to the bedroom, threw me onto the silk sheets, and tied my wrists to the headboard with soft ropes he must have kept ready.I was spread open, completely at his mercy, tears still falling. Damien stood at the foot of the bed, slowly unbuttoning his shirt, revealing hard muscle and faint scars.“You ran from me. So now I’m going to edge you until you’re begging. Until you understand that running only makes the pleasure hurt more when I finally let you have it.”He climbed over me and started again mouth on my breasts, sucking hard on my nipples, then moving down to my aching pussy. He licked me slow and deep, fingers pumping in and out, bringing me right to the edge again and again.Every time I was about to break, he stopped.I was sobbing by the third time. “Sir please I can’t I need it I’m sorry I ran please let me come ”He looked up at me, lips shiny with my wetness, eyes glowing. “Tell me who you belong to.”“You,” I gasped, voice broken. “I belong to you,
Morning light filtered weakly through the heavy curtains when the door clicked open. I sat up fast, clutching the silk sheet tight to my bare chest like it could protect me. My eyes felt puffy and sore from crying half the night, and my body still hummed with leftover tingles from what Damien had done to me. I couldn’t stop replaying it in my head his fingers inside me, his mouth on me, the way I had shattered apart and screamed for him even though I hated myself for it. Shame burned in my cheeks. How could my body betray me like that? I was supposed to be scared, not aching for more. Damien walked in carrying a tray with fresh bread, cheese, some fruit, and a glass of water. He looked just as commanding as last night tall, broad shoulders filling the doorway, dark hair still a little messy from the rain. Those amber eyes locked on me like he could see straight through the sheet to every secret thought I was trying to hide. “Eat,” he said. It wasn’t a request. His voice was calm, but
The rain poured down hard as Damien carried me through the dark forest.I didn’t fight anymore. My body felt too worn out from running and struggling, and his arms were like steel around me. He moved fast, like the woods belonged to him and always had.Every step made me feel smaller, more helpless. My wet dress stuck to my skin, and I shivered from the cold, from fear, and from something else I didn’t want to name. I kept my eyes closed most of the way. Tears mixed with rain on my face.“Why me?” I whispered against his chest. “I’m nobody special. I just bake bread and try to stay out of trouble.”Damien’s voice was low and rough, vibrating through his chest. “You’re the last one left from the bloodline that destroyed my pack. That makes you very special to me, little one.”I didn’t understand what he meant by “pack,” but the word sounded dangerous. “I don’t have a family. My parents died when I was little. It’s only me. Please, just take me back. I won’t tell anyone what happen
I pulled my thin coat tighter around my shoulders, trying to block out the chill that had nothing to do with the weather. The Carpathian woods had always been my little escape after a long day at the bakery. The tall pines felt like quiet friends, and the soft moss under my boots made the world feel softer somehow. At nineteen, my life was nothing special just waking up before the sun to knead dough, smiling at the same customers every morning, and saving every spare coin in a jar under my bed. I would scribble silly dreams in my notebook sometimes, about hopping on a train to Prague and seeing all those bright city lights. Nothing wild, Just normal. But tonight the air felt different. Heavy. Like something was holding its breath. Dark clouds rolled in low, and the first rumble of thunder made my stomach tighten. I walked faster, my old backpack bumping against my back with every step. Inside it I had half a loaf of yesterday’s bread and my notebook. Nothing anyone would want. A







