LOGIN"Look at the target, Gabe," Derek hissed, his voice a low vibration that settled in my bones. "Imagine it's my heart. Imagine you are finally putting me out of my misery." I was trapped between the cold metal of a gun and the burning heat of his body. My finger trembled on the trigger, but I couldn't pull it. My name is Gabriel. To the world I am the nerdy quiet university student. To Derek Miller, I am his toy. He found my secret sketchbook, page after page of his naked body drawn with obsessive detail. Now, he uses those sketches to keep me on a leash blackmailing me whenever he wants a taste of my dignity. But the nightmare was only beginning. When my religious mother announced she was marrying Derek’s billionaire father my world shattered. My bully wasn't just a ghost from campus anymore, he was my stepbrother. We share a room. We share a bathroom and now my body. He is everywhere I breathe. He claims me. He insults me. He treats me like trash. And the sickest part? I have realized I loved it rough. Our obsessive love is impossible. My mother would disown me, the Miller name would be tarnished, and Derek’s tough love is starting to leave scars I can't hide. Just as I am about to break, a new guy enters the picture someone who promises to love me softly. Someone who doesn't smell like gin and danger. But in the dark world of the Millers, safety is a lie. Now I have to choose: Do I run toward a peaceful future, or do I stay with the devil I already know?
View MoreGabriel's POV Two weeks can change a person’s whole life.Mr. Miller was officially behind bars, rotting in a prison cell after the court had proved him guilty for murders. Derek, using every political strings and underground contact he had left, managed to pay off the right officials to clear his own name, reclaiming his late mother’s legal asset.To top it all off, my mother finally woke up from her coma. One of the first things served to her hospital bed was divorce papers from Mr. Miller. Well officiated by Derek himself. When I went to see her, she cried and apologized for everything she had put me through. But some wounds run too deep to heal with a simple apology. I couldn't forgive her. Before she packed her bags and left the country for good, she dropped one last bombshell on me...I was adopted. I was still trying to process it all. I had endless questions floating around in my head: Who were my birth parents? Why did they abandon me at an orphanage?And then, there was D
Gabriel's POV"What do you mean?" I asked, my voice barely a whisper against the icy wind.Mr. Miller looked down at me with a sick, twisted smirk. "Derek found out your mother planned that evil attack against you, Gabriel. Do you know what he did? He tampered with her car brakes and sent her crashing straight into a coma."My heart dropped right into my stomach. I turned my head, staring at Derek in sheer horror, but he couldn't even meet my eyes.Mr. Miller let out a soft, dark laugh. "So... do you still want him, Gabe? He's just a killer, exactly like me."My whole body was shaking with fear and disbelief, but I pulled myself closer to Derek, shielding his trembling frame with mine. "Nothing you say is going to make me leave Derek here," I spat, glaring up at the monster. "Now tell me what the fuck you want!""Wow. That didn't work," Mr. Miller sighed, shaking his head with mock disappointment. "Fine. I just want the both of you dead. Derek burned down my cocaine shipments worth ov
Gabriel's POV I was already inside the car before I realized I might have made the single greatest mistake of my life. Erica had tried to stop me, to warn me, but I couldn't just sit there. I couldn't wait for Scott or the police. The terrifying calm in Mr. Miller’s final statement on the phone....it wasn't a bluff. I had lied to Erica, telling her I needed to use the bathroom, only to sneak down the back fire exit and walk right into the trap."Your phone," the heavy set guard sitting beside me barked, holding out a scarred palm.I handed it over without a fight. The second it was out of my hands, another man leaned in from the front seat, pulling a thick black cloth over my head and tying a rope tightly around my wrists.A few agonizing hours later, the car finally ground to a sudden halt. Every muscle in my body was stiff and aching. Rough hands grabbed my shoulders, yanked off the blindfold, and shoved me out of the vehicle.The cold evening air hit my face, and a sudden, crippl
Gabriel's POV "So what do we do now?" I asked, looking across the polished surface of the table."Well, with the evidence we've got, we’re just going to send it all to the police," Erica said, leaning over a thick stack of printed documents. "We have more than enough to convict Mr. Miller."I nodded, resting my chin in my hand as I watched them. We were all seated around the long dining table, scheming on how to finally send Derek's murderous father to prison. They had been working on this for a week....well, them, obviously. I had just been locked up in this cage because Derek was so paranoid his father was going to send someone to finish me off."Where exactly is Derek again?" Erica asked, scanning the room."I’m not sure," I sighed, tapping my fingers against the wood. "I barely see him anymore. He just comes in, drops off food or checks on me, and then vanishes again.""Scott, I hope he’s still sticking to the main plan," Erica said, turning her head toward Scott, who was typing
Gabriel's POV The dining room was too bright. It was all crystal chandeliers and polished mahogany, a world so sharp it felt like it was cutting me open. I sat there in that black silk shirt, the fabric feeling like a cold, expensive skin against my shivering body. I couldn't look up. If I did,
Gabriel's POV The water was getting colder, but the air in the tiny bathroom felt like it was boiling.I was pressed so far back into the corner of the shower stall that the grout was digging into my spine. Derek didn’t care. He stepped into the spray, the water slicking his hair back and making t
Gabriel's POV I sat on the edge of my sagging dorm mattress, a small, hysterical laugh bubbling up in my chest. Tornadoes. That’s what Mike and Erica were. For a few minutes back at that dive bar, the world had felt loud and colorful and weirdly okay. I kept thinking about Erica screaming about h
Gabriel's POV My hand wouldn't stop shaking. Every time I looked down at my knuckles, I saw the faint red smear where I had actually, God, I actually punched him. I punched Derek Miller. I was walking back to the dorms my heart doing this frantic, rib cracking dance. Why did he let me go? He sh












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