FAZER LOGINChapter One Hundred and TenAriaThe kiss wasn't a reconciliation; it was a collision. My fingers were buried so deep in the fine silk of his shirt that I heard the threads groan. I wasn't just kissing him, I was trying to devour the arrogance right out of his mouth.The anger from the garden, the humiliation of Adeline’s smirks, and the sheer, exhausting weight of our contract all poured into the way I moved against him, and worse? He wasn't even complaining. He seemed to want it more than anything else in the world.Zane let out a guttural, dark sound, a growl that vibrated through my teeth, and he didn't just take the lead, he hijacked the room.In one fluid, violent motion, his hands dived under my thighs and he hoisted me up. I wrapped my legs around his waist instinctively, my heels digging into the small of his back.He didn't carry me to the bed. Instead, he slammed me back against the heavy oak door we’d just walked through. The wood rattled in its frame, the vibration rattli
Chapter One Hundred and NineAriaThe walk back was unbearable, not because Zane said anything, but because he didn’t.He walked beside me in complete silence, calm and composed like he hadn’t just detonated half the social order in the garden with one kiss. Meanwhile, every single step I took felt too loud in my own head.Everyone saw that. The noblewomen, the guards and even Adeline.God.My jaw tightened harder as we turned down the quieter corridor leading toward our rooms. The farther we got from the garden, the worse it became somehow, because now there was space for the reality of it to settle.Rumors were already spreading.By tonight, people would be whispering about it in every hallway. By morning, they’d be dissecting every glance, every interaction, every second of what happened.And Adeline…My stomach twisted sharply. She wasn’t going to let this go. A tiny part of me just knew she was going to use this against me.The moment we stepped inside the room, I turned on him i
Chapter One Hundred and EightAriaThe entire garden went silent immediately. Not quiet, but silent, like the kind that hit all at once, heavy and stunned, swallowing every sound around it.My breath caught somewhere in my throat as Zane kissed me, one hand firm against my waist, the other brushing lightly against my jaw like this was natural, intentional, planned,like he hadn’t just detonated the entire garden.Heat rushed through me instantly, sharp and overwhelming, not soft, not pleasant, but confusing and hot and infuriating all at once.Because this wasn’t just a kiss,it was a statement. A public one at that too, and somehow that made it worse. My fingers curled tightly against his chest for one brief second before I shoved at him hard enough to force space between us.“What the hell was that?” I snapped immediately and the silence somehow deepened.Behind me, I heard one of the noblewomen suck in a quiet breath, while another looked seconds away from fainting.Good. Let them.Z
Chapter One Hundred and SevenAriaBy the third guard rotation, I was ready to lose my mind. I sat rigidly on the stone bench in the garden, staring at the fountain ahead of me while two guards lingered several feet behind like badly placed statues.They weren't even trying to be discreet or subtle. Instead, they stood behind me, watching, following and reporting me like I was some spoilt child who'd taken an extra piece of candy even after being told not to.My jaw tightened as I crossed one leg over the other, trying and failing to ignore the weight of their presence pressing against the back of my neck.Zane had actually done it.The realization still irritated me more than I wanted to admit. When he’d given me that ultimatum in the corridor, I thought it was another one of his control tactics. A threat meant to corner me into backing down, apparently not.Apparently, he’d meant every word and I'd been stupid enough to think otherwise.Fuck.The thought was beyond infuriating, soI
Chapter One Hundred and SixZane“Step away.” I repeated the words again, even though I doubted it did too much. I didn’t raise my voice,I didn’t need to, because the words landed clean and cold, cutting straight through whatever had been building in that room. Kieran froze where he stood, his hand still hovering too close to the restraints for my liking.For a second, no one moved, then slowly, deliberately, I stepped forward, placing myself between them.Kieran’s gaze snapped to me, something sharp flickering there. There was a little bit of guilt, but what shone out more was resistance.Of course.“What are you doing?” he asked, his voice tight. “What did you just do?”I didn’t look at him immediately. My attention stayed on the chains, on the space between him and her, on the fact that he’d gotten this close, too close. If I had stayed outside for even a minute, then I didn't even want to think about what would have happened.“Stepping in,” I said finally, my tone even. “And stopp
Chapter One Hundred and FiveZaneThe report was useless. I read it once, then again and again, but nothing changed. They were the same words, the same empty conclusions and the same careful phrasing that meant absolutely nothing.My grip tightened on the paper before I let it fall onto the desk.“They moved before we got there.” I read the line out loud this time, my voice flat. “No trace. No witnesses.”Maybe reading it out loud would change the variables, or help me admit that I wasn't hallucinating. Or perhaps it would give the soldiers a chance to correct my mistake.I counted to ten, but silence answered me. No one answered or tried to counter me, and that was when I realized that I was cooked.Slowly, I lifted my gaze. The soldiers standing in front of me didn’t move. They didn’t speak and didn’t even breathe too loudly, like that might set me off.Too late for that.“They moved,” I repeated, quieter now. Then I leaned forward slightly, my eyes locking onto them. “So what you’r
Chapter FourteenAriaSlowly, I added another finger to my clit, drawing gentle, unsure strokes and circles. I gaped, feeling a rush of pleasure travel down my spine, mixing with the heat of the pre-cum dripping down my legs.My teeth clamped my lower lip so hard that it became swollen and flushed.
Chapter TenAriaZane leaned against the bathroom door with an easy smirk etched on his lips.His annoyingly striking facial features stared at me mockingly. His mop of long, wet black hair fell over his brooding, viridian eyes that bored holes into my body and dripped water down the center of his
Chapter TwelveAriaI didn't know why I climbed down from the bed, and I certainly didn't know why I inched closer to Zane with every step.Gosh, I could see his lips move, but I couldn't hear a single thing he was saying.My brain was just focused on his lips.I knew he asked a question, but what
Chapter EightZaneAria Nightwind had never been anything but a prospective daughter-in-law to me. Make no mistake, she was beautiful.Beautiful in all the ways a blooming rose could be. But I willed myself not to spare her a second glance.I made sure I observed her with indifference then, just en







