LOGINCallista
Luca stared at me like a man already imagining ownership.Ownership.The kind that wrapped chains around your throat so slowly you didn’t notice until breathing became impossible.The silence between us stretched painfully while his fingers continued moving through my damp hair with unsettling calmness. I hated the way he touched me like he had already decided I belonged to him. Hated the way my body stayed frozen beneath his attention because everCallistaLuca stared at me like a man already imagining ownership.Ownership.The kind that wrapped chains around your throat so slowly you didn’t notice until breathing became impossible.The silence between us stretched painfully while his fingers continued moving through my damp hair with unsettling calmness. I hated the way he touched me like he had already decided I belonged to him. Hated the way my body stayed frozen beneath his attention because every instinct inside me screamed that one wrong word could make this man snap.Then he smiled, beautiful in the most terrifying way possible.“I’m Luca Moretti,” he said quietly, almost like his name alone should explain everything. “Men beg for my respect. Women beg for my attention. Entire fucking governments shake hands with me carefully because they know exactly what happens when they disappoint me.”His hand slid under my chin again, forcing my eyes toward his.
CallistaPain.That was the first thing I felt when consciousness dragged me back from the darkness.It sat heavy inside my skull like somebody had cracked it open with a hammer and stitched it back together wrong. My entire body felt numb and burning at the same time, every muscle aching as though I had been thrown down a staircase repeatedly.For a horrifying second, I genuinely believed I had died.Maybe my spirit had finally abandoned my miserable body after everything Daelan had done to me. Maybe this was hell. Maybe the universe had finally decided Callista Madden deserved punishment for every arrogant decision she had ever made.Honestly?The thought almost comforted me.Hell sounded peaceful compared to Daelan.I forced my eyes open slowly, but my vision was blurry as fuck, the entire room melting together in distorted shapes and shadows. My breathing
DaelanThe first thing I saw when I buttoned my shirt was the mess I had made of her.Elysia lay sprawled across the black silk sheets completely naked, one leg tangled in the blanket, bruises blooming along her pale thighs like fingerprints from hell itself. Her makeup from last night had smeared beneath her eyes, giving her the appearance of a woman ruined beyond repair, and somehow that sight only amused me more. The room smelled of sex, expensive whiskey, and destruction. Exactly how I liked it.A slow grin spread across my face as I adjusted the cuff of my watch.Pathetic.Women always mistook attention for affection. Give them rough hands, filthy promises, and enough dominance to make their knees weak, and suddenly they thought they mattered. Elysia had spent the entire night moaning my name like a prayer while I fucked every ounce of dignity out of her, and now she slept peacefully like she belonged in my bed.She didn’t.
Daelan The corner of my mouth lifted slowly as I stared at the screen.Callista’s parents.Right on fucking schedule.“I was wondering when they’d crawl out,” I muttered, low and amused.Elysia leaned against me, her lips brushing my jaw as she glanced at the caller ID. A wicked smile spread across her face instantly.“Oh,” she breathed, voice dripping with excitement, “this is going to be fun.”I chuckled, dark and satisfied. “Let the games begin.”I answered.The moment I lifted the phone to my ear, the noise exploded.“You disgusting bastard—!”“How dare you—!”“You scammed our daughter!”Their voices overlapped, shrill and furious, like two dying animals clawing for control.I didn’t say a single word, and I didn’t have to.I leaned back slightly against the counter, letting their rage pour through the speaker while I stared ahead calmly, my fingers lazily tracing patterns along Elysia’s arm.Scammed? Please. Callista signed every fucking document herself; every clause, every tr
DaelanThe rain battered against the glass walls of the penthouse like bullets from a fucking warzone, loud and violent, matching the storm clawing inside my chest.Callista’s face still lingered in my head.That stupid fucking look in her eyes earlier….mine.Every damn time I thought about another man touching her, kissing her, breathing near her, something ugly crawled under my skin. Something feral. I wanted to rip throats open with my bare hands and paint the streets red.So I called Elysia over because she always knew how to drown the noise.Usually the second she walked into a room, the air shifted. She’d smirk, strut over like she owned the fucking place, and climb onto my lap before I even said a word. She understood her role. She understood me.But tonight?The moment she appeared in front of me, I knew something was off.She looked irritated and tense. Not glowing with that hungry little energy she usually carried whenever I summoned her. Her blonde hair was damp from the ba
DaelanThat was the exact fucking moment I lost it. I could feel the pure rage boiling from within. The kind that crawled beneath the skin and made my heartbeat sound like gunshots inside my skull.I snatched the phone out of Elysia’s hand and hurled it straight into the bathtub.Splash.The sound echoed through the villa courtyard while thunder rumbled above us. Water exploded everywhere, and Elysia gasped so loudly you’d think I had drowned a damn child instead of her overpriced designer phone.“My fucking phone!” she shrieked.She rushed toward the pool edge in panic, nearly slipping on the wet marble as she bent down and grabbed the soaked device. She looked genuinely heartbroken, blowing into the speaker desperately.I didn’t care. I couldn’t fucking care because all I could see was him. That bastard’s mouth on Callista, his hand on her waist and in between her legs.The way she didn’t immediately shove him away. That image burned inside my skull so violently it made me sick.Who







