LOGINBLURB Aira accepted one night for money. Four men. One room. Masks on. No names. It was meant to end when the door opened. The next morning, she discovers the men she shared that room with now share her home with two stepbrothers, her stepfather, and a man who knows them all too well. None of them know they touched the same woman. Yet. As memories resurface through scent, proximity, and fractured restraint, Aira is forced to live inside a secret that grows more dangerous by the day. Because the masks are gone. And the truth is getting closer.
View MoreChapter Sixty: What I Don’t Say YetJulian's Pov I don’t bring it up at breakfast.That’s the first decision I made that morning. I sit at the table, coffee cooling in my mug, and let the conversation move around me. Cassian talks about something that happened online. Our mother reminds him to lower his voice. Rowan listens more than he speaks. Aira keeps her eyes on her plate.Elliot arrives last.Nothing about him stands out if you’re not paying attention. He greets everyone the same way. He sits where he usually does. He doesn’t look tired. He doesn’t look distracted. He doesn’t look like someone who was awake in the kitchen early enough to cross paths with Aira.That alone doesn’t mean anything.I watch anyway.Aira’s phone stays face down. She doesn’t touch it once. That’s new. She’s usually careful, but not like this. I file the observation away without comment.When breakfast ends, people scatter to their routines. Rowan offers to drive Aira again. She agrees without hesitatio
Chapter Fifty-nine: The Weight of Being AwakeAira's Pov I woke up before my alarm again.This time, I didn’t bother checking the time. I already knew it was too early, the kind of hour where the house feels suspended between night and morning. I lay there for a while, staring at the ceiling, listening to the quiet. Not searching for sounds. Just be aware of them.Nothing moved.That should have been comforting, but it wasn’t. Silence had started to feel deliberate, like something that could shift at any moment if I let my guard down.I got out of bed slowly and pulled on a hoodie. The floor felt cold under my feet as I stepped into the hallway. I didn’t hear anyone else awake. No doors opening. No voices. Just the faint hum of the house breathing around me.I went downstairs for water.The kitchen light stayed off. I didn’t need it. I knew the layout well enough to move through the space without bumping into anything. I poured myself a glass and leaned against the counter while I d
Chapter Fifty-eight: The Things I Don’t Joke About Cassian's Pov I joke about a lot of things.That’s how I keep the house light. That’s how I keep people from asking questions I don’t want to answer. If I talk fast enough, laugh loud enough, nobody looks too closely at what I’m actually watching.But there are things I don’t joke about.Aira has been quiet lately. Not the kind of quiet that comes from boredom or stress, but the kind that makes people step carefully around you without realizing why. I noticed it days ago. I didn’t say anything because I wanted to be sure it wasn’t in my head.It isn’t.That morning, I watched her move through the kitchen without really being there. She poured herself juice and forgot to drink it. She stood in one spot longer than necessary, like she was waiting for something to happen.I cracked a stupid comment about the weather. She smiled, but it didn’t reach her eyes.That’s when I stopped joking.I leaned against the counter and watched everyon
Chapter Fifty-seven: Where I Place Myself Rowan's Pov I didn’t plan to change my routine. That’s what I told myself when I reached for my keys again that morning. It wasn’t a decision I sat with or questioned. It felt practical. Logical. Someone had to drive her, and I was available. That was all. Still, I noticed that I didn’t hesitate. I waited by the door before Aira came downstairs. I leaned against the wall and checked my phone without really seeing what was on the screen. I wasn’t in a hurry, but I was aware of the time in a way I usually wasn’t. When she appeared, she looked the same as she had the past few days. Not sick. Not fragile. Just worn in a way that didn’t match how quiet her days had been. “You ready?” I asked. She nodded. “Yeah.” We left without drawing attention to it. That had become normal too. Nobody questioned why I was the one driving her most days now. Maybe they didn’t want to. Maybe they were pretending not to notice, the same way I was pretending












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