LOGIN|| Author POV |||| FLASHBACK ||The night they shared their passionate intimacy on Velaris Island. When Rosa woke up in the morning, her cheeks burned with a light blush.Killian wasn’t beside her. Her eyes drifted to the bouquet of red roses scattered across the floor.Quietly, she tiptoed into the washroom and her eyes widened in shock when she caught sight of the hickeys blooming across her skin. She gasped.A flush deepened on her cheeks as memories of last night’s intense moments flooded back, leaving her overwhelmed and embarrassed.Rosa glanced down at her delicate chest where his marks were scattered like bruised petals. Tentatively, she raised her hands. Her fingertips grazed a mark near her nipple.One gentle touch near her nipple made her lip tug inside her mouth and her eyes softened with the memory of his lips sinfully pressed against her skin.A flood of happiness overwhelmed her. Her professor belonged to her and that thought alone made her heart flutter.Shy smile blo
|| Author POV ||Killian pulled the shirt over his head and stepped toward the mirror. Tossing the fabric aside, his eyes darkened intensely the moment they locked onto his own reflection. His muscles flexed.Killian brushed the silky lock of hair with his long slender fingers. His calm gaze shifted to the chain around his neck resting on his collarbone.Hanging from it, was a tiny skull-shaped locket, black and polished with diamond. Inside, dark red blood shimmered faintly like sinister—the same blood from the shard that had accidentally cut her palm.The skull was made of that broken shard.He had preserved her blood for this, refusing to let it go to waste. He’d specially ordered it and received it just this morning.The weight of the locket around his neck stirred a dark emotion Killian struggled to put into words.Her blood. Her essence. She. Her soul.Everything bound to him by that tiny relic. Entwined in a way nothing else ever could.He had went that crazy.The skull hung da
|| Author POV ||Rosa stood unsteadily on her trembling legs. Her round doe eyes staring blankly at his clothed chest while Killian loomed before her beside his closet.She thanked god silently, he didn’t go rough on her again because she was silently enduring him. She didn’t even want to imagine the pain he would cause her if she resisted.He had just given her a careful wash and a gentle session to get rid of the pain, replacing it with pleasure–as if he cared, as if he wasn’t the one who shattered her.Like the tender gesture could erase the ruin he had carved into her soul.Killian’s fingers moved methodically, buttoning the shirt over Rosa’s fragile body. The fabric slipped low over her thigh, exposing bruised skin beneath. Her chest rose and fell in soft breaths.She was dazed like she wasn’t truly there anymore.Killian noticed it. He sighed silently “You won’t disobey me, understand? No matter how far you run, no matter if you flee to the edges of the earth, I will find you. Y
|| Author POV ||AT MORNINGRosalie woke with a gasp. Sunlight flashed into her lavender orbs. Pain flared through every inch of her aching body. The memories of last night crashed down–how ‘mercilessly’ he had broken her.Tears prickled her eyes. She dared to peek at herself under the surface. Her eyes watered seeing her skin was marred with deep, vivid marks, dark purple and angry red, proof of the storm that had raged over her fragile form.Rosa clutched it tight to her body. She stared blankly at the ceiling over her head, under the roof of his mansion.Under his responsibility.She recalled his words from before. That vow. That twisted vow–She gave herself to him!His words played in her mind like a curse. Her own confession echoed into her earbuds. It was her mistake controlled by him. He had manipulated her own promises, weaponizing them so he could do whatever he wanted. There was no turning back now.She agreed to him! He could do whatever he wanted! But despite agreeing to
|| Author POV ||“I—I break up with you!”Killian’s grip on her arm loosened but he didn’t let go. Her trembling words froze him for a moment, sinking into the silence like a lightening to the chest.He stepped in closer, towering over her, erasing what little distance remained between them.“Repeat it!”Rosa’s whole body jolted under the weight of his furious, soul-piercing glare as if she had just committed an unforgivable sin. As if she’d made the gravest mistake of her life!His teeth clenched together, nostrils flaring in rage. “C’mon repeat it!”Rosa’s breath faltered. Her soul felt like it had left her body. Her lips trembled violently. She looked away, wanting to run but where?“I SAID REPEAT IT!”Rosa flinched violently as Killian roared in her face. His fist slammed into the wall beside her head with a deafening thud.“I-i-i–” tears streamed down her cheeks, her entire body trembling in terror.Rosa had never seen him like this. Never seen him this angry. He looked like a be
|| Author POV ||Rosa’s blood ran cold. Her heart stopped.Is he going to kill her now? In that basement?Her professor?Rosa’s legs refused to move. Panic overtook her and she tried to twist away with a broken cry but Killian’s grip only tightened, yanking her forward without mercy.Rosa’s cries grew louder, echoing in the air like the sound of breaking glass.The door of basement burst open with a deafening clang. Killian dragged her inside, slamming it shut behind them and locked it with a loud click.Rosa’s heart skipped a beat. Her eyes darted to the center of the dim, cold room. A man was tied to a chair. Alive but trembling. His face pale with fear, eyes darting to Killian like he was staring at the death angel.Rosa’s knees nearly buckled.Killian pulled her harshly against his chest. Her petite body trembled in his hold. He leaned down, his head tilting in a twisted, almost playful way and eyes unhinged.“You’re scared?” he growled, glaring into her trembling face. “You’re so







