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LOVE ME LIKE A CURSE CHAPTER FORTY-SIX [THE SECOND RITE: THE CRESCENT OATH]
Setting : Old Elder Vampire Court --- The Elders gathered once more in the cavern, their faces hollowed by the flicker of flame, the echo of silence stretched taut between them. The first ritual had ended in nothing. Days passed. Weeks even. No mark. No prophecy stirring. No sign of Ysolde’s return in flesh or spirit. And so suspicion had spread like rot. Cassian’s gaze swept the circle, his voice cutting the tension like a blade: --- “It has been weeks,” He said, “And yet—the girl walks free of us. No mark. No oath. no sign that the prophecy has been sealed. Tell me, was our ritual a farce? Was our blood wasted?” Across from him, Seraphine lifted her chin with serpentine grace. “Not wasted,” she hissed. “But perhaps… resisted. The blood remembers what it chooses to remember. Perhaps the girl’s veins defy us.” Valerian tapped his clawed fingers against the armrest. If the mark did not appear, then it was not the prophecy that faltered. It was us.” “The first ri
LOVE ME LIKE A CURSE CHAPTER FORTY- FIVE [ HIM ]
When I walked into D’Aragon Enterprises the next morning, the first thing I noticed was how much heavier the air felt.Not tired-heavy, not stale from recycled vents or too much perfume drifting through the lobby, but charged. The kind of atmosphere that made people straighten their posture without realizing why.I wasn’t imagining it.Clusters of staff lingered longer than usual by the elevators, their voices pitched higher, their gestures sharper. Someone had spread the word already.A meeting. A big one.And not just any meeting.The CEO wanted to “see the old faces and new faces that ran his empire.”"LUCIEN D’ARAGON."I told myself I shouldn’t care. People like him lived galaxies away from people like me. I worked in one of the tucked-away creative wings, where pixels and deadlines mattered more than boardroom politics. My orbit wasn’t meant to brush against his.And yet my stomach tightened anyway.Maybe because my night had ended with Julian’s smile still burned behind my eyeli
LOVE ME LIKE A CURSE Chapter Forty-Four
When I slipped the key into the lock, I did it quietly, like I was sneaking into someone else’s house. The door creaked anyway—of course it did—and I froze, holding my breath, as if that could make me invisible. Three steps. That was all I managed before a voice came from the living room. “I heard you were going on a date.” My stomach plummeted. Elias. I turned my head slowly, and sure enough, there he was—half-slouched on the couch with a game controller in his hand, the TV glow reflecting in his eyes. He was grinning, which meant he’d been waiting for me. “And you’re back this late?” His brows rose in mock surprise. “How did it go?” Heat crept up my neck. “You’re ridiculous,” I muttered, kicking my shoes off and making a straight line for the kitchen. If I kept moving, maybe he’d let it slide. No such luck. “Don’t you dare downplay this,” another voice chimed in, sing-song and merciless. Rhea. Of course. She padded out of her room in pajama shorts and a t-shi
LOVE ME LIKE A CURSE Chapter Forty-Three [MISPLACED RECOGNITION III]
JULIAN CROSS --- Julian had learned long ago that temptation never announced itself. It slipped in quietly, disguised as something ordinary. A laugh. A glance. The subtle way a woman touched her hair without realizing Tonight, temptation had a name. Arabella Vale. He sat in his car outside her apartment building long after the engine should have cooled, long after common sense told him to drive away. But common sense had abandoned him the moment she slid into the passenger seat earlier, brushing his arm with nothing more than a hello. Now, even with the car empty, she was still here. Her perfume clung to the air like invisible fingerprints. Sweet at first inhale—something floral, fleeting—but beneath it lay a sharper note, almost metallic, alive in a way that made his throat burn. He pressed his fingers against the steering wheel until the leather groaned. Pathetic. He should not have let it get this far. She was human. Untouchable. And yet— Her laugh from ear
LOVE ME LIKE A CURSE Chapter Forty-Two [COFFEE AT DUSK]
The next day, all Arabella could think about was the buzzing reminder on her phone, even while at work. Tomorrow. 6. Don’t be late. Tomorrow had become today, and now six o’clock felt like it was breathing down her neck. She pushed open the apartment door, letting it click shut behind her, and dropped her bag by the couch, Rhea and Elias were not home. A quick glance at the clock on the wall made her groan. An hour. An hour to make herself presentable after the long drag of paperwork and screen glare, and an hour to convince herself that this was just coffee. just casual. Just… normal. She didn’t stop to think; she went straight to her room, flinging open the closet doors. A dress felt too formal. Jeans felt too careless. She wanted balance—something that said effortless without trying too hard. She tried one blouse, then another, discarding them in a growing pile on the bed. Finally, her hand stilled on a soft cream sweater that draped just right. Paired with dark jeans and b
LOVE ME LIKE A CURSE Chapter Forty - One
con'td, --- Rhea was still grinning like the cat that swallowed a canary when she finally passed out on the pillows, face mask drying and glass of wine half-finished on the table. I tucked a blanket over her before slipping into my own room, and though exhaustion hummed in my bones, my mind wouldn’t settle. Julian Cross. His name had a way of replaying itself, like a lyric stuck on loop. I buried my face in the pillow, forcing myself to think of anything else—paintings, my grocery list, the stack of HR forms I still had to sign tomorrow. But inevitably, the elevator came back. His suit. His voice. The amused curve of his mouth when he said my name. It was infuriating. I barely knew him. And yet— I groaned into the pillow. This was ridiculous. I was ridiculous. --- The next day at work passed in a blur of emails, introductions, and hushed reminders from other interns about how important it was to “blend in.” No distractions. No drama. Definitely no… elevator encounters
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