MasukSERAPHINA "I've got a surprise for you."I stiffened in his hold, my body tensed like it was bracing for pain as I looked up at him. I didn’t trust him and his surprises. I was sure it will be another of their sick demands. “Please, don’t do anything here. You already get what you want at the house.” His blue eyes narrowed on me and he pushed me against the wall, like I had just offendedhim. “And what shouldn’t I do here, little lamb?” His hand came up to cup my jaw and he squeezed, but not hard. “This?” He asked, voicing dropping an octave.Before I could say anything, he dipped his head and licked the side of my neck, his warm breath teasing my skin.I shuddered and I could feel his satisfied smile against my skin. Then he nipped at my soft skin.I gasped and trued to push him away but his hold only tightened on my jaw and he tipped my face up. His blue eyes glared at me and then his lips brushed mine. “Or, this?”My lips parted and as if he was waiting for the opening, it snappe
SERAPHINA I was in my third class when a shadow fell over my desk. I looked up to find a familiar face standing there and for the first time today, a genuine smile curved my lips.I smiled at Mark, my only friend in this hell hole. At least, for me, he was. “Hey,” I greeted.“Hi,” Mark said, flashing me a warm grin as he handed me a folder. “Here are your notes. I sorted them according to the topics you mentioned.”The only class I was having difficulty in was Human psychology, and Mark always got an A+ on it, so I had asked for his help. “Thanks,” I said, taking them from him. “You’re a lifesaver.”As I took the notes from him, he held on to it a bit longer and when I looked up at him in question, he said, “Actually… there’s a small favor I wanted to ask.”I stilled. “What kind of favor?” I asked, now on guard.“Don’t look at me like that,” he chuckled. “Nothing major. It’s just… I am volunteerung at an animal shelter this weekend and we could really use an extra pair of hands. Only
SERAPHINA “One more stunt like this,” he said, his voice low, “And you’ll be the one falling.”Sienna tried to hide her flinch but I saw it, and the way her lips pressed in a thin line showed how she hated that Oliver was taking my side. Something she wouldn’t have expected. Actually, no one would've after what I did.Even I didn’t expect it.My attention slid to Oliver. He didn’t shout. Didn’t threaten like a high school jock. But the promise in his voice? It shut her up more effectively than any screaming ever coukd have.And I wondered why?Why was he doing this?And I hated the flicker of satisfaction and warmth that travelled through me. Hated more that for the first time in two years, someone had stood up for me, and it turned out to be him.Because this wasn’t even about me. It was about power. About control. It was possession. He wasn’t protecting me, he was staking a claim in front of everyone.My cheeks burned with shame and fury.Sienna’s mouth opened, then shut. For once,
SERAPHINA I was falling. The world tilted, stairs rushing up to meet me, and for one horrific second, I was sure this was it. This was the time when I’ll end up in a hospital with broken arm or a twisted ankle.A scream remained lodged in my throat as I squeezed my eyes shut, bracing for the sharp crack of pain against the cold marble stairs—But it didn’t come as I crashed into a hard chest insead, my breath escaping in a sharp exhale as strong arms wrapped around me, warm and solid, as they broke my fall, halting my descent with a jolt.My breath caught in my throat as my eyes flew open and clashed with blue ones.Oliver.His jaw was tight, expression unreadable, but something flickered behind his gaze. His fingers clenched around my waist like he was holding himself back.“Careful,” he muttered, his voice calm, a smile flirting on his lips replacing the cold stony expression in a blink. But still there was something different about this one. “Can’t have you breaking a bone or get
SERAPHINA “Who's on trash duty today, it’s left here in the open again?” Like always the comment was followed by a bunch of them laughing. I ignored them as I made my way across the hall to take the stairs for my class. The corridors buzzed with students, voices overlapping, the smell of coffee and perfume thick in the air. I forced myself to keep walking. Keep breathing. At least you are safe here for a few hours from those three, I told myself. Away from them. From him. And these people here were not as dangerous as those three. I have been facing them, dealing with them and taking their shitty behaviour for two years, I just need to bear it for another few months until the finals. But that pep talk didn’t help. No. Because of course, I wasn’t as fortunate as to not come across Sienna Carlyle. My bully and the reason I hated college. The girl who had tried to befriend me during that party to get close to the Lords and then realised that I was nothing to them and started the
SERAPHINA "Kneel.” I clenched my fists, told myself again and again to just be done with his arrogant arse and get out of here. I forced my legs to move. Each step felt like it weighed a thousand pounds and when I finally knelt beside him, head bowed, every muscle in my body screaming with shame and hatred, I told myself there will come a day when they’ll pay for every bit of their cruelty. If not at my hands then someone else will bring them to their knees and make them beg. Dante’s fingers brushed my chin, tilting my face up. “It wasn’t so hard, was it?” His eyes glittered with a sick amusement. “Let’s not forget that obedience is rewarded and disobedience is punished.” Fuck you, arsehôle. I gritted my teeth and bit down on my lip, refusing to give him the satisfaction of a response. After that, breakfast passed in a blur of humiliation. Like dinner last night, he fed me piece by piece— slow, deliberate, forcing me to open my mouth for every bite. My face burned. My st
SERAPHINA “Kneel and crawl to me, just like you did for Oliver.” He spat the name like a venomous curse. If I were delusional enough, I might have thought there was jealousy in his voice. But I wasn’t that foolish. When I didn’t move quickly enough, his patience thinned and his hands dropp
SERAPHINASomeone picked me up in their arms, but I didn’t open my eyes. My body was trembling too hard, my breath shallow and tight. Silent tears trailed down my cheeks but I couldn’t cry out loud anymore. I was all cried out. I felt broken from the inside.My lips felt bruised, my mouth tasted of
SERAPHINA As soon as the car came to a halt in front of the house, the same house where I had sent my stepbrother to jail with just a phone call, Dante stepped out and quickly came around to my side of the door. I doubted it was his gentlemanly behaviour suddenly surfacing. More likely, he was ma
SERAPHINA “There is my little sister. Come have breakfast with us. It has been too long since we saw you.” My stomach curdled. For a moment there I doubted myself. But then Oliver said, “Not that long.” Allister laughed. And I could feel my face heating up. Victor Morelli chose that moment to







