LOGINAlliyah AgustinI took a long bath, allowing myself to stay there far longer than I usually would, and it felt like a quiet kind of relief I hadn’t experienced in such a long time that I almost didn’t recognize it at first. The warmth of the water seemed to ease every inch of tension in my body, slowly unraveling the exhaustion that had built up over the past days, and for once, I didn’t rush myself. Instead, I lingered, letting the stillness wrap around me, letting my thoughts drift without direction until everything felt just a little lighter. By the time I finished, I felt refreshed in a way that went beyond the physical, as though I had been given a brief moment to breathe again. I carefully dried my hair before stepping out of our room, making sure I wouldn’t carry the dampness with me.It was almost dawn, and the faint, early light filtering in through the windows gave everything a muted, almost fragile quality, as if the world itself was still deciding whether to wake. I co
Alliyah AgustinHe looked at me intently, his gaze unwavering and almost piercing, as if he were trying to read every thought I kept hidden behind my silence, and the intensity of it made something in me tense. I instinctively crossed my arms over my chest in a quiet, defensive gesture, as though I needed something to shield myself from the weight of his attention, before meeting his stare with one just as sharp, refusing to be the first one to look away. “Am I speaking to someone right now?” I asked, my voice edged with irritation, though beneath it lingered something far less certain.“Wife,” he said softly, the word leaving his lips with an ease that made it sound as though nothing had ever changed between us.Before I could react or pull my hands away, he reached for them, his touch surprisingly gentle for someone who usually carried such authority in everything he did. He lifted one of my hands slowly, almost as if giving me time to stop him, but I didn’t, and then he pressed
Alliyah AgustinDays slipped by quietly, blending into one another, and through it all, Claire remained a constant presence at my side. She kept me company in my room, rarely leaving for long, always finding something to occupy my attention. Yet no matter how gentle or well-meaning her efforts were, I couldn’t shake the feeling that she was deliberately trying to distract me—like there was something just beyond my reach that she didn’t want me to notice.Alexander, on the other hand, had become a fleeting figure in my days. He would appear in the dead of night while I was half-asleep, a shadow at the edge of my consciousness, only to disappear again before morning came. By the time I woke, he would already be gone, absent for the entire day as if he had never been there at all.Something wasn’t right. I could feel it in the silence, in the way conversations stopped just short of meaning anything. They were keeping something from me—both of them.I tried to reason with myself. It ma
Alliyah AgustinI slowly opened my eyes, squinting against the harsh brightness that immediately greeted me. The light felt almost blinding, forcing me to shut them again for a moment.But as I tried to steady myself, fragments of memory came rushing back all at once—like a river breaking through a dam, overwhelming and impossible to stop.Gunshots echoed in my mind. The image of guards surrounding us flashed vividly, their presence suffocating. Everything felt distorted, like a dream slipping through my fingers. All I knew for certain was this: I had killed. Over and over again. Not out of cruelty, but to survive—to protect. To protect Philip…and to keep my promise to him and Claire. I had sworn that neither of them would die before they found each other again, and I meant to keep that promise, no matter the cost.The reason I never let them reunite sooner weighed heavily on me. I needed leverage—people on my side. I needed time to investigate everything on my own, especially becaus
Claire CynthWhat happened next, after I realized that I had found my brother lying there on the brink of death while Ali was barely holding on as well, dissolved into something distant and indistinct.As if my mind refused to fully register the weight of it all and instead blurred every second into a single overwhelming moment that I could neither slow down nor escape from.The boss and the rest of the team arrived not long after, their presence abrupt yet purposeful, and without wasting even a fraction of time, they immediately arranged for vehicles to take us straight to the hospital, their movements sharp and efficient while everything around me felt unbearably slow, as though I were trapped in place while the world continued without me.Boss Astley had a look on his face that could make anyone uneasy at a single glance, something cold and restrained yet dangerously close to breaking, and when his eyes landed on his ex-wife in that state, he fell completely silent.Whatever words
Alliyah Agustin“We’re almost there,” I told Philip, my voice trembling with a mix of hope and desperation as I caught sight of what looked like an open road just ahead of us. It wasn’t much, just a faint break in the chaos, but to me it felt like freedom—like a way out of this nightmare. For a brief moment, I allowed myself to believe that we might actually make it.But that fragile hope was shattered almost instantly when a sudden burst of gunfire exploded behind us, loud and unforgiving, echoing through the air like a death sentence.“Crap, they’re onto us!” Philip shouted, his voice strained and uneven as he tried to keep pace with me. I glanced at him for just a second, and my chest tightened painfully at the sight of him—his breathing was ragged, his steps unsteady, and the blood from his wounds had already soaked through his clothes.Fear clawed its way up my throat, but I forced myself to stay focused.We still had our weapons, but I could feel the weight of how little ammo
Alliyah Agustin-AstleyI was practically buzzing with excitement when Alexander pulled into a drive-thru instead of heading straight home. He ordered far more than necessary—multiple sundaes, extra fries—and before I could even comment, we were already driving again, the city slowly thinning out b
Alliyah Agustin-Astley“Tell me, Malix,” I asked the moment I spotted Malix inside the living room of the estate, his presence unmistakable even from a distance. “Why does Alex hate William so much?”We had arrived home a while ago, but Alexander had only dropped me off before disappearing again wi
Alliyah Agustin-AstleyI couldn’t sleep all night.No matter how many times I closed my eyes, my thoughts refused to quiet. They circled endlessly, dragging me back to the paper bag sitting on the chair across the room. Every few minutes, my gaze flicked toward it, half-hoping—half-dreading—that i
Alliyah Agustin-AstleyA few nearby guests glanced in our direction, curiosity flickering across their faces, before quickly returning to their conversations as if nothing unusual had happened. In a room like this, discretion was a survival instinct.Chester looked momentarily caught off guard. He







