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My body reacts before my brain catches up even though my mind is screaming against it. My blazer hits the floor first. Then my blouse, fumbled buttons, my hands shaking. Ezra just watches, eyes glowing red. He stays even, but his jaw flexes when I unclasp my bra and let it fall.
My nipples tighten in the cool air, but it’s his gaze that hardens them further.
I stand in front of him in just my panties and heels, breathless and aching.
“Take those off too.”
My breath coils in desperation as I shut my eyes and dip my thumb into the waistband of my panties before pushing it down. Then, I'm standing naked with only my heels.
In my boss' office.
My skin burns with every second of exposure and I'm trembling, in anticipation and need.
But Ezra doesn’t move.
He just looks at me, possessiveness hiding behind his eyes.
“Spread your legs,” he commands.
I bite my lips and I do.
He steps forward and picks my panties. He inhales it before shoving into into the back pocket of his pant.
Then, he steps closer, his full-clothed body pressing into me. He trails one cold finger from my throat down to the valley between my breasts before cupping my right breast.
He squeezes softly, a groan slipping past his lips.
“So soft.”
“I–”
He pinches my nipple, my head tilting back as a moan slips past my throat.
“Oh fuck.”
And without warning, he dips his head down and catches a nipple between his teeth, his hand squeezing the other.
I squirm, my hand clutching his hair as he sucks very hard, pain and pleasure blaring through me. His teeth nibble at my nipples before he smoothens his tongue over it, relieving the ache before sucking hard again. He releases my nipples with a pop before moving to the other. All the while, I let out shameless moans, thighs gripping him like a koala, hands holding his head to my chest.
When he's done, he leans back, his eyes fixed intently on my breasts.
“I could suck them all day.”
“In your dreams.” I grit out.
He chuckles, holding my gaze as his fingers trail lower before coming to a dead stop just above the scar of my C.S. He breaks my gaze to look at it.
I flinch, wanting to scramble off.
But shit, is this going to ruin my first sexual encounter after Sebastian?
“I– you should let me go.” I say in a whisper.
His eyes meet mine again before his lips pull up into a grin.
“Ask nicely next time.” He says darkly as his hand meets my neck. He pushes my onto his desk, papers and laptop clattering back as his mouth descends on the scar and he sucks on it.
“I— no. What are you doing, bastard?” I gasp.
He hums something against my flesh but I can't hear. And even with the pleasure, I shut my eyes, not wanting any memories to ruin this for me.
He gives my tummy a last peck and pulls back. Then, his eyes rake over my body which is spread lewdly for his view and when he meets my eyes, he whispers,
“Fuck. You are beautiful.”
And I suddenly wish I'm not sober for this encounter.
I slowly sit up, core aching and chest heaving. He steps closer and his fingers continue on their journey south. Then lower, between my legs. He parts my folds with two fingers, then groans—deep and guttural.
“Dripping,” he murmurs. “So wet and desperate, and you still had the audacity to say no.”
“I didn’t mean it,” I pant.
“I know. But good girls don't lie.”
His fingers plunge into me without warning.
I cry out, head snapping back, hands gripping the edge of the desk as his fingers curl, deep and still in me.
He eases the two fingers out and plunges into into me, finger fucking me—hard and precise.
“Oh—God—Ezra—”
He curls his fingers just right, hitting that spot deep inside that makes my legs jerk.
“Say it,” he growls, thrusting again. “Say my name again.”
My thighs quake. “E-Ezra.”
“Good girl.”
His pace doesn’t ease. If anything, he fucks me harder with just his fingers, palm grinding against my clit. I’m soaking, the obscene sounds of wet heat echoing through his office.
“You’ve been bratting all week,” he says, eyes on my flushed, gasping face. “Flinching from me. Running. But I know I'll find you. Even if I have to go back to the depths of hell.”
“Oh fu—”
He kisses me again, interrupting me while he finger fucks me. He bites my lower lip this time, drawing a gasp from my lungs.
But I still feel empty.
“More.” I moan in his mouth. “More. I need more.”
“You think you deserve my cock?” he breathes against my mouth as he adds another finger, making it three. “Bad girls don't get cock.”
“I—I’ll be good,” I gasp. “Please, I need it—need you—”
“You need to come first,” he says darkly. “Then I’ll decide if you’ve earned it.”
He drops to his knees.
No warning. No mercy.
His tongue replaces his fingers, and I damn near scream.
“Ez—ra—fuck—!”
He pins my hips down as I writhe, his mouth devouring me like he’s starving. His tongue fucks me, licks my clit, circles and sucks until I’m nothing but moans and shaking limbs.
“I’m gonna—oh my God—”
He slides two fingers back inside me just as I fall apart, his mouth sealing over me, drinking every drop of my release.
I don’t even get a chance to recover before he stands, eyes dark with lust, lips slick with me.
His eyes rake over the panting mess I've become, like I'm a masterpiece he'd ruined.
“I said I’d decide, didn’t I?” he says, palming my breast.
I nod, dazed, ruined.
He unbuckles his belt with one hand, the sound sharp and final. “You’ve begged so sweet. Cried so pretty.”
His cock springs free, thick and hard and lined with angry veins and curved and mine.
“Time to reward my good girl.”
He grabs my thighs, drags me to the edge of the desk, and thrusts in all at once.
I scream.
EZRAI stand before the Twelve. Behind them, the Seven Chiefs perch like crows on a wire, judging, watching, waiting.The room is cold. Too quiet.Like the air itself is holding its breath.I cross my arms, staring up at them, refusing to bow. I’m already halfway buried so there's no need to bend.Lord Naskai is the first to speak.“Ezra Vale, first turned, son of the Abyss, wielder of the Old Flame—”“Can we skip the titles?” I mutter. “I get it. You’re all impressed I was kinda saved from eternal slumber and you didn't force it on me because you are too proud to go back on your words.”He ignores me.Of course.He continues, “—you’ve completed your first trial. Now, the second awaits.”I almost rolled my eyes. But still, I wait in silent anticipation.One of the shadow guards steps forward on behalf of the council as their spokesperson. “We present two options. Both… equal in weight. You will choose.”They say that like it’s fair.Like there’s a choice here at all.I know them, the
THEAI wake up with heat clawing down my spine.Like I’ve been running… or burning.Or dreaming of something I can't remember.My eyes blink open, heavy with something I can’t place. The ceiling is familiar. The light slanting through the curtains is gold, warm, soft. It’s morning.But I don’t feel rested.I feel… wrong.My throat is dry. My chest aches. Not like a cold or flu, not like something I can take medicine for but like I’ve been crying all night without knowing.Like I lost something in the dark.And now daylight has arrived but it didn’t bring it back.I sit up slowly, my limbs sluggish and sore, my skin too hot. I press the back of my hand to my forehead and pull it away quickly. Burning.Am I sick?It feels like fever, like my blood’s trying to climb out of me.But it’s not just my body.It’s my heart.There’s something… wrong with it.Like it’s trying to remember a rhythm it once danced to. Like a song I forgot the words to, but the melody still aches in my bones.I brea
EZRAWhen I wake, it’s not to chains or cold stone.It’s silk.Warm, soft, suffocating silk.The ceiling above me is polished obsidian, etched with the old markings of my house, the ones they never removed, no matter how far I fell. A chandelier dangles in the corner, the scent of nightshade oils and fresh linen clinging to the air.I blink once.Twice.No dungeon. No court. No Malik’s snoring to the left. No guards standing with virex-laced spears at the door.Just my room.The one I locked after leaving for the human world, the one they locked after my disgrace and the one I thought I'd never see again.I try to move, and a dull ache grips my limbs and my chest. Residual virex still burns in my veins and then, everything comes rushing in.Thea.The trial.The screams.The trade.Her memories.My jaw tightens so hard it clicks.They took her from me. She gave them everything.And I let her.Rage rises, thick and black in my chest.I’m going to tear this place apart even if it kills
EZRAI growl, the savage sound bursting off me before I can stop it.Raw. Feral. Wrecked.The sound echoes across the court like thunder breaking bone but it’s not anger that fuels it.It’s grief.Grief with claws and a voice.Because I just heard her say it.“Yes,” she whispered.Even that.Even her memories of me.Her voice still rings in the marrow of my bones. Shaky, honest and final.I stagger, the weight of it pulling me forward, like something just snapped in my chest. The chains dig deeper into my skin but I don’t even feel the pain anymore. I don’t feel the blood drying on my skin, the poison rotting me from the inside.All I feel is her.Leaving.Because that’s what this is.This isn’t saving me.It’s losing her forever.I drag my eyes to her, my knees nearly buckling.She stands there, fragile and steady all at once, like a candle refusing to go out in a storm.Her tears haven’t stopped.But she said it.She still said it.Her memories of me.The way I held her. The way she
THEAThe air here is strange.It tastes like smoke. Like grief bottled and distilled, then poured into my lungs with every breath I take.Like death is sitting inside my chest… waiting.I’m not built for this world. I feel it in my blood, in my bones, in the way the air here scrapes against my skin like sandpaper. It doesn't want me here.But I keep walking.Because I want him.My knees shake. My hands tremble. Something warm drips from my nose and face—I think it’s blood or tears, but I can’t even tell anymore. Everything hurts in a way I’ve never known. Like I'm dying.And maybe I am.But when my eyes land on the figure on the podium—God.I shatter all over again.Ezra.I whisper his name like a prayer to a god I stopped believing in.He’s—He’s not the man I knew.He looks like something torn out of the pages of a nightmare. A creature carved from ruin and rage.Veins black and clawed hands curled in agony. Wings, if I can still call them that, shredded and soaked in blood that sh
ISLAPeople in love are stupid.Not just rom-com stupid. Not just "hold-my-hand-and-jump-off-a-cliff" stupid. I mean the kind of stupid that rewrites logic, drowns reason, and paints tragedy in pastel pink.And before someone rolls their human eyes and mutters jealous much, let’s get one thing straight.I didn’t want Ezra because of some burning, poetic connection or whatever drivel mortals write in their diaries.I wanted him because he was mine. Because he was powerful. Beautiful. Cold-blooded perfection carved in ruin. A prince. A weapon. A kingdom. A crown.Love had nothing to do with it.It never does.So when she came to me—Thea Carlisle, Ezra’s precious little chaos storm in heels—I almost laughed. Even thought it was a prank, a desperate last gasp from a grieving human too dumb to realize the door had already closed.But no.She stood there. Trembling in that annoyingly resilient way of hers.Begging.And bargaining.And honestly?I respect the gall.She doesn’t flinch when I







