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CHAPTER 10- tour of hell
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2026-03-30 04:18:29
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OWING THE DEVIL CHAPTER 10- tour of hell
MATILDA'S POV Home didn’t feel like home anymore.It felt like a waiting room.Like something was coming for it… and we were just sitting here pretending we didn’t hear the footsteps.I pushed the door open quietly, hoping—stupidly—that maybe Mom would be asleep.She wasn’t.Of course she wasn’t.She sat on the couch, knees pulled slightly together, hands clasped so tightly in her lap it looked painful. The TV was on, but muted. Just flashing colors dancing across her face like a distraction she wasn’t even watching.Her head snapped up the second she heard me.“Matilda.”That one word held too much. Relief. Fear. Questions she hadn’t asked yet.I forced something like a smile. It felt wrong on my face.“Hey, Ruth.” I always called my mom by her first name.She stood immediately, like she’d been waiting for permission to move.“You’re late,” she said, voice careful. Not accusing. Just… fragile.“I know.” I dropped my bag by the door, shrugging off my jacket like the weight of the day
OWING THE DEVIL CHAPTER 9_ Against the wall
MATILDA’S POVThe second morning didn’t feel like a morning.It felt like death.Like I had sold my soul to the devil and he had finally circled back to collect his debt.I stood outside the gates again, the same way I had yesterday, but it didn’t feel the same. Yesterday, I was scared but highly determined.. Today was quieter.Quieter in a dangerous way.Like my brain had finally stopped arguing with the situation and started… adjusting.And that scared me more than anything.The gates opened before I could press the bell.Of course they did.Of course nothing here waited for permission.I stepped in slowly, my boots crunching softly against the gravel before the sound disappeared into the kind of silence that didn’t feel natural. The kind of silence that made you aware of yourself. Your breathing. Your heartbeat. The way your shoulders held tension like they didn’t trust the air.I hated this place.I hated that I was back.I hated that I didn’t turn around.The walk up the driveway
OWING THE DEVIL CHAPTER 8- THE EXPERIMENT
GIDEON VALEI could still feel her presence lingering in the hallway, like heat trapped in walls after a fire. Stubborn. Refusing to leave.Ashton exhaled a low chuckle behind me.“Well,” he said, dragging the word like he had all the time in the world. “I guess she listens. That’s new.”I said nothing.My gaze stayed fixed on the empty doorway.“She didn’t run,” he added, pushing off the counter. “Also new.”“She’s desperate,” I replied flatly.Ashton hummed like he didn’t quite agree.“Desperate people cry, beg or fold.” His head tilted slightly. “That one bites.”My jaw tightened.“I’ll tame that.”The words came out calm. Certain.It wasn't a threat- I didn't do threats- it was a fact.Ashton went quiet for a second. I almost welcomed the silence, but he interrupted it with laughter. Ugly humourless laughter.“Yeah,” he said. “You always think that.”I turned to him, instinctively defensive.“What’s that supposed to mean?”His grin widened, but there was something else behind it n
OWING THE DEVIL CHAPTER 7- THE PUPPETEER AND HIS PUPPET
MATILDA'S POV The air outside his house felt too clean to be real.It should've probably stank of all the hearts and hopes he'd crushed.I stood in front of the gates at 6AM exactly, bag strap cutting into my shoulder, eyes slightly burning from lack of sleep. The night had been a mess of tossing and turning.Gideon Vale’s words did that, he's surely the devil.Don’t be late.My jaw tightened at the memory. Like I was already late for something I didn’t even understand. Something I feared I might regret.The gates opened without sound.Of course they did.Everything about him refused noise unless he allowed it.I stepped inside, my hands curled tightly around the strap.The driveway stretched too long, black stone polished enough to reflect the sky in a dull, lifeless way. The house at the end was honestly scary. It looked like it was over a hundred years old. Grand and intimidating. Pine snaked around the mansion, its leaves adding to the eerieness of it all.I hated that my chest t
OWING THE DEVIL CHAPTER 6- THE DEVIL'S DEAL
MATILDA'S POV I should have walked out.That thought sat in my chest, heavy and loud, like it was trying to claw its way up my throat.I should have walked out.But I didn’t.Because standing in front of Gideon Vale, with his calm voice and colder eyes, I knew one thing with a clarity that made me sick, If I walked out that door, my mother and I were done for.No house, No miracle waiting around the corner.Just… nothing.The silence stretched between us, thick and suffocating. He hadn’t moved. Hadn’t blinked. He just watched me like he already knew what I was going to do.And that pissed me off more than anything.My fingers curled into fists at my sides.God, I hated him.I hated the way he spoke like everything was already decided.I hated the way he looked at me like I was a problem he was enjoying.I hated that I was still standing here.“You’re insane,” I said again, my voice not as steady as I wanted it to be.His expression didn’t change.“I’m aware.”That calmness?It made s
OWING THE DEVIL CHAPTER 5 _ CAUGHT IN THE PREDATOR'S TRAP
GIDEON VALEThe elevator hummed silently.It's enclosed walls offering the silence I treasured.I stood alone, mind not able to shut off.She was all I could think about.The girl whose house you took is hard to ignore Who does she think she is?Giving me a message. A threat.Audacity like that usually got people hurt, quickly.She walked into my den without my permission.Asked for me. Then somehow walked out alive.The urge to put her in her place clawed at me.I didn't like people who refused to cower when they were supposed to.I especially didn’t like the fact that I hadn’t been able to stop thinking about her since.The doors slid open cutting off my train of thought. A Lady made to come in before stopping in shock.I was used to ladies being surprised to see me, it was a bore.What I wasn't expecting was the disdain that replaced the shock.She stuck her hand to stop the doors from closing before taking her time getting in.We stood in silence for a few seconds."You haven't p
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