LOGINThe silence that followed the officer's words lasted only a few seconds before the whispers started.
~SARAH~Lisa was already sitting in our living room looking way too comfortable when I walked in, and the smile on her face told me everything before she even opened her mouth. Margaret was right beside her, trying so hard to look calm, her eyes snapping to me the second I came through the door like she was trying to figure out which way this was going to go. My mother w
~SARAH~She was barely conscious when I walked back in. The Omega maid was slumped against the wall of the holding room, her skin this gross grey, waxy color that only showed up on people who’d been running on pure stubbornness for way too long, her wrists still tied with silver cord that had carved angry red lines into her skin. Her eyes cracked open when she hear
~EVA~He had one hand gently resting on my belly, rubbing slow circles like he was already protecting our little girl. My heart was doing that stupid fluttery thing again. I was so gone for him. “You’re smiling so big right now,” he said softly, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear. His thumb brushed my cheek, and I leaned into his touch like I always
~NICHOLAS~I got off work with my tie already halfway undone and my brain still full of back to back meetings, but the second I stepped into the apartment, all of it just fell away.Eva was home.I dropped my keys, kicked off my
~MARGARET~Of all the streets in this city, of all the clinics tucked into it, of all the waiting rooms that could have swallowed my morning whole, this one had to be the stage for my worst moment.I kept my face void of fear, which deserved an award considering my heart was hammering so hard and also, to the fact that I couldn’t let Adan or anyone from the family find out the shameful act I had committed.
~SARAH~I rewound the footage three times just to make sure my eyes were not playing tricks on me, because what I was seeing was bold enough that part of my mind kept insisting I had mixed up what I was watching. An Omega maid, someone I only vaguely remembered from the household rotation, moving through the corridor outside the testing room, panic and fear all over her face as she looked around multiple times.
NICHOLASIt was bad enough that he embarrassed her by cheating on her publicly and choosing his mistress time and time again, but this was a place where Evangeline was supposed to reign.She was his Luna, that was something that Margaret and Alex were yet to rip from h
NICHOLASFor once, the bastard didn’t have anything to say.He listened intently to every word I said and I could see the reality of my words settle in him. I wasn’t bluffing, I truly would have killed him if anything were to happen to Eva. Treaty be damned
EVANGELINEI woke up with a pounding ache in my head.Memories of what happened flashed through my mind and shame mixed with embarrassment filled me. I was almost raped. I could still feel his disgusting body pressed up against mine and the smell of his breath would pl
EVANGELINEI’d given up all hope of escaping. My limbs wouldn’t work and neither would my vocal chords.I’d gone through the pain already in my mind. I’d pictured how it would end: my reputation ruined, my life stopped. I would never be able to







