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SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE SEVENTY ONE
CAMILLA“What do you mean, set me free?”The question came out sharper than I intended, but I did not care.Austin stood across from me, bruised and battered, with dried blood still clinging to the side of his mouth like proof that nothing about tonight was normal. He looked too calm for someone who had just stumbled into this house looking half dead.He lowered himself slowly onto the edge of the bed and pressed a hand against his ribs.“I mean exactly what I said,” he replied. “We leave.”I stared at him.“Leave where?”He looked up at me then, and there was something unreadable in his eyes.“Out of this country.”For a moment, I thought I had heard him wrong.I gave a short laugh, but there was no humor in it.“You cannot be serious.”“I am.”I sank down onto the floor because suddenly my legs felt too weak to hold me up.The carpet beneath me was soft, too soft for the storm building inside my chest.“Leave the country?” I repeated. “How exactly do you plan to escape your grandfa
SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE SEVENTY
CAMILLAThe banging on my door was so sudden and violent that I nearly screamed.For one terrifying second, I thought it was Austin again coming to drug me, move me, trap me somewhere worse than this oversized prison disguised as a mansion.My heart pounded as I rushed to the door.“Austin?” I called, my hand hovering over the knob.No answer.Only another heavy bang.Fear crawled up my spine.I pulled the door open.And froze.Austin stumbled forward so hard that he nearly collapsed into me.His face was covered in blood.Not just a little blood.Too much.One side of his mouth was split open, his eyebrow cut badly, and there was dried blood down the front of his shirt like something out of a nightmare.“Oh my God.”The words escaped before I could stop them.His breathing was ragged, uneven.His right eye was already swelling shut.“What happened to you?”Austin tried to answer, but only a broken sound came out.His knees buckled.Instinct took over before reason could catch up.I c
SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE SIXTY NINE
AUGUSTAustin smiled at me like he had already won.That smug, crooked smile had always gotten under my skin, even when we were younger. It was the kind of smile that said he thought he was smarter than everyone else in the room.I stared at him across the quiet stretch of the bay, the cold air pressing against my face, and let out a short laugh.“A leopard does not change its spots,” I said.My voice sounded calm, but there was heat crawling beneath it.“What do you want now, bastard?”Austin shoved his hands into his pockets and shrugged like we were discussing the weather instead of the woman he was holding hostage.“Nothing much,” he said lazily. “If you want your woman back, all you have to do is sign the company over to me.”For one second, I thought I had heard him wrong.Then I laughed again.Not because it was funny.Because it was so completely absurd that laughter was the only thing that came out.“You kidnapped Camilla,” I said slowly, stepping closer, “for the rights to
SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE SIXTY EIGHT
AUSTINThe house was quiet again.Too quiet.I stood in the hallway for a second, just listening. The kind of silence that settles after a storm, like everything is holding its breath.Then I looked toward the living room.She was still there.On the floor.Exactly where I left her.I frowned slightly.“Stubborn,” I muttered under my breath.Most people would have explored by now. Checked the doors. Tested their luck. Tried something.But her?She stayed put.I guess she’d finally accepted her fate.I leaned against the wall, folding my arms as I watched her from a distance.Grandfather’s interest in her still didn’t make complete sense to me.At first, I thought it was simple.Leverage.That was all she was supposed to be.The moment he told me to pick her up from the airport, the picture was clear in my head. August’s weakness, wrapped up in a person.Something I could use.Something I could trade.Something that would finally put me where I was supposed to be.At the top.I let out
SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE SIXTY SEVEN
AUGUST“We’re supposed to spend our wedding night together, August.”Her voice came from behind me, soft but deliberate.I paused with my hand on the car door.Then I laughed.Not because it was funny. Just because I genuinely could not believe what I was hearing.“Our wedding night?” I repeated, turning slightly to look at her. “Are you serious?”Taylor smiled.Not shy. Not unsure. Confident. Like she had already won something.“We’re married now, August,” she said. “You don’t have anywhere to run.”Something about the way she said it made my chest tighten.Not in a good way.I leaned back against the car, studying her properly now. The dress, the makeup, the perfect image she had maintained all day.Beautiful.Still.And completely empty.“You really believe that? That we’re married?” I asked quietly.She stepped closer.“I know that,” she said.There was something underneath it. Something sharp.Then she added, almost casually, “I almost got her killed once you know…”I stilled.Fo
SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE SIXTY SIX
CAMILLAI woke up slowly.At first, it felt like I was floating.Like my body wasn’t fully mine yet.My head was heavy. My limbs felt distant. Everything moved slower than it should have, like I was stuck between sleep and something else.Then reality hit.Hard.My eyes snapped open.For a second, I just stared.Confused.Because this wasn’t a warehouse like before.It wasn’t dark. It wasn’t cold. It didn’t smell like dust and fear and something rotting in the corners.It was… beautiful.Too beautiful.The ceiling stretched high above me, clean and white, with soft lighting that made everything glow faintly. The bed beneath me was massive—ridiculously massive—like something out of a luxury magazine. I could have rolled ten times and still not reached the edge.I pushed myself up quickly, my heart starting to race.“What the hell…”My voice came out hoarse.I looked around again, trying to make sense of it, but the more I looked, the less it made sense.This wasn’t a place you brou
SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE TWENTY-SEVEN
CAMILLAFor some reason, the words “get married” landed like a blow I hadn’t braced for.It felt like a small crack opening in my chest and letting something frigid seep in, slow and merciless. It didn’t hurt right away. It left me hollowed out before the ache could even form. I blinked hard, for
SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE TWENTY-SIX
CAMILLAI felt someone breathing over my face.Then fingers brushed my cheek—slow, careful circles that sent a sharp jolt through my nerves. My eyes snapped open.I jolted upright with a gasp, heart slamming so hard it hurt. Instinct kicked in first—legs tensing, arms lifting, mouth opening, ready
SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE TWENTY-FIVE
AUGUST“What do you want from me, Rico?”I didn’t bother with pleasantries. Didn’t offer him a seat. Didn’t pretend this was anything other than what it was. The question came the second we stepped into my office, the door shutting firmly behind us with a soft click that felt louder than it was.I’
SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE TWENTY-FOUR
CAMILLAI was mad.Not the dramatic, stomp-my-feet kind of mad. The quiet, simmering kind that sits heavy in your chest and makes you want to crawl under the covers and disappear for a few hours.Mad at myself, mostly.How could I embarrass myself like that?I groaned and pressed my palms to my che
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