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TWENTY-FOUR

Author: J.O
last update publish date: 2026-03-01 03:33:36

CAMILLA

I 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 cheeks, which were still embarrassingly warm, as if my body hadn’t gotten the memo that everything was over now. That the moment had passed. That he had left. That I was alone in his bed with nothing but
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  • SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE   FIFTY SIX

    CAMILLA“Wake up, bitch.”The slap came hard and fast, snapping my head to the side. Pain exploded across my cheek as my eyes flew open, my breath catching sharply in my throat.For a second, everything spun. Then it settled just enough for me to feel how much my body hurt.A weak breath left me as I forced myself up slightly. The cold floor beneath me didn’t help the dizziness.I swallowed hard and lifted my head. Monty stood over me, his shadow stretching across my body.“Monty…” My voice cracked immediately. “Please… just let me go.”He let out a quiet scoff, like I had just embarrassed myself. There wasn’t even a hint of hesitation in his reaction.“You’re not going anywhere,” he said calmly. “Not until we get what we want.”My stomach twisted painfully. The certainty in his tone made it worse.I stared at him, trying to find something familiar in his face. There was nothing left.“When did you become like this?” I asked, my voice barely steady. “You used to be kind to me.”Monty

  • SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE   FIFTY FIVE

    AUGUSTI laughed, but it didn’t sound like me. It came out sharp and wrong, like glass breaking in a quiet room.“Where is Camilla?”The man didn’t even flinch. He stood there calmly, looking at me like I wasn’t worth the effort.“I’ll be damned if I tell you anything.”Something inside me snapped, fast and violent. I lunged forward before I could think.I barely got a step in before hands grabbed me. The guards held me tight, firm, and unyielding.“Let go of me.”They didn’t move. Their grip only tightened as I struggled against them.“Do you even know who you’re holding?” I snapped, my patience already gone.One of them avoided my eyes, while the other stayed completely still. That only made the anger rise faster.My gaze snapped to my grandfather, and the calm look on his face made something darker settle in my chest. It was the kind of calm that made everything worse.“If you’ve done anything to her, I’ll kill you,” I said, my voice low and steady.The threat sat heavy in the air

  • SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE   FIFTY SIX

    AUGUSTThe first punch landed before Conrad even finished turning his head.Bone met bone with a dull, sickening crack, and something in me—tight, coiled, barely contained—finally snapped.“Where the hell is she, you bastard?”I didn’t wait for an answer.My fist connected with his jaw again, harder this time. His head snapped back, his body already sagging from whatever injury he had before I got to him. It didn’t matter.Nothing mattered.Not the blood.Not the fact that he could barely stand.Not the way Daniel was already moving toward me, saying my name like it could reach me.It didn’t.“August—”I hit him again.And again.Each punch felt like it landed too shallow, too soft, like it wasn’t enough to match the noise in my head.Camilla.Taken.Gone.Because he was supposed to be watching her.“Where is she?” I demanded, grabbing his collar, dragging him forward even as his knees threatened to give out. “You had one job.”Conrad tried to speak, something broken and slurred, but

  • SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE   FIFTY FIVE

    CAMILLAThe first thing I felt was cold.Water hit my face, dripping into my nose, my mouth, and my lashes. I flinched, choking on it, my body jerking instinctively as I tried to pull away.A low sound slipped out of me—half groan, half protest.“Easy, princess.”The voice came before my vision fully did.I blinked hard, trying to clear the blur, but everything swam anyway. My head throbbed like something was pressing from the inside out, slow and brutal. The kind of pain that didn’t spike, it lingered.I forced my eyes open.Shapes became people.Monty stood in front of me, a lazy smirk stretching across his face like this was all mildly entertaining to him. Like I wasn’t tied to a chair, soaked, disoriented, and barely holding myself upright.Rico stood a few feet behind him, arms crossed, watching.Waiting.“The princess is awake,” Rico said, almost amused.I swallowed, but my throat felt dry despite the water still dripping down my face. My wrists burned where they were tied, the

  • SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE   FIFTY FOUR

    CAMILLAI didn’t remember when I had stopped speaking.I only knew that the silence had started the moment I saw it.The news.It kept replaying in my mind like a loop I couldn’t escape. Like something inside me had locked it there and refused to let it go.August standing beside her.The smiles.The way his hand rested so easily on her back.The way he looked calm.Like nothing was wrong.Like everything was exactly how it should be.Like I didn’t exist.I sat on the couch, my hands resting on my lap, my fingers cold no matter how tightly I pressed them together. I pressed harder, as if I could force feeling back into them, but it didn’t work.Nothing did.The TV was off, but it didn’t matter.I could still see everything.Every second.It carved itself into me.Gianna had been beside me the whole time.She hadn’t said much. Not really. Just stayed close. Close enough that I could feel her presence without her needing to speak.Like she knew that if she moved too far, I might break i

  • SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE   FIFTY THREE

    AUGUSTThe door clicked shut behind the reporter, and the silence that followed felt heavy.A minute ago, everything had been perfect. Smiles in place. Words rehearsed. Hands brushing just enough to sell the story. Now the act was over.And the truth sat between us like something rotten.I didn’t move from where I stood.I could still feel the tension in my shoulders, the tight pull in my chest from holding back everything I really wanted to say. It sat there, sharp and restless, like it was waiting for the smallest crack to break through.Across the room, Taylor turned to face me.The softness she had worn for the cameras was gone. Completely gone. Like it had never existed in the first place.What replaced it was sharp. Cold. Familiar.“Well,” she said, smoothing her dress like nothing had changed. Like we weren’t standing in the middle of a lie. “That went well.”I said nothing.What was I supposed to say?Congratulations, we fooled them?She didn’t need a response. She never did.

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