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When hunger clouds vision

Author: Mina's vale
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-25 23:59:29

Gabriel's Pov

Morning came quiet and cold. I sat behind my desk, smoke curling from the cigarette between my fingers.

“Elena,” I called. “Bring her in.”

Moments later, the door opened. Nyx walked in, chin high, eyes sharp. Still stubborn. Still angry. I can see that she hadn’t learned her place yet.

“Sit,” I ordered.

She didn’t move. Of course she didn’t.

I leaned back, watching her like a puzzle I already knew how to solve. Then I turned to the woman beside her. “This is Elena, my housekeeper.”

My gaze shifted back to Nyx. “And this,” I said slowly, “is Nyx—my… guest.”

The word tasted ironic, but I liked how it made her flinch.

“Elena,” I said, “treat her well from now on.”

The woman nodded quietly.

“You can go now.”

The door shut behind her. Just the two of us again.

I looked at Nyx, hands folded, voice calm. “This is your fate now.”

She clenched her jaw.

“In ten days,” I continued, “Renz will be sent to Malachi. You may not know this, but Malachi despises him. Deeply. He’ll make Re
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