LOGINANDREW'S POV, “That seems premature. We're at a delicate point in the discussion—” “Which is exactly why we need a few minutes,” I said, holding his gaze. He looked away first, and I continued. “To discuss your proposals in private and speak our mind without you listening to us. Unless there's a r
ANDREW'S POV, I noticed the guard first. Not his presence, his absence. The post in the east corridor had been manned every time I had checked it since we arrived. It was a consistent, unremarkable detail that I had catalogued the way I catalogued everything in a room like this one—automatically,
ELENA'S POV, The report came in fragments, the way bad news always did. It wasn't clean, nor with the kind of clarity that made decisions easy. Just pieces, arriving one after another through channels that were supposed to be secure and reliable, and each piece landed worse than the one before it.
ELENA'S POV, “I don't need a recess,” I said and my voice came out flat. It wasn't cold, nor sharp, just flat, emptied of the performance of composure I had been maintaining since we walked through the door. Al'thor blinked once, and for the first time since this meeting began, I watched fear fli
ELENA'S POV, I don't know how long I stood there before Andrew noticed. He didn't say anything at first. He just shifted around, closing the distance between us by half a step, the way he always did when he sensed something was wrong but didn't yet know what shape it had taken. It was a small thin
ELENA'S POV, “During what?” I asked, not caring that I cut him off from finishing, or that my voice was loud. I had spent years making sure others were happy with what I was doing, and I wasn't the reason for any of their troubles. Now I wanted to be better than that, for myself, instead of being
He moved a little, and I felt the top of his cock rubbing against my folds. “I don't have enough time either, I've to go back to her before she starts looking for me.”“O-okay,” I agreed, trying not to think about Ollie anymore when I was preparing myself to be penetrated by her father.“Good, let's
When she lifted her hand and pressed it against my chest, everything inside me shattered.“Not now. Not today. Just… promise me we’ll be honest about what we are. With each other at least, even if we can't find it in ourselves to tell Ollie the truth.” Her touch was soft, yet it carried a lot of str
ELENA'S POV,“I will love you, my little girl, the same way I have loved you when you were alive.”He looked up at the sky with tears in his eyes. The camera zoomed in on his face to capture his fake emotions for the audience at home to see and sympathise with. It was truly ridiculous, especially wh
ELENA'S POV,When Olivia finally stopped crying, and only the dried mark of tears remained on her face, I tried to move away from Ryan, but she refused to let me leave her side. She held my hand the whole evening, even when her eyes were already heavy with sleep. She didn't let go of my hand, probab







