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Chapter 16
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2026-10-16 02:58:37
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**ARIA**The water was hot enough to sting, and I stood under it for long, letting it work loose something through my body. My shoulders still felt heavy from yesterday's training, and every time the water hit my wrist, a dull ache reminded me of Marcus's grip. My wrist still ached under the wraps I'd taken off just for the shower, the bruise purple at the center.I closed my eyes.For some reason, the memory that came back wasn't Marcus throwing me to the mat.It was Jade kneeling in front of me afterward.I was only comfortable taking the shower since Jade wasn't in the room all evening. It was strange how quickly I'd started thinking about whether he was around before doing something as simple as taking a shower.I hated that I'd noticed.When I got out, the room was empty, the way it had been empty every night since that first one. I only knew he was gone because the room had a particular stillness.It was strange how I'd started noticing his absence too.-----------------------I
The Devil's Maid Chapter 16
**ARIA**I could barely lift my arms above my shoulders now.My entire body felt stiff and sore. Marcus tossed me a towel without looking at me and walked away without another word.I sat on the edge of the mat for a long moment after he'd gone, too sore to stand right away. A dark bruise was already spreading along my forearm. The skin around my wrist had begun to swell, and every small movement sent a sharp pulse through it.When I tried to bend it, pain shot up to my elbow and I sucked air through my teeth without meaning to.I didn't expect Jade to still be there when I finally pushed myself up off the mat.He was leaning against the doorframe with his arms still crossed, watching me with an expression I couldn't read. I wondered how long he'd been standing there. "Come with me," he said. It wasn't a question, and something in the way he said it told me arguing would be a waste of the little energy I had left.I followed him anyway.Not because he had ordered me to, I told myself
The Devil's Maid Chapter 15
**ARIA**"Answer me." My voice cracked right down the middle of the sentence, and I hated that it did. "What's going on? What are you and Kane actually fighting over? Why does it involve my father? Why does it involve me-"He crossed the space between us before I finished the sentence.My back hit the wall. He planted one hand beside my head, standing so close that I could feel the heat coming off him.My body went tense. I hated that part of me still noticed how close he was, even when I had every reason to be afraid of what he might do."Do not," he said, voice low, "interfere in my business."My breath caught somewhere in my throat. He was close enough that I could see the muscle working in his jaw, the way his eyes dropped, just for a second, to my mouth before he caught himself and dragged them back up. I told myself the way my pulse was slamming wasn't because he was this close to me. Everything I told myself in that half second was a lie."Your business almost got my father kil
The Devil's Maid Chapter 14
**ARIA**I turned around so fast the folder nearly slipped out of my hands.There was nobody in the room.A wave of relief washed over me, but my heart was still slamming against my ribs, loud enough that I could hear it in my own ears. Someone had probably walked by, seen the door sitting open when it should have been shut, and closed it without checking the room. Luckily for me.I stood there a moment longer than I needed to, waiting for the door to swing open again, for footsteps to start back up in the hallway. Nothing came.I let out the breath I didn't realize I'd been holding and set the folder back exactly where I'd found it.But I wasn't finished. If anything, almost getting caught made the rest of this feel like something I had to see through now, once and for all.I turned on the laptop on the desk. Locked. I don't know why, but I was convinced I could crack it.I started typing.'Jade Black.' Incorrect.'Mr. Black'. Incorrect again.My frustration began to rise. Then somet
The Devil's Maid Chapter 13
**ARIA**I woke up alone.The other side of the bed was cold, sheets pulled tight like nobody had slept there at all. I sat up and pressed my fingers to my lips without thinking. I stopped and kept my hand down the second I realised what I was doing.Last night was a mistake. And i had no business even remembering it.The quietness of the room was suffocating. It was morning but I was already so tired, I realised it was the kind of tiredness that even sleep couldn't fix.There was a heavy knock on the door. I quickly sat up right, not sure what to do with myself."Com-"The person already walked in.She was beautiful, elegant and had a very feminine aura. She carried two large bags in and dropped them on the floor right next to the bed.“For you,” she said, already turning to the door."Wait, what is—"The door clicked shut.I looked at the bags, quite unsure of what could be inside.I got up from the bed and strolled barefooted to the bags. I opened the first one slowly.My clothes
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**ARIA**For a second neither of us moved.His hand was around my wrist, tight, his body half over mine, and his eyes were open but not fully here yet. His breathing was ragged, chest heaving."Elise," he whispered again.My name sat in my throat and did not come out.I don't know why. I should have said it immediately. I am Aria. I am not her. You are dreaming and I am a girl you brought her on contract and you need to let go of my wrist right now.But I didn't.For one terrible second I just let him look at me like that. Like I was something he had lost and found again. Then his eyes focused.Really focused.I watched it happen. The exact moment he came fully back into the room and saw me. Not her. And understood exactly where his body was and exactly how close his face was to mine.He let go of my wrist.But he did not move back.We were face to face in the dark, both breathing too fast.I could feel my heart pounding against my ribs. I wondered if he could feel it too. I realise
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