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Chapter 8: Aftertaste

Author: Tassi Blake
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-14 08:37:46

November 15, 2024 | 5:47 AM | The Pantheon Penthouse, Master Suite

Silk sheets clung to Ava's naked skin.

Her eyes snapped open to unfamiliar luxury. Crystal fixtures threw rainbow patterns across marble floors. Her black dress lay crumpled by the window, a flag of her defeat.

She sat up fast, clutching the sheet to her chest.

The room smelled like him. Like them. Expensive cologne mixed with the bitter aftertaste of her own weakness.

"God, what have I done?"

The words barely made it past her lips. Her fingers found the marks on her neck. Her thighs.

She slid from the bed on unsteady legs. The sheet wrapped around her offered all the protection of tissue paper.

Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Vegas sprawled below in dawn light. The city looked almost innocent from up here.

Such a pretty lie.

The bedroom door stood open.

Not locked. Not barred. Just... open.

That scared her more than any cage. He was so sure she wouldn't run. So certain he'd already won.

Russian drifted from the
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