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29: Pain keeps people alive
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2026-06-14 09:00:04When I opened the bathroom door, both brothers looked up.
Marek’s gaze swept over me.Not like before.Not with that reckless hunger that had made my skin burn.This time, something flickered in his eyes and vanished so quickly I almost missed it.Regret.
Good.Let it rot in him.I stepped into the living room, clutching the hem of my uniform, my bare feet silent against the floor.
“Well?” Marek asked.His voice had regai
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Till Death Do Us Part 31: Fear is faster
The room became colder.Marek went rigid.Patryk’s breathing quickened.My breath caught.Wiktor pressed the blade beneath the apple’s skin.“I would begin here,” he said, tracing a circle around the stem. “Not deep. Deep cuts are wasteful. The trick is to separate the skin from the flesh without tearing it.”A thin green ribbon curled away from the apple.“Slowly. Around and around. One continuous strip, if the hand is steady.”The peel lengthened between his fingers.“Imagine Santiago opening a box and finding something delicate inside. Something pale. Soft. Still warm, perhaps.”Patryk made a strangled sound.Wiktor glanced at him, amused, then kept peeling.“I would start at your shoulder,” he told me calmly. “A neat incision. Then work downward, following the arm. Across the ribs. Around the waist.”The knife circled the fruit.
Till Death Do Us Part 30: You brought me a gift
Patryk parked the Mercedes in front of a large, white-stoned industrial building with roses growing wild in front of it, enclosed behind dark iron gates. The tall windows glowed with amber light, and ivy climbed the walls untamed. The gravel path leading to the house curved around a fountain where marble angels poured water from broken urns.Angels. Their faces were smooth, empty, and blind.I stared at them as Patryk killed the engine.Beside me Marek was silent. He had barely spoken during the drive. His hand rested on his thigh, fingers curled loosely. But I could see the tension in his knuckles, his jaw and his shoulders.As if delivering me to Wiktor was already hurting him.Good. He should feel the weight of it.And I hoped he wouldn’t be able to look himself in the mirror afterwards.For a moment no one moved.The silence inside the car was deafening.Then Marek opened the door.“Out,” he said. His voice was rough.I didn’t move. My body was frozen.Even Patryk was frozen in hi
Till Death Do Us Part 29: Pain keeps people alive
When I opened the bathroom door, both brothers looked up.Marek’s gaze swept over me.Not like before.Not with that reckless hunger that had made my skin burn.This time, something flickered in his eyes and vanished so quickly I almost missed it.Regret.Good.Let it rot in him.I stepped into the living room, clutching the hem of my uniform, my bare feet silent against the floor.“Well?” Marek asked.His voice had regained that rough, mocking edge, but it didn’t fit him right now. It sat crooked on him.I looked him dead in the eyes.“I hope Santiago gets his hands on you.”Patryk sucked in a breath.Marek went still.Then he laughed.Dry. Low. Almost empty.“There she is.”His smile spread slowly, but it didn’t reach his eyes. “I was starting to worry you’d gone soft on me, little lamb.”“Don’t cal
Till Death Do Us Part 28: There she is
VALERIE’S POV:Get dressed.The words stayed in the air between us, colder than the apartment, colder than the fear crawling beneath my skin.For a moment, I didn’t move.I just stared at Marek, searching for the man who had given me water. The man who had draped a duvet over my legs. The man who had looked at me like maybe, just maybe, I was something he hadn’t meant to ruin.But he was gone.The wolf stood in his place.His eyes were empty now. Guarded. Icy.A soldier preparing to carry out an order he hated.Patryk lingered by the door, pale and restless, his hands curling into fists at his sides. He looked younger than before. Smaller somehow. Like fear had peeled years off him.“Marek,” he said quietly. “Maybe we still have time to think of something.”Marek didn’t look at him. “No.”“But if Santiago is already looking for her, maybe we could
Till Death Do Us Part 27: Wrapped up in a bow
Patryk’s words hung like a death sentence in the apartment.Wiktor knows.I told him you were going to bring her in.Marek’s jaw flexed.Patryk rushed on. “I said you wanted it to be a surprise. That you took her because you knew Santiago would lose his mind, and you wanted to hand her over properly. I told him you were going to deliver her...” He swallowed, voice thinning. “Like you said. Wrapped up in a bow.”The words slithered across the floor between us.Nice wrapped up in a bow.Marek had said it earlier with a grin, with smoke on his breath and cruelty in his eyes.But now there was no grin.Only the dreadful weight of a joke turning into a sentence.Marek looked at me.For one heartbeat, I saw him. Not the wolf. Not the brute. Not Wiktor’s hound.Just Marek.A man standing between two lives.Mine.His brother’s.And I saw t
Till Death Do Us Part 26: I told him
VALERIE’S POV:For a moment, nobody moved.The door stood open behind Patryk, letting in the stale hallway air and something colder with it. Fear. It slipped into the apartment like smoke, curling around my throat.Marek stood between us, one hand still on the doorframe, his body half-turned away from me. His shirt was wrinkled from the couch, his hair slightly disordered from where my fingers had been tangled in it moments ago.Moments ago.Before the knock.Before Patryk’s pale face.Before those two words shattered whatever strange fragile thing had started to grow between us.‘They know.’Marek exhaled through his nose, almost amused.“Santiago knows?” he asked, voice lazy, casual. Too casual. “Good. Let him come.” He stepped aside, opening the door wider for his brother. “You look like you’re about to faint, brat. Want some cold pizza?”Patryk stare
Till Death Do Us Part 23: Send me the damn address
The rain had turned to mist as the hours stretched and night slowly gave way to morning.Santiago sat behind the wheel of the black SUV, one hand resting on the steering wheel, the other against his jaw. Every lead led to another dead end. Valerie Rousseau – no social media, no tax filings under th
Till Death Do Us Part 18: Clever little lamb
The words made me shiver; my breath caught in my throat. Before I could retreat, his hand slid dangerously low across my back, pulling me forward. I stumbled, gasping at the sudden touch, catching myself against his chest. The corner of his mouth curved, satisfaction radiating from him. “Marek… ple
Till Death Do Us Part 15: I wasn't done looking
I hesitated, my legs refusing to move. I wanted to beg, to plead with him to let me go. But before I could make a sound, Marek shoved me into the car. The leather seats were worn and cracked, smelling faintly of smoke and something metallic. He slid in after me, his arm heavy across the backrest, c
Till Death Do Us Part 13: It isn't red
My pulse thundered as I rushed down the staff corridor toward Victoria. Adrenaline throbbed behind my eyes, my mind racing.One moment he was there, the next he was gone. But I saw him. I was sure of it. I would recognize him anywhere.Marek.The morning light had caught his scar like an ominous wa
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