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Under The Devil's Eyes    Chapter 63: Forgiveness
âMikhailâs POVThe mansion had never been this quiet before.âNot even after deaths.âNot after funerals.âNot after bloodshed.âThis silence was different.âIt felt hollow.âRotting.âLike the entire house had finally become what Nora always called it from the very beginning.âA cage.âThe flowers in the living room had died days ago. Nobody bothered replacing them anymore. The roses I once filled the mansion with for her had withered into dark brittle things before the maids finally threw them away. Even the marble halls felt colder now, stripped of the warmth her presence unknowingly brought into them.âI spent most days locked inside my office.âWhen I was not working, I was drinking.âAnd when I was not drinking, I was staring at the ceiling unable to sleep because every time I closed my eyes, I saw blood soaking through Noraâs clothes while she cried about our baby.âOur baby.âEven now, two weeks later, the words still carved through me like glass.âThe whiskey burned going dow
Under The Devil's Eyes    Chapter 62: Emptiness
âNoraâs POVââPain wakes me first.âNot sharp.âNot violent.âJust deep.âHeavy.âLike my entire body has been hollowed out and stitched back together wrong.âMy eyelids feel too heavy to open at first. My throat burns like sandpaper and every breath tastes sterile and cold. Somewhere nearby, machines beep steadily in slow repetitive patterns.âI force my eyes open.âLight floods my vision instantly, making me wince.âEverything is blurry at first.âWhite ceiling.âSoft gray walls.âA large window with pale morning light bleeding through the curtains.âIt takes several seconds for my vision to fully adjust before I realize I am lying in a hospital bed.âPrivate room.âPrivate wing.âOf course.âRomanov money could probably buy an entire hospital if they wanted.âMy head turns slightly.âFlowers.âSo many flowers.âBouquets cover nearly every available surface in the room. White roses. Lilies. Orchids. Expensive arrangements tied with silk ribbons. Cards rest beside them, some handwri
Under The Devil's Eyes    Chapter 61: Hopeless
âNoraâs POVââThe SUV flies down the highway like a bullet ripping through darkness.âEverything shakes.âThe engine screams beneath us while the driver fights the wheel with both hands. Trees blur past the windows in streaks of black and gray. Rain from earlier still clings to the road, making every sharp turn feel like we are seconds away from death.âBehind us, headlights remain locked on our tail.âMikhail.âI can feel him even before I see him again.âRelentless.âViktor grips my arm tighter as another gunshot cracks through the night.âThe rear of the SUV jerks violently.ââFaster!â Viktor snaps.ââWe are losing the tire!â the driver yells back.âAnother shot rings out.âThen another.âThe fourth bullet destroys the tire completely.âThe explosion is deafening.âThe SUV swerves hard.âEverything happens at once.âThe driver loses control instantly. Tires screech against wet asphalt as the vehicle fishtails across the highway. My shoulder slams painfully into the door while Vikt
Under The Devil's Eyes    Chapter 60: Lockdown II
âNoraâs POVâThe room smells like metal, dust, and old rain trapped inside concrete.âI sit tied to the chair exactly where Lucien left me, my wrists raw from struggling too long against ropes that refuse to loosen. The bulb above me flickers every few seconds, throwing weak yellow light across the walls before dimming again. Time drags strangely here. Every minute feels stretched thin and uneven.âAt some point, exhaustion settles into my bones so deeply that even fear becomes tiring.âBut my mind never stops.âIt keeps circling the same things over and over again.âMy parents.âThe accident.âMikhail.âThe pregnancy I still have not spoken aloud.âMy stomach twists painfully at the thought of it. I press my bound hands tighter against the chair behind me and force myself not to think about it. I cannot afford to break now. Not here.âThe door opens again.âLucien walks in carrying a glass of water. Calm. Composed. Like he is visiting someone instead of holding them captive.âHe crou
Under The Devil's Eyes    Chapter 59: Lockdown I
âMikhailâs POVâThe first hour after Nora disappears is the worst because I still believe I can fix it quickly.âPeople like me are used to control. We pull strings, move pieces, make calls and things happen. Doors open. Men appear. Problems disappear. That is how my world works. It has always worked that way.âBut not tonight.âTonight every lead collapses into another dead end, every answer arrives half broken, and the longer she stays missing, the louder the thoughts become.âShe was alone.âThat thought keeps circling back like a blade dragged repeatedly across skin.âAlone.âNo guards. No escort. No protection.âI should have known she would run the moment things became too heavy. I should have seen it in the way she looked at me after the warehouse, after Caleb talked, after every ugly truth crawled into the light. There had been distance in her eyes. Something retreating from me inch by inch.âAnd I let her walk out anyway.âThe SUV tears through the city while Aleksei works be
Under The Devil's Eyes    Chapter 58: The Truth
âNoraâs POV,âUnknown Location...âPain wakes me.âSlow.âThick.âLike Iâm swimming up through tar.âMy head pounds.âMy mouth is dry.âMy limbsââHeavy.âToo heavy.âI try to move.âMetal clinks.âMy eyes snap open.âDarkness.âNot complete.âDim light flickers from somewhere aboveâyellow, weak, unstable.âI blink.âForce my vision to focus.âConcrete walls.âBare.âCold.âA single bulb swinging slightly from the ceiling.âIâm sitting on a chair.âNo, strapped to it.âWrists bound behind me.âAnkles tied.âRope.âTight enough to burn.âPanic surges instantly.âSharp.âViolent.âI jerk against the restraints.âUseless.ââEasy.ââThe voice comes from the shadows.âMale.âCalm.âFamiliar in the worst way.âMy heart stutters.ââNoâŚâ I whisper.âA figure steps forward.âAnd the world tilts.ââHello, Nora.ââLucien.âHe looks⌠composed.âUntouched.âLike he didnât just rip me out of my life and drag me into a nightmare.âMy chest heaves.ââYouââââSo many questions in those eyes,â he says
Under The Devil's Eyes    Chapter 7: Desperate Trap
âNoraâs POV âThe club was a sensory assaultâneon lights pulsing like a migraine, bass thumping through my bones, the stench of overpriced cocktails and cologne clinging to the air. My shift at Luxe Meridian had been a grind, each tray of drinks heavier than the last, my sneakers sticking to the fl
Under The Devil's Eyes    Chapter 6: Webbed Desires
âMikhailâs POV âThe burner phone felt like a trophy in my hand that I used against her, a small victory in the game Nora and I were playing. Her shiver from my whisper still echoed in my veins, that defiant snarl of hers fueling a heat I hadnât expected. I paced the living room, Aleksei gathering
Under The Devil's Eyes    Chapter 54: Unraveling
âNora's POVââI wake up to a pounding headache, the kind that throbs behind my eyes like a drumbeat I canât escape. The room swims into focus slowlyâthe massive king-sized bed with its black sheets, the high ceilings, the balcony doors letting in slivers of morning light. My body feels heavy, like
Under The Devil's Eyes    Chapter 53: Foiled
âNoraâs POVââI wake up alone again.He hadn't come home last night.âThe bed feels too big without him in it, the black sheets cold where his body should be. Sunlight cuts through the blinds in sharp white lines, turning the room into a cage of light and shadow. âI sit up slowly, pulling the she
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