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Chapter 44: Sucker For Pain
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Under The Devil's Eyes Chapter 48: Game Changer
Nora’s POV – Hospital LobbyI can’t stay in that waiting room another second.The air is too thick, too charged with Elena’s presence, with the way she looked at me—like she expected forgiveness after two years of silence. Like her tears could erase the nights I cried alone, wondering why my best friend abandoned me when I needed her most.I mutter something to Mikhail about needing air and slip out before anyone can stop me.The lobby is quieter, colder. Rows of plastic chairs, a coffee machine humming in the corner, the occasional beep from a monitor echoing down the hall. I find a seat near the window, away from the main flow of people, and sink into it, knees pulled to my chest again like I’m trying to make myself small enough to disappear.My hands shake.My chest hurts.I’m so angry I could scream.At Elena.At Andrei for bringing her.At myself for letting it hurt this much.At Mikhail for dragging me here in the first place.The minutes stretch.I stare at the fl
Under The Devil's Eyes Chapter 47: Broken Bridges
Nora's POVI tangled up in his arms for a while as we console each other. My thoughts keep spiralling after his breakdown. I never thought I'd see someone as strong THE Mikhail Romanov cry real tears. All my life he has always portrayed himself to be this untouchable , inhumane man that I swore to hate for the rest of my life. But seeing him like that changed a switch in me. I still have to figure out what had happened last night, especially with the wound on his arm. It was definitely a gunshot wound, I'm not stupid to not notice that. He stirs behind me before sitting up on the bed.“Freshen up,” he says, voice steady again. “We’re going out.”I stare.“Out?”He nods.“Breakfast first. Then shopping. Then the hospital.”“The hospital?”“My father,” he says quietly. “He’s in a coma. Shot. Five percent chance.”My heart drops.“I’m sorry.”He looks at me. I'm tempted to ask what had happened to him last night, but I keep quiet instead. He probably wouldn't tell me
Under The Devil's Eyes Chapter 46: Broken
Nora’s POV The door swung open with a heavy creak, and there he stood—Mikhail Romanov, framed in the threshold like a spectre from my darkest dreams. His presence filled the room instantly, sucking the air from my lungs, leaving me gasping in the vacuum. He looked ravaged, his once-impeccable shirt crumpled and stained with dark, crusted blood, especially around his arm where the fabric clung sticky and wet. His shoulders sagged under an invisible weight, his eyes hollow, devoid of the spark that had always made them so dangerously alive. He staggered forward, the movement unsteady, like a man carrying the world on his back, and for a split second, my heart twisted—not with fear, but with a pang of concern that I hated myself for feeling.I bolted upright from the bed, my legs unsteady beneath me as I crossed the room in a rush. “Mikhail, what happened?” The words tumbled out before I could stop them, my voice a mix of terror and something softer, something I didn’t want to name. He
Under The Devil's Eyes Chapter 45: Showdown
Nora's POVI don’t sleep.I sit on the edge of the bed, back against the headboard, knees pulled to my chest, staring at the locked door like it might open and set me free.It doesn’t. The room is too quiet. Too perfect.Too much like a cage designed just for me.Black silk sheets still rumpled from where I thrashed in them.The faint scent of his cologne clings to everything.I hate it.I hate how it calms me even when I’m screaming inside.I hate how my body remembers the weight of him on this bed.How my skin remembers his hands.How my heart remembers the way he used to look at me, as if I were the only thing keeping him human.I’m not calming down.I’m spiralling.Hard. Fast. Unstoppable.He kidnapped me.He actually did it.Drugged me.Took me from my life.From Caleb.From Elias.From everything I fought for.And he said, “Welcome home,” as if it were a normal greeting.Like I should be grateful.Like I belong here.I don’t.I don’t.I don’t.But why does part of me feel like I
Under The Devil's Eyes Chapter 44: Sucker For Pain
Mikhail’s POVI never meant to do it.That’s what I tell myself as I stand in the study, staring at the city through the bulletproof glass.I never meant to cross this line.But the line blurred the moment I tasted her again in that staff room.The moment she moaned my name like she’d never left.The moment she spat on me and I let her.Because even her anger is mine.I’ve been spiraling for weeks.Watching her from a distance.Seeing her smile at him.Seeing her touch him.Seeing her happy without me.It’s poison.Every photo Dmitri sends.Every report.Every time she laughs in a restaurant with Lola or hugs Elias or kisses Caleb.It eats me alive.So I gave in.I told myself it was protection.Lucien is closing in.My father is in a coma.The empire is bleeding.I need her.Only her.Only her presence calms the storm.So I had my men take her.Clean.Quiet.No struggle.No witnesses.They brought her to me.To the estate.To the room I prepared.Blac
Under The Devil's Eyes Chapter 43: Nowhere To Run
Nora's POV My eyelids flutter open, heavy and sticky, like they’ve been glued shut. The world swims in and out of focus—a blur of dark shapes and dim light filtering through half-closed blinds. I’m lying on something soft, too soft, the kind of mattress that swallows you whole. Black sheets tangle around my legs, smooth and expensive, the kind I could never afford. My head throbs, a dull ache pulsing at the temples, and my mouth feels like it’s stuffed with cotton. I try to sit up, but the room spins violently, forcing me back down with a groan. What the hell happened? Where am I?I blink hard, forcing my vision to clear. The room comes into focus slowly. It’s huge—bigger than my entire apartment back in Houston. High ceilings, sleek black furniture, a massive balcony beyond floor-to-ceiling glass doors overlooking a glittering city skyline that looks vaguely familiar. The air smells musky, woodsy, like expensive cologne mixed with polished leather and fresh linen. It’s exquisite,
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