Anastasia’s POV:The ride was quiet. Just me and Nikolaus.The silence was not uncomfortable but it was not comfortable either. Just… hollow.As we drove closer to the cemetery, I spotted a woman by the roadside, selling flowers.“Let’s get some flowers,” I said.He turned to look at me for a moment, then pulled over without a word.I stepped out, bought a small bouquet, and slid back into the car. Soon, we were driving through the cemetery gates.When we got out, I scanned the environment,people everywhere. Mourning. Faces tight with grief. Family. Friends. Strangers. Some children too. It was a strange thing to witness.“She knows a lot of people, huh?” I joked, trying to slice the tension, glancing at Nik.Not even a chuckle left his lips, he just slipped his arm around my waist.“She was a good woman…”he murmured, gently guiding me toward the burial ground where the ceremony was already underway.I couldn’t stop glancing at him. Nikolaus was always calm, always unreadable,but to
Anastasia’s POV: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”Easy question.I used to say I wanted to be a police officer,so I could catch bad guys.Or maybe a doctor, so I could save people.That was five-year-old me. She had answers in seconds.But now?Ask me that same question, and it might take me ten years to answer.How do you go from wanting to catch bad guys… to becoming one?I mean, I still catch them. But my hands aren’t clean anymore.Rubbing my eyelid, I glanced at the little notebook Nik gave me. He wanted me to write down a list,things I wanted to experience with him. Things that would “ruin” me.Funny thing is, Anastasia’s already ruined. Nothing can break her again.But Skye? That version of me,the sweet, lost girl she pretends to be?She could still be broken. She could still be… ruined.The pen moved slowly across the page.“Fall in love with me and let me kill you.”No. Too direct. I sighed, tore out the page, and started again.“Take me somewhere forbidden.”I kep
Anastasia’s POV:Tap… tap… tap…My finger drummed lazily against the mattress. Eyes still closed, I wished I could sleep in forever. I can’t though, because I have things to do and laying around was the least of them. As a sleepy groan left my lips, my eyes fluttered open.Still in Nik’s room.Still in his bed.But the man himself? Gone.A bitter taste invaded my tongue as my mind took a ride at what happened last night. It was impossible not to think about, his sinful mouth on mine, his tongue making its marks, his hands firmly claiming every inch of my body like I belonged to him.It should’ve felt like power. Instead, I felt… exposed. I hated it, I don’t want to enjoy it as much as I did but a sick part of my brain liked that could make me feel like this, like his. Shaking it off, I peeled myself from the sheets. Barefoot, still in his black oversized shirt, from the night before, I wandered across his massive bedroom.The room was just as dark and dramatic as I remembered, rich
Anastasia’s Pov:-Not even a single word was said on the ride back home. Tensed. We didn’t exchange words but the car was filled with something else,tension, the air was thick with the kind of pressure that makes you feel alive and naked at the same time.As we pulled into his estate and to the villa Nikolaus walked ahead as I tried to catch up.Nik led me up the Marble stairs to the second floor, he had a look that screamed he was trying to restrain himself.As he body moved like a loaded gun something told me I was the target.Just as I turned toward the guest wing, he stopped.“Where are you going?” His voice was calm,too calm,but underneath it, hunger simmered, dark and molten.“To my room,” I said, eyes on the floor, refusing to look at him because I knew what would happen if I did.“Not so fast.” He moved He stepped forward, closing the distance between us. His hand slid around my waist, pulling me flush against him. “I’m not done with you yet.”The whisper brushed my ear, a
Anastasia’s POV:Heat spread across my chest as my eyes fell on my torn panties on the floor. The gunshots outside hadn’t stopped, but that wasn’t even my concern anymore. My concern was Nikolaus,on his knees, looking up at me like I’d starved him for days.As his fingers traveled up my thighs, sinfully making their way towards my abdomen.And just like his fingers, his lips followed, kissing me softly yet firmly as his lips teased me the way down until I could feel his warm breath on my pussy lips..“So ready for me,” he groaned, and in the next breath, he buried his face between my legs. His tongue dragged across my slit, sharp and sinful, claiming me without mercy.“Auhh…fuck,” A sharp gasped left my lips.I tried to bite on my tongue to stop the loud moans but that was a failed effort.His tongue licked me from bottom to top,slow, then fast,flicking, swirling, circling, driving me insane. My legs trembled with every flick, every stroke, my body betraying me.“You taste divine,” h
Anastasia’s POVMia didn’t move. Tears fell silently, as her hands shook repeatedly.I pulled her into a hug, kissed her temple, but she was detached. “You’re safe.”I yanked off one of his oversized shirts and tossed it to her. “Put this on.”She slipped into it fast, still shaking. I grabbed one of his fancy coats and handed it to her, so she could cover her tag.“There are guards outside. Walk like you belong. Don’t look scared.”“I can’t,” she whispered. “They’ll find me. He’ll find me,” shaking her head.“I’ll kill anyone who tries,” I said simply. “Here.”I handed her a black keycard with my number, my burner phone, and the keys to my safehouse.“The Rabel house. Go there. Don’t open the door for anyone. Hide is the safe room, the keycard is the key.”She nodded. Taking a few deep breaths to calm herself, I know she has so many questions but that would wait later.I need to return back to Nik.I kissed her forehead and opened the suite door.She slipped out.I wrapped the dead m