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Clean SETUP

RYLAN POVThe house was unusually quiet, all the maids had left. Halvorsen cleared all of them, My Uncle only needed new people in the mansion.I carried Aurora in carefully, every step measured, every movement slow. Her arms were looped around my neck, her face pressed lightly against my shoulder. She didn’t complain, not even once, but I felt the way her body tensed whenever I shifted my grip.She was still in pain and she refused to voice it out.I laid her gently on the couch in the parlor, adjusting the cushions so her injured leg rested comfortably. The doctor had warned us that it was the same spot of her last injury. Orla’s shove back then had reopened that old wound,I knelt in front of her, my hands hovering uselessly for a second before I finally rested one on her knee, careful not to touch where it hurt.She studied my face, eyes soft but searching.“What did Raine say?” she asked quietly. “I know she asked you to let Dylan go?”I nodded. “Yes.”Her brows pulled together

DEVIL IN HEAT

AURORA POVI checked the parlor clock again.The ticking felt louder than usual, each second dragging like it was annoying me. Rylan should have been home by now. He never stayed out this long without calling..never.I hugged my arms around myself and turned on the television, hoping the noise would calm me.The screen flickered.Then I froze.A headline appeared large in my vision.BREAKING NEWS: RYLAN BLACKWOOD ARRESTED FOR THE MURDER OF FAMILY DOCTORMy breath left me in a sharp gasp.“No…not my Rylan….” I whispered and placed my hands together. Not my Rylan..it can't be him!The camera cut to a familiar face..Rylan being escorted by officers, his expression cold, controlled and unreadable. Beneath it scrolled another line of text:SOURCE CLAIMS MOTIVE WAS REVENGE.My phone vibrated violently in my hand.Trending topic. News alerts. Clips. Speculation and Hatred flowing on my screen.Rylan Blackwood killed his family doctor. Revenge murder confirmed. Blackwood empire collapsing. W

Who IS THE WITNESS?

Rylan POVThe room was cold.Not just the temperature, everything about it felt designed to strip a man down to nothing. A metal table bolted my two hands together. Two chairs were facing me. A single camera blinking red in the corner.I sat calmly, my hands resting on the table, my back straight.The door opened.A middle-aged officer walked in, files tucked under his arm. He didn’t sit immediately. Instead, he stared at me for a long moment, as if waiting for me to flinch.I didn’t. He finally sat down and opened the file.“Mr. Rylan Blackwood,” he began, clearing his throat. “On the night of your wedding… your wife made a call to the police.”I lifted my eyes slowly.“She reported that you had killed someone. Is that true?”I didn’t blink and didn’t move. My gaze was fixed on my cuffed hands.The officer frowned.He slammed his palm against the table. “Answer the question!”Still nothing.His jaw tightened. “If you continue to remain silent, we’ll be forced to rule this as obstruct

My Nephew IS HUNGRY!!

RYLAN POV.I was still seated where they left me, my wrists resting calmly on the cold metal table, my eyes fixed on the door. But right now I am having a headache and dying of hunger. I can't request food here. What if I get poisoned and never return home?Two hours had passed, I had already memorized every crack on the wall, every hum of the fluorescent light above. Time stretched differently in places like this, deliberately slow and suffocating.Then the door suddenly opened.I lifted my head. And froze for who I saw!! She was the last person I expected to see here. Why is she here?“Anne?” I asked.For a split second, I thought my mind was playing tricks on me. But she stepped fully into the room, the door closing behind her, and there she was- very real, very solid, standing a few feet away from me.My chest tightened.She looked thinner and paler. Her eyes wouldn’t meet mine no matter how much I stared.“What…Anne?” My voice came out rough. “Why are you here?”She didn’t answe

THE GIFT

Rylan POVHe adjusted his cufflinks calmly.“Well,” he said coolly, eyes sweeping the room, “this interrogation ends now. My nephew is hungry.”I heaved a sigh of relief seeing him.Uncle Elliot stepped fully inside. Authority followed him like a shadow, he was domineering- even I felt his presence.The police man straightened so fast his chair screeched against the floor. Every officer in the room suddenly remembered how to breathe carefully.Elliot’s sharp eyes swept across the interrogation room before landing on Anne.“You,” he said calmly. “Are you the witness?” He asked with a smile.Anne’s lips parted. She looked from Elliot to me, then back again. Her hands trembled violently.“Yes… yes, I am,” she stammered.Elliot nodded once, folding his hands behind his back. “Good. Then give me the details of the murder.”Anne swallowed hard. “I..I..I saw him,” she said, pointing at me with shaking fingers. “I saw him kill the doctor. He..he..he strangled him, and then… then I helped carr

FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN

AURORA POVA week had passed.It's been seven quiet days and I was afraid something was about to happen. I always felt anxious throughout the week. I was scared of shattering the fragile peace Rylan and I had rebuilt with trembling hands.It was my 24th birthday, and he wanted to celebrate it but I refused but he insisted. Since I was born I had never celebrated a birthday. I only watched at the corner while they celebrated Orla's birthday yearly. He said he wanted me to meet the upper class of Ireland, he wanted them to know who I was.Now, I sat on the velvet stool in our room, my legs crossed, watching Rylan stand in front of the open wardrobe like it was a battlefield he intended to conquer.“No,” he muttered, pulling out a midnight-blue dress. “It's too cold now and this is too explosive."He flicked the fabric aside and reached for another, soft ivory silk this time.Lifting it, he held it up against me, studying the way the color would fall against my skin. His brows knit slig

FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN

AURORA POVA week had passed.It's been seven quiet days and I was afraid something was about to happen. I always felt anxious throughout the week. I was scared of shattering the fragile peace Rylan and I had rebuilt with trembling hands.It was my 24th birthday, and he wanted to celebrate it but I refused but he insisted. Since I was born I had never celebrated a birthday. I only watched at the corner while they celebrated Orla's birthday yearly. He said he wanted me to meet the upper class of Ireland, he wanted them to know who I was.Now, I sat on the velvet stool in our room, my legs crossed, watching Rylan stand in front of the open wardrobe like it was a battlefield he intended to conquer.“No,” he muttered, pulling out a midnight-blue dress. “It's too cold now and this is too explosive."He flicked the fabric aside and reached for another, soft ivory silk this time.Lifting it, he held it up against me, studying the way the color would fall against my skin. His brows knit slig

FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN

AURORA POVA week had passed.It's been seven quiet days and I was afraid something was about to happen. I always felt anxious throughout the week. I was scared of shattering the fragile peace Rylan and I had rebuilt with trembling hands.It was my 24th birthday, and he wanted to celebrate it but I refused but he insisted. Since I was born I had never celebrated a birthday. I only watched at the corner while they celebrated Orla's birthday yearly. He said he wanted me to meet the upper class of Ireland, he wanted them to know who I was.Now, I sat on the velvet stool in our room, my legs crossed, watching Rylan stand in front of the open wardrobe like it was a battlefield he intended to conquer.“No,” he muttered, pulling out a midnight-blue dress. “It's too cold now and this is too explosive."He flicked the fabric aside and reached for another, soft ivory silk this time.Lifting it, he held it up against me, studying the way the color would fall against my skin. His brows knit slig

LOVE THAT GREW

RYLAN POVThe mansion was buzzing with people.voices overlapping, laughter chiming, different caliber of people gathering beneath one gilded roof. Guests of every caliber filled the grand hall: old-money dynasties, modern billionaires, foreign royalty, and the untouchable one percent. This was not just a celebration; it was a statement I wanted to give.Crystal chandeliers burned overhead, raining golden light onto silk gowns and perfectly tailored suits. Diamonds flashed from their necks and hands. Champagne flowed from each hand to another.Soft music drifted through the air, elegant and controlled, an orchestra tuned to one name.Blackwood!!Even as the host, as the man men feared and women admired, none of it held my attention. I noticed two women were winking at me even though they knew I was celebrating my wife's birthday.I whispered to Halvorsen, “Kick them out..they are a nuisance.”She nodded and went ahead to escort the women out.My gaze moved restlessly through the cro

PERFECT BIRTHDAY PARTY

AURORA POVI didn’t know when my heart began pounding so loudly, but suddenly it was all I could hear..thud, thud, thud..like it was trying to break free from my chest.Orla and Red stood there like executioners. Like everything was part of their game. And this moment was the finale they waited for their life.Between them was a woman.At first, she looked like a stranger to me.But then… something twisted deep inside me. She had my eyes! My nose!The same curve of lips I saw every morning in the mirror.I staggered back a step, my breath leaving me in a sharp gasp.No!! No, this wasn’t possible. I had no family. Who is she?My gaze locked onto her face, searching, denying until a memory surged up so violently it made my head ache.The basement!! Rylan’s basement.The painting I saw in the basement. The woman I felt was very familiar.The painting is called Aaliyah’s Man!! My knees trembled when I recalled Rylan talking about the same painting to someone on the phone.That woman in th

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