All Chapters of HE BROKE ME; THEN HE OWNED ME: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Raven.Despair.I stared at the frame before me, Luna's portrait.Her eyes, frozen in time, still held that quiet storm. I drained the glass of wine in my hand like it was water, though it burned more now than ever.Tears swelled in my eyes, but none dared fall. Not yet. Not for her. Not again.I loved her first. Before Thorne ever laid eyes on her. Before his cold hands touched her warm skin. But she didn’t love me back. She loved him.And when I realized I could never have her… something in me broke.I spiraled. I burned down bridges, lives, anything that reminded me of what I couldn’t touch. What I couldn’t possess.Then came Katherine. Cold. Focused. Vengeful. She wanted Luna dead with a hunger I didn’t understand, at first.I couldn’t stand the thought of Luna being with Thorne, not while I watched from shadows, drowning in regret. If I couldn’t have her... no one would. Not even him.

RavenFear.I stepped into the building, boots crunching against shattered glass and broken tile. The place smells of old age. Cobwebs stretched from beam to beam, thick as rope, and dust clung to the air like ash after a fire. A place time had forgotten, or maybe one deliberately abandoned for moments like this.Two guards emerged behind me. Not subtle. Each carried a golf club like it was a damn weapon of war. Cute. I didn’t flinch. If this was meant to intimidate me, they were two decades late. Taking them on at once shouldn't be a problem.Then a third door creaked open, metal on metal, the sound too calculated. Not the front or side entrances. No. Reid came out through the confession booth door, the one leading from the sealed chapel of this old cathedral turned slaughterhouse.He didn't walk. He prowled. Flanked by two dozen guards in black, their weapon

ReidThe cigarette sizzled against the dusty concrete as I crushed it beneath my heel. I didn’t look back at him immediately. I could feel Raven’s pulse quickening from here. Pride made men brave. But pride also made them stupid.I turned slowly.“Do you know what I hate, Raven?” I asked, taking a few steps closer. “Wasted potential. You had power. You had leverage. But then you got involved with her.”His jaw twitched. “I told you.....”“Yeah, yeah,” I waved a hand. “You don’t know where Zoey is. You don’t care. You called her a bitch. And yet your lies reek worse than the rot in this building.”The guards closed in tighter. Not to intimidate, just enough to remind him there was no door here without my permission.“I’m offering you a way out,” I said. “But it’ll come with a leash.”Raven’s eyes darkened. “I don’t wear leashes.”“Then die here. Simple.”“I need her found. I don’t care if she comes back in pieces or whole. But she’s out there. And your place is the only one she might

ElenaI pushed the blanket aside and slowly swung my legs over the edge of the bed, careful not to wince at the dull ache in my ribs. The room was quiet, too quiet. The stiffness in my body as I tried to move made me remember I haven't left this bed for a whole day.Crossing the floor, I moved to the window.Outside, the sunlight poured like gold across the courtyard, washing the stone walls in warmth that felt foreign after all the cold. The trees swayed gently, their shadows dancing across the gravel path below. Birds chirped in the distance, unconcerned with the monsters that lived beneath their sky. The world looked… normal.But I wasn’t.The door creaked. Instinct kicked in.I turned and took three swift steps, faster than I’d thought possible, and launched myself back into bed. I landed with a soft thud and yanked the covers up to my chest just as th

Katherine I stepped into Raven's house , cold marble floors beneath my boots, shadows shifting just like my mind. Victory hummed in my blood. Reid had swallowed the seed I planted, and now it would rot him from the inside. Doubt. Fear. I took off my coat, tossed it over the arm of the chair. My heels echoed as I walked toward the main room, still thrumming with adrenaline. I hadn’t even closed the door behind me when I heard footsteps. Raven.He leaned against the threshold, watching me like I was prey he’d marked but hadn’t quite decided whether to devour or destroy. His eyes dropped to my throat, still flushed from the slap I’d delivered to Reid. He must have noticed the twitch of my satisfied smirk.“Mission accomplished?” he asked, voice like gravel dipped in sin.I didn’t answer. I didn’t need to.Instead, I stepped into his space, intimate, and met his