All Chapters of The Devil's Plaything: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

106 Chapters

Caged in Silence

Chapter 21 — Caged In Silence The ride to the coast was suffocating. Not because of the silence, it was Lucian’s silence that caged me. He didn’t touch me. Didn’t speak. His eyes stayed fixed on the road ahead, jaw tight, fingers flexing against the steering wheel like each breath he took was an effort not to break. When the car finally stopped, the night air was damp and heavy with salt. The house rose out of the cliffs like it had been carved from shadow itself, glass and steel staring down at the waves below. A prison disguised as paradise. Lucian didn’t wait for me. He opened my door, pulled me out by the wrist, and guided me inside without a word. No staff. No Mona. Just the two of us and the storm between us. He released me in the middle of the living room. Floor-to-ceiling windows revealed the ocean crashing against black rock, relentless and merciless. His silence was worse than his anger. “Say something,” I snapped, my voice sharp against the stillness. Lucian turned sl

A Mother's Prayer

Chapter 22 – A Mother’s Prayer Emilia's POV The hospital ceiling was yellowed with age, its paint peeling at the corners like tired skin. I stared at it anyway, because if I looked down, I’d see the pity in the nurse’s eyes. Or worse, the empty chair where my daughter should have been. Serena. My girl carried more weight on her shoulders than I ever wished for her. I was the mother. I should’ve been the shield. But instead, she became the soldier—fighting, bleeding, sacrificing—while I lay in this bed, tethered to machines that beeped like a countdown clock. I pulled the thin blanket tighter around my body, though it never seemed to warm me. My bones had become strangers to me, hollow and weak. Each breath rattled as though my lungs were tired of trying. A soft knock at the door. My youngest, Ethan, peeked in, his school uniform wrinkled, his little shoes scuffed. His eyes lit up when he saw me, but the light dimmed just as quickly when he remembered the bills stuffed into his b

Ten Nights Of Sinful Pleasures

Chapter 23 – Ten Nights Of Sinful PleasuresDaylight was my enemy.Lucian made sure of it. He ignored me, not out of neglect but with surgical precision. Every hour was measured, every choice stripped away. If I was hungry, he chose what I ate. If I was cold, he would decide when I got a blanket. I had no voice, no control—just silence and his shadow.But night was different. Night belonged to him.When the clock struck ten, he found me standing by the glass wall that overlooked the black sea. He didn’t ask. He never did. His hand wrapped around mine, pulling me away from the window, his voice low but commanding.“Tonight, you’ll learn the first rule.”I forced my chin high. “And if I don’t?”The corner of his mouth lifted. “Then you’ll learn slower.”He led me into the room with the grand piano, its polished surface gleaming like liquid under the dim lights. He sat, fingers brushing the keys, and began to play. The melody was sharp, deliberate, filling the silence like smoke curling

Night Two: The Devil's Denial

Chapter 24– Night Two: The Devil’s DenialThe air between us split like glass shattering.His grip in my hair tightened so abruptly I gasped, my lips pulling back from him. For a second I thought he would strike me—not with his hand, but with something worse, his silence, his fury, his power.“Don’t,” Lucian growled, voice low and serrated. His eyes blazed silver in the dim light. “Don’t you ever speak that name again.”I trembled, not from fear—but from the realization that I had touched a wound so deep it bled even through his walls.My voice was hoarse, but I forced the words out. “So it’s true. There is a Beverley.”His jaw tightened. “You’re imagining things.”“Am I?” I pushed, reckless, tasting danger on my tongue. “You said it. I heard it. Who is she? Another contract? Another plaything you broke?”He yanked me up by the arms, dragging me against his chest, so close I could feel his heartbeat pounding like a war drum. “You think you’re clever. That your mouth gives you power.”

Hunted Lucian

Chapter 25 – Hunted Lucian(Serena’s POV)The house was too quiet.I woke in the middle of the night, restless, the ocean’s waves crashing against the shore outside. The air was cool, the hum of the AC steady, but my body still burned from the mirror games Lucian had dragged me through earlier.I slipped out of bed, padding softly across the marble floor. My throat was dry, my body sore, my pride still stinging. I told myself I only needed water, a moment away from him.But then I heard it.A sound I’d never expected from him.“No…” His voice was raw, broken. “No, Liam… Mom… don’t go… Beverley—please, I’m sorry, don’t—”I froze. My breath caught as I turned toward the other side of the room.Lucian Devlin—the man who ruled me with silence and control—was tangled in the sheets, drenched in sweat despite the cold air. His body twisted violently, his fists clenched, face pale and contorted like a child trapped in a nightmare he couldn’t wake from.The sound of his voice cracked something

The Other Woman

Chapter 26 – The Other Woman(Serena’s POV)My hand froze on the spatula, the pancake sizzling untouched on the pan.Did he just—?I turned slowly, my pulse racing. Lucian stood in the doorway, shirt half-open, hair tousled, eyes wide as if he’d seen a ghost. His lips moved, but the word that slipped out cracked like thunder.“Beverley…”For a heartbeat, I couldn’t breathe.Beverley.The name he had cried out in his sleep. The name that still lingered like smoke in his nightmares. The name that wasn’t mine.I swallowed hard, heat rising in my chest. Anger, confusion, something else I didn’t want to name. “What did you just call me?”Lucian blinked, his expression faltering, muscles tightening as if he wanted to snatch the word back. His gaze darted between me and the plate of pancakes, his jaw working.“You’re not—” He cut himself off, dragging a hand down his face, voice rough. “Forget it.”“Forget it?” My voice trembled, sharper than I meant. “You looked at me and you saw someone el

The Girl Who Spoke Back

Chapter 27 -- The Girl Who Spoke BackLucian’s POV – Age 17)The chandeliers glittered above me like a thousand cold eyes, watching, judging, whispering. My father’s gala had always been the same: silk gowns, glass laughter, a hundred people pretending they weren’t afraid of the man who owned them all.I stood by the balcony, a glass of scotch I didn’t drink in my hand, the fitted white suit pressing sharp lines against my shoulders. I was already taller than most men in the room, already sharper in presence than the heirs circling like vultures. My father liked to show me off—his son, the one who’d carry the Devlin empire, the one who’d already learned ruthlessness like it was carved into his blood.And I played the role perfectly.Cold. Detached. Devlin’s son.Until the wine.It happened in a blur—one of the trembling socialite daughters brushed past me, her hand unsteady, her gaze too eager. The glass tipped, crimson spilling across my white suit like blood blooming over snow.The

Enemies In The Classroom

Chapter 28 – Enemies in the ClassroomFlashback Continued(Lucian’s POV – Age 17)The academy was a gilded prison of another kind. A place where dynasties paraded their heirs like jewelry, where every uniform was pressed within an inch of its life, and every whisper carried the weight of future empires.I rarely stepped foot here. Tutors, private lessons, and endless meetings with my father’s associates had always kept me apart. My presence now was an anomaly, and the corridors reacted like I was a storm breaking into their carefully polished world.“Is that… Lucian Devlin?”“He never comes here.”“My father said he’s already closing deals in his own name.”Their voices slithered behind me as I strode through the hall, each step deliberate, sharp. Awe, envy, fear—it all bled together into silence when I passed. I was used to it.What I wasn’t used to was the teacher smiling at me like I was a prized pet.“Mr. Devlin,” the homeroom teacher beamed nervously, “what an honor.”I didn’t re

Strings Of Fate

Chapter 29 – Strings of FateFlashback Continued(Beverley’s POV)The knock on my bedroom door came too late in the evening for good news.Father entered, his face pale and drawn, shoulders sagging under the weight of something I hadn’t seen before—defeat. His once-proud posture seemed smaller, his eyes hollow.“Bev…” His voice cracked, and dread pooled in my stomach. “The deal… It was a scam. They bled us dry.”I froze. “What do you mean?”“The investors weren’t real. I trusted the wrong men. The company’s collapsing. If we don’t find a backer, we’ll lose everything.”Panic stabbed through me, but beneath it came anger. How could he have let this happen? Our company wasn’t just numbers—it was our lives, our family name.“There must be another way,” I whispered.He shook his head. “There is only one way.”And when he told me, I felt the ground rip open beneath my feet.Richard Devlin.The man whose name whispered fear through every corridor of power. He had agreed to save my father’s

The Engagement Party

Chapter 30 –The Engagement PartyFlashback Continued(Beverley’s POV)The ballroom glowed like a golden cage.Crystal chandeliers dripped light across polished marble, violins sang a delicate waltz, and everywhere I looked, the world’s richest smiled their poisonous smiles. Waiters floated with champagne trays, diamonds glinted at every throat, and whispers slithered between jeweled fans.But all I felt were the shackles around my wrists, hidden beneath the glittering bracelets my father had clasped on me.Tonight was supposed to be a celebration.For me, it was a funeral.“Smile,” my father murmured at my side, his palm pressing lightly against my back as if I were a child to be guided. His tuxedo was sharp, but his face was pale, drained from weeks of desperation. “Do it for the family.”“For the company, you mean,” I muttered.He flinched but said nothing.Because there was nothing left to say.We both knew the truth: my life had been sold.---(Lucian’s POV)I stood across the hal

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