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Doom

Chapter 11Talia’s POVI was deep into the book resting in my lap when the door handle rattled.I sighed, exasperated. My thoughts were already a mess especially now that I wasn’t chained anymore and the last thing I needed was Vermont barging in to unsettle me all over again.“You can’t stay away for a few hours without coming back to torment me, can you?” I called out as I stood, unlocked the door, and pulled it open.I froze.It wasn’t Vermont standing there.It was Abena.Vermont’s mother stared at me like she couldn’t quite believe her eyes. For a brief second, we were both stunned into silence.“What are you...” she gasped. “Oh my goodness… it’s you.”Shock flashed across her face, then fury followed just as fast. Before I could react, her hunched frame shoved past me with surprising force, sending me stumbling aside as she stormed into the room.“Why would he be hiding you here?” she demanded, pacing back and forth without looking at me. “All these weeks, he told the elders you

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The room with chains

⚠️ EXPLICIT CHAPTER WARNING ⚠️This chapter contains graphic sexual content and dark themes.If you’re under 18 or uncomfortable with explicit scenes, do not read this chapter.Chapter 11Vermont’s POVThe room Adrian had prepared looked normal at first.At first glance, it looked like every other room in the palace. Same walls. Same quiet. Same faint smell of polish and old stone. I almost missed it until my eyes landed on the bed.Instead of the four-post curtains every other room had, this one was bare. Chains hung from each end, thick and heavy, bolted so tight they wouldn’t come loose no matter how hard I pulled.I stopped just inside the doorway.“Do you like it?”Adrian’s voice came from behind me and I exhaled through my nose before letting out a short laugh, “Do I like it?” I repeated, not turning around. “You’re asking me if I like getting chained to a bed.”He chuckled as he stepped into the room, like this was all casual. Like it wasn’t fucked up.“Just saying,” he shrugge

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Twisted Truths

Chapter 13 – Vermont’s POV“So you’re telling me nothing happened after the sex?” Adrian asked.We were halfway down the corridor. I could see the doors to the conference room waiting. I had a meeting with the elders that morning, and I was dreading it already.I’d told Adrian the short version of yesterday night.“I’m telling you nothing happened,” I said. “It was… normal.”The word tasted strange.Adrian slowed his steps. I could feel his eyes on me even before he spoke again. “You think the other woman lied?”I exhaled through my nose. “Lie about two broken legs, a fractured arm, and a concussion?” I shook my head. “No. I don’t think she lied.”“She could’ve done it to herself,” he said. “People do insane things when there’s money involved.”That did it.I stopped walking.“She screams when she sees me,” I said, turning to him. “She can’t even look at me without shaking. She's traumatized Adrian, and you think she's faking that?”Adrian opened his mouth, but I kept going.“You real

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Addicted

Chapter 14 – Vermont’s POVThe room wouldn’t stop spinning.I barely felt myself go down, my knees giving out as I crumpled to the floor, breath tearing out of my chest in loud, ugly heaves. My palms hit the stone, cold biting into my skin, but even that didn’t drag me back to reality.“That’s a fucking lie,” I whispered, more to myself than anyone else. “Lilith would never. Lilith would never have sex with you.”My head shook on its own, slow and desperate.“I didn’t imagine her,” I said hoarsely. “She wouldn’t... she wouldn’t.”“We did,” Adrian’s voice cut in, flat and relentless. “For a year. A whole year.”His words blurred together, sinking into me like poison.“After she got pregnant, I wanted us to elope. She didn’t. She wanted to get rid of the baby, but she couldn’t when she found out it was your firstborn and she’d die during the process.” He swallowed, wincing in pain. “So she decided to pretend it was yours.”His voice kept going, but I barely heard it.“She loved me,” I p

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The elders and the seer

Chapter 15 – Talia’s POVI sat curled up on the couch, the television playing softly in the background, but I wasn’t really watching it. The voices from it blurred together, turning into nothing more than noise as my mind kept circling back to what had happened earlier.Abena’s words wouldn’t leave me alone.They clung to me, settling deep in my chest in a way I couldn’t shake.My stomach twisted again, and I shifted slightly, pulling my knees closer as if that would somehow steady me. It didn’t.I tried focusing on the screen, on the light, on anything that could distract me, but it all felt distant. Then the door rattled.I flinched, my body reacting before my mind could catch up, and for a brief second, something hopeful stirred in my chest.Vermont.I pushed myself up quickly, crossing the room before I could overthink it. My hand paused on the lock for a moment, then I turned it and pulled the door open just enough to see who was outside.The hope faded immediately.Abena stood

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It Weakens You

Chapter 16 – Talia’s POVFor a moment, no one moved.It was like the entire room had forgotten how to.The elders who had walked in so confidently only minutes ago were already stepping back, one after the other, their shoulders stiff, their eyes flicking toward the door like they were calculating how fast they could get out. Even the seer, who had just been trembling on the floor, had gone quiet.And Vermont stood in the middle of it all, his gaze locked on the ropes still tied around my ankles.I shrank back slightly without meaning to.I had seen him angry before. But not like this.“I did, I tied her up.” Abena lied, stepping forward.For a brief second, I thought Vermont would explode.He didn’t. He just looked at her for a long minute, as if contemplating how to deal with his own mother.Abena didn't break eye contact either, she stared back as if daring him to do his worst.Then he looked away.“All of you,” he said, his voice low as he looked around the room, “get out.”No one

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Don't Get Us Killed

Chapter 17 – Talia’s POV“I think I’m going to die.”The words slipped out before I could stop them.At first, no one reacted the way I expected. They just looked at me, annoyed, like I had said something out of place.“This is not the time for a joke,” Abena snapped, her foot tapping impatiently against the floor.I tried to shake my head.“I’m not...” The rest didn’t come out properly.Something tightened in my chest, sudden and hard, like an invisible hand had reached inside me and clenched my throat. My lungs dragged in air, but it didn’t feel enough.“I can’t…” I swallowed, my hands formed balls and pressed into the couch beneath me. “I can’t breathe.”The next inhale came out rough, “I can’t fucking breathe.”That got their attention.Vermont moved first. I didn’t even see him cross the room, just felt the sudden presence in front of me.His eyes scanned my face quickly, something changing in them.“I think she’s having a panic attack,” he said, already reaching into his pocket.

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Push and Pull

Chapter 18 – Vermont’s POVThe moment I stepped out into the corridor, the mask dropped.I didn’t slow down, or even acknowledge the guards who straightened as I passed. My steps were heavy and purposeful. I needed walls.Somewhere no one would hear me lose it.By the time I reached the chamber, my hands were already shaking.I shoved the door open harder than necessary and slammed it shut behind me, the sound cracking through the room before everything fell into a heavy, suffocating quiet. For a second, I just stood there, chest rising too fast, jaw locked so tight it ached.Then something inside me snapped.My fist drove into the stone wall with a dull, sickening thud. Pain shot up my arm, but it didn’t stop me. I hit it again. And again. Skin split, blood smeared across the surface, but the pressure in my chest didn’t ease. If anything, it built, crawling up my throat until I couldn’t hold it in anymore.“Why me?” I screamedThe words tore out of me, rough and broken, echoing back

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Cassie Ashborne

Chapter 19 – Talia’s POVThe stare contest between Vermont and I dragged on longer than it should have. Neither of us moved, neither of us blinked, like we were both too stubborn to be the one who gave in first. It was ridiculous, honestly, but something in his eyes kept me rooted in place.There was too much there; anger, frustration, and disdain. I refused to be the one to look away.Eventually, he did.His jaw tightened, and he stepped back, breaking whatever silent challenge we had going on. The anger didn’t leave his eyes, though. If anything, it settled deeper as he turned and walked out without saying another word.I stayed where I was for a few seconds after the door closed, staring at it like he might come back and finish what he started. He didn’t. Of course he didn’t.Vermont didn’t seem like the type to come back and fix something when he could just… disappear instead.He didn’t return for the rest of the night, and when I woke up the next morning, the room was still empty

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What are those?

Chapter 20 – Talia’s POVI stared at the woman sprawled across the bed, waiting for her to start make sense. When the confusion on my face didn’t fade, she let out a loud, dramatic sigh like I was the problem here.“Ashborne,” she said, sitting up slightly and gesturing toward herself. “As in Vermont Ashborne. You know, Vermont’s sister.”She paused, then wrinkled her nose. “Well, step-sister, technically. Which, honestly, you can probably tell, because I’m not nearly as stuck up as the rest of his family.”I said nothing.“His actual sister?” she went on, already getting into it. “Oh God, she’s worse than him. I mean, I didn’t even think that was possible, but somehow she managed it.”She kept talking, hands moving as she went on like she’d been waiting all day to complain about them.And just like that, it clicked.The pool. The first day.She was the one I’d seen before Vermont had kissed me, before everything went completely to shit.For a second, I just watched her, my mind drift

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