All Chapters of Bound By Vengeance : Chapter 51 - Chapter 53

She is trembling.Not from fear, not from weakness — but from the storm I have summoned within her. I can feel it even before I cross the threshold. The air is thick with her hesitation, her pulse echoing through the silence like a confession she can’t take back.I pause outside her room for a moment, letting the anticipation coil inside me like a live wire. I’ve waited too long for this — not the moment itself, but the truth it represents. The end of pretense. The collapse of all those careful walls she built to keep me at a distance.When I finally open the door, it’s deliberate. Controlled. I want her to feel every step I take. The sound of my shoes against the floorboards, the measured rhythm of my breathing — all of it meant to draw her attention, to remind her who it is that walks toward her now.Selena doesn’t move. She sits on the edge of the bed, fingers twisted in the fabric of her sheets like she’s holding herself together. The lamplight cuts soft gold over her skin, and fo

The air between us feels taut, charged, as though the space itself is trembling with anticipation. My breath is slow but deliberate, matching hers—matching the rhythm of her pulse I can feel through our proximity.Her chest rises and falls unevenly, her lashes lowered, her lips slightly parted as if she’s caught between denial and need. Every movement she makes speaks of a quiet surrender she has yet to admit aloud. And I want her to admit it.My fingers trace a slow path along the line of her jaw, then to the curve of her neck, where her skin shivers under my touch. I do not rush. This is a game, a dance of dominance and longing—and I intend to savor every second of it.Her breath catches again, sharp and fragile, as if she’s struggling to hold herself together. She tries to pull away, but her body betrays her. She leans subtly toward me, drawn by something she cannot name—something as dangerous as it is inevitable.I lower my forehead to hers again, letting my lips hover so close to