All Chapters of The Devil Owns Me Now: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

The first thing I heard was the sound of chains clinking every time I moved and each movement made my head throb even more, like someone was hammering nails inside my skull. I had never had a headache this bad before and it felt like my head was about to split open. My vision blurred from the pain, and every tiny move made me wince. I sucked in a shaky breath, my chest tightening as the air around me was cold and damp against my skin, smelling sharp and metallic, like rust. Rust?I frowned a little, trying to make sense of it while also panicking. Why did it smell like that? Why was it so cold? And most importantly, where the hell was I? My stomach knotted from the unfamiliar scent and the roughness of the ground. I forced my eyes open, but it didn’t help much because everything was dark. My throat felt tight and dry as I groaned, trying to sit up, but the sound of metal clinking sounded again, louder this time and it was louder this time which made me realize that it was coming fr

I stared at the man like he had spoken another language. My brain couldn’t process his words. I’ve been sold? That was it? Just like that? Sold like a fucking object? No warning, no conversation, no explanation, nothing. One minute I was trapped like an animal, the next I was being dragged away like trash being collected.“I’ve been bought?” I asked, numb, confused, shaking. The words felt heavy and stupid leaving my mouth, but that was all I could think to say. “What do you mean I’ve been bought? By who? When? How? What the fuck is going on?”The man dragging me forward let out a long, annoyed grunt like I was irritating him. “How the hell am I supposed to know that?”“So you just sell people without even knowing who the buyers are?” I snapped, planting my feet on the ground to stop him from dragging me, but he shoved me harder like I was nothing.“I don’t know, and I don’t care,” he growled without even looking at me. “All I care about is that we got rid of you fast and made good mo

“Firstly, you’re not a sex pet or slave. You need to stop saying that,” Leon began talking again, his voice flat but laced with that warning edge he always had. “You don’t understand how powerful my father is. It doesn’t matter what country my brother goes to or where he tries to run. My father will still be affected if people find out who and what his son truly is. It is not something we can hide or fix by running to another country.”He looked straight ahead, jaw tight, and for the first time since I met him, I didn’t see anger or ego in his eyes. I saw something else, fear and it shook me for a second because someone like Leon didn’t seem like he was capable of fear.“My father is a ruthless man,” he continued. “He doesn’t believe in weakness and he doesn’t tolerate shame. He has never been in support of people who are… different,” he said the word with disgust, and I couldn’t tell if he was disgusted at his father or disgusted by the truth of who his brother was. “He does his poss