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Sweet And Fake

HAZEL It was A drawing..... I stared at it, confused immediately. What is this supposed to mean?I sat up on the bed properly now, wiping my face as I looked at it more carefully. It wasn’t just a drawing. It looked like a map. Rough, Handmade and Deliberate. My heart slowed without permission. I frowned. But the question stayed stuck in my chest. Who put this here And what is this map? Where does it lead to?I turned it over again in my hands, searching it as it might suddenly explain itself. But it didn’t, it just stayed there, silent and waiting. Without thinking twice, but knowing very well I wasn’t going to get answers tonight, I folded it carefully and neatly, like it mattered, because it probably did.Then I looked around the room. Where to hide it? I had to put it somewhere safe. Somewhere no maid would find and Somewhere Angela wouldn’t think to touch. Somewhere even this house wouldn’t be able to reach it. With the paper still in my hand, I stood there wondering where I co

A Map

HAZEL I stood there for a few seconds longer, staring after them as they disappeared down the staircase. The sound of Vasilisa's laughter echoed through the hallway, and it grated on my nerves. It made me so damn angry that the two of them had been making fun of me, that Cara had been listening in, and that Vasilisa had threatened me for their amusement. At first, when I met Cara, I thought she was cool, how could I have been so stupid?I was angry at myself. Angry that I kept misinterpreting people, kept misunderstanding every Moretti. Because all of them were the same, weren't they? Cut from the same cloth.I was done, I was finally done. Done with all of them. Done with Vasilisa, Done with Cara and Done with the Morettis. I was done with whatever weird game everybody seemed to be playing against me while I was the only one who didn't know the rules.I slowly went back into my room and closed the bedroom door behind me, leaning against it. The room suddenly felt too small and too s

The Dark

HAZEL Then I sat back down.... No. Too soon. If I got caught wandering around now, people would ask questions.I groaned and dropped back against the headboard. What about my human shadow? Would Nico still be standing outside my room after everything that had happened today? No way.I slid off the bed and crept toward the door. Slowly, carefully, I pressed my ear against it. Nothing. No footsteps, movement or voices. Just silence. Patience. I needed to wait until everyone was asleep and the house was quiet to move. Then I could find out whether this map was the answer I had been waiting for Or whether it was just another trap.I climbed back onto the bed, the folded paper clutched tightly in my hands. And for the first time since arriving at the Moretti estate, I found myself counting down the hours until midnight.Midnight took forever. Every time I looked at the clock, thinking an hour had passed, I would find out that barely ten minutes had passed. I tossed, turned, sat up, and l

A Huge Mistake

HAZELI touched every surface behind me. Every inch and every corner I could find..... Nothing.My breathing became faster, Louder. The darkness felt suffocating, like it was pressing against my skin. I swallowed hard and forced myself to stop moving. Think. Just think. Panicking wasn't going to help. I closed my eyes before realising how stupid that was because everything was already black.I laughed once. A nervous, hysterical little sound. Then I took a deep breath and another. Slowly, my heartbeat began to settle.Amanda had risked approaching me.Amanda had risked asking about Harris.Amanda had looked terrified.She hadn't looked like someone leading me into a trap. She had looked like someone trying to help. Right?The doubt remained, but it was enough. Enough to stop me from completely losing my mind. I carefully reached into my sleeve and unfolded the map again. Of course, I couldn't see it. Not in this darkness. I cursed under my breath.Then I noticed it..... A faint glow.

Freedom

HAZEL Luca must have convinced Amanda to get me out of here somehow, or maybe he just threatened her. Maybe he was the one hurting her all along... Of course, how did I not notice? Since Luca is Axel's consigliere, he is one of the few trusted people who knows about the secret path out of the estate. Of course, he's the one who got me here so he can have me to himself, when no one knows where I am and he can exact his revenge."Oh, Go!" I whispered.I was panicking.... I felt tears about to flow when I heard movement. Something moving through the darkness, snapping branches and rustling leaves. I felt he was coming for me. Without any hint of a direction, without even knowing what the hell I was doing, I just started running.That's when the phone lit up. I looked at it and I saw an incoming call. I stopped without thinking and picked up the call, nervously wondering whose voice it was going to be on the other side..... I half expected it to be Luca's smug voice as he laughed at me

Dreaming

HAZEL The thought made my chest ache again.No. I wasn't thinking about him. Not when I was finally free of him and his hold on me. I started walking even faster this time, trying to outrun my own thoughts and determined to finally reach the place I had been longing to be, the man I had been longing for.The farther I got away from the mansion, the better I felt. I could feel the chains that had been holding me back, releasing one after the other and it felt freeing.Suddenly, a light appeared through the trees And I froze as my entire body locked up. For one terrifying second, I thought it was them.... The Morettis. Probably Luca had played another mind game on me again Or maybe it was Axel himself. Maybe he had found out I had escaped and he had come for me. I thought someone had realised I was gone and they had come to drag me back again.The phone immediately lit up a few seconds after while I was panicking. My hands trembled as I answered."Harris?""Yes, it's me, baby."My bre

Happy

HAZEL The words hit me like cold water. Of course Sooner or later someone would notice. Sooner or later somebody would come looking. The panic must have shown on my face because Harris immediately took both my hands."Hey."I looked at him."It's okay." His voice was calm and Confident. The complete opposite of how I felt."I've got you."For some reason, hearing those words made my chest ache, because nobody had been able to say that to me for so long. I've got you, Simple words, but God. I needed them. I squeezed his hands tightly."What do we do now? Where will we go?"A small smile appeared on his face And for the first time all night, I saw something dangerous there. Something that reminded me that Harris hadn't spent all these months sitting around waiting. He must have been planning, preparing, and looking for me.He reached for my hand."Now we go home. Let's get out of here."Home. Not a mansion, not a gilded cage, not a place where guards followed me around.The word hit m

Where Are We

HAZEL I looked down at our joined hands and I was reminded that Harris was here, Harris had come for me, Harris had found me. Everything I had wanted for months was finally happening. Everything I had dreamed about during those endless nights trapped inside that mansion was finally real.I was free, I was with the man I loved and I was leaving all of that madness behind. So why did my chest still feel tight? Why did it feel like a part of me was still back there? We kept driving for so long. At some point, exhaustion finally caught up with me. Harris pulled me closer to him and draped his jacket over my shoulders."Get some sleep, baby," he murmured softly.I didn't even argue. For the first time in months, I wasn't sleeping with one eye open. For the first time in months, I wasn't wondering who was watching me or wondering what Axel wanted. I was just tired. So tired.I guess I drifted off because the next thing I knew, sunlight was hitting my face. I blinked slowly and opened my e

You're Safe

HAZEL So I did exactly what Harris wanted. I raised my head and looked at him."I'm going to tell you everything," he said. "But I'm here and I'm going to protect you. We just need to lie low here for a day or two, and then we can go back home. Do you understand?"I just kept staring at him because I still felt a little unsure."Hazel," he whispered my name softly. "You understand that Axel is a very dangerous man, don't you?"I nodded. Because yes, I did."And he is because he has a lot of connections. He wouldn't have been able to get away with all that he has if he didn't. So we need to lie low here for a few days. Then, when we're in the clear, you can choose where we go."I nodded. It made sense, we couldn't just go back to our normal lives."Okay.""Trust me, baby, okay?" he asked. "I have a plan. I've thought about everything. I got you out, didn't I?"I nodded again."Yes. You did.""Good." He kissed my forehead, took my hand, and then started pulling me toward the house.I

Darkness

HAZEL I wanted to go straight to bed, but I was feeling kind of sweaty and achy from running through the forest and staying in the car for what felt like a whole day. So I decided to walk into the bathroom, take a much-needed pee, and then shower.I knew Harris had thought about everything when I walked into the bathroom. I had my favourite shampoo and that brand of loofah and soap I always bought. He had even put a brand-new toothbrush there for me. I couldn't help but smile.I brushed my teeth. I took a shower. I dried off and then walked toward the closet and froze. There were my clothes. And when I say my clothes, I mean my clothes. The clothes I had before Axel had taken me from my life.The moment I saw them, tears started springing into my eyes. This was my dress, I remembered buying it with my friends. I remembered the first time I wore it And those jeans. Oh my God, I missed those jeans.I just stood there clutching the clothes to myself, holding them tightly against my ches

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