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All Chapters of Tethered To You : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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Chapter 1

Ruby heard the doctor’s words before she understood them.“There are two embryos.”The room went silent.Not the calm kind of silence, this one was sharp, crushing, the kind that pressed against her ears until her heartbeat became unbearable. The hospital room smelled of antiseptic and cold metal. The lights above her were too bright. Too unforgiving.Ruby lay frozen on the narrow bed, one hand clenched into the sheet, the other resting over her stomach as if instinct alone could protect what was growing inside her.“Two?” she whispered.Kelvin stood beside her, tall and unmoving, his presence usually a comfort she leaned into. Now he felt distant. Untouchable.His face was carved from stone, jaw tight, eyes locked on the ultrasound screen like he was staring at a threat.The doctor adjusted his glasses, clearly aware that this was not a moment that could be rushed. “Yes. Two embryos. Two heartbeats.”Ruby’s breath hitched. Her mind struggled to catch up. She hadn’t expected joy not

Last Updated : 2026-01-04

Chapter 2

Two heartbeats. One womb. Dante’s words echoed louder than the machines humming beside her bed.Kelvin’s hand came down on the phone as if he could crush the message into nothing. His knuckles were white. The tendons in his wrist stood out like cords pulled too tight.How does he know? Ruby asked. Her voice sounded far away to her own ears, thin and trembling. The doctor just told us.Kelvin didn’t answer immediately. He paced once, the polished hospital floor squeaking faintly under his shoes. The smell of antiseptic burned her nose. Somewhere down the hall, a baby cried. The sound pierced straight through her.He has people everywhere, Kelvin said finally. Hospitals. Labs. Offices. Places I thought were secure.Ruby swallowed. Her mouth tasted metallic. Fear coated her tongue. So what now?He stopped pacing and looked at her. Really looked at her. His eyes were dark, unreadable, but she could see the tension beneath the surface. The fight he was having with himself.Now, he said slo

Last Updated : 2026-01-04

Chapter 3

The house breathed at night.Ruby noticed it when sleep refused to come, the soft creaks in the walls, the distant hum of electricity, the way the wind brushed the trees outside like fingers searching for a way in. Every sound felt louder in the dark, heavier, as if the silence itself was watching her.She lay on her side, one hand resting protectively over her stomach. Two heartbeats lived there now. She could not feel them yet, but she knew they were real. Too real. They had already changed everything.Kelvin hadn’t come to bed.That fact pressed on her chest harder than fear.She stared at the ceiling, blinking back tears. The room smelled faintly of cedar and clean linen. Too clean. Too controlled. Nothing in her life had ever been this quiet without danger hiding beneath it.Her mind replayed Kelvin’s words again and again.The night you don’t remember might not be empty.Ruby squeezed her eyes shut.She remembered drinking tea. She remembered feeling dizzy. She remembered going

Last Updated : 2026-01-04

Chapter 4

The canister hissed before it exploded.Not fire. Not shrapnel.Something worse silent, invisible, and already inside Ruby’s lungs.Kelvin slammed his shoulder into her, dragging her across the floor as a thick white fog burst from the small black device. It rolled fast, unnatural, spewing clouds that swallowed the room in seconds. The air changed instantly sharp, bitter, chemical. It burned Ruby’s throat and coated her tongue with a sickly sweetness that made her stomach flip.Don’t breathe! Kelvin shouted.Too late.Ruby coughed hard, her chest seizing as the gas forced its way in. Her eyes burned, tears streaming uncontrollably. The room spun. Sounds blurred alarms stretched into warped echoes, footsteps turned distant, like she was sinking underwater.Kelvin ripped off his jacket and pressed it over her mouth and nose, his hands shaking despite his control. Focus on me, he ordered. “Ruby. Stay with me.”She tried. God, she tried.Her body felt heavy, like her bones were filling w

Last Updated : 2026-01-04

Chapter 5

Dante Blackwood stepped fully into the room, applause slow and deliberate, his smile carved from something cold and satisfied.“Still dramatic,” he said lightly. “You always did have a taste for spectacle, Kelvin.”Kelvin didn’t move. He stood rigid in front of Ruby’s bed, shoulders squared, every muscle coiled like a drawn blade. One hand rested subtly at his side empty, but ready.“Take another step,” Kelvin said quietly, “and I’ll kill you.”Dante chuckled. “Empty threats don’t suit you anymore. Not with witnesses.” His gaze slid past Kelvin, landing on Ruby. Lingering. Possessive. “Hello, Ruby.”Her stomach twisted violently. Her body remembered him before her mind caught up before logic, before denial. A sour taste rose in her throat.“Don’t talk to her,” Kelvin snapped.Dante raised his hands mockingly. “Relax. I’m not here to hurt anyone.” His eyes gleamed. “Not yet.”The woman in the suit moved first, stepping between Dante and the bed. “This facility is under private jurisdic

Last Updated : 2026-01-26

Chapter 6

Ruby’s feet barely touched the ground as Dante dragged her through the corridor.Her breath came in sharp, broken gasps, lungs burning as panic clawed its way up her throat. The hallway was narrow, dimly lit by emergency lights that flickered like dying stars. Sirens wailed behind them, muffled now, distant but not gone.Kelvin’s voice echoed in her head.I’ve got you.She twisted violently, nails digging into Dante’s wrist. “Let me go!” she screamed.Dante hissed in pain but didn’t release her. Instead, he yanked her closer, one arm locking around her waist, the other clamped over her mouth.“Stop fighting,” he growled into her ear. “You’ll hurt yourself.”Her body went rigid at the sound of his voice so close too close. Her skin crawled. Memories surged again, unwanted and sharp: the taste of drugged tea, the heaviness, the darkness.She bit him.Hard.Dante cursed, shoving her forward until her back slammed into the wall. The impact knocked the air from her lungs. He loomed over he

Last Updated : 2026-01-26

Chapter 7

Ruby woke to silence.Not the peaceful kind the kind that presses against your ears until your thoughts grow too loud.She lay still, staring at the unfamiliar ceiling, her hand resting instinctively on her stomach. The room smelled faintly of cedar and clean linen, but underneath it was something colder. Control. Ownership. A place designed to keep someone calm enough not to run.Her babies stirred.The movement brought both comfort and terror. They were alive. She was alive. And yet she had never felt more trapped.A soft knock sounded at the door.Ruby’s muscles tensed. “Go away.”The door opened anyway.It wasn’t Dante.A woman stepped in young, maybe late twenties, dressed simply in slacks and a sweater. No weapons. No sharp edges. She carried a tray with a cup of tea and a bowl of soup.“I’m not here to hurt you,” the woman said gently. “My name is Lina.”Ruby sat up slowly, keeping her distance. “Did he send you?”“Yes,” Lina admitted. “But I don’t belong to him.”That sounded

Last Updated : 2026-01-26

Chapter 8

Morning arrived without mercy.No sunrise filtered through the windows only a sterile glow from recessed lights that hummed softly overhead. Ruby lay awake, every nerve alert, counting her breaths, counting the seconds between the small movements inside her. Each shift of her babies felt like a promise and a warning all at once.This was the day.She knew it the way you know a storm before the first thunder breaks your bones feel it before your eyes do.The door opened quietly.Lina stepped in, her face pale, her movements careful. “They’re ready.”Ruby sat up slowly. “Where is Kelvin?”Lina hesitated. That hesitation said more than words ever could.“He’s arrived,” Lina said finally. “He doesn’t know you’re awake.”Ruby’s chest tightened. “Does he know I’m here?”“Yes.”“Does he know what Dante is asking?”Lina swallowed. “Not yet.”Ruby pushed herself to her feet. The room swayed, but she steadied herself against the bed. “Take me to him.”“I can’t,” Lina said softly. “Dante said”“

Last Updated : 2026-01-26

Chapter 9

Pain did not arrive all at once.It crept in waves, dull at first, then sharp enough to steal Ruby’s breath. The ceiling lights above the stretcher blurred as she was rushed through corridors that smelled of antiseptic and panic. Voices overlapped, urgent and clipped, but none of them made sense. Her body felt like it no longer belonged to her, as if it were a battleground everyone else was fighting over.Her hand clutched her stomach.No. No, no, no.Kelvin ran beside her, his face pale, eyes wild. “Stay with me,” he kept saying, like repetition alone could anchor her to the world. “Ruby, look at me. Please.”She tried. She really did. But the pain surged again, white-hot, and a sob tore out of her chest.“I can feel it,” she cried. “Something’s wrong. Something’s really wrong.”“We’re almost there,” Lina said, her voice tight as she held Ruby’s other hand. “Just a little longer.”The doors to the medical wing burst open.Doctors swarmed immediately. Orders were barked. Monitors were

Last Updated : 2026-01-26

Chapter 10

The room was too quiet.Ruby noticed it the moment she woke no frantic footsteps, no urgent voices, no alarms screaming in the background. Just the soft hum of machines and the slow, steady beep of a heart monitor that wasn’t hers.Her own body felt hollow. Heavy. Wrong.She tried to move, and pain bloomed instantly, sharp and deep, stealing the air from her lungs. A broken sound escaped her throat.“Ruby.”Kelvin’s voice. Close. Strained.She turned her head slowly. He sat beside the bed, elbows on his knees, hands clasped together so tightly his knuckles were white. His eyes were red, rimmed with exhaustion and something darker fear he hadn’t allowed himself to release yet.“What happened?” she whispered.Kelvin didn’t answer immediately.That silence told her everything.Her hand flew instinctively to her stomach, fingers trembling as they pressed against the flatness beneath the hospital sheet. Panic surged, hot and uncontrollable.“No,” she breathed. “No, no, no…”Kelvin was on h

Last Updated : 2026-01-26

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