Alexander’s POVI stood there long after the door slammed, the silence pressing into me like something alive, something suffocating, something that refused to let me breathe properly. The red room no longer felt like control, it no longer felt like power, it felt like a mistake, a space that had taken something fragile from me and crushed it under my own hands. My gaze moved slowly across the room, the table, the restraints, the whip resting where I had left it, and for the first time in years I felt something unfamiliar settle deep in my chest. Guilt. Not the kind that fades with time, not the kind that can be ignored, but the kind that lingers, heavy and sharp, reminding you that you crossed a line you cannot undo. I dragged a hand through my hair, exhaling slowly, trying to steady myself, but it did nothing to quiet the image of her face, the tears, the way she looked at me like I had become someone she did not recognize.I moved toward the door quickly, my steps no longer control
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