Chapter 121

𝙇𝙊𝙂𝘼𝙉"Isn't Logan your name? Or should I call you Bloodbath? Which one suits you better?"Her words stayed repeated in my mind over and over again.She had called me Logan.She had never addressed me by my real name before, except for the rare, fleeting moments when she used it just to tease me. I had grown so used to the sweet, breathless way she said Demon that hearing my actual name leave her lips felt like a physical strike to my chest. It upset me more than I cared to admit.She had even stripped me of the right to call her Papillon.Where had she learned that kind of coldness in just forty-eight hours?It wasn't my fault that I couldn't comprehend how an innocent girl like her could ever truly love a monster like me.And if I wanted to be completely honest with myself, the exact second I stepped aside to let her pass through the door, every instinct in my body screamed at me to stop her.I wanted to yank her back, wrap my arms around her tiny waist, and kiss her until we w

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𝙇𝙊𝙂𝘼𝙉The exact moment I burst through the airport doors, my lungs were screaming for oxygen. Sweat soaked through my shirt, and my legs throbbed with a vicious, agonizing ache.I ran the entire way from L'impasse des Ombres to the bright, affluent side of Paris without stopping once. I didn't care about the physical toll.I didn't care about anything else in the world. I just needed to find her before she stepped onto a plane and vanished into America forever.Hunched over, desperately trying to catch my ragged breath, my eyes frantically scanned the bustling terminal.And then, I spotted her.She was sitting in one of the terminal chairs, her small fingers clutching the handle of her luggage. She was just sitting there quietly, waiting for the gate attendant to announce that it was time to board the aircraft.Looking at her from a distance, I could see the absolute resolution radiating from her posture. She looked completely determined to leave me behind.But I couldn't allow i

Chapter 123

𝙇𝙊𝙂𝘼𝙉She struggled violently against the kiss, her hands shoving hard against my shoulders, but I held her in a vice grip. I tried to deepen the kiss, desperately seeking the warmth I had starved myself of for the last two days, but she kept her mouth firmly shut, completely depriving me of access.I wasn't kissing her to assert dominance.No.This was my non-verbal plea. It was my twisted, desperate way of telling her that I didn't want her to leave me. It was my way of begging her to understand that I hadn't meant a single cruel word I said to her that night.It was my way of screaming that even if I didn't believe a girl like her could ever truly love a monster like me, she was still the most important thing in my pathetic existence.I genuinely couldn't let her go. My entire life had become so heavily anchored around her that I didn't even know how to exist in the dark without her anymore.But as I continued trying to force her to feel me, she found a sudden burst of strengt

Chapter 124

𝘼𝘽𝘽𝙄𝙀"How did you miss your flight, Abigail? I thought you said you were fully packed and ready to go?" Dad’s voice came through the line, sounding deeply concerned as I walked down the narrow street leading back to Ruby's house."Yes, I was... but something came up at the last minute, and I missed the boarding window," I muttered, squeezing the handle of my suitcase."What could have possibly happened?" he asked.I touched my earlobe, blinking back a fresh wave of stubborn tears. "Ummm... cramps. My period came early this morning, and I suddenly felt incredibly weak. By the time I was able to move and head to the airport, the plane had already taken off."It wasn't entirely a lie. My cycle actually had started early this morning while I was packing, but I was one of the few lucky girls who never really had to suffer through agonizing cramps. Dad didn't know about that because my first period came when he and Mom were already divorced, and he and I had never openly discussed th

Chapter 125

𝘼𝘽𝘽𝙄𝙀"How did you...?""How did I know?" Ruby cut me off gently, a soft, knowing smile playing on her lips.I stared at her, slowly nodding my head. A dizzying wave of heat rushed to my face. I was completely paralyzed with shock. I knew for a fact I had never breathed a word about it to her. Was it really that obvious? Were there physical markers? Did my body look different? Was there some kind of invisible symptom that gave it away the second a girl was no longer a virgin?"Honestly, Abbie, I’ve known that something intense was brewing between you and Logan for a while now," Ruby explained. "I just pretended to be oblivious because I was waiting for you to be ready to open up to me. But it really seemed like you had every intention of carrying the secret all the way back to California."I swallowed hard, my fingers instinctively drifting up to touch my earlobe. "Are... are you mad at me, Ruby? Are you disappointed?" I whispered, my voice barely audible."Mad? Yeah, I'm a littl

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𝘼𝘽𝘽𝙄𝙀By the time I arrived at Demon’s house, I was already drenched. The heavy downpour had started while I was still running, raining so hard that thunder aggressively ripped through the sky as if it were mad at the world.I made my way up the long flight of stairs until I finally reached the doorstep. Shivering, I stared at the brand-new biometric scanner. Demon had replaced it after Tiffany sent her men to destroy the old one, but he hadn’t registered my fingerprint on this new system yet.If the door was locked, it meant I wouldn’t be able to go in.“Demon!” I yelled, pounding my fists against the surface as a massive crack of thunder tore through the air.“Demon!” I yelled more loudly, knocking on the door. When he didn’t answer, I twisted the knob of the door, and that was when I actually discovered it was open.Demon never left his door unlocked. Maybe the electronic system had malfunctioned under the weight of the storm, or maybe he had been too paralyzed to care. I didn