All Chapters of The Devil Alpha: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

~ Mira’s POV ~The city of Veridia was a beast that consumed the weak, and I did not intend on becoming its meal. Especially after seven years of running from it.As I stood inside the lobby of Moretti Enterprises made entirely of gold and glass, I adjusted my wristwatch, a knockoff of the real thing, that I purchased from eBay for only $10. The shoes I was wearing were hurting my feet, and my blazer was just a little bit tight in the shoulders, my blouse, which I pressed until the folds could cut through glass.It wasn’t just a job interview, but rather a golden pass. Medical bills from my mother’s illness and my dad’s debt threatened to crush my entire family.Moretti Enterprises was my only chance for salvation. As a junior Analyst, and full benefits. A starting salary that could rescue us.Please let me get this, I silently pleaded, grasping at my portfolio. I cannot go back to where we started.“Miss Carter?”I jerked into attention and saw a sharp-looking lady standing in front

~ Mira’s POV ~“Let me go,” I pleaded, breaking into a whisper because of the fear that still hadn’t gone away, fear of the monster as well as of the man who held me, and who hated me.Luca refused to let go of my chin. His fingers dug into my skin, gripping me like an iron hand.His big hand found its way onto my neck. He did not squeeze, nor did he strangle me. His palm covered my trembling jugular, and the heat of his hand burned me through my shirt.“Let you go?” he sneered. “To go blabbing to the press? Or running back into the hole you’ve been hiding in for the last seven years?”“I would never say anything!” I protested, grabbing onto his wrist, trying to break his hold on me. It was useless, like trying to shift a statue. “I’d never do anything like that, Luca. You know that –”“You think I know you?” He interrupted sharply, his blue eyes blazing with gold. “I knew a girl once. A girl who looked at me in the eyes and said she loved me before disappearing the next day with only

~ Mira’s POV ~Three days went by in a daze of silence.Various stylists arrived, putting me in corsets and fixing my hair until my head hurt. I felt like a doll getting dressed to be shown off. Every now and then, Nicolas would come by to check on me, giving me a sympathetic look.“Cheer up, Mira,” he would say the day before the ceremony. “This is not a funeral.”“Is it not?” I asked, looking at my image in the mirror. I looked like a zombie.“It’s a new beginning,” Nicolas tried to convince me. “Luca… He is complicated. But he is a fair person. Don’t push him too far.”Fair? How could he think I should be nice to the guy who blackmailed me?Nicolas gave me the wedding dress, stunning yet intimidating piece made of pure white lace and silk.I was standing by the window, looking outside at the cityscape I'd never be able to roam again. "Is he going to kill me after the wedding? That's the plan?"Nicolas exhaled and ran a hand through his shorter hair. “You’ve been watching way too ma