Chapter 31 — The Shadow of the Absent

GRACIASI go up to my room with the strange sensation that my steps no longer belong to me. They are heavy, hesitant, as if each step separated me from a familiar world to throw me into another, unknown. The evening clings to my skin, a second flesh, an invisible burn. The scent of candles still floats in my nostrils, mingled with the warmth of the dishes, the muffled echo of cutlery. And above all… the gleam of his eyes. It pursues me. It grips me.I sit on the edge of the bed, my back straight, my hands clenched on my knees. I close my eyes. And immediately, the image returns. That suspended moment. His fingers against mine. Not an accident. Not a clumsiness. Something too precise, too vibrant to be denied. A tiny gesture, but one that overturned my entire being.The warmth of his skin… I still feel it. It seeped into me like a fever, burning, indelible. I have goosebumps, and yet I am hot. I hate myself for having felt that, for having let my

Last Updated : 2026-09-18

Chapter 32 — The Eve of the Forbidden

EZRANI don't turn off the lamp. The candle flame still flickers on the table, and its reflection trembles against the bare walls of my room. The room seems immense, foreign, as if each shadow judged me. My throat is dry, my body on fire, and yet I don't move. I remain seated, head bowed between my hands, like a guilty man.I see her eyes again, her fingers, that brush.God… why did I let that happen?I tell myself it was nothing. That I can forget it. But no. I lie. The truth is there, brutal: I felt her body vibrate against mine, her breath tremble, and that red on her cheeks when she looked away. She was afraid—not of me, but of herself. And that is what consumes me.I clench my fists. My desire is a beast I hold in a cage, but tonight the cage is cracking. She calls me without a word. She holds me by a simple absence. I still feel her warmth on my palm. As if my skin no longer belonged to me.I rise abruptly, open the wi

Last Updated : 2026-09-19

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Chapter 31 — The Shadow of the Absent

Chapter 32 — The Eve of the Forbidden