Devotion Novels & Stories

But beneath the steel in his voice was something else. Strain. Because if this were easy for him, the words would not weigh so heavily. “True devotion,” he finished, “is proven not in the absence of feeling… but in the mastery of it.” Silence. Then soft applause as he stepped back. Applause. As though he had delivered a beautiful, noble teaching. As though he hadn’t just drawn a line through my chest. Mass continued. I stood, knelt and responded automatically. But my mind replayed every word.

The world feels frozen. Like the end of the world rests on my shoulders. In this minute, everything can change. No one seems to move once I start speaking. The clouds open up and lightning strikes. I’m running out of time. “Devotion isn’t about your soulmate. It comes from so much more. From the bond created to cement a life beyond what we all thought was possible. From friendship that has a power to destroy a person once their gone. Devotion to a mother that could transpire the grave. To the ability to stay friends with the nobody, everybody else hated. To a bond so strong you stayed by her side and helped her find her way home

I gave myself to it, to him, because I trusted him in ways that made my chest ache. “Mine,” he growled softly, forehead pressed to mine as his hand slid over my waist. “Always mine.” “Yes,” I breathed, the word tumbling out unbidden. “Always.” What followed blurred into fire and need, into the kind of intimacy that made the rest of the world fall away. Devon’s dominance was steady, unyielding, yet laced with a tenderness that made me tremble. He pushed, yes, teased and claimed and reminded me with every movement that I was his but he also worshiped, as though every inch of me deserved his devotion.

It’s walking with us. I set the phone down and stared at the ceiling, the house quiet, my thoughts settled. This was the commitment I hadn’t known how to name before. Not a promise that demanded certainty. Not a future locked into shape. But a living choice renewed quietly, held lightly, and strong enough to keep choosing itself without needing to be defended. And that felt like the most honest kind of devotion there was.

It’s devotion, stripped and deliberate. “I need you to hear me,” he says, looking up, eyes fierce and vulnerable. “I am not choosing you instead of anything. I am choosing you above everything.” Her legs tremble. She sinks down with him, hands framing his face. “You don’t have to prove anything.” “I do,” he says softly. “To myself.” He presses his forehead to her stomach, breath warm through fabric, grounding and reverent. She threads her fingers into his hair, the intimacy of it stealing her breath. This is not desire rushing toward release—it’s something deeper, steadier. A vow remade without words.

Devoted. And in that moment, I knew it wasn’t just possession anymore. It was something deeper, something that scared the hell out of me but felt impossibly right. This was devotion. And God help me—I’d burn the world to keep her mine.

He holds it in front of me, silent, waiting. I close my eyes. The silk settles over them with a softness that contrasts with the hands that place it — firm, calloused, absolutely certain. The knot behind my head is adjusted with precision that doesn’t tighten but allows no doubt. The world disappears. “Yes, my treasure,” he murmurs, voice rough and low against my ear. “Now you don’t see. You only feel. And I’m going to make you feel every fucking thing I want.” The Devotion What remains are sounds — light rain outside, gentle wind entering through the dome, Declan’s breathing closer than my eyes would tell me. And smells — cold stone, Irish night air, and him.

The noises Ruth and Ivan made pierced my ears. I wanted to cover them so I wouldn't have to listen to them, but the noise penetrated my soul. I clamped my ears as hard as possible, but it didn't help. I couldn't escape, either. It was as if I'd been placed under a spell that bound my soul to Ruth. I couldn't get away from her. I could only watch as my fiancée, the woman I loved more than life itself, slept with my murderer. I was so disgusted that I wanted to puke.

Henry's POV --- "Everyone Quiet!" Miss Dorothy shouted at the students and the room instantly became quiet. "This is your new classmate, I know how you all think, don't try to do any funny business on my watch." She said strictly, and moved to the side to give me space to introduce myself. 'What should I tell them?' "Hello, I--I'm Henry Cooper, 18 years old. And I love reading books." I weakly said, still embarrassed about the situation earlier.

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