Rejected Omega Princess: Meet My Overprotective Brothers
He didn’t come closer, just settled back into the chair, eyes never leaving my face.
We didn’t speak.
We didn’t have to.
His presence was enough to remind me I wasn’t in a Bloodthorn cell or a witch’s circle.
This was my room.
My walls.
My bed.
Eventually, my heartbeat slowed.
At some point, I drifted off again.
The nightmares came back in flickers over the next few days.
Sometimes, it was the auction hall.
Sometimes, the market.
Sometimes, the web’s black dome closing overhead.
I’d jolt awake with my fingers clawing at my own skin, breath heaving, the phantom bite of metal tightening around bone.