Forbidden flame
he hissed, wiping his face slowly, “just earned you a slow, painful death, bitch.”
Every word landed like a blow, heavy and suffocating. The hatred in his voice wasn’t just surface level, it was deep, festering, and it sank into me, settling somewhere I couldn’t shake.
Even after he turned and walked out, slamming the door behind him, that hatred lingered in the room like a toxic fog, pressing down on me, trying to suffocate whatever strength I had left.
“Now that he’s gone…” Nikolai’s voice broke through the silence, smooth and composed.
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