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Chapter 1 The Night Everything changed

Word Count: 1449    |    Released on: 21/05/2025

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h blood. We need so

d blood

uise's Diner. I'm dozing at work again. I must be so tired, I dreamt of

ife in Chicago to Greece. Rather, I'm working so hard...Micah is yet to get a job. And although my job at Louie's dinner

," Talia says, leaning against the breakroom doorway with a soda can pressed t

s gotta pick up t

me for a beat before adding,"Seriously. Three doubles

ove my apron into the laundry

se? It don't always gotta be you. I'm the one who owns th

do. Talia's like that - soft voice, sharp mind, th

s, quieter, "You going home to

green eyes form in my mind, but I don't know why I don't say yes to her questi

tug it from my pocket with frozen fingers and a half-smile

ing me. I'm exhausted.

read the message once, then a

ught food...

y chest, but just tuck the phone away and zip my hoodie higher, trying to con

to be

are numb and my toes ache. The stairwell reeks of weed and stale piss as always. I pass Mrs. D

been with me through everything, through the kind of moments that either break people apart or fuse them together in ways

bought the extra tzatziki because he loves it. Chicken souvlaki, too. I had to skip lu

step inside the small

all out, sof

othing out of place, but then the smell hits me, it smells like takeout and s

lls li

n places the smell,

doesn't feel right. He never leaves the door open. Especially since I told him I wo

hear it before I see it. The

e, my eyes locking on the closed bedroom door at the end of the

ve like I'm in a dream, slow and heavy,

first, she's naked, her pale thighs are wrapped around Micah's hips like they've done it a thousa

ca

Mic

ke a monster. That

and never stopped. Look at his soft brown hair, a few strands falling over his forehead. Green eyes, too clear, too bright

he

n front

I don't cry. I j

for me. Harder. Rougher. Even with me watching, he doesn't stop, he keeps movin

he says. No panic. No apology

e for being here. Like I'm some stranger off t

ly can't

chest hollows out like someone dug into m

h a soft thud, the kind of sound no one notices.

n and

nt. Down the stair

I'm going. I just

o his phone, a woman dragging a toddler behind her. L

body and left the real Anya standing there in that

k across the islands. We said we'd make it. We sai

idn't have one. We left foster care together and p

rent that wasn't mean to me, the closest thing to a family to me besides Mi

d

have n

I realize where my legs are taking me-I'm walking towards the hospital. Usually, when I don't kno

me. Suddenly, I realize I'm not alone. As though my heart can sense

m behind me, dark and

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Contents

Chapter 1 The Night Everything changed Chapter 2 Up In Sheets Chapter 3 My Heartbeat Chapter 4 Catch Me If You Dare Chapter 5 The Contract Chapter 6 Rain and Ruin
Chapter 7 Welcome Home, Wife
Chapter 8 Buongiorno, Piccola Ladra
Chapter 9 Say Yes to the Dress
Chapter 10 Sign, Sealed, Seduced.
Chapter 11 Tick Tock.
Chapter 12 On The Edge
Chapter 13 Don't Fuck The Plan
Chapter 14 New Life, Wife
Chapter 15 R
Chapter 16 May I Have This Dance
Chapter 17 Bougie Window
Chapter 18 The Face Of Punishment
Chapter 19 The Face of Punishment 2
Chapter 20 Worst Wife Ever
Chapter 21 Chaos in Sequins
Chapter 22 Obedience Clause
Chapter 23 Because She's Mine
Chapter 24 First Date
Chapter 25 Red Light
Chapter 26 Night With the Devil
Chapter 27 Rylan
Chapter 28 Morning Gifts
Chapter 29 Burn Wounds
Chapter 30 Quiet Before The Storm
Chapter 31 His
Chapter 32 Du-dum. Du-dum.
Chapter 33 Come To Bed
Chapter 34 So Close, Yet...
Chapter 35 The Visit
Chapter 36 Ghost From the Past
Chapter 37 We've Got a Plane to Catch
Chapter 38 Queens Sit Beside Kings
Chapter 39 Let Them Meet Mrs. D'Amato
Chapter 40 Not One Of Us
Chapter 41 Surrender
Chapter 42 This Means War
Chapter 43 Italy Looks Like Gold
Chapter 44 No Running, Wife
Chapter 45 We're Going to Shoot Some People
Chapter 46 Breathe, Aim, Fire
Chapter 47 Piccola
Chapter 48 Dead Men Don't Talk
Chapter 49 Wife Material
Chapter 50 Good Girls Keep Quiet.
Chapter 51 Wedding Of The Century
Chapter 52 Here Comes The Bride
Chapter 53 Wedding Night
Chapter 54 I'm In Control
Chapter 55 A Warning
Chapter 56 I Hate You
Chapter 57 How Monsters Are Made
Chapter 58 How Not To Lose Control
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