BRoken Destiny

parkling bursts on the carpet. Jade stood frozen, shortly breath, wh

are

r gaze set himself on the man seated in front of her, the one who had just seal his destiny with a simple fi

id not survive by crossing your journey, even less by engaging in it. And ye

st the panic that w

dity, she whispere

eemed to dig to the soul. He had not yet spoken, contenting himself with

as if this discussi

t, Jade. I have

e. A debt. He reduced it to a simple currenc

e, she replied,

ing his arms with a casualness whi

in a calm voice.

lowed was more freez

r rib cage. Each instinct in her howled to flee,

iam by slightly tilting your head. But then

ent was clear. He didn't only want her for herself. He wanted what she represen

didn't even need to raise h

for a trace of remorse. There was n

she whispered, more f

shadow spread over the ground, an

leave

NO

ad just collapsed and he expected th

, arming an eyebrow. To say g

serve a single second more from his loyalty. But that did no

elf in front of

to be obediently foldin

s of man. He was neither amused

disappointe

ct an immediate submission. He knew she

losed, and she was trapped with a m

bsolute certainty: Liam Blackwo

ught it t

e ground. Jade, a trembling of rage, refused to give a sin

se papers, I will

if his patience was inexhaustible. He stared at it, his insumeable b

finally conceded, her

a tyrant,

ost: her arrogance or her absolute ce

his voice or threaten. He represented an unshakable force, a wall ag

ct is already

back, tig

iage will n

it will

his voice was

't force

rnative would leav

fr

do yo

needed an effort to

u have no way to defend yourself, no escape. I am the only thing that

efer this world to

u wouldn

conviction ma

, she whispered

reducing space between t

Tr

ed between them lik

this invisible prison t

doing this?

ly. He lowered his head slight

ause

ry to make up the truth. He had power

uld not le

iam Blackwood, because I w

touched

than a real threat. Jade did not move, her breath suspended pending th

hispered Liam in an icy

essure from the knife, but she did not give

ng to be content to accept your

acing it on the table between them. He watched it, h

not a questi

rba the rage tha

a question of cho

a smile, cold

let me expl

ng the distance with a deliberate slowness. Jade refused t

ourself, try to run away, brave

ers, close enough to feel t

not a pat

ed his gaze wi

simply refus

head, as if his qu

f belonging, Jade. It'

, no attachment. Just a

t? I offer you a battl

eaning against the

lose, it will be

g her body trembled under the

iam. Because I d

d in his eyes, alm

s struck Jade as an

ek, you wil

nsulting neutrality, as if he announced a simple f

r her. A week. Seven days before

e the right, she

if the question did not e

erything is al

the table against the table, causin

can't

passive in the f

nk it's a nego

t, he gets annoyed, that he loses this freezing control

right? Do you think a piece of pape

s if this conversation ma

of paper. It's an a

e corrected with

moment, before slightl

ll depen

art bumps brutally

can't

en an attempted awakening. It was

ulated slowness, he approached, reducing the space b

talked a

chill cro

hy? she

use I de

at will be

to introduce myself

as the most terrifying

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