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The Devil's contract

Chapter 3 Nowhere To Run

Word Count: 496 | Released on: 04/05/2025

my hands, while the air around us th

the man who kissed me under the Madrid sky. This wa

forward. I

e a parent coaxing a frightened child

t. "What is this? What the he

at me like I was something f

rs, pages scattering like broken

I whispered. "Wa

esit

silence-I go

ned t

ved f

not rough, but tight enou

d. "But you need to listen to me now

lackwood? Is that who this i

e hissed. "You don't kn

why he's watching me.

the room, as if someone might be listening. "Because you matt

threat to a man

s cost him everything. "Bec

Dizzy. The wa

e at the train station. I'll take care of ev

brushing my hair behi

said. "Let

"You were supp

esperate. Like a man clinging

cond, I kiss

d away. "Don

aving something broken behind-and d

the train station. Bag

ied. Minutes pass

dn't

ilent. No mess

er echoing departu

I saw

Black

Hands in his pockets. Perfectly t

iled

an down

like he was wavin

rned and w

s al

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“He bought her silence. He bought her name. But he could never buy her heart. Christabel stood at the altar, her father's crumbling legacy on her shoulders and the man responsible for it-Dave-waiting with a cold, unreadable gaze. Their marriage was a contract, a deal inked not in love, but in power. Dave didn't believe in love; to him, Christabel was just another asset, carefully acquired and painfully trapped. But what Christabel didn't know was that her entire world had been a lie. Dave had orchestrated her father's downfall, bought her boyfriend's loyalty, and erased every path of escape-until she had no choice but to stand by his side. And when Cole, the boy she believed dead, resurfaces, the threads of her carefully controlled life begin to unravel. In a world built on betrayal, ownership, and pride, Christabel must decide if love is worth fighting for, or if she was only ever meant to be another piece in Dave's ruthless empire.”