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Chained In Velvet

Chained In Velvet

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Chapter 1 Sold To The Devil

Word Count: 645    |    Released on: Today at 00:02

I

ss didn

houlders that had forgotten how to stand tall. My reflection trembled with

ke a ghost,"

ctured gold across the pale blue wallpaper. It smelled like dust and perfume I couldn'

en

tracts being signed. Numbers whispered. I could almost hear the

llarbone. The skin there felt thin,

the streets," someone said. "You're bea

didn't

ic Mo

in silk. The man t

eople said he was made of ice and gunpowder. That he never t

The door creaked open

d. His voice was flat

tep like the house itself wanted me silent. The staircase loomed,

them.

run. But whe

d I-I was just the payment. The pretty little t

oors

ped br

is pocket. The other held a glass of dark liquor. Fir

he tu

ic Mo

mile. He di

dy solved. Cold grey eyes swept from my face to my

a sip, t

aller than

s quiet. Ric

u want," I whispered bef

is head, ey

id simply. "I don't

n my chest like a shot. My

s," I said, voice ba

not quite a smile.

her d

a punishment. I stared at the f

e armchair. He sat like a king-relaxed, deadly. "B

odded. What el

u. Wear what I say. You do

lin

s

iked

o cry. But

e anything. I lear

h step felt heavier than the last. My

id of me," h

ldn't

rushed a strand of hair from my face. Hi

. "Fear keeps peopl

. I was no longer a

prop

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