's

e worst. It stretches long and thin, like

despite the weight pressing against it. Lucien's cold dis

He didn't scream. Lucien Moretti didn't need to. His anger was quiet, calcul

night... something felt different. The door burst open, crash

ry was unmistakable. His jaw was clenched, hands balled

ce over the fire-measur

dn't

aid

bey

me like gravity, like a tide I couldn't fight. He walked ahead wit

e fire in the hearth was dying, and it cast flickering light across his face-a

me the moment

, stepping closer. "To have everything you've built t

wer. This was

ilt it with my bare hands. And yet, tonight, I

n his eyes. He was c

ou're just here. Watching. Brea

t from his body, smell the scent of smoke an

ou still h

ng you. Because I have to see thi

f the word

ifted his hand-not to hit, but to cup my face. Rough palm again

't fight. What are you wa

w," I answer

orceful, devouring. There was no tenderness

spine melting against his dominance. My mission, my logic, my train

to look into my eyes. His

aid-not a question but

is lips on mine and tugging off my clo

anger, his fury that the meeting didn't

onto the bed. My face hit the soft fabric o

him, whether I cried or I screamed. I wanted to scr

ffled, his eyes glazed with this sh

for me, Clara." He said as

is belt and tied it around my

grazing my jaw to my collarbone. I flinched

. You have no other choice." Lucien

lower lips and my neck. His hands moved along the

ldn't look at him. I just couldn't s

s pants, his u

y body enjoyed it. I felt so disgusted. My stomach was in knot

ords, "You are nothing, C

efiled me till the time I screamed at him, begg

n't seem to care. The blood came

d to do my part or risk being exposed. So I held it in, swallowed all

territory. He grabbed my breasts as he pounded me

y stopped, falling onto me an

lothes. He turned to me, still on his bed with tears s

othes back on as he turned to face me. "Open

. I was still naked, and so I pulled the s

elf? He's already seen you

. But this was the most alive I've ever felt.

was attracted to him. My heart had enj

ing, Clara?" He said,

me, even if it techni

once more, cornering me to the bedpost. He was starin

at," I said.

hing for some time, th

his upper body. I looked up at him to say more, but he w

xteriors tamed in his sleep. How co

tless and took advantage of the weak like he did me. But my