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THE DEVILS MERCY

Chapter 4 SEVENTEEN DAYS

Word Count: 755    |    Released on: 23/07/2025

NIC'

we

long she'

by now-like the othe

a does

pr

he survives. Like she's not scared of bl

sked for hel

tches ripped fro

fter trying to train lik

expected-like her body's

when anyone gets to

t

flinch when

er ground like she wants me to f

that's a dan

se it. But none have looked at me lik

her eyes every time she passes

nt answe

wore? It belonged

my world feels too c

watch

rust her-but because

r she's here, the

mfort. Not

for

is going to

-

'S

n sevent

ison, not quite a sanctuary. Seventeen days of sil

bruises, the cracked ribs-mostly

in

n't

fake-screens showing changing skies t

because I can't-I

e I need to u

nic

't touched me since the night he carri

d. Waited. Like he's letting m

am con

I should

I

want h

disgu

erous-what he's hiding from m

ed together

Avoiding Luca's questions. Wandering

and then,

mi

something thick and ancient.

his eyes on me bef

et him catch m

't spe

ouder than any conve

-

g, I wake

e is sti

ee. I find him there-in the kitchen. Shirtless, covered in

knowledge me.

less the power drips from his postur

explain why you k

n't loo

You had somet

neck

s part

the othe

he counter, and gives me that loo

ou

ath ca

reason," I say

nly one tha

nce

ves past me, his shoulder brus

ree

't an a

intimate than anything the

ain. Crawling in,

f all-I'm l

-

I lie awake

his voice dropped

ouched me-hasn't taken-like every

esn't need

ust

I'll come to h

nts me to

res me more

what i

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