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Craving Forbidden Pleasures

Chapter 5 The Price of Silence

Word Count: 944    |    Released on: 04/09/2025

r. Cream paper. No return address. My

to know. I knew it was from the Blackmailer and I needed to know. I found the same photos from the USB-Julian, and me,

ooks like. Let's not make

wn suite

nor the reckless and uncontrollable desire he evoked in me, I feared-

n it further than Julian or I could have imagined. And suddenly, the thrill of being with Juli

us message on his phone last night. And now, there was someone else. Someone with t

room when I arrived hom

" he said. "Ma

normal?" I asked. Julian knew immediately what I

could save trouble by telling him. He's a

nded to him. His fingers graze

I need to handle...

If this is about

despite the lingering ache of last night,

my cheek-a whisper, a sin, a

I said, feigning con

en you return, don't expect me to b

llowed the space. Floor-to-ce

ate thirties, ice in her smile. She looked like she

an. Very wel

straight to the point. What was t

emands. More photos.

sband's latest acquisition," she

asked, furiously. "I don't even

she said, nonchalantly. "Just gi

uing with her,, so, I left sh

n was there, arms fol

w her,"

mailed, Elena", he said, a hard look in

ound tilt ben

aid, voice like thunder. "And now she w

gling to hold myself upright. "She wants Langf

decisive, unyielding. "Y

started, afraid to c

ou break. And I'll never forgi

Julian Hart, dangerous, charming, sin incarnate. I saw the man wh

eing the woman was scary enough. Going to her once more without what she asked

ve to save me

"I already did", his voice tender and passionate all at once. I saw an odd

ire, and impossible choices coiled around us,

and on his shirt as I drew him close a

arried me upstairs into the b

tand. He drove me to insanity and by the time my sanity came back and reality alongside i

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1 Chapter 1 Title: Twice Taken. 1. The Brother I Should Have Chosen2 Chapter 2 The Dinner She Never Gave Her Husban3 Chapter 3 The Letter that Changed Everything4 Chapter 4 The Blackmailer5 Chapter 5 The Price of Silence6 Chapter 6 A Deal in Shadows7 Chapter 7 Tangled loyalty8 Chapter 8 Shattered Boundaries9 Chapter 9 The Edge of Truth10 Chapter 10 The Edge of Exposure11 Chapter 11 Suspicion Ignites12 Chapter 12 Confrontation13 Chapter 13 The Aftermath14 Chapter 14 The First Strike15 Chapter 15 The Hunt Begins16 Chapter 16 Shadows of Betrayal17 Chapter 17 The Insider18 Chapter 18 Shadows Unmasked19 Chapter 19 Shadows Behind Us20 Chapter 20 Epilogue : Calm Beyond the Storm21 Chapter 21 Alpha's Betas: The Alpha's Law22 Chapter 22 Two : The Betas' Oath23 Chapter 23 Three: Heat Rising24 Chapter 24 Four: Rivalry in the Dark25 Chapter 25 Five: Marked in Blood26 Chapter 26 Six: The Alpha's Claim27 Chapter 27 Seven: The Unmarked's Hunger28 Chapter 28 Eight: Bound by the Moon29 Chapter 29 The Breaking Point and the Claim30 Chapter 30 The Summoned Demon: The Circled Dawn31 Chapter 31 Two: The Demon Appesrs32 Chapter 32 Three: Bargain in Blood33 Chapter 33 Four: The Demon's Touch34 Chapter 34 Five: The Possession of Flesh35 Chapter 35 Six: : The Hunger Deepens36 Chapter 36 Seven : Chains of Desire and the Punishment37 Chapter 37 Eight: The Breaking Point38 Chapter 38 Nine : The Demon's Bride39 Chapter 39 Succubus Diaries: The Inheritance40 Chapter 40 First Night in the House41 Chapter 41 Three: First Feeding42 Chapter 42 Four: Punishment Night43 Chapter 43 Five: Surrender in the House44 Chapter 44 Six: The Feast And the Hunger in the Street45 Chapter 45 Seven: The Market Shame and the Witch46 Chapter 46 Eight: Planning the Next Feeding47 Chapter 47 Nine: The First Deliberate Feast48 Chapter 48 Ten: Whispers in the Dark and the Return49 Chapter 49 Eleven: Cornered Choice50 Chapter 50 Twelve: The Dangerous Man's Claim51 Chapter 51 Thirteen: The First Full Night52 Chapter 52 Fourteen : The Morning of the Binding53 Chapter 53 The Fae Prince's Love : The Lure54 Chapter 54 Two: The First Touch55 Chapter 55 Three: A Bargain of Flesh56 Chapter 56 Four: The Enchanted Night57 Chapter 57 Five: The Binding58 Chapter 58 Six: Pleasures and Punishments59 Chapter 59 Seven: Echos of the Bond60 Chapter 60 Eight: Temptation in the Market61 Chapter 61 Nine: Reclaiming the Night62 Chapter 62 Ten: Public Temptation63 Chapter 63 Eleven : Dangerous Liaisons64 Chapter 64 Twelve: Temptation at the. Edge65 Chapter 65 Thirteen : The Edge of Exposure66 Chapter 66 Fourteen : The Edge of Surrender67 Chapter 67 Fifteen : On the Verge68 Chapter 68 Sixteen: Afterglow and Claim69 Chapter 69 Seventeen : The Price of Surrender70 Chapter 70 Eighteen : Mind Games of Desire71 Chapter 71 Nineteen : Public Games, Private Chains72 Chapter 72 Twenty: The Edge of Exposure (2)73 Chapter 73 Twenty - One: The Concluding Claim74 Chapter 74 Bound by Power: The Glass - Walled Cage75 Chapter 75 Two: The Desk Duty76 Chapter 76 Three: The Power Play77 Chapter 77 Four: The Aftermath78 Chapter 78 Five: The Afterhours79 Chapter 79 Six: Broken Meetings80 Chapter 80 Seven: The Pull of Chains81 Chapter 81 Eight: The Danger of Exposure82 Chapter 82 Nine: Tightening the Noose83 Chapter 83 Ten: The Whispers Network84 Chapter 84 Eleven: Ruinous Desire85 Chapter 85 Twelve: Into the Spiral and the Snap86 Chapter 86 Thirteen : Betrayal and Retaliation87 Chapter 87 Fourteen : Shaken Foundation88 Chapter 88 Fifteen : The Chains We Choose89 Chapter 89 Sixteen : Cracks in the Armour90 Chapter 90 Seventeen : Higher Stakes, Higher Desire91 Chapter 91 Eighteen : The Boardroom Seige92 Chapter 92 Nineteen : Surrender and Storm93 Chapter 93 Twenty: Empire of Desire94 Chapter 94 Twenty-One : Reign of Obsession95 Chapter 95 Twenty - two: Reign of Desire96 Chapter 96 Punishment Room : The Invitation97 Chapter 97 Two: The First Test98 Chapter 98 Three: The Masked Stranger99 Chapter 99 Four: Bound and Bared100 Chapter 100 Five: Obedience