A wave of nausea rolled up her mouth as the smell of blood in her hands turned putrid. But couldn't bring herself to get up from the waiting room. "Miss, you may go wash your hands and come back," Adam Dale suggested nervously. Alexandra looked down at her bloody hands. She felt like the biggest culprit for the ordeal that happened to Jonathan. The blood in her hands stood as the evidence. She shouldn't have challenged their father like that after knowing full well that he had the power to ruin her life with just a flick of his wrist. Using her unsteady legs, she stood up. "I'll be back." She said and went to the washroom to clean her hands and face. When she looked at her face and was horrified at what she saw. Face covered in blood, and yellow eyes blazing with bloodlust. She licked her lips and the familiar metallic taste infiltrated her tongue. Bile shot through her stomach, her worn-out legs forced their way to the lavatory and threw up right in the toilet. The minuscule hai
"What seems to be the problem, Mr. Miller?" The corner of Dr. Savannah's eyes crinkled as she asked the question. Halton straightened his spine and cleared his throat. He didn't know where to begin or what the problem was in the first place. Dr. Savannah seemed like the only person who could answer his unanswered questions. She could wave a magic wand and all of his problems would cease to exist. Like she was the fairy godmother from Cinderella. Cinderella had been the last bedtime story he had told Angela. He shook his head and brought himself back to earth. To Dr. Savannah's serene office."I don't know how to explain." He said honestly. Dr. Savannah nodded in understanding. "Tell me what your childhood was like?"Ouch.That was the part of his life that he hated talking about. Even Evangeline was oblivious to most of it because he rarely brings it to the surface. "It was... not worth remembering." He said truthfully. "Your Childhood determines what kind of person you become,
Leaving Halton wasn't a simple decision. Not after being fully aware that her seven-year-old daughter had become inseparable from her father. Angela had asked for Halton quite a few times. She had asked why they were leaving and Evan told her they were having a break from Dada. Of course, her daughter didn't buy it. She insisted on phoning her Dada and inviting him over to their house. She wanted to go back to Dada's big, luxurious penthouse and play with the ridiculously expensive toys Dada brought for her. Evan had warned Halton about spoiling Angela. The child was materialistic. Siding with the people who brought her whatever she wanted. No one had ever spoiled Angela as much as Halton. The doorbell chimed, interrupting Evan's meandering thoughts. She rushed towards the front door and opened it to see Halton smiling down at her. He seemed different from usual. He got a new haircut and a clean shave, looking years younger. Same as the time when they first met in college. "What
Sunlight gleamed in through the windowpanes, warming up his face and rousing him up from his heavy slumber. It was hard to open his eyes and his body felt like it had just survived a car crash. He turned his head left and right, trying to process the situation he was in. "You're awake..." He squinted down at the fatigued feminine voice. "Alexa?" He blinked off the sleep from his eyes. His vision was blurry because of the heavy dosage of anesthetics. Slender fingers knitted through his tousled hair. A calming sensation settles in his head. "God, I thought I lost there." Her voice broke. Was she crying? She pressed her forehead against his. "I'm sorry this happened to you." She sobbed. With all the strength left in his depleted body, he drew her against him, rubbing a hand up and down her back. "You have nothing to apologize for, love." He kissed her cheek, tasting her salty tears.She moved away, a frown lining her forehead. "Are you okay? Should I call the doctor?" She asked,
Everyone recoiled in the office auditorium as if a looming black hole sucked the oxygen in the air out of their lungs. The black hole, namely Alexandra Winchester. The woman didn't need words to give people the jitters. Alexandra had tried her best not to show any sort of impediment in her professional behavior, but the agitation was like a knife against her throat. It was bleeding out for everyone to see. Alexandra pulled herself together, wearing a professional smile. She inclined the mic closer. "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. As you all know, I left the position of the Vice President vacant for quite a while. So, after great consideration, We finally elected the new Vice President of Royal Steel." The employees exchanged eager glances."Worry not. The person is someone who everyone in this company is familiar with." Alexandra eased the tension. "He has shed his blood, sweat, and tears for this position, being the third highest shareholder in this company."The members brok
It was Sunday. The perfect day to get married. Alexandra would have never thought in a thousand years that she would find love again. Not after the disastrous relationship she had with Edward. Giving up was the only option left for her. At least, that’s what she thought before she stumbled upon Jonathan. The churchyard gleamed with fairy lights. The seats were empty, as there were no guests. Without her father to walk her down the aisle. No fancy wedding dress. Instead, she wore a white satin blouse and a white skirt that reached her ankles—holding a bouquet of white roses. Jonathan smiled at her as she walked toward the man she loved with whole her heart. A smile on her pink-tinted lips, which he could see through the sheer veil. He took her hand in his and kissed it.The pastor cleared his throat, bringing them out of the little love bubble they had wrapped around themselves, and began the vows. “Alexandra and Jonathan, have you come here freely and without reservation to give yo
“Please, honey. I want you inside me now.” Patience. He had it in spades. But after hearing those enticing words from her luscious red lips, his whole body throbbed with bottled-up lust, tugging straight at his cock. If he didn’t let it out now, he might lose it. He had never been so frantic in his entire existence. For all this time, he had been a snob about being able to control himself, but the woman beneath him, naked and spreading her pussy for him to claim, made his control shatter like a glass that was heated beyond its melting point. He just prayed he would last a second once he was inside her. The fear he won’t make it makes his chest clench. Aside from watching p*rn and hearing some techniques from his fellas, he had no practical experience, which lessens his chance of satisfying her.Even so, he had a lot of time to think about what he would do to her once she let him. Vividly detailed plans. He bent and picked up his pants, which he had previously discarded on the floo
[TRIGGER WARNING: There are a few scenes in this part that the readers might find uncomfortable.]"Alexie got married?!" Jordan shouted on the phone, incapable of believing what she was hearing. "Yes, and she was very happy," Halton's voice came from the other end along with loud typing noises. Jordan thrust her fingers through her hair, frustration creeping on her like prickly tentacles. "Can't you see? This is NOT GOOD!"Halton sighed exasperatedly on the phone. "Trust me, Jo. She is happy. That's all that matters." Jordan stomped back and forth in the room, her footsteps echoing furiously on the ground. "This is BAD. She is losing herself! Just... just like what happened with Edward." The typing noises stopped and she could tell Halton was leaning back on his work desk, pinching on his nose bridge right now. "Jonathan is not Edward. He is a man of integrity." Halton began, trying to make her see through his perspective. "He reminds me of Grandpa Ben a lot. I see why Alexie woul
One could hear in the bleak eerie hallways of the asylum the clattering of chains, as a man dragged it through the metallic floor. His black-and-white striped prisoner’s clothing had bloodstains on it. His pace was slow and wobbly because of the heavy chains attached to his legs and hands and bound skin rotting off along the rusting metal.“Sir, we brought him,” the guard said and looked keenly at the captive. He ducked his head, his lips drawn into a straight line, his eyes covered with his overgrown bangs so they could only see only the white portion of his eyes through it.“Good, bring him in.”The guard pushed open the interrogation room. A person inside could not see or listen to what was outside. The captive was silent the whole time, his eyes still down, looking at the guard’s legs as he followed and another guard closely stalking behind. In the middle of the dim room, there was a light bulb just above the wooden table, the only source of light in that entire room, with two cha
Their dilemma wasn’t over just yet. They had to gain the approval of one more person before their wedding ceremony, and that was Jonathan’s mother, Josephine.Alexandra insisted on building a better relationship with her upset mother-in-law. If Jonathan could impress her fearsome and bull-headed father, then she could coax Jonathan’s mother into accepting them too.Before their wedding takes place, she wanted everyone’s blessings. Including Josaphine’s and she would not shy away from appeasing Josaphine to gain her goodwill.***The place was the classic American home. A porch, a long veranda, high rooftops, and a yard that was big as a children’s park. It seemed like Josephine liked to keep the place uncomplicated and clean.Jonathan’s mother, according to his words, was the finest cook in the world. A woman who liked to do her own chores and leave them to the housekeeper. Who dressed simply, loved handling household affairs, and went to church religiously every single Sunday and pra
The soft silk sheets rustled as Alexandra stretched her arm to cuddle her husband. Her core was still sore from the slow-burning, passionate sex they had all night long. Letting out a groan, she buried her face into his neck which was specked with dark stubble. Oh, how she loved his beard. The rough texture was so satisfying to caress, and the feel of a stubbled cheek grazing her between her thighs was simply titillating.As she draped her long leg around his waist, a sharp, needle-like pain shot in her womb.She lifted the duvet and to her panic; she saw two blots of bloodstains on the sheets, mocking her. Her breath shriveled up in her throat and a malaise emerged in her womb.Swinging her legs to the floor, she rushed to the bathroom and removed her panties, and inserted her finger inside her, coating them with warm blood.“You will never be a mother.” The devil hissed, drawing out its forked tongue. “You will never get back what you’ve lost.”Her hand flew to her mouth to prevent
Sunrays poured through the tall windows of the church’s bridal suite, giving the white room a golden touch. The ladies were all busy tending to the bride’s wedding dress.Evangeline could barely breathe withch her bosom caged in the tight corset. “I will die.” She wheezed, holding on to the vanity table.“Oh, you won’t! I will see to it.” Catherine said, determined to make the dress fit. It seemed perfect when they tried it out in the bridal boutique.“I will become the first person to die for fashion.” Evan joked.Alexandra laughed, listening to this as she flipped a glossy page of a fashion magazine. She closed it and approached Evan to see what was going on with the dress.“I think it would be better if we pinned it first,” Alexandra suggested.“Pass me the pin, dear,” Catherine said, holding the edges of the corset tight.Alexandra skimmed through the small box of safety pins and passed it to her mother. Catherine pressed the ends of the corset securely and pinned them together. “
TRIGGER WARNING: The following chapter may be upsetting to some viewers. It contains violence and gore.***Blackness leaked into Gabriel’s subconscious like thick tar, impeding him from registering his surroundings for a few minutes. He blinked off the bleary vision and discovered himself in a bleak chamber, tied up in a metal chair with ropes that bit into his skin. The only source of light was the pale yellow lightbulb hanging above his head.He felt brainless, as one would get when drunk on spirit. He tried to recall where he was before ending up in this place. At the police station, the officers had locked him up for several days and questioned him for evidence. The trial was still ongoing, but an anonymous bailed him, giving the officers a hefty amount to free him. Gabriel didn’t know anyone who loved him so much to bail him out of jail, even after being aware of what evils he did. The moment he got out of the police station, a masked, who had bailed him asked to join him to me
The steel door shut before Anastasia with a rude screech and an ear-splitting rhythm of metal against metal, resounding around the cell walls and into her ears like pinballs. Anastasia gripped the metal bars and squeezed herself against it. “How long will I be here?” She asked.“Until someone comes in here and bails you.” The forty-something-year-old blonde officer sneered.She had confessed all of her crimes to the police this morning and stupidly thought they would let her go home. Home? Where will she go? Mama didn’t want her anymore. Papa will soon be prosecuted for all the crimes he had done in his lifetime.Kameron probably didn’t want her anymore, since their marriage was incomplete. Silvano was her only way out of here. She hoped he would come and free her.If he still loved her.“You smell like periods.”It was then Anastasia realized she wasn’t alone. A brunette prostitute, who was past her prime, hunched in the corner on the bench, covering her knees around her arms. She wr
All the guests who had witnessed the scene gasped in dread. Some of them, including Merideth Parker and Thomas Clarke, ran for their lives, realizing it wasn't safe to be in the presence of this maniac who just shot his wife. The metal gun slipped from Gabriel’s hand, his face sagged and his eye enlarged out of its sockets, seeing his wife bleeding on the floor. “C-Cathie…”His legs immediately took him towards Catherine, but Kameron lunged forward and boxed him in the face, knocking him to the ground and pinning him to the floor.Anastasia clung to her Catherine and cried helplessly, not knowing what to do. Alexandra stood there and stared expressionlessly at her mother, whose blood spilled out of her body. Catherine fluttered her eyes to keep them open. The tears in her eyes made those honey-brown irises shine like topaz as she gazed at Alexandra.If she was to die, she wanted to do it seeing her oldest daughter whom she had wronged all these years.Silvano came up to them and drop
Alexandra’s fierce, amber eyes bore right into Anastasia, who was on the verge of passing out from the built-up anxiety. Her weak knees buckled and she could barely pull herself together. The bouquet fell, the roses scattered, and she stared back at her sister in horror at what was yet to come.Placing a black-gloved hand on her chest, Alexandra put on an apologetic expression and swept her gaze over the audience. “My sincere apologies for the interruption, ladies and gentlemen.”Gabriel stood up and stalked towards her, his face heavy with anger. “What the hell are you doing here?!”“Can’t you tell? I was invited.” Alexandra lifted her chin, a gesture of disdain.The deep red shade on Gabriel’s face paled when he turned towards Kameron, who had a devilish smirk upon seeing Alexandra. “My heartily welcome, Lady Alexandra.” Kameron greeted.The audience broke out into a cacophony of mutters and whispers. They looked at each other with perplexed faces. What was going on here? And why di
“Looks like our beautiful bride is ready.” Kameron’s ridiculing voice broke Anastasia from her trance. She looked back at the woman in the mirror. Her doe-like brown eyes had turned red after she had mourned the night away. She had never shed a single tear for her grandfather’s death, but now misery had plagued her ability to realize the outcome of her past deeds. No one can escape fate. No one. “I am-,” Her voice had died out. She couldn’t ignore the pain in her throat. “Save that for the vows,” Kameron warned. He approached for a closer look at his bride, whose eyes were still glued to herself in the mirror. It was then he realized how beautiful she looked in the ivory white wedding dress. The makeup artist concealed all the wounds and bruises he had given her under that makeup. Her eyes seemed so clear and pure. She resembled Catherine physically, but her personality leans on the contrary. She wasn’t brave, nor had she had the unwavering disposition