After serving three years for a crime I didn't commit, I discovered the devastating truth on my release day: Chase Grayson, my husband, had divorced and betrayed me, marrying my younger sister. Worse still, he sold me to Axel Blackwood, a powerful and feared stranger. Heartbroken and trapped in Axel's world of secrets and lies, I faced a new prison that threatened to consume me.
View MoreAXELâS POV:I rose to my feet, her eyes hazy and wanting, and positioned myself between her thighs. She reached for me, and I guided myself in slowly, letting her feel every inch as I slid into her.She was tight, warm, and so damn perfect.We moved together in a rhythm only we could make. Her hands gripped my shoulders, her legs wrapped around my waist, and every thrust was slow and deepâbuilt for connection, not just release.Her breathing hitched. Her nails bit into my skin.âAxelâŠâ she called, her voice breaking on my name.âLook at me,â I said, and when she did, I swear I saw forever in those eyes.She came again, this time with her body clenching around me, pulling me deeper, dragging me into that same spiral of pleasure. I couldnât hold backâI didnât want to. I groaned against her neck as I came, burying myself to the hilt, her body the only home Iâd ever known.When it was over, I didnât move. I just held her.Her chest rose and fell against mine, skin damp, lips parted, eyes
AXELâS POV:Believe me, I missed my wife.Yes, my body was practically screaming for hers, but it wasnât just about that. It was about reclaiming something we lostâour rhythm, our connection, the way we used to know each other's needs without saying a word.Avery, the obedient tease, dropped to her knees without breaking eye contact. Her hands were already on my belt, and within seconds, she freed me from my trousers and briefs. My cock sprang up like it had been waiting all its life for this moment.âDamn,â she whispered, eyes widening.âWhat?â I asked, watching her reaction more than I cared to admit.âDid you get a new cock or something? I donât remember it being this big. It got bigger,â she said, sounding part amazed, part suspicious.I let out a low chuckle. âWoman, Iâve always been this big. Donât act brand new. You remember how I used to stretch youâhow you used to scream into the pillow, begging me to slow down.âHer eyes darkened with something dangerousâdesire, maybe mischi
AVERYâS POV:"His base would be in Miami. Thatâs our territory," Axel muttered, scrolling furiously through search results. "He has to be somewhere we already have dominance and power. So why the hell am I finding it difficult to trace him?""Maybe try your own homes," I said, biting into the cracker the hostess handed me. âThe biggest and most discreet ones. You know, the kind no one ever talks about but everyone knows not to touch.âHe stilled, glanced at me, then nodded slowly. âYouâre right. Heâs smart enough to hide in plain sight.âAs he resumed his search, I finally allowed myself to chew. The snacks werenât much, but they beat the dry, tasteless scraps Iâd been surviving on at Orion. This was the first thing resembling real food I'd had in days."Serena," Axel called suddenly, not even lifting his eyes from the screen."Yes, Mr. Blackwood?" the flight attendant responded immediately, turning like sheâd been waiting."Contact the tech team. Tell them I want the real-time locati
AVERYâS POV:We never noticed how much Orion had changed the nights we snuck out. The darkness cloaked everything, and in our desperation, we didnât pay attention or question anything.But daylight doesnât lie.It wasnât until we came back down the slopeâmud caking our boots, sunlight breaking through the treesâthat we saw the truth. Burnt farmlands. Caved-in homes. Charred wooden posts where old lanterns used to hang. The trail had looked enchanted once. Now, it looked like a forgotten battlefield.The two men who guided us stopped near a cluster of boulders, gave a respectful nod, and wordlessly turned back. They didnât look back once. Axel and I kept walking. And walking. It was torturous, but eventually, we came to a little town that looked almost deserted.Axel hurriedly found a payphone and made a phone call which my brain couldn't register due to how hungry and tired I was. My legs throbbed and my stomach kept reminding me how long it had been since that quick meal back in Or
AXELâS POVIf I was still sane, it was only because my mind had already survived worse. That was the only explanation I had for not snapping the second we stepped foot back in the village.They saw us before we saw them.A shrill scream pierced the air, followed by the unmistakable hiss of metal drawn from sheaths. Blades flashed in the fading light. Men ran toward us with their swords raised, eyes wide with terrorânot rage."Stay back!" someone yelled. "Donât come any closer!""You shouldn't be here!" another man cried, backing away with trembling hands. "We buried you! Youâre not real! Youâre ghostsâvengeful spirits!"I tensed, stepping in front of Avery instinctively.Akira raised both hands, her voice strong but calm. "Peace! Peace, it's us!" she called out. "It's truly us. We've returned."The group hesitated, their weapons still raised, eyes darting between us like they were waiting for us to vanish in smoke. A woman dropped her bowl of water. It shattered on the ground."How is
AVERYâS POV:âWhat?â Axel blinked. âThat has to be a joke.âAkira gave him a look. âWhen have you ever known me to joke?ââButâseven years?âShe nodded. âIt started counting differently once our spirits left the House of Judgment. One day in this temple equals one year in the human world.âI stared at her, trying to process. âSo... when I was yelling at you two to wake up, that was normal time. But once we began the processâââTime shifted,â she said. âYou experienced four normal days and seven spiritual days. In the human world, itâs been over seven years.âAxel let out a breath. âSo technically, Iâm fifty-two now? Averyâs thirty-one? And Seaââ He paused. âSheâd be thirteen.ââNot quite,â Akira replied calmly. âYou didnât age. None of us did. We still look, feel, and are the same age as when we first entered. But the world weâre going back to⊠it moved on.âI looked at my hands, then at Axelâs face. He hadnât changed. Neither had I.âBut everyone we left behindâŠâ I whispered. âThey c
AVERYâS POV:Apparently, I might not get everything back.But I have Axel. I have Akira. And for now, that was enough.Nothingâs been the same since I woke up seven days ago. Not even the way the air feels in my lungs. Itâs lighterâbut heavier, somehow. Akira had waited until the second morning to tell me.âThereâs no heartbeat,â she said.Just like that.Axel looked just as stunned as I felt. His grip on my hand didnât loosen, though. If anything, he held tighter.Later that night, while I stared up at the cracked ceiling, unable to stop the tears from creeping into my ears, he pulled me against him and said, âIâd rather let a child Iâve never met go than lose you. Weâll make another one, Avery. Donât be too sad.âHeâs been like that ever since.Solid. Ridiculous. Unshakable.When my sadness slips in, he trains with me. When I get too quiet, he cracks a jokeâsometimes awful enough to make me roll my eyes, but it works.What surprised us both was how different we were. I took time to
AXELâS POV:"You canât mention any of this to anyone," Akira stated. "The last time we tried to be inclusive, half of us were wiped out, and the rest were exploited. Once this is over, weâd prefer to be left in peace. Our existence must remain a secret. We have so much to rebuild. Our land⊠it was ripped in two."That was my doing. I meaning the ripping the land into two part.And I swore, right then, to rebuild it for them. Every stone, every torn root, every inch of earth that had felt the weight of destructionâI would give it back.I understood her fear. People destroy what they donât understand. And this placeâthis divine, terrifying placeâwas a miracle the outside world would dissect like a corpse. They wouldnât see wonder; theyâd see something to own. Something to use."Iâll respect your wish," I said quietly."Thank you."But my curiosity wasnât done with me yet. "Tell me about this place. How was it founded? Who rules hereâdo you have a president? Prime minister? Or is this mo
AXELâS POV:An invisible force surged through me like a pressure wave, ripping the air out of my lungs. Before I could blink, I was flung backwardâlifted off my feet like a ragdoll and hurled through the air. The floor caught me with a punishing thud, pain ricocheting up my spine as the breath whooshed from my chest.I groaned, sprawled across the cold earth, my limbs momentarily useless.âAxel, quit it!â the woman snapped. âYouâve done enough already to piss off everyone. Just sit and wait.âI sat up slowly, dust clinging to my skin and frustration burning in my gut.âDo you think you care more about her than I do?âI didnât reply. I didnât have to.Because she didnât love Avery as much as I did to care. So I thought. I didnât need to hear it from her mouth to know Iâd been screwing up left and right. Every time I acted on impulse, people paid the price. The burden of my mistakes stared back at me, and I reflected on the catastrophic consequences of my errors. If only I had been mo
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