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Has it ever occurred to you that a few words could seal your fate? I know it seems ridiculous, but for me… they did. Seven fucking words sealed my fate in my new high school. I didn’t know how to break the curse that came upon me, or if it was possible to be free of it at all. I wished I’d just listened to Talia that day and looked away. But I didn’t. My decision turned three years of my life upside down, and as much as I wished I could reverse it, I couldn’t. I regretted my action. But the thing about regret is… it’s a fucking waste of time. ********************* “It’s going to be fine, Ida,” Dad said softly. As CEO of Arne Enterprises, Isaac Arne had a reputation to uphold. But this tone of voice was one he saved just for me, in the comfort of home. He was a wealthy man who gave me and my twin brother, Jack, anything we ever asked for. So did our mother… when she was still alive. “I didn’t say anything.” Which was true. I technically didn’t say anything, but I knew my fac

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CressidaThree Years LaterJack answered the phone with a chuckle. “Miss me already?” Hearing his chuckle was more than enough to make my day.“Bitching already?” I faked a gasp as I stopped at the traffic light and adjusted the Bluetooth ear piece. “Stop being a little shit. Why are you calling?” “I missed you. I know you left London a week ago, but I would miss you even if you left two seconds ago.” He paused, and I knew there was more, so I clutched the steering wheel tightly so I could hide my sadness and frustration about not being beside him when he needed me the most.“If it wasn’t for Aunt Valerie here, I wouldn’t have survived my seizures without having you beside me. But it’s fine… one year to go.” One more year in that hell I’d been living in for the past three years. The same hell Talia endured with me. And thank God she was with me, because I doubt I would’ve survived without her. Who would survive what we had to go through on their own? No one.“One year to go.” My vo

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CressidaThe tension in the classroom didn’t seem to lessen with time. Everyone was whispering about how Savaş chose me over Blake. It felt wrong, but somehow right at the same time.I ignored him for the rest of the class and even after it ended. I could feel his eyes on me constantly, but I simply kept on ignoring. No one called me or Talia any names as we walked through the hallways of the school to our lockers. Not one bad word got directed at us. I had to double check to see if Savaş or any of the horsemen were behind us because it would’ve been the only explanation after what happened today.Savaş insulted Blake in front of everyone, for my sake. Not that I believe he actually helped me for… well, me. There has to be a reason behind that action of his, because there is no way that he just turned into a good person towards us. Not after all this time.But I wasn’t sure what to feel about this whole thing. I had hated Savaş for a very long time… and I still do, but why exactly di

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Cressida Usually In a situation like this my brain goes into a fight or flight mode but I couldn't do either of those. Savaş took both options off the table as he had me trapped against my own car, I couldn't fight, hell I could barely breathe with this position we're in and flight was also out of question. So what the fuck was I supposed to do? He finally removed his hand from my mouth and I didn’t waste my chance to ask any question that came to my mind."What are you talking about?" I asked and had to use all my strength so that my voice wouldn't tremble because I was afraid but that wasn't all, there was something else going on with me because of this situation and I didn’t like it."I don't appreciate it when people pretend that I don't exist, Arne and you of all people don't get to do that." His voice was so low and dangerous that it should have me running the other way as quickly as I could but it felt like I was paralysed. "I didn't do anything to you!" I yelled at him, no

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Cressida Why am I even searching about this? Right, because I wanted to know more about Savaş Ewald.Turns out his name means 'War' which suited him greatly.Meanwhile I finally knew what the word he always says to me means. Güzel is a Turkish word that means beautiful but why does he call me that? I mean does he really think I'm beautiful or is he just being flirty? Why the hell would I care if he thought I'm beautiful? I know I am!!Damn it… he's occupying without even being around so how the hell am I supposed to face him tomorrow after what happened today's afternoon in the parking lot, where anyone could have seen us. Shit! I'm only now thinking about that? Why didn't I remember this info when we were in the parking lot? Because I'm an Idiot! A knock on my bedroom door had me sitting up in the bed but no one entered the room which meant it's Dad."Ida? Talia is here, she wants me to see if you're awake." "Yes I'm awake!" I yelled but made no attempt to get up and open the d

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Cressida "So he's not taking you out for dinner but to a party and he's inviting me too?" Talia was surprising me, seriously. She was freaking out ever since she heard that Savaş is taking us to a party and I couldn't say anything to him because he had me in his grip by Talia and worse thing about it… is that Talia was happy because someone started to see her as a normal human from the horsemen.So I agreed and told him that I need to get dressed which brought us to now. We were looking for some good party dresses in my closet and we were about the same size already so we wore each other's clothes all the time."How about this one for you?" Talia held out a red halter tight dress with an open bodice that was closed a little but with ties and holy shit it looked hot which meant I should wear it, just to spite that bastard. "Fuck yeah!" I told her as I went to wear it while she found herself a golden glittery dress then she immediately threw a pair of heels at me. They were Silver c

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Cressida Neither Of us said a word to one another as Savaş returned to driving to the party.I mean… I don't know what to say. This was so fucking missed up, the whole idea of me and this man in one place is one thing but him taking ownership of me as if I was some kind of object is a whole other thing.And the whole him being my father's enemy's son didn't leave my mind as well because it made me feel like everyone knew everything about my life but my own self and worse is that they refuse to tell me anything. Why are they doing this to me? Do I really look too weak in their eyes to the point where they think I couldn't handle a single truth and if only I was asking for too much, all I'm asking for is my life… the one that I forgot.It's not like I chose to forget everything."You're not going to tell me anything about my past are you? If you know about it." I whispered and for a moment I would think he didn't hear it but the silence in the car was begging to be filled with any sou

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Cressida A month and a few weeks passed by and to my surprise, Savaş never bothered me face to face this whole time as if he was really giving me time to make my decision.But I couldn't exactly say that he was decent either because of the texts I kept on receiving from him or more like smutty and dirty texts.And it seemed like he picked all the wrong times to send them, sometimes when I'm eating breakfast, lunch or dinner with Dad and aunt who by the way were pretty much still pissed at me for not telling them that Savaş was my boyfriend. Boyfriend my ass.Anyway and sometimes he would send me those texts when I'm literally in class or talking with a teacher. Savaş Ewald knew no limits which made my case all worse and if only I could at least brainstorm with Talia but I didn't tell her about the whole Savaş 'Rules' or mention anything about my past at all because I knew she would've told Dad and I don't need that, not right now.I was now in the car with Dad and Aunt because even a

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Cressida "Oh this one is awesome!" Jack and I said in union as 'Astronaut in the Ocean' by Masked Wolf started playing on the car radio while we started vibing with the song but my brain kept wandering to how was I supposed to cope with Savaş's 'Rules' I mean I still didn't talk to him about me accepting his deal but I sent him a message that we needed to talk but didn't give anymore info but I saw that he sent more of his filthy texts but I had to ignore them to ensure that I wouldn't orgasm on my own fingers because of him.The more I thought about it, the more I realised that there was never a choice for me in the first place. That day when Dante visited my Dad, Jack called him in the middle of the meeting, telling him that he was going to surprise me with his arrival and going back in my memory to that Day, I saw Savaş talk to someone on the phone and I'm willing to bet my life on it that it was his father on the other line.In other words, Savaş knew that Jack was coming to con

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Cressida You fucked up… Cressida.Unfortunately that wasn't the last thing Savaş said to me before he disappeared…They won't tell you anything, Güzel. I'm your only key to your past because they all would prefer lying to you because they think… you're too weak.That sentence was roaming around me like a ghost the whole day. Was that what everyone really thought of me? Weak and breakable.No… No, I'm not weak. I'm stronger than they all think I am, they'll see. But I didn't want to think about that now. First, I was with Jack now and didn't need him to sense that something was off. Second, we had to go home and get ready because there was a gala that had something to do with businessmen so as the children of Isaac Arne we had to be there as well.And someone else was going to be there as well…"It looks like someone befriended the little witch." Blake. I took a deep breath but continued walking towards my car where Jack should be waiting since I asked him to go ahead of me.Just ign

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