All Chapters of Devil’s addiction: Chapter 21 - Chapter 24

FLASHBACK Everyone was shouting and cheering. With every blow to the boy's face, the cheering only continued to grow. I kept punching and punching him until his face began to turn red with blood. Even his blonde hair was now stained with the color red. No longer could I hear the shouts and cheers, all I could hear was the sound of my fist colliding with his face over and over again. It was my mission to make him unrecognizable.While the crowd liked blood, Mr. Hastings loved it. If I wanted my brothers to stay, I had to beat out every person I went up against-I had to win. Mr. Hastings always told me that the only way I could ever win was if my opponent was dead.It was the only reason I continued to beat the boy as anger raged deep in my soul at the thought of having my brothers taken from me just when I got them. They couldn't go back to that hell. At least while they were with me, I could protect them from ever having to fight for their lives just like me.Once I was sure he was d

Lily’s POVI sat in Lorenzo’s office, the silence stretching between us. The last few weeks had been… strange. Eros was gone. I was left under Lorenzo’s watch, and while he was kind in his own way, something about the emptiness in the mansion made me uneasy.Eros had said he’d be back in a few weeks, but I hadn’t heard anything. No calls. No messages. Nothing. My mind whispered cruel thoughts—maybe he wasn’t coming back at all.Lorenzo had tried to distract me. Movies, chocolates, small conversations. But my stomach twisted with anxiety every time I was left alone. Every night, I would lie awake in the large bed, staring at the ceiling, waiting… hoping… dreading.Tonight was no different.Lorenzo was seated behind his desk, focused on his laptop, but I could tell he was watching me from the corner of his eye. He had started to notice my rest