All Chapters of Sins and Insanity at the Pendragons' Lair: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

My best friend and I grew up in an orphanage. As university students, we worked in a hotel to earn money.What we didn't expect was to end up in a one-night stand with two of the city's most elite brothers. One was an award-winning movie star, and the other was a CEO renowned for his piety.They were possessive and controlling—completely unhinged.They were animals.Once again, I found myself in the arms of Zagreus Pendragon, known as "the Faithful", forced to remove my lingerie.But this time, I snapped. "Can you stop treating me like a doll?! I'm a person of flesh and blood, not your pet! I deserve a dignified life—respect my right to freedom and agency!"In the next room, I heard Lindsay shriek. She had kicked away a drink that Zion Pendragon—the movie star—had given her."I told you I don't want to bear your kid! I'm not taking this or atosiban!" she shouted.A stainless steel cup clattered to the floor as Zion scowled and stormed out, his brother following. The two exchang

Minnie snickered. "So he made that? Big deal. He'd give me all the stars in the sky and name them after me if I demanded it. A mug is nothing!"She shot a look at Ruth, who nodded. The older woman grabbed my cheeks and drew the piece close to my face.Lindsay struggled to free herself from her captor. "Lilith!"Minnie turned to Miley, who stood near the door. "Don't just stand there! Have you forgotten that without the Pendragons, your career as a movie star is over?"Miley frowned, irritated, and turned to her maid. "Go and help keep those two under control, okay?"A crowd of four or five answered her call, pinning Lindsay and me hard against the floor. We couldn't move."You are our substitutes! How dare you treat us like this?!" I shouted.Miley silenced Minnie before she could shout back and replied coldly, "You are the substitutes getting in other people's way."A thought struck me. If they could bust down doors, they might not be just any kind of substitute."We're not a

Minnie and Miley shot threatening glances at Mrs. Harris, who wiped the sweat from her face. She looked away from us."They're sleeping in their room. Would you like me to wake them up to talk to you?""No."The call ended.Hope faded from our eyes.Mrs. Harris was back to being tied up. "I'm sorry! I have to think of my children—"They shoved a rag into her mouth and cast her aside."Get on with it! Quickly! Kick them hard!" Minnie yelled. "There's no way their disgusting spawns can hold onto these vixens' bodies any longer!"They kicked us harder, yet nothing happened after a dozen blows."If the babies refuse to leave, we should do something to them so the Pendragons won't even want to look at them anymore," Miley suggested."I ruined her face, though. Isn't that enough?" Minnie questioned.Miley decided against explaining to her sister and went straight to action. She ordered someone to pick up a tool and carve the word "skank" into our flesh."Remember to carve it mult

The Pendragon brothers had arrived.We were released from our binds.Minnie and Miley were dragged toward them by the bodyguards.Minnie saw Zagreus covering me with his arms and went ballistic. "No! I forgive you for looking for substitutes, Zagreus! I forgive you! Just stop hugging that disgusting skank!"Miley was smarter. The Pendragons' actions spoke louder than any words. The real substitutes had always been the Stein sisters.Miley opened her mouth, wanting to stop her sister from making things worse, but Minnie was not going to hear it. She kept screaming at Zagreus.He looked stormier by the second. "Send them to Heaven's Night."Miley trembled. A celebrity-turned-prostitute?! If her competitors found out about this, she would become the punchline of the industry—and of society!"You can't do this to my sister for that… fake!" Minnie screamed, pointing at us. "They are bootlegged versions of us! How could you treat them as genuine articles?! We are your real partners!"

Three months later, we decided to put our plans into motion. After all, we had gathered all the information we needed.Zion's private life had become public. Fans he had slept with came forward with testimonies, and intimate pictures of him with Miley Stein circulated online.Many of Zion's fans turned their backs on him and turned into his haters, uncovering even more of his crimes and sordid history. He was effectively canceled.Meanwhile, the Pendragon Group's stocks plummeted.Before Zagreus could do anything to salvage his company, an explosive story broke the Internet: [Mr. Religious Pendragon is a Butcher of Lives!]The Stein sisters' father—the former CEO of the Steins' company—recorded a video of himself crying as he displayed the sisters' urns."The Pendragons… They think laws and morality don't apply to them! Look at what they have done to my daughters… They abducted them… and…"They are butchers! They spit in the face of law, of humanity, of decency! But I am alone.