Episode 28

Chapter 28

Mia's POV

I lay back on the rumpled furs, feeling Nathan's solid weight shift off me. That was...satisfactory enough, I suppose. He certainly seemed pacified and pliant for the time being after our joining, as usual.

Though in truth, the entire ritual of physical intimacy grows more distasteful with each repetition these days. I can't even muster the faintest flickers of arousal or release anymore, simply going through the motions out of pragmatic necessity to maintain control over this pathetic pawn.

With a slight frown, I drag myself into a sitting position and survey Nathan's prone, sated form beside me. He's already drifting back toward unconsciousness, chest rising and falling in the steady cadence of meaningless slumber. How utterly oblivious he remains to the cataclysms steadily engulfing his paltry existence.

Well, I can't have him getting too complacent just yet. Not when there's still so much delicious discord left to sow before this day is through. One slender ha