KAI-VIIYou would think that after I successfully manipulated Winter with all the sweet words in my dictionary, I would have my hands on the Phoenix Orb by now. But I didn't.In fact, it seemed that with every step I took, the orb got farther away from me. I couldn't bring Winter to tell me anything. I also didn't know where Dawn Holland's lab was located.Reading her diaries seemed to be a dead end, but I spent most of my time doing that recently. Trying to interrogate Winter hadn't worked as I had expected. She seemed dull and oblivious to what really went on in Seven's life before I killed him.Her cluelessness was so bad that I had almost slipped up several times in the past few days. It took the fear of incurring Ratio's wrath to not snap her neck any time I saw her around the house.Since Ratio commanded that I interrogate her and keep her close, I was going to be doing just that until I was certain that she was useless."Any luck?" Dr. Longman asked the second I answered his ca

WINTERBefore you have my head on a stake, how about you hear me out first?I know. It was stupid of me to have blocked my friends because of a man. There, you caught me. I am not a girl's girl when it comes to Seven.I was deeply in love with him. Obsessed even. I knew that this stemmed from sharing the same trauma with him. However, as much as I tried to detach from him and say that he was bad for me, I couldn't forget all the memories we shared since our first meeting more than three years ago.Seven had indeed changed. He was even stranger since I moved in with him, but I just couldn't pack my things and leave, could I? I already agreed to marry him and drove miles to be with him.Let's not forget the elephant in the room...The baby!I was ready to iron things out with Seven. More than anything, I really wanted our relationship to work for our child. I also needed to tell him about the pregnancy. Keeping it a secret was already killing me.After spending the entire afternoon refl

WINTERIt didn't take a rock scientist for me to know that Seven was going to rip my head off if I stayed within his reach. Once I made it out of the study, I threw all my fucks to the wind.My life and that of my baby were hanging on the line. What I did next would determine if either of us would get to live. At this moment, my brain was going a zillion miles an hour.I ran down the stairs and headed for the front door. However, in the living room, I bumped into the maid who had just given Seven a blow job. She looked at me with hatred. "Where are you going, Miss Sharp?"The backhanded respect from her made my blood boil. This maid was a long-time employee in Seven's house. She was in her mid-20s and was unarguably hot. Although I always sensed some weird feelings from her, I didn't know that she hated me so much and wanted to be with Seven.In fact, I thought it was just harmless jealousy which many individuals had no control over.The maid took a step towards me and glanced upstair

WINTER"Oh! I just felt something! The baby just moved!" I squealed, bursting into tears again.Eric's eyes lit up. "Really? It moved?"With tears rolling down my cheeks, I held my belly and nodded my head repeatedly. I had felt for sure. The baby really moved!Joy swelled inside my heart as I looked at Eric. He had already withdrawn his hands from my belly. I held my bump and rubbed it gently. "Oh, my munchkin. You are still with me. Mommy is sorry for hurting you today. She won't do that again.""Yes, little one." Eric joined in. "You and your mommy will be safe from now on. Just keep growing, okay?"I chuckled joyously, watching Eric as he cupped his hand over the side of his mouth and spoke to my belly. Following all the bad things that had been happening to me recently, having a friend like Eric was a breath of fresh air.Eric whistled, "Phew! I am so glad the baby is okay. Now, you don't have to worry about a thing. Just have some food."When he brought the bowl of porridge to m

WINTERA cloak of ice dropped on my body seconds before a chippy voice woke me from my hundredth slumber. "Wake up, sleepyhead!"I stirred awake, only to find my body soaked. My teeth clattered as I looked at the pool of water I was lying in. I raised my head, only to find Seven staring at me with a bucket in his hand."Seven..." I called out weakly.With a creepy smile, he waved at me. "Long time no see!"I frowned, wondering how long I had been locked inside this cage. The light was on, so it was hard to tell if it was dark out or not."Oh, you have been here for four days. How do you like it in here? Not so much, right?" He cracked a smile again.Four days? Seven locked me up for that long? That meant it had been five days since I had something good to eat. You bet, I was starving. I could eat a horse!My stomach rumbled as if on cue. I held it and swallowed hard. My throat was parched and my tongue was bitter dry. I ran it over my lips. Unsurprisingly, my lips had many cuts on the