Chapter 2: "Beneath the Surface"
📍 [Location: Mansion Bedroom | 2 AM]
𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛
Why are you warning me?
？？？
Let’s just say… I was once where you are now.
？？？
But I didn’t survive like you think.
𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛
What did he do to you?
？？？
Run… while you still can.
Incoming Message — “ZAYNE BLACKWOOD”
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
Still awake, Little Mouse?
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
Or are you chatting with ghosts already?
𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛
How do you know I—?
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
I know everything that happens in this house.
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
You're mine, remember?
𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛
Stop saying that. I’m not yours.
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
You will be.
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
Mind. Body. Heart
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
One by one, I’ll own it all.
📍 [Next Morning | Alina steps into hallway]
The mansion is silent. Cold. Too perfect.
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
(in person):
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
Breakfast is at 8.
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
you're late
𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛
You didn’t tell me the time.
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
Do I need to tell a prisoner when to breathe too?
𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛
You’re cruel.
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
Cruel is too soft a word.
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
Want to test what I’m really capable of?
📍 [Zayne grabs her chin roughly, forcing her to look at him]
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
Rule three.
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
Never look away from me when I speak.
𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛
Let go of me...
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
Not until I see the fear in your eyes.
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
God, you’re trembling.
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
I almost feel sorry for you.
📍 [Alina breaks free, runs toward the garden]
？？？
Don’t go to the east wing.
？？？
There’s something he’s hiding there.
？？？
Something that can ruin him.
📍 [Sudden voice from behind]
𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 ( 𝚏𝚕'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 )
You shouldn’t trust anonymous messages here.
𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 ( 𝚏𝚕'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 )
Just someone who used to believe he could love
𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 ( 𝚏𝚕'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 )
Until I watched him destroy everything around him
𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛
Why does he hate me?
𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 ( 𝚏𝚕'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 )
He doesn’t
𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 ( 𝚏𝚕'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 )
That’s what makes him dangerous.
📍 [Elsewhere in mansion | Zayne watching surveillance]
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
(muttering):
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
You want to dig into my secrets, Alina?
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
(smirking):
𝚉𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍
But just know—once you step into the fire, there’s no coming back.
Want me to continue with Chapter 3, where Alina sneaks into the forbidden east wing… and discovers something shocking about Zayne’s past? 🔥
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