Chapters tagged domestic service

by Levantin

Chapter 119

Nadja looked down at me for another lingering beat. A slow, sated smile spread across her features—the expression of someone who had enjoyed an amusing piece of theater and now decided the performance was over for the day. Picking her handbag up from the sofa, she smoothed her d...

by Levantin

Chapter 120

The first pale light of Saturday filtered through the cracks in the curtains, slicing in a dull grey across the bedroom. Waking up was no gentle drifting toward consciousness, but an abrupt collision with the physical reality of my body. The moment I opened my eyes, the skin of...

by Levantin

Chapter 131

Every fiber of my body seemed wired with live current as Loona slotted the key into the upper lock. I was wearing my grey wool trousers and a plain black cashmere sweater—proper, tidy, precisely the way my father expected to see me whenever I came to visit. Yet beneath the sturdy...

by Levantin

Chapter 133

Arissa recovered with terrifying speed. The brief freeze vanished from her features, and the look in her almond-shaped eyes shifted in a matter of seconds: the initial shock yielded to a bright, unmistakably amused curiosity. Her gaze didn't linger on my sweat-slicked face. It d...