Chapters tagged step-sister

by Levantin

Chapter 29

The soft click of the bedroom door snapped Vanessa out of her daze for a fraction of a second, but her gaze remained burned onto my crotch. The shame choked the air from my lungs so ruthlessly that I couldn't even blink. “What’s going on here?” Loona’s voice rang out. She strol...

by Levantin

Chapter 32

The loud, shrill bell saved me at the very last second. The sound sliced through the hallway, doors swung open, and a wave of students pushed between us. “Sore muscles,” I blurted out hastily, pressing the heavy books even firmer against my groin as I took half a step back. “Fro...

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Chapter 55

The document was done. On the desk lay the freshly printed stack of Emma’s geography assignment—neatly structured, typed, tucked into a clean plastic sleeve. I had spent three hours hunched over it, the resin cage chafing with every shift on the office chair. It was just before...

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Chapter 57

Saturday afternoon washed over the penthouse in deceptively warm autumn light, yet a suffocating silence hung throughout the sprawling rooms. My father had left for a weekend conference in Frankfurt, and his wife was out for the day catching up with friends. The apartment belonge...

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Chapter 59

The gray Friday morning swallowed every scrap of daylight over the schoolyard. My steps were heavy, each stride across the wet pavement a dull reminder of last night in the living room as the resin rubbed raw against my skin. The scent of Vanessa’s jasmine oil seemed still trappe...

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Chapter 60

The days that followed blurred into a single, dull nightmare of harsh monitor glare, formulas, and sleep deprivation. My room smelled of cold coffee and stale air. While Loona spent her days at university and Vanessa attended her appointments, I spent every free minute after scho...

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Chapter 62

The muffled drone of the intercom shattered the heavy silence shortly past four. My heart skipped a full beat before pounding furiously against my ribs. Loona was already lounging on the cream sectional in the living room, legs crossed loosely, a cup of tea balanced in her hands...

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Chapter 66

Morning arrived without mercy. There was no clinking of Vanessa’s coffee cup, no muted morning radio humming from the penthouse kitchen to mark the quiet onset of a normal day. Only the harsh, white glare cutting through the bare windows of my room, paired with the cold, familiar...