Chapter 130 Between Longing And Loathing

• Content Advisory: This chapter contains themes of dominance, submission, emotional and physical manipulation, and an instance of coerced intimacy. Reader discretion is strongly advised.
• Steam curls from the bathroom as I enter our bedroom, carrying with it the familiar scent of Alaki’s soap. She stands before the full-length mirror, a vision in blue silk that clings to her still-damp skin. The fabric is deliberately sheer, chosen to make her feel exposed, vulnerable. To remind her of those days when uncertainty colored her every movement, back when she was nothing more than a beautiful possession, before she became everything.
• Before she became mine in ways that transcended ownership.