I get you a stepmother soon, son\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll get you a stepmother soon, son\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matthew\u00a0<\/p>\n
The moment he stepped in, no one moved, or spoke.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You don\u2019t speak when Hades Sinclair is in the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Out of all the Sinclairs, out of every man with that cursed, wealthy bloodline running through his veins, there was one no one dared to cross. It was not my grandfather, the wealthiest man on earth. Not my adoptive siblings, Robert and Piper, who were both greedy, clawing at Father\u2019s legacy like wolves at a carcass, or uncle Roman, who kept to himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Hades fucking Sinclair.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was terrifying, and worse, he smiled like the devil just before taking your soul.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I kept my head low, my fingers curling tighter around the fork in my hand as his shoes echoed down the marble floor, each step slow and unbothered, like he owned the damn place.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He sat at the far end of the table, facing Grandfather directly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGood evening, old man,\u201d My father said casually. \u201cStill breathing, I see. Guess you haven\u2019t kicked the bucket yet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Grandfather paused. He stopped eating, for the first time that night, and slowly lifted his head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their eyes met.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Two predators in the same cage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI see that foul mouth of yours still hasn\u2019t been stitched shut,\u201d Grandfather said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hades smirked, that slow, cruel curl of his lips that sent a shiver down my spine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course not, old man. How else am I going to piss you\u00a0<\/p>\n
off?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their exchange sucked the air from the room. I stared at my plate, pretending to be invisible. No one ever dared speak to Grandfather like that, except my father. He was the only one who could get away with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI see, you haven\u2019t changed. Still the devil you always were.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hades tilted his head lazily, fingers steepled in front of him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat can I say? It\u2019s hard for people to change,\u201d he said. \u201cYou should know that better than anyone.\u2018\u00a0<\/p>\n
My grandfather said nothing, and silence settled over the room. It was Robert who broke first.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cB\u2013Brother,\u201d he said with a fake, cheerful laugh. \u201cYou\u2019re here. It\u2019s been\u2026 seven years, right? How have you\u00a0<\/p>\n
been?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hades turned his gaze to him, like he\u2019d only just noticed there were other people in the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He raised an eyebrow. \u201cWhat\u2019s your name again?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The silence was deafening. Even the servants froze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Robert\u2019s jaw dropped open, and his face went pale.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/4\u00a0<\/p>\n
get you a stepmother soon, 200\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cW\u2013What do you mean?\u201d he stammered. \u201cI\u2019m your younger brother, Robert! We\u2019ve met so many times! I\u2019ve introduced myself again and again, so why would you- \u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hades glanced at him. That was all it took. Robert shut his mouth like a puppet on a snapped string.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hades shrugged. \u201cMust I know your name?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Robert swallowed, eyes wide. \u201cNo. Of course not. It\u2019s understandable. Not everyone remembers their siblings\u2018 names.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Piper, who had been silent until now, clutched her wine glass tightly and said in a sweet voice, \u201cI\u2013I\u2019m Piper, brother. Your younger sister.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI see.\u201d Hades turned to her. He drummed his fingers, his sharp gaze sliding across everyone until it landed on the empty chair beside me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He tilted his head and muttered, more to himself than anyone, \u201cSeems Roman isn\u2019t here again. How long is he going to keep avoiding me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nights Burn With Regret \u2014 by Nathan Perez 26 I get you a stepmother soon, son\u00a0 +25 Bonus\u00a0 I\u2019ll get […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craving-the-guardian-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}