Total pages in book: 83
Estimated words: 77485 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 387(@200wpm)___ 310(@250wpm)___ 258(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 77485 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 387(@200wpm)___ 310(@250wpm)___ 258(@300wpm)
“Just tell me,” she whispered brokenly.
“She didn’t have to fuck half a nation to get it. She only had to come home." With those final words, I left her alone with the reality of her situation.
As I walked down the dimly lit corridor, the idea of visiting someone else flickered through my mind. The lower levels of Carcerem held many secrets, two of them belonging to me. But tonight, my thoughts were elsewhere.
I returned to the upper level and exited the prison, the decision I’d come to further solidifying as I approached my car. I slid into the driver’s seat, cellphone in hand. I dialed my father as I reversed.
“Are you just now leaving?” he answered with a question.
“Pulling out now to head home.” I sat my phone in the cup holder once the Bluetooth connected. “I’m going to take your advice.”
“If you recall, this was mostly your idea to begin with. You changed your mind twice.”
“Thank you for reminding me.”
His laugh carried through the speaker. “I’m going to see her after tomorrow’s Tenebris Consummatum.”
“Good. You should.” I tapped my fingers against the steering wheel, plotting how I was going to give her the first ring I had made. The second was for our final binding.
“The day after, bring her here for brunch. If she can meet me, she can meet the rest of our family. They’ve waited just as long for her.”
“She’ll be there,” I promised, thinking of my mother and the rest of our family.
We hung up shortly after, agreeing to fill in the others when we got to the office. They had a vested interest in this, too. I wouldn’t have made it this far without the men that were always in my corner, the rare few I considered family without sharing a drop of blood.
I arrived back home in record timing, feeling a weight I hadn’t realized I was shouldering lifted off me. I climbed the staircase and slipped into the bedroom. Lolita was still sound asleep, facing away from me. I started to undress as I approached the bed and looked down at her. A sense of certainty settled over me.
I had told her that our life together would be akin to a fairy tale, and I meant every word. It wouldn't be the kind of story that people read to their children at bedtime, though. Ours would be a tale laced with blood and sin, but it would be uniquely ours.
The path to get there wouldn’t be any easier than the one I had already set her on. It would be excruciatingly difficult for both of us. My biggest struggle would be letting her in. I’d never had to work so hard; I hadn’t cared this much. I’d been afraid of pushing Lolita too far too fast.
I didn’t have to break her.
I had to make sure she didn’t shatter completely when I put her back together with a few extra pieces.
Stygian Isle was my greatest ally and asset. Our doctrine and way of life. The truth she’d never known.
Everything was here.
Including her mother.
SEMPER
Now I had to decide, would I become what he needed, or risk everything just to die by his hand?
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PRE-ORDER
DUET PLAYLIST
(Spotify)
Daughter--Youth
The Beach--The Neighborhood
Grandson--Blood // Water
Billie Eilish—Lovely
Just Loud—Angels and Demons
The Killers—When You Were Young
Bad Omens—Just Pretend
Adele—Love in The Dark
Halsey—Bells in Santa Fe
Lana Del Rey—Cinnamon Girl
Banks—Drowning
Mr. Kitty—After Dark
Lana Del Rey—Happiness is a butterfly
Paris Paloma—Labour
Daisy Gray—Wicked Game
Breaking Benjamin Angels Fall
Marilyn Manson—Personal Jesus
Dzanum—Teya Dora
Conan Gray—Family Line
BANKS--contaminated
In This Moment—Whore 1983
Stateless—Bloodstream
Camilla Cabello—Shameless
Taylor Swift—My Tears Ricochet
Lana Del Rey—Say Yes to Heaven
Ruelle—War of Hearts
Amber Run—I Found
The Weeknd—One of The Girls Sleep
Kasey Musgraves—Can’t Help Falling in Love
Token—Chokehold
X Ambassadors—Devastation
Luisa Sonza—La Muerte
Billie Eilish—What Was I Made For?
Miles Hardt—Sweet and Dark
Ed Sheeran—Perfect
Lana Del Rey—Chemtrails Over Country Club
David Kushner—Dead Man
Ava—Famy
Florence + Machine—Heavy in Your Arms
Warren Zeiders—Sin So Sweet
Dove Cameron--Sand
Indila—Tourner Dans Le Vide
Sia—Angel By The Wings
Ari Abdul—Cursed
Dermot Kennedy—Without Fear
Ari Abdul—Babydoll
Isak Danielson—Power
Lana Del Rey—Young and Beautiful
Marilyn Manson--Tourniquet
Nicole Dollanger—Chapel
David Kushner—Daylight
!IMPIO Translations!
Diabolus-Devil
Electi-Chosen One(s)
Carnalis Dominus-Lord of The Flesh
Nocturnus Disciples-Male Followers
Luna Vestals-Female Followers
Magistri Tenebrarum-Masters of Darkness
Domina Tenebrarum-Mistress of Shadows
Sponsa Diaboli-Bride of The Devil
Ritus Connubialis Aeternum-Rite of Eternal Union
Tenebrarius-darkness/shadows
dark keepers or guardians within the religion.
!CONTENT WARNING!
These are for the duet as a whole, but please note some are solely for Semper.
Dark Occultism/worship
Somnophilia
Free Use (with dubious consent)
Anthropophagy (including that of a stillborn)--Semper
Forced Pregnancy/breeding
Stillbirth (not fmc)-Semper
On page CNC/DNC
Various play (blood, breath, etc.)
Misogyny
Totalitarian theocracy
Incest-blood related-Semper
Exhibitionism-Semper
Masochism
Sadism Semper
Cannibalism-Semper
Complete power control
Mental manipulation
Domineering MMC
Slight age-gap
Graphic scenes of murder/torture
Necrophilia—Semper
Intense Trauma bonding Semper