Serpent of Paradise

The beautiful paradise, Edenhurst. The one person not permitted there, Anastasia.

As Anastasia waited for the end of her life, dreaming of a future that would never change, a stranger appeared before her. A new master who would trample her god, destroy her paradise, and swallow her whole.

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“…You promised you would take me with you.”

Mikhail looked at the woman clinging to him in tears with a satisfied gaze. It had to be that way. Anastasia had to cling to him and beg like this. It was the submission that rightfully had to be offered to the one who owned her.

“I have no obligation to keep that.”

A promise can only exist between equals. Anastasia, whom he feeds, teaches, and holds, cannot demand a promise from him. Anastasia is his beautiful possession.

Mikhail turned away from Anastasia and took another woman’s hand. Without even imagining what kind of consequences it would bring.