Chapter: Epilogue*Aria’s POV*Five years.It was a long time to heal, and yet, a short time to forget.I stood on the terrace of the finished mountain house. The "fortress," the world called it. But to us, it was simply home. The plastic sheeting and exposed wiring were gone, replaced by warm timber, thick glass, and walls that had finally seen peace.The wind that used to howl through the frame now whispered through the pines, a gentle sound that no longer signaled danger."Daddy, look! The tower is tall enough now."I turned. Adrian was standing in the snow, pointing to a structure of blocks on the heated patio. He was ten years old now, tall for his age, with his father’s dark hair and piercing eyes. He wore a dark coat, his posture straight, his expression serious as he assessed his creation.Lucian stood beside him, hands in his pockets, nodding approvingly."Foundation needs to be wider if you want it to withstand the wind," Lucian said.Adrian frowned, analyzing the structure. "I reinforced the
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-05-28
Chapter: Chapter 160: The final Battle*Aria’s POV*We were leaving the mountain house, because our sanctuary had become a tomb. The blueprints Nikolai knew so well were a death sentence. Every beam, every support, every blind spot, he had memorized them during the years he stood guard over us."Pack only essentials," Lucian ordered, throwing a bag onto the bed. His movements were jerky, fueled by a cold, terrifying panic. "We take the back roads. Rylan has a secure transport waiting at the ranger station.""The snow," I said, clutching my coat. "The plows haven't been through since yesterday.""We walk if we have to."Adrian was in the panic room with the nanny, huddled under blankets. Damian was in the command center, scrubbing the servers. We were burning the Drakov legacy to ash.Lucian handed me a coat."Put this on. We leave in two minutes."I pulled the heavy wool around my shoulders. A wave of nausea rolled through me, not just the pregnancy, but the sheer terror."He's out there, isn't he?" I asked my voice waveri
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-05-28
Chapter: Chapter 159: The Watchman*Aria’s POV*The adrenaline from the bomb threat hadn't faded. It had merely calcified into a cold, hard knot in my chest.The panic room felt less like a sanctuary and more like a tomb. I sat on the edge of the cot, my hand resting protectively over my stomach. The baby. The new life that had arrived in the middle of a siege.Lucian hadn't left the command center. He was obsessed with the "V0id_Walker" lead Damian had uncovered. He needed to know who built the bomb vest. He needed to know who was on the screens."Aria?"Damian’s voice came through the intercom. He sounded strange. Strangled."I'm here, Damian.""Come to the command center. Lucian... Lucian needs you."I didn't like his tone. It wasn't the voice of a man who had found a clue. It was the voice of a man who had found a corpse.I unlocked the door and hurried down the hall.The command center was freezing. The servers were humming, but the mood was glacial.Lucian was standing motionless in front of the main monitor. He
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-05-28
Chapter: Chapter 158: The Invisible War*Aria’s POV*The pregnancy changed the air in the mountain house.It wasn’t just joy, it was a sudden, suffocating weight of responsibility. Lucian didn't just want to survive anymore; he wanted to sterilize the world."The medical team is setting up in the west wing," Lucian said, pacing the length of our bedroom. He was dressed in tactical gear, even though we were snowed in. "They’re bringing an ultrasound machine. And a nutritionist.""Lucian, I'm pregnant, not invalid," I said, sitting up in bed. The nausea had subsided for the moment, leaving a hollow exhaustion in its wake. "And I'm only six weeks along. There isn't much to see yet.""There is a heartbeat," Lucian said, his voice dropping. "That's all I need to hear."He stopped pacing and looked at me."I’m doubling the guard. No one enters the perimeter without my personal authorization. The construction crew has been vetted three times. I’m running background checks on the pilot who flew the medical team in.""You're going t
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-05-14
Chapter: Chapter 157: The Silent Symptoms*Aria’s POV*The nausea hit me like a tide — sudden, overwhelming, and crushing.I barely made it to the bathroom in the master suite. The cold tiles bit into my knees as I retched into the toilet. My shoulder, still healing from the bullet wound, throbbed in protest at the violent heaving of my muscles.It had been like this for three days.I gasped for air, wiping my mouth with a trembling hand."Aria?"Lucian was at the door instantly. I heard his footsteps, heavy and urgent. He knelt beside me, his hand cool against the back of my neck."Not again," he whispered."I'm fine," I rasped, though I wasn't. The room was spinning. My stomach felt like it was twisting into knots. "It’s just... something I ate.""You haven't eaten," Lucian said sharply. "You haven't kept anything down since Tuesday."He helped me to my feet, his grip tight as if he was afraid I would crumble. He guided me to the sink. I rinsed my mouth, looking at my reflection in the mirror.I looked terrible. Pale, dark
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-05-12
Chapter: Chapter 156: The Dead End*Aria’s POV*The hunt for Carlo began before the sun breached the horizon.Lucian didn't sleep. He sat in the command center of the mountain house, surrounded by the hum of servers and the glow of monitors, coordinating a manhunt from the isolation of the peak."Pull his financials," Lucian ordered into the secure line. "Trace his cell phone pings from the last forty-eight hours. I want to know where he slept, what he ate, and who he spoke to.""We're on it, Boss," Rylan’s voice crackled back. "We're checking his apartment in the city now."My knuckles were white as I gripped the edge of the console. The voice — Carlo's voice — echoed in his head. You have no idea what I'm capable of.It made sense. Carlo had been his shadow for five years. He knew the schedules, the routes, the security codes. He had access to the penthouse. He knew about the mountain. He fit the profile perfectly."Lucian," I said softly, placing a hand on his back. "You need to eat something.""I can't.""Adrian is
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-05-11
Chapter: Epilogue*Violet's POV*"I can't do this." I looked at the mess in my room. "What do you mean? You are ready." Rosalina said. "What if I say something stupid? What if I trip and fall?" "You father will be with you, you won't fall." Tracy said rolling her eyes. "Come on you will be fine. Stop stressing out." Mom smiled Aurora laying in her arms sleeping peacefully. Mom is on a wheelchair, but she is doing better than before. She might live fore months, even years thanks to Vincenzo. The man I am going to marry in 10 minutes. This day is perfect. I am wearing my dream dress. It was ice white satin, with fitted boat-necked bodice, with long sleeves embellished to my elbows, and full circular skirt with demi-train sweeping the floor. I fell in love with the dress as soon as I saw it. My hair was pinned back with my veil, and soft curls fell on my shoulders. My make up was the best, it was soft and with nude
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2022-04-16
Chapter: Chapter 84: Labor*Vincenzo's POV*"What the fuck is going on?" Tracy screamed looking at Violet. "She isn't due until 2 more months!" She instantly took her phone. I was frozen in my spot looking at the scene folding in slow motion. Violet was screaming, from fear more than from pain. "Vincenzo!" Gio was shaking me, and I instantly ran to her. "Vincenzo we should go to the hospital, this is a dangerous matter." Tracy said. I nodded looking at Violet's pained face. "I don't want my baby to die." She sobbed. "She won't. She won't." The first one was to reassure her, the second one was to convince myself. "We need to get going. Erico has the car ready." Mario said.I scooped Violet bridal style and ran outside. Paolo opened the back door and I instantly got in. "It's okay baby, you will be fine." I repeated kissing her head. Violet screamed and I held her to my chest tightly. After what
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2022-04-06
Chapter: Chapter 83*Vincenzo's POV*Violet went with her dad to visit her mother. I still don't like him, but I have to tolerate him. Meanwhile, I am going to pay a visit for my dear grandfather. Erico was having fun with him and Serge, but still he isn't satisfied as he said. But I ordered him not to kill them. I need to have fun too with them. I have a built up anger for that fucker. I want to torture him, because he stole my mother first, then he took Violet from me. And my daughter is in critical condition! I went down the basement and entered the cell I was keeping him in. "I never thought I would meet my grandfather like that." I smirked. "I did imagine it d-differently. You in my place." "Look how the tables turned." I opened my favorite knife and cut his cheek. He only flinched, but didn't scream."I thought you had better antics for torture." He smirked spitting blood on the floor. "Oh I do. I planned this
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2022-03-25
Chapter: Chapter 82: cold*Violet's POV*"Come on, we have to go." Vin said taking my hand in his."I am so sorry about shooting your arm. But it felt good. It took you a month to find me." I rolled my eyes."I searched all over for you my flower. I was fucking dying without you. You have no idea how happy I am to see you and our daughter alive." He replied kissing my forehead."Let's go! They took Gio in the first jet, the second is waiting for us." Erico yelled.We nodded and headed to the jet."Violet." My father was waiting for us with Mario."Dad." I ran towards him and
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2022-03-01
Chapter: Chapter 81: proposal *Vincenzo's POV*That was overly dramatic. I wasn't really going to die. I have had worse shots before, and I survived.Most of the pain was in my arm. Another shot was heard and another body slumped to the floor."You son of a bitch!" Violet screamed walking past me.I looked behind me while clutching my arm. No body moved as Nazyr looked at the hole in his leg."Did you really think you can trick me? Did you really think that I can forget my fucking name? My own family? My man, and the love of my life?" She yelled more as she kicked him in the face.Both men from both sides were pointing their guns at each other, but
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2022-02-12
Chapter: Chapter 80: death*Violet's POV*"Stop calling her that! Her name is Violet!" I screamed trying to block the noise, and the man next to me talking."Valeria listen to us. They brainwashed you! Those damn Italians played you. Remember who you are."Nazyr said injecting me with the same syringe. I cried and shouted for him to let go of me.Was my name Violet or Valeria? Why were they screaming over my head. I am clearly pregnant and need some rest. Why are they putting me in a dungeon?"Get him out of here." Nazyr ordered.I know his name because he always makes me remember it. He is the only person who talks to me other than the other ma
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2022-02-09
Blood and Loyalty
Erico Moretti has always been a loyal enforcer for the most ruthless mafia family in Italy. But when his boss, the mafia king Vincenzo, tasks him with bringing down rival mafia boss Antonio Romano, he’s given a dangerous mission: infiltrate the Romano empire as Bianca Romano’s bodyguard. Bianca, the sheltered yet fiercely independent daughter of Antonio, is the key to unraveling her father’s secrets.
At first, Erico sees Bianca as nothing more than a pawn in his deadly game. She’s sharp, confident, and far more perceptive than he expected—qualities that make his job even harder. But when a sudden threat forces them into a marriage of convenience to protect her from her father’s enemies, Erico finds himself tangled in a web of deceit, loyalty, and blood.
But in the world of crime and betrayal, no one is safe, and when secrets are exposed, their lives will hang by a thread. Will Erico choose vengeance, or will Bianca be the one to teach him that loyalty and love are not always at odds?
Baca
Chapter: Chapter 80*Bianca's POV*The house was too quiet.Not the tense silence of a war room or the alert stillness of guarded halls — but the kind of quiet that comes after everything has already been said. After truths are laid bare and there is nothing left to shout.Our home.I still wasn’t used to calling it that.The fire in the living room had burned low, embers pulsing softly like a tired heart. Outside, the sea whispered against the cliffs, steady and indifferent to the way my entire world had fractured in the span of days.I sat on the couch with my knees drawn to my chest, staring at nothing.Angelina Siankovski.My mother had lived an entire life before me. A dangerous one. A brilliant one. A doo
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-01-22
Chapter: Chapter 79*Bianca's POV*The letter haunted me more than the contract.Ink could kill.Signatures could end lives.But words written in grief? Those had a way of surviving everything.She betrayed me.I’d read the line a hundred times over the past months, tracing the indent of my mother’s pen until the paper thinned beneath my fingers. For so long, I’d believed it was the final truth she’d left me — a warning, a judgment, a severed bond.Daniella Volkov.Violet’s mother.The woman whose photograph sat tucked inside a false drawer in Vincenzo’s archive, her arm looped through my mother’s like they w
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-01-22
Chapter: Chapter 78*Bianca's POV*I thought knowing would make it hurt less. It would make me finally be at peace.I was wrong.Knowing didn’t dull the pain — it sharpened it, gave it edges, gave it names. Knowing meant that every memory of my father now carried a second shadow behind it. Every kindness was suspect. Every silence deliberate.By the time Vincenzo summoned us to the archive room beneath the estate, my grief had already begun to mutate.Into focus.Into rage.The archive wasn’t meant for comfort. No windows. No art. Just steel cabinets, climate-controlled drawers, and a long table scarred by decades of decisions that had ruined lives.“This room,” Vincenzo said evenly, “exists
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-01-22
Chapter: Chapter 77*Bianca's POV*I didn’t sleep.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw my mother — not as she was in my memories, soft-spoken and distant, but as a stranger wearing her face. A woman with another name. Another bloodline. Another war stitched into her veins.Angelina Siankovski.The name tasted wrong in my mouth. Like a lie I had been forced to swallow my entire life.By morning, my grief had hardened into something sharper.I went looking for Nazyr.I found him where the house ended and the sea began — standing alone on the stone terrace, coat untouched by the wind, gaze fixed on the horizon like he was waiting for something that would never return.“You owe me everything,” I said.He didn’t turn. “I know.”I stepped closer. “Start talking.”Nazyr finally faced me. Up close, the resemblance was undeniable. The same eyes. The same stillness that came before violence. The same way emotions didn’t soften the face — they carved it deeper.“She was younger than me,” he began. “And smarter than
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-01-22
Chapter: Chapter 76*Bianca's POV*I was done being protected.That was the thought that followed me down the corridor, past the portraits, past the guards who straightened when they saw me, past the door everyone avoided unless summoned.The strategy room.I didn’t knock.Vincenzo looked up first. Nazyr was standing by the window, hands folded behind his back, the sea reflected in the hard lines of his face. Erico was seated near the table, already tense — like he’d felt me coming before he heard my steps.“Stop,” I said.Every movement froze.“No more fragments. No more half-truths,” I continued. “No more deciding what I can and cannot survive.”Vincenzo leaned back slowly. “Bianca—”“My mother was killed,” I cut in. “My father ordered my execution. I was hunted in my sleep and married into a war. Whatever you’re protecting me from no longer exists.”Nazyr turned.His eyes — so like mine it made my chest ache — held something heavy. Old.“You are asking for ghosts,” he said quietly.“I was raised by on
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-01-22
Chapter: Chapter 75*Bianca's POV*The worst part wasn’t that Antonio had seen me.It was that he had been close enough to notice details.The angle of the terrace.The way the light hit the ring.The timing — not before the marriage, not during, but after.He hadn’t guessed.Someone had told him.The strategy room felt smaller now. Not physically — but emotionally. The walls that had once felt solid seemed suddenly permeable, as if secrets could seep through stone.Vincenzo didn’t raise his voice.That was how I knew things had crossed into something colder.“No one leaves,” he said calmly. “Not staff. Not guards. Not family.”Mario straightened instantly. Giovanni’s humor vanished. Paolo’s expression closed like a door locking from the inside.Erico moved closer to me without thinking. His hand didn’t touch me, but his presence was unmistakable — a shield that didn’t ask permission.“The photo,” Paolo said quietly, holding up the locket. “It was taken from inside the perimeter. That narrows it.”“Not b
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-01-07
Masuk
