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Convoy AttackChaos swallowed the Sicilian night.The second explosion ripped through the eastern wing of the villa, sending plaster dust raining down like ash. Elena crouched in the walk-in closet, heart thundering so violently she could taste copper. Gunfire cracked outside, sharp, relentless. Shouts in Italian and English cut through the darkness as Sandroâs men engaged the attackers.âStay behind me,â Sandro ordered, voice steel. He had pulled on a bulletproof vest over his bare chest and pressed a compact pistol into her trembling hands. âIf anyone gets past me, you shoot first and ask questions later. Aim for center mass.âElena nodded, fingers white-knuckled around the grip. The weight of the gun felt foreign and terrifying, but so did the alternative. Minutes ago they had been tangled together in desperate reconciliation. Now survival was the only language left.Sandro cracked the bedroom door, scanning the hallway. A guardâs body lay crumpled near the stairs, loyal blood alre
A CONTRACT FROM THE DEVILÂ Â Â Chapter 70
Breaking PointThe walk back to the main villa felt endless. Elenaâs legs were still unsteady from the alcove, her body humming with the aftershocks of their angry coupling, but her mind was a battlefield. Sandroâs hand remained firm on her lower back, guiding her through the shadows as if he could physically hold their fracturing world together. Lucaâs message burned in her thoughts like acid. The walls have ears. How many of her whispered doubts, her secret searches, had already been fed to the enemy?They barely made it inside the private wing of the estate before the dam broke.Elena pulled away the moment the heavy oak door clicked shut behind them. The lavish bedroom, silk sheets still rumpled from the morning, the faint scent of their earlier shower lingering, now felt like a prison cell wrapped in luxury.âI canât do this anymore,â she whispered, voice trembling. Then louder, âI canât.âSandro froze near the threshold, his dark eyes narrowing. âElenaâââNo!â She whirled on hi
A CONTRACT FROM THE DEVILÂ Â Â Chapter 69
Deadly SuspicionThe phone felt like a live coal in Elenaâs palm.She didnât press play. She didnât need to. The frozen image was enough. Sandro, younger, eyes wild with violence, surrounded by the kind of carnage that belonged in nightmares. The galaâs golden lights suddenly felt garish, mocking the fragile peace they had stolen in that bathroom moments ago.Sandroâs hand closed over hers, gently but firmly taking the phone. His face remained a mask of controlled fury, but she saw the flicker in his eyes. Recognition. Resignation.âNot here,â he said under his breath, guiding her away from the whispering crowd with a hand at her lower back. They moved through the vineyard paths, the scent of crushed grapes thick in the air, until they reached a secluded stone alcove overlooking the rolling hills. Moonlight spilled over the vines like spilled silver.Elena wrenched away from him the second they were alone. âTell me that isnât you.â Her voice cracked. âTell me that video isnât what I t
A CONTRACT FROM THE DEVILÂ Â Â Chapter 68
Public RivalryThe engagement contract lay on the mahogany table like a venomous snake, its pages still warm from Elenaâs trembling fingers. Valentinaâs elegant script mocked her from the final note: Some contracts never truly end. Ask your wife what her father really traded for his debts. The truth is coming, darling.Sandro hadnât spoken since reading it. He simply folded the papers with deliberate care, as if touching them too roughly might make the past bleed into the present. But Elena saw the storm in his eyes, the same one that had claimed her in the shower barely an hour ago. That tender, worshipful claiming now felt like a distant dream.âWeâre expected at the villa gala tonight,â he said finally, voice low and rough. âOld allies. European partners. You will stand by my side, wife.âElena wanted to refuse. The words I hate you still lingered on her tongue from earlier fights, but the memory of his hands on her skin, his whispered praises, made her body betray her mind. She no
A CONTRACT FROM THE DEVILÂ Â Â Chapter 67
Healing TouchThe Sicilian night stretched dark and endless beyond the windows. But inside the villa, the real storm was just beginning.Elena lay in the bed, the sheets still warm from their shared surrender, the gentle sex a fleeting moment of peace that couldnât erase the dread coiling in her stomach. Valentina was making her biggest play yet. The woman who had tried to seduce Sandro at dinner, who had poisoned her mind with half-truths, was now demanding a private audience in the heart of Rossi territory. The timing was too perfect. Too dangerous.She couldnât stay in bed. The villa felt too quiet, too confining, the weight of her discoveries pressing on her chest until breathing became difficult. She slipped on a light robe and wandered the halls, the marble floors cool beneath her bare feet. The compound was alive with the low hum of security, guards patrolling, voices murmuring in the distance, but it all felt like a beautiful cage closing in around her. Every corner held a me
A CONTRACT FROM THE DEVILÂ Â Â Chapter 66
Chemical LegacySandro stood in the doorway, eyes sharp as they scanned the room. âYouâve been quiet since the courtyard. What are you hiding from me now?âThe air between them thickened with unspoken accusations. Elena met his gaze, the weight of her discoveries pressing down on her like stones. The man she loved was a monster. And she was running out of places to hide the truth.âI canât do this anymore,â she said, voice trembling but gaining strength. âThe lies. The half-truths. The way you look at me like Iâm yours to protect and control at the same time. I found more files, Sandro. Claireâs bloodwork, itâs not just treatment. Itâs linked to old Rossi operations. My fatherâs work. Youâve been using her condition as leverage this whole time, havenât you? Iâm tired of being lied to. Iâm tired of being the pawn in your familyâs game.âSandro stepped inside, closing the door behind him with a soft click that felt final. His expression shifted, the mask cracking to reveal the exhaustio
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Cracks Night had settled heavy over the penthouse. Elena lay awake in Sandroâs massive bed, the silk sheets cool against her skin. He had joined her late, silent and brooding after his shower. Sheâd felt the mattress dip, the heat of his body radiating toward her even though he kept deliberate dis
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Lucaâs WarningThe next afternoon, the elevator chimed unexpectedly. Elena looked up from her book to see Luca Vitale stepping into the penthouse like he owned the place. Tall, sharply dressed in a navy suit, with sharp features and an easy smile that didnât quite reach his eyes. He was Sandroâs cl
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ShadowsThe days blurred into a carefully monitored rhythm. Elena moved through the penthouse like a ghost in her own life, every corner suddenly revealing new eyes. There were cameras disguised as smoke detectors, motion sensors that blinked faintly when she passed, and two silent security personn
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The Point of No ReturnElena barely remembered how she got home. The city lights blurred past the taxi window as her mind replayed every second in Sandroâs office. His dark eyes tracing her body, the heat of his fingers brushing her neck, the way her traitorous body had responded with slick heat be
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