MasukShare
Denial
Tanggal publikasi:
2026-06-29 19:10:03
Bab terbaru
Bound by Blood Denial
ELARA'S POV The car smelled like old dust and burnt rubber, a heavy, suffocating mix that made my stomach pitch every time Sophia took a corner too fast.I kept my forehead pressed against the cold glass of the passenger window, staring out at the blurred streetlights. My hands were shoved deep into my jacket pockets so Sophia wouldn't see them shaking. The adrenaline from the stairwell was totally gone, leaving behind this heavy, hollow exhaustion that made my entire body ache. I felt physically sick, a deep, oily kind of nausea that crawled up my throat every time I remembered the way Dante had looked at me right before I went down the chute.I hated him. I wanted him to pay for what he did. But there was this tiny, disgusting part of me that felt terrified he wouldn't make it out of that building, and that terrified me more than anything else. It made me feel like a traitor to my own blood.Sophia didn't say a word. She just kept her eyes locked on the road, her knuckles white on
Bound by Blood Betrayers
ELARA'S POV The slide down was loud and violent, a dark, suffocating rush of cold metal that scraped my skin before throwing me out onto a heap of heavy laundry bags. I rolled off them onto the hard concrete floor, the air entirely knocked out of my lungs.For a long time, I just lay there in the dark. I couldn't move. My knees were bleeding, my chest felt like it was caving in, and my throat was raw from screaming at him. The air down here smelled like damp earth and stale detergent, this incredibly normal, boring smell that felt completely wrong after all the gunfire and smoke upstairs.I pulled my knees into my chest and just started shaking. It wasn't a normal cry; it was this dry, ugly sobbing that made my whole body ache.*He knew.* He knew the whole time. Every single time he looked at me, every time he acted like he cared or tried to make me feel safe in his house, he knew he was the one who made me an orphan. And the worst, most disgusting part was that I had actually starte
Bound by Blood Dead Twice
(ELARA'S POV)The static from the radio died out, leaving a high-pitched ring in its place. The urgent warning hung in the air, a countdown clock we couldn't see, but Dante didn't move. He stayed frozen on his knees, his eyes locked onto mine, a storm of unsaid words crashing behind his dark irises.For a second, I thought he was going to ignore the radio entirely. I thought he was going to give me the answer that was currently choking him.Then, a distant explosion rattled the foundation of the concrete room. Dust rained down from the ceiling, dusting his dark hair with white ash.The spell broke.Dante lunged to his feet, the vulnerability that had just cracked his features vanishing behind a mask of cold, lethal efficiency. He grabbed my arm, his grip firm but careful not to hurt me."We have to move," he said, his voice dropping an octave, slipping back into the tone of the man who commanded empires."No!" I yanked my arm back, the revulsion sharp and electric. "Don't touch me! I’
Bound by Blood The Hesitation
**ELARA'S POV**The world went white.The sound of the door blowing inward was deafening, a sharp crack of wood and metal that rattled straight through my teeth. Dust and grey smoke flooded the small concrete room, stinging my eyes.Through the haze, a dark silhouette appeared.It was Dante.He didn't look like the man from the penthouse. The elegant, calm billionaire was completely gone. This version of him was terrifying. His coat was stained with soot, his jaw was set like stone, and the heavy black gun in his hand looked like an extension of his own arm. His eyes cut through the smoke, instantly locking onto mine.For a fraction of a second, the entire world went completely still.My heart hammered against my ribs, but it wasn't just from the explosion. I stared at him, and my mind felt like it was splitting in half.I saw the man who had held me gently in his penthouse hours ago.But behind him, the frozen image on the static screen was still burned into my retinas. The younger D
Bound by Blood Ghost
Dante's PovThe moment the voice in my wrist comm cut to static, I moved.I didn’t panic. Panic is for people who don’t have a plan, and I always have a plan. I just recalculated.But when I tried to look around, the penthouse didn’t respond. The smart-glass partitions remained frozen and the climate control had flatlined, leaving the air heavy and dead. That alone confirmed what my gut already knew but my mind didn’t want to admit. This wasn’t some amateur hack from the outside. Someone was inside my walls. They had internal access.I stepped through the pitch-black space, keeping my gun leveled and steady. The glass fragments under my shoes crunched softly, each snap sounding like a gunshot in the suffocating silence.“Elara,” I called out once.Nothing.I bit down on my back teeth. The system was never supposed to allow a silent extraction. Every single movement inside this perimeter should have tripped a domino effect of alarms, physical lockdowns, and lethal countermeasures.
Bound by Blood Nightfall
ELARA'S PovThis apartment always felt too safe. That was the first lie Dante built into this place. It wasn't about the expensive floors or the huge glass windows. It was just the quiet. It was the kind of deep quiet that made you think nothing bad could ever happen up here unless he said it was okay.I stood by the edge of the living room with my arms wrapped tight around myself. I was trying hard not to think about how I got here. He brought me here against my will. I kept trying not to think about Matteo, or the blood on the floor, or the cold way Dante had looked at me. He looked at me like I was just a thing he owned now. I am a nurse, so I know what bad situations look like. But this was different. This was just a man using quiet to hide a trap.Across the room, Dante stood by the big glass window and talked into his watch. His voice had no feeling in it at all. He just asked if the outside was clear. A tiny voice came back through the static and said yes. Dante did not rel
Bound by Blood Sealed
### ELARA’S POVThe photograph felt entirely too heavy for a piece of glossy paper.I looked from the image to Dante, then back again, my eyes tracing the stark details captured under the harsh glare of a camera flash. Rain streaks on metal. The looming shadows of shipping containers. Heavy floodli
Bound by Blood Kidnapped
ELARA'S POVI couldn't just sit there. Not with Matteo in danger. Not with those men having him.I jumped off the couch, nearly tripping over my own feet as I grabbed my bag and keys. My hands were still shaking so badly I could barely grip them properly.I had to find him. Had to do something. I
Bound by Blood Danger
ELARA'S POV"Your brother owes us fifty thousand dollars, Miss Santos."The words hit me like a punch to the chest. I pressed the phone harder against my ear, certain I'd misheard."I'm sorry, what?""Fifty. Thousand. Dollars." The man's voice was cold. "He borrowed it six months ago. The interest
Bound by Blood Hurt
ELARA'S POV"You don't get to control my life, Elara!"Matteo's voice bounced off the thin walls of our cramped apartment. I stood in the kitchen doorway, still in my scrubs from last night's shift, exhaustion pulling at every muscle in my body."Control you?" I shot back, my voice rising despite h
Anda juga akan menyukai
CLAIMED BY THE MAFIA DON
JacqueAuthor 335.5K DibacaThe Mafia's Dark Obsession
Bella Cupid120.1K DibacaI Saved the Mafia Boss—Now I'm His Obsession.
Janedoewritings246.1K DibacaThe Forced Bride Of The Devil Alvaro
Taevya102.9K DibacaCollateral Heart : Owned By The Mafia King
Daisy Lady121 DibacaThe Mafia King’s Lost Obsession
Smileyface204 DibacaTHE MAFIA OBSESSION
Dark Diva writes326 DibacaAFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME
Luisa410 Dibaca
