Fatal Flames
She knew the wedding was inevitable. That’s why she let herself have one last night, one reckless, sinful night with him.
Nico Moreti. The man who made her forget the world.
It was supposed to be their final goodbye. A stolen moment before she was forced into a marriage she never wanted.
But when she walks down the aisle the next day, ready to marry the most feared mafia boss in the country, she looks up and sees him.
Her Nico.
Standing beside the groom as his son.
The realization hits her like a bullet to the chest as his cold, burning gaze strips her bare in front of everyone.
She never thought she’d see him again much more him turning out to be her new stepson.
She never wanted this marriage. Never wanted to belong to Salvatore Moreti, a man who buries his wives before their bodies go cold.
But she’s trapped. And the man she loves? He’s part of the people sharpening the knife.
Because Nico won’t forgive nor let her go. And he sure as hell won’t let her forget who touched her first.
Now, there’s no way out. Because in this world, love doesn’t save you.
It destroys you.
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Chapter: Chapter 005: The Reception.Sapphire’s POV.Nico nudged his body against mine again, while that stupid, delicious grin of his was still etched on his face like he knew exactly what he was doing to me.He was enjoying this so much. The bastard was definitely enjoying every second of this moment. Watching me squirm like I was the joke in some private game only he knew the rules to.His arm stayed around my waist, firm and familiar, and I could feel his body pressing into mine like it belonged there. That grin alone was enough to make my brain melt as it was the same one from last night when he made me forget who I was.The power had shifted, and now he was the one playing with fire while I stood there burning.I should’ve known better than to start anything with someone as dangerous as Nico. He wasn’t stable. He wasn’t safe. And now I’d poked the devil, and the devil was having fun.The panic was there, real and loud, but so was the heat. And he could feel it. He could feel how much I still wanted him, and he was
Last Updated: 2025-09-05
Chapter: Chapter 004: The Price Of Survival.Nico’s POV.She was smiling.That cruel, mocking smile that used to be mine.And the second I saw it, I just could not help but feel like she was lying.“Why chase the pup when I can have the beast?” she said, mouth curving like this was all some sort of cosmic joke. Like I was just the idiot in her carefully orchestrated plan. “Seriously, you, Nico, can’t compare to your father.”The fuck?Her eyes glittered like she’d won something. And maybe she had. Maybe this was all a game to her—fuck the son, marry the father and just walk away like she didn’t set fire to everything in her path.I should hate her.But all I could think was: God, that smile.I wanted to wipe it off her face.No. Actually, I wanted to steal it. I wanted to lock it away. Make it something only I got to see. Something only I got to ruin.“So Nico,” she added, “you don’t have to cling to that one night like you were some sort of scared virgin. Or should I have sent you a thank-you card for taking mine?”My blood tur
Last Updated: 2025-07-07
Chapter: Chapter 003: The Bridal Suite Breakdown.Sapphire’s POV.I honestly don’t know how I made it through the rest of the ceremony at the altar.I don’t even remember saying my vows, nor do I remember the weight of Salvatore’s lips pressing against mine as he sealed me into this prison of a marriage.All I know is that the moment I stepped away from that altar, he was still around.Nico.He was still watching me. His eyes was burned into my skin like some sort of accusation. A question or a promise.I did not dare meet his gaze. I just couldn’t. Not anymore.I could feel his rage and anger swirling in the air around me like a storm about to break. So I did the only thing I could. I tried to hide.The moment the first part of the ceremony ended, I made some excuse to Alessia, my friend. I told her that I needed to change, that the reception dress was waiting for me upstairs and that I could go alone.She of course hesitated, she knew me too well after all. But in the end, she nodded.And so I slipped away.The bridal suite was wel
Last Updated: 2025-07-07
Chapter: Chapter 002: My Father’s Bride.Nico’s POV.I shouldn’t be here.Hell, I should never have stepped foot back into this same space that had my father in it. Into the empire of rot and darkness that always seemed to choke the air out of my lungs.I should have just burned that invitation the second it landed in my hands. I should have simply laughed like I usually did, at my father getting married again, and then tossed it into the nearest fire.But then I saw her picture and my entire world shifted.At first, I thought she must have had a twin or some sort of doppelgänger.Even now, as I stood at the back of this cathedral, I almost convinced myself that I was still wrong, that I was simply seeing things. That my mind was still fogged from last night, still drunk off her taste, and that was why I was seeing her in this woman.But then she turned and our eyes met.And the way she immediately paled, the way her eyes went wide with shock, confirmed it all for me.It was her.It was indeed Sapphire. My Sapphire.My mind
Last Updated: 2025-07-07
Chapter: Chapter 001: The Husband I Never Chose.Sapphire’s POV.“You know, Sapphire. A wife must always obey. If he asks you to kneel, you kneel, anything he asks of you must be done.”I scoffed as I stared at my fingers rather than the mirror before me. “Even if he asks me to jump into fire?” I asked in a sarcastic tone.“Yes, even that. You must also learn to spread your legs as widely as he—”I choked on my own breath. “Mother!”My fingers curled into the silk of my wedding gown, but my mother did not care about any of it. Her hands, ice cold and devoid of care, simply fastened the pearl necklace around my throat, tightening it as if it was some sort of leash.But then, maybe it was her own version of a leash.“Oh please, don’t be so dramatic,” she muttered as she took a few steps back to inspect me.Dramatic? Really?She was marrying me off to Salvatore Moreti, the most feared man in the country. A widower whose past five wives have mysteriously disappeared, and she expected me to do what? Smile about it?“You need to learn to
Last Updated: 2025-07-07
Chapter: Chapter 005: Exposed.Kiara.The second Chase walked out of the shop, I could finally breathe. Relief flooded me like I’d been holding my lungs hostage.I clutched Billy closer to my chest. My hands were still shaking. I bent down and kissed the side of his forehead. “Billy, you—”But I didn’t even get the words out, because the door opened again.Chase.He came back.My heart jumped. No, it didn’t jump. It actually thrashed.Why? Why was he back? Did he figure it out? Did he suspect something? Did he see it? Did he see him?“Mommy!” Billy called again, innocent and loud, completely unaware of how everything inside me was unraveling.He clung to my waist, and I held him tighter. So tight I was scared I’d break him, but I didn’t care. I couldn’t let him go. Not now.I looked up to see that Chase was staring at me.And that scowl on his face, Goddess.I was about to say something, anything, but then Erica showed up.Of course. She always had to show up at the worst moments.And then she started yelling. Some
Last Updated: 2025-09-05
Chapter: Chapter 004: ChildChase.She was here.Kiara was here.Alive.Not dead.Not missing.Not even a rumor.Right there. Standing in front of me in that black dress with her measuring tape, like the past didn’t exist.Like she hadn’t shattered everything.The second I saw her, everything slammed back into me. The room. The bed. The betrayal. The rejection. The look on her face when I said the words.I’d tried so hard to forget.I really thought I’d buried her.I thought she was gone. I let myself believe it. Told myself over and over that she didn’t exist anymore.And now—Now she was standing here like nothing ever happened.She looked tired. Smaller than I remembered.Yet still beautiful. God, still beautiful.And that pissed me off more than anything.How dare she still look like that?How dare she still stir something in me just by standing there?She held the measuring tape like it was the only thing keeping her steady. Her eyes glanced over my body, slow, calculating.“Could I help you out of the jack
Last Updated: 2025-07-12
Chapter: Chapter 003: VIPKiaraSix years later,I slipped through the mannequins like I wasn’t even there, quiet, invisible, just trying to move fast enough to not be seen. I ducked into the side door and pushed my way toward the reception.My feet ached already.I sank behind the counter and breathed out like I’d just finished running a marathon no one clapped for.The computer beeped in that annoying way it always did. I typed in my passcode like muscle memory, and just like that, the beeping stopped.Then a man walked in from the side door.His eyes were heavy, swollen like he hadn’t slept in days.“Is my order ready?”His voice was sharp. I could Immediately tell that he was already irritated.“What’s your name, sir?” I asked, fingers already hovering over the keys.We got people like him every week. The type that wandered from the first floor all the way to the third just to start a fight.I could already tell what kind of customer he was. His whole energy screamed confrontation. But I tried—I really di
Last Updated: 2025-07-12
Chapter: Chapter 002: Betrayed.KiaraI’d always known how to prepare for things that were going to happen in my life.The end of my training, the first time I shifted into my full wolf form without screaming through it and many more. I knew how to brace for most of my life happenings.But not this.Not being rejected.Not by my mate. Definitely not by Chase.I couldn’t move after he left. My body was still there, legs planted to the floor, but everything else inside me had collapsed. My chest felt like it was being torn open. I kept trying to breathe.But every breath came with pain. Real, unbearable pain.The door slammed open again.This time it was my parents.And just like that, the pain doubled.My cheeks were already soaked in tears but I couldn’t even wipe them away fast enough.I looked up—just once.My mother stepped inside, her eyes sweeping over the room like it made her sick.And my father, his face said it all before it even came out of his mouth.“You’ve embarrassed this family, Kiara!” he roared. “I
Last Updated: 2025-07-12
Chapter: Chapter 001: Rejected.Kiara.I woke up in a room I’d never seen in my life. The lights were way too bright that my eyes stung like I’d been dragged out of sleep by force and not by my choice.I bolted upright too fast which caused my whole head to spin and the blanket on me to slip off slipped—I froze.I was naked.Stark freaking naked.I couldn’t even scream. My breath choked itself before it could make a sound. I grabbed the robe at the edge of the bed like my life depended on it and yanked it over my skin hoping it could erase everything, or something?What the hell?What the actual hell?Only after I covered myself did I see them.Two men. One on either side of the bed. Watching me with smirks on their faces.It was as if they’d been waiting. Almost like they’d already seen it all.“Who… how…” Heck, my voice didn’t even sound like me.The last thing I remembered—no. I had to focus. The last thing was drinks. Just drinks. At the bar. With my sister. That’s all it was. Just one glass. I only had one.I
Last Updated: 2025-07-12
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