Lucian's Undoing
He was meant to be a sacrifice. Instead, he became an obsession.
When Elias is cast out of his master’s home, accused of seducing a nobleman’s son, he flees into the forbidden lands of Lucian D’Arcy—the cruel, beautiful vampire lord feared by all. But instead of killing him, Lucian claims him, drawn to Elias in ways neither of them understand.
Elias resists the dark temptation Lucian offers, but his body betrays him, his pulse quickening under the vampire’s touch. The longer he stays, the harder it becomes to deny the hunger in Lucian’s gaze—or the sinful desire curling in his own belly.
But something is wrong. Elias’ body weakens, his dreams haunted by whispers of an unseen force calling to him. And when a shadow from his past sends a warning, Lucian realizes Elias is more than just a mortal in his grasp. He is something else. Something dangerous.
Lucian swore he wouldn’t break Elias. Wouldn’t ruin him. But as desire turns to obsession, and obsession to possession, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear.
He will burn the world to keep him.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 112CHAPTER 112"The gods have failed you."Tristan’s voice echoed through the shattered remains of the city square.The people gathered around him—creatures and wanderers, outcasts and broken beings who had lost everything in the first waves of war. They stood in crumbling ruins, shadows stretching under the broken spires, eyes hollow.Tristan stood on a cracked pillar, barefoot, arms outstretched like a preacher before a lost flock. His once-human features were warped now—void-light flickered beneath his skin, black veins curled across his neck, and his eyes were bottomless pits.“They promised light. They gave you chains.”A gust of wind swept through the city, carrying dust and the faint scent of blood.“I walked in their temples,” Tristan continued. “I drank from their sacred wells. I prayed. I obeyed. And in return?” He spread his hands wider. “They fed me lies.”He stepped down from the pillar, walking slowly among the crowd. People flinched but didn’t run. His presence pulled them
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Chapter: CHAPTER 111CHAPTER 111> “You nearly died, and you just walked away?”Lucian’s voice cracked through the tension like lightning. He slammed the door to Elias’s chamber shut behind him.Elias didn’t even turn around. His shirt lay discarded on the floor, the golden and violet brand on his back still pulsing faintly. Sweat gleamed across his spine. “Don’t ignore me,” Lucian growled.Elias finally spoke, low. “I’m not ignoring you.”“Then look at me.”Elias turned. His face was calm—too calm—but his eyes… Lucian froze. There was fire in them. Lucian crossed the space between them in two strides, voice dropping. “You scared the shit out of me.”Elias tilted his head, breath catching as Lucian’s hand reached up—just barely grazing the line of his collarbone. The touch wasn’t violent. It wasn’t tender either. It was something else.Needy.“Lucian,” Elias whispered, voice cracking. “Don’t.”“Don’t what?” Lucian’s fingers slid lower, down the center of Elias’s chest, slow and maddening. “Don’t touch
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Chapter: CHAPTER 110CHAPTER 110> “You’re not focusing,” Azazel snapped inside Elias’s mind. “Stop holding back.”Elias grit his teeth, breath misting in the cold air of the arena. His fingers flexed, magic coiling beneath his skin like a beast waiting to pounce. Around him, the stone columns of the training ground hummed faintly, glyphs responding to the rising power that stirred within him.“I’m not holding back,” Elias muttered aloud.Azazel’s laughter was sharp. “Then stop thinking about the face you can’t remember. Stop thinking about him.”Elias’s throat tightened. He didn’t answer.He shifted his stance, grounding himself. He could feel Kairis somewhere on the edge of the ring, watching silently with her arms crossed. Dorian stood not far from her, flanked by some of the vampire guards, murmuring between themselves. Lucian wasn’t in sight—Elias had asked him to stay away today. Too many emotions. Too many dreams. Too many questions.He exhaled slowly. Then lifted his hand.The glyphs responded at
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Chapter: CHAPTER 109CHAPTER 109“What do we do?” Seraphiel’s voice cracked first, which said everything. The goddess of judgement rarely even blinked. “It’s not Erethar. It’s Nihareth.”“Of course it is,” Zevran muttered, standing slowly. His wings flared, dark and iridescent. “It was always Nihareth.”“Then why didn’t we act earlier?” snapped Samael. “We knew the signs. The void storms. The fractures in the Woven Realms. The disappearances—”“And you wanted to wait,” Seraphiel snarled.“I said watch. Not wait,” Samael snapped back. “There’s a difference.”Across the circle of thrones, Amaria rubbed her temples. “Enough.”But they weren’t done.“We need to reinforce the Celestial Gates—”“That won’t matter. If it wants in, it walks in.”“Then we use the Seals of Laharith—”“They cracked the last time Nihareth breathed on them!”“You want us to sit here and wait for it to tear through us one by one?”A voice sharper than lightning cut through the noise.“He could kill every one of us,” Luthiel said quietl
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Chapter: CHAPTER 108The air was heavy down here—thicker than above, almost sentient. It tasted of dust and ancient things left forgotten on purpose.Isadora pressed her palm to the rough wall of the corridor. The runes embedded into the black stone flared faintly at her touch. Wards, she thought. Old, divine. But not unbreakable.She smiled.Her blood had already opened the outer seal, but the deeper locks required more... finesse. She drew her finger across her wrist, letting a thin line of blood run down her fingertips. “Velarith,” she whispered into the dark, pressing the blood into a sigil carved low on the ground.There was a low rumble beneath her feet. Dust shook from the ceiling. The air hissed through cracks that hadn’t breathed in millennia.She chuckled. “Still responds to my blood. Good.”No one knew she was here.The Hall of Ascendancy above was distracted by chaos—Serros was dead, the Council was in turmoil, and war stirred. It was the perfect time to strike. She moved deeper into the corr
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Chapter: CHAPTER 107CHAPTER 107He needed silence.But silence didn’t come.The glyphs he'd carved around him glowed faintly—runic, precise, desperate. His fingers were stained with dried blood from where he’d pressed too hard while scribing. In his lap, his hands trembled.“Again,” he whispered to himself. “Show me again.”Golden light pulsed from the markings around him.And the visions came.A hall that stretched beyond logic—gold and obsidian pillars, flames dancing across marble. Creatures knelt in lines, heads bowed. A voice boomed from the high throne. His voice.Then war—skies on fire, wings of light and darkness crashing in mid-air, swords of celestial flame piercing through cities. Cries, orders, blood.And every time... that face.That one damn face—at the edge of every memory. Right before the betrayal. A voice shouting his name. A hand outstretched. But the features were gone, blurred by something deeper than magic. Like it had been wiped away.“No,” Elias muttered. “Let me see.”Another pul
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Claimed By The Mafia Boss
Luca Moretti is a name whispered in fear. The ruthless Italian mafia boss has spent years building his empire, crushing enemies without mercy. But his greatest rival, the powerful businessman Damian Laurent, has always remained untouchable—until now.
When Luca discovers that Damian has a son, Adrien Laurent, he sees the perfect opportunity for revenge. Adrien, delicate yet defiant, has spent his life in the shadow of his father’s fortune, oblivious to the blood-soaked rivalries that shaped his world. That is, until Luca kidnaps him, dragging him into the dark underbelly of the mafia.
But what starts as a move in a deadly game turns into something far more dangerous. Adrien is not the helpless pawn Luca expected—he fights, he resists, and worst of all, he tempts. The fire in Adrien’s eyes ignites something in Luca, something possessive, something obsessive.
As tensions rise and secrets unravel, Luca must face the one thing he never anticipated: the possibility that his greatest enemy’s son might just be the only thing he can’t let go of.
He took him as leverage. Now, he’ll never let him go.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 51CHAPTER 51ADRIEN I didn’t cry anymore.I didn’t feel anything.I turned my face away.“Adrien,” he said softly.I didn’t answer. What was I supposed to say? That I was fine? That I was losing my mind?He stepped closer. His shoes stopped in front of me. “I need to clean those cuts. Can I help?”I shrugged.That was permission enough, apparently. He crouched, took my wrist gently. His fingers were warm. Steady. He worked silently, cleaning me up, wiping away blood with a wet cloth. Every swipe should have stung. I didn’t feel a thing.He touched the shallow one on my shoulder. “This needs a bandage.”“Whatever,” I muttered.He didn’t push. Just helped me to my feet slowly, led me out of the bathroom like I was a ghost. He sat me on the edge of the bed, left briefly, and came back with a small kit. I watched him clean me up like I wasn’t even in my own body.“You should change,” he said. “You’ll feel better.”I didn’t move.Luca sighed, went to the wardrobe, and pulled out one of his
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Chapter: CHAPTER 50CHAPTER 50ADRIEN I sat in the corridor. Cold floor. Bloody shirt. Hands trembling, but not from the cold.I could still hear him screaming. That sniper. His voice echoing in my ears even though he was probably unconscious by now. Or dead.Didn’t matter.Luca’s footsteps faded down the hall. They had taken me out of the basement. I didn’t fight it. I didn’t say anything. I let them drag me out like I wasn’t there at all.Because I wasn’t.Not really.My fingers were still stained red. Not shaking now. Just... numb.“Adrien?”I looked up. Luca.His face was tight, unreadable. Beside him stood Matteo, equally tense.Luca stepped forward. “Hey.”I blinked. “I stabbed him.”“I know.”“In both eyes,” I said slowly. “He kept talking. He wouldn't stop talking. So I made him stop.”Matteo looked like he wanted to say something but didn’t.Luca crouched in front of me. “You were scared. You reacted.”“He said my father has another son.”Luca’s jaw tensed. Matteo cursed under his breath.That
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Chapter: CHAPTER 49CHAPTER 49LUCA“He’s laughing?” I said lowly, my voice barely above a whisper.Matteo nodded once. “We had to gag him. You’ll want to see this for yourself.”I didn’t wait. I stormed into the basement where we kept him—middle-aged, smug, with dried blood on his mouth and a rope bite on his wrists. The sniper. The bastard who aimed at Adrien’s head.I dismissed the guards. I needed to be alone with him.The sniper's mouth twisted into a grin when he saw me. I didn’t speak, just stared, letting the silence stretch.Then I ripped the gag off.“You should’ve let me finish the job,” he croaked. “Would’ve saved your precious pet from the suffering coming his way.”I didn’t blink. “You talk a lot for a man with broken fingers.”He chuckled—a rasping, ugly sound. “You think hurting Adrien gets you anything? That boy was discarded a long time ago. Your little revenge project is a joke.”“What the fuck are you talking about?”He spat on the floor. “Adrien’s father doesn’t care. He has a real h
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Chapter: CHAPTER 48CHAPTER 48ADRIENThere was ringing in my ears.Low. Persistent. Like a high-pitched scream buried somewhere in my skull. I blinked into the dim light, squinting at the ceiling above me. The room was unfamiliar.No—it wasn’t.It was Luca’s.I exhaled slowly. My chest hurt. My ribs ached. My mouth was dry. But everything else was… still.No movement. No voices. Just the tight ache in my throat and the vague throb in my side.Where was everyone?I sat up, slowly. Regret slammed through me. My head spun and I had to bite down on my tongue to stay upright. I blinked the dizziness away, rubbed my palm over my face.He wasn’t here.Of course he wasn’t.No one was.I glanced around the room again. The sheets smelled like him. Something I’d pretended not to like.I slid my legs off the bed and stared at the floor. Everything was silent. Peaceful, even.Weird.I should’ve been relieved. Should’ve thanked God or fate or whatever kept my ass from being splattered all over the carpet. But all I
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Chapter: CHAPTER 47CHAPTER 47LUCAI had just sat down sighing.The light blinked.I leaned back in my chair, eyes narrowing on the monitor.Adrien’s room. But there it was again—faint, red, like a pulse on the far side of the window.A laser."No, no, no..." I was on my feet before the words finished leaving my mouth. I yanked the earpiece out and sprinted down the hallway. My heart pounded in my ears like war drums.He was sitting on the bed, reading, oblivious."Adrien!”We hit the floor with a brutal thud. My arms locked tight around his body as the glass behind us exploded in a rain of death. I rolled over him, shielding his head with my chest. A second shot cracked through the room—splintered wood, plaster dust. His scream was choked. My heart stopped.“Stay with me,” I growled, voice shaking. “Adrien, fuck—talk to me!”He was gasping, his whole body trembling. Shards of glass sparkled in his hair. I reached up, fingers trembling, checking for blood—his head, his chest, his legs.“Luca…” he wheeze
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Chapter: CHAPTER 46CHAPTER 46LUCAI was halfway through reviewing a shipment manifest when Matteo’s knock came—too sharp, too fast."What?" I barked.The door opened, and Matteo didn’t waste time. "Warehouse. East dock. Blew up fifteen minutes ago."I was on my feet. "Anyone dead?""Three guards. One delivery guy. Two missing. Fire department’s already on it. Police are blaming faulty wiring.""And you don’t buy it."He tossed something on my desk—a black card. Clean. Matte. In the center, a raised gold emblem.Adrien’s father’s insignia.My jaw locked. "Where was this?""Left on the damn loading table. Right under a blown camera. Like a calling card."Fuck.I didn’t wait. I stormed through the hall, past Damon, who blinked at me. "Where’s Adrien?""Upstairs. Garden balcony. Reading some finance report.""Perfect."I found him lounging like a damn prince, legs crossed, a glass of orange juice on the table beside him."Enjoying the view?" I snapped.He looked up. Smiled. "Until you ruined it. What is it
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