Chapter: THE ENDING WE CHOSE (PART 2)CHAPTER FIFTYTHE ENDING WE CHOSE (PART II)“The best stories don’t end when the violence stops. They end when the ones who survived finally allow themselves to live.”The days stretched longer now. In Palermo, summer was creeping in with the scent of sea salt and lemons, and Bianca had come to love how the sun hit the café windows just before 7 a.m. The light wasn’t sharp. It was golden, like honey dripping over the stone floors and warm wood tables. The walls inside were whitewashed, the old beams above exposed. On the left, near the counter, a faded frame held a single photograph: Emilia on the hood of a car, laughing, middle finger up, cigarette in her teeth. Below it, a small brass plaque read: “She chose us. So we could choose something else.”The café, Rina’s, had grown into something none of them planned. At first, it was just a front—a quiet place where four survivors could anchor themselves after tearing open the bones of the past. But then neighbors started coming. First ou
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Chapter: THE ENDING WE CHOSE (PART 1)CHAPTER FOURTY-NINETHE ENDING WE CHOSE (PART I)“There is no silence without someone choosing not to speak.”The sun over Vienna didn’t rise—it revealed. The way light slips between ancient stones, over copper gutters, across rooftops that had watched two world wars and thousands of quiet betrayals, always listening, never intervening. Alessio stood on the roof of the holding house, coat zipped to his throat, hands in his pockets. Below him, the city woke without knowing what had almost happened. People poured coffee. Children cried. Streetcars hummed. Life, utterly unbothered.Behind him, the door creaked.Bianca stepped onto the roof, scarf loose around her neck, eyes red but dry. Neither of them had slept. After the Austrian vault fell, the shockwave wasn’t physical. No explosion. No electromagnetic pulse. No headline. But something lifted—something buried so deep in the collective mind that when it left, the world took a breath it didn’t know it had been holding. The other vaults
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Chapter: WE ARCHIVE ---CHAPTER FOURTY EIGHT WE ARE THE ARCHIVE“They thought they built vaults to hold memory. But memory always needed bodies.”The air in the vault turned warm, like breath exhaled through old lungs. The stone beneath Alessio’s boots wasn’t just floor anymore—it pulsed, faintly, rhythmically, like something ancient had aligned itself with the beat of his heart. He holstered his weapon slowly. Matteo was gone—reduced to ash that didn’t smoke, didn’t drift. It just settled, like dust from a burned history book. No scream. No warning. Just the end of a man who wasn’t a man anymore.Bianca dropped to one knee beside the shattered remains of the chair. She reached down, brushed her fingertips over the remains. They were warm. Alive, somehow. Not residue from a life lost—but fragments of memory still being held.Sofia scanned the open floor beneath them. The section where Matteo had sat was no longer solid. A perfect circle of stone had retracted, revealing not a staircase or tunnel—but a v
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Chapter: ALL THAT WE BURIED CHAPTER FOURTY-SEVEN ALL THAT WE BURIED “The deeper you dig into the past, the more it starts digging back.” The mountains rose like broken teeth from the Austrian horizon, white-capped and indifferent. They held no memory of blood, no record of names. Snow covered every ruin eventually. But buried beneath the southern slope of what the locals called Todesspitze—Death Peak—was a structure that predated the Cold War, the Reich, the Empire before it. No markers. No flags. Just the hum beneath the ground, faint and rhythmic, like a second heartbeat waiting to be acknowledged. Alessio sat in the rear of the modified transport van as they climbed the narrow mountain path. A three-man team from Sofia’s personal network drove ahead in a decoy vehicle. They didn’t know the mission. Just that the people inside the main van carried something older than bullets and more dangerous than explosives: memory that refused to stay buried. Bianca sat across from him, gloves on, eyes locked on t
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Chapter: THE ONES WHO WATCHED IT HAPPEN CHAPTER FORTY-SIX THE ONES WHO WATCHED IT HAPPEN “The worst kind of witness isn’t the one who speaks after the crime. It’s the one who knew it was coming and stayed silent.” The room was colder than when they left it. That was the first thing Bianca noticed. No change in temperature on paper. No obvious shift in the thermostat. But the air had changed. Heavier. Stiller. As if the oxygen had stopped circulating the moment they found the body in the Istanbul vault. As if the vault had not sealed, but exhaled something that still lingered in their lungs. Back inside the house, their boots left faint imprints on the marble that hadn’t been there before. The dust was disturbed—not by footsteps that came in through a door, but by something that had been there already. The kind of presence that doesn’t enter from outside, but simply waits for the right silence to step forward. Sofia noticed first. Her hand twitched toward the weapon at her side. Alessio simply stopped walking. No or
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Chapter: WHAT THE SILENCE COVERED --- CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE WHAT THE SILENCE COVERED “Not everything buried was meant to be found. Some things were buried to keep the living from becoming worse than the dead.” The plane touched down in Istanbul just after midnight. No official manifest. No customs. No one waiting. Alessio, Bianca, Sofia, and Rosa stepped onto the tarmac wearing plain black coats, faces clean, no weapons in hand—but every one of them carried the weight of the last vault under their skin. Tomaso stayed behind to lock down the estate. Someone had to keep the fire lit in case they didn’t come back. The van waiting at the edge of the runway had no plates. A driver sat in the front seat, face hidden beneath a gray cap, no words spoken. When Alessio opened the side door, he found a folder waiting on the seat. Inside—coordinates, a skeletal map of the Old City, and a list of known “anomalies.” That was the word used. Not threats. Not traps. Anomalies. As if they weren’t heading into danger, but into som
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HIS TOUCH, HER FIRE
HIS TOUCH, HER FIRE 🔥
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Synopsis:
She was the fire he never saw coming.
He was the storm she was never meant to survive.
Evelyn Grace Carter lives in a world of dirt roads, stubborn horses, and southern skies. She’s proud of her simple roots and fierce independence—until a twist of fate drags her into the ruthless world of the Romanos, New York’s most powerful and scandalous family.
Damien Romano is one of the infamous triplets—wealthy, cold, and devastatingly magnetic. He lives in a glass empire of power plays, designer suits, and forbidden pleasures. But when he crosses paths with a wild, sharp-tongued country girl who wants nothing to do with his empire, his world ignites in ways he never expected.
They begin as enemies—clashing over business, pride, and the sparks neither of them can control. But in the shadows of city towers and under moonlit skies, desire turns to obsession, and hate melts into hunger.
Their love is a dangerous rebellion—threatened by secrets, family wars, and the world that says they should never be.
But some flames aren’t meant to be tamed.
Some touches are forever.
His Touch, Her Fire is a steamy, enemies-to-lovers romance about two hearts colliding in a world that burns too hot to survive.
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Chapter: THE DEVIL YOU KNOWHIS TOUCH, HER FIRE🔥 Chapter Seven — “The Devil You Know”The sirens came too late.Evelyn stood in the yard barefoot, jaw locked, blood on her palms from shattered glass. Her ears still rang. Her boots lay discarded by the porch steps, and her heart hadn’t slowed since the shots were fired. Damien stood beside her, phone pressed to his ear, voice clipped and low as he barked instructions to someone on the other end. His jaw was tight, his shirt streaked with ash and sweat, and his eyes scanned the darkness like it might strike again.The police showed up with all the urgency of men who didn’t believe country girls could be targets. Flashlights. Polite questions. Hollow promises.“You’re saying someone shot at you?” the older officer asked, chewing gum with a drawl.“No,” Evelyn bit out, her arms crossed. “I’m saying someone tried to kill me. There's a difference.”The officer blinked at her tone, then scribbled something in his notepad like it mattered. Damien stayed close but sile
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Chapter: WHAT THE FIRE LEFT BEHINDHIS TOUCH, HER FIRE🔥 --- Chapter Six — “What the Fire Left Behind” The door clicked shut, and Evelyn stood frozen on the other side, her hand still gripping the handle like it might turn back time. Her breath left in shallow bursts, eyes stinging as the weight of what she'd just done pressed down on her chest. She hadn’t just shut him out. She had carved a line in fire between them—and for once, it didn’t make her feel powerful. Outside, she heard nothing. Not the engine. Not his footsteps. Not even the wind. But she knew he was still there. She could feel it, a presence lingering like the scent of burnt sugar and gasoline. Dangerous. Bitter. Sweet. She pressed her back against the door, slid down to the floor, and stared at the ceiling like it held answers. But all it held was silence. And she hated silence. It made space for thoughts. And tonight, hers were spiraling. When the quiet grew too thick, she rose to her feet, marched to the back porch, and stared into the darkne
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Chapter: SOMETHING YOU SHOULDN'T WANT HIS TOUCH, HER FIRE🔥---Chapter FiveSomething You Shouldn’t WantThe wind picked up as Evelyn rode the ATV across the far fields, her fingers clenched tight on the grips, her braid snapping behind her like a whip. The Romano name was all over her brain like a stain she couldn’t scrub out. Not just Damien anymore—but all of them. Luca had sent her a link to some sleek app design mock-up “in case she ever wanted to digitize the ranch,” and Dante had casually shown up at the farmer’s co-op talking gym memberships and local partnerships like he belonged. It was calculated. It was charming. It was suffocating. But it was Damien who got under her skin the most. Always him. Always that look like he could see her without her ever opening her mouth. It had been days since the town incident, but she could still feel his words echoing inside her—You don’t need anyone. And that’s your tragedy.By the time she reached the fence, her head was buzzing and her throat was tight. She had work to do,
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Chapter: THE HEAT BEHIND THE NAME HIS TOUCH, HER FIRE🔥---Chapter FourThe Heat Behind the NameEvelyn should’ve known better than to accept a dance from Damien Romano. Because one dance turned into two. And two turned into a smoldering silence between them that stretched all the way to the parking lot and lit her thoughts on fire long after she slammed her truck door shut.Three days later, she found him again—on her land.She heard the engine first, a sleek European purr that didn’t belong anywhere near dust or cattle. When she stepped out from the barn, he was already out of the car, wearing navy slacks, a button-down she could smell the cologne from, and a smug grin like he was waiting for applause.“You lost?” she asked, arms crossed, boots planted.“Not at all,” he said, glancing around like he’d just bought the view. “Just admiring the scenery.”“You’ve got ten seconds to stop trespassing before I show you what country girls do to uninvited guests.”He laughed. “What, hit me with a rake?”She stepped forward,
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Chapter: SHADOWS IN THE LIGHT HIS TOUCH, HER FIRE🔥---Chapter ThreeShadows in the LightBy midday, Evelyn was knee-deep in the far pasture, boots caked with mud and sweat sliding down her spine beneath the thin cotton of her tank top. The early May sun blazed high, unforgiving, and every muscle in her body ached from the morning’s work. The fencing on the west ridge had collapsed again—likely due to the storm last week—and her herd had been curious enough to start testing boundaries. Rebellion ran through her cattle like it ran through her blood.“Damn it, Diesel, get back!” she shouted, swinging her hat at the bull as he lumbered toward the broken section, nostrils flaring. “I swear, you’ve got more stubborn pride than I do.”“You talk to them like they understand you,” came a teasing voice behind her, warm and familiar.Evelyn turned to find her best friend, Marla, striding across the field in denim overalls, a feed bucket in one hand and a grin that had known her since second grade. Marla’s short curls were
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Chapter: THE WARNING BENEATH THE SUITHIS TOUCH, HER FIRE🔥---Chapter TwoThe Warning Beneath the SuitThe morning sun barely filtered through the thin curtains of Evelyn’s kitchen window, casting long strips of pale gold across the old wood floor. She stood barefoot on the chilled boards, coffee in hand, hair unbrushed, shirt borrowed from her late father—faded red plaid hanging off one shoulder—and tried to ignore the storm rising in her gut. Last night’s encounter with Damien Romano had not just left her rattled; it had torn something loose inside her. Something dangerous. The man had stepped onto her land like he belonged, like the dirt itself bent beneath his polished shoes, and then he’d spoken with a calm so soaked in arrogance it had made her see red. But it was his eyes that haunted her—silver, unreadable, like moonlight over deep water, hiding the depths beneath. He didn’t just want her land. He wanted control. And maybe... something more. She hated herself for the heat his presence had ignited in her. It had
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