TABOO (A DEAL WITH THE SHADOW ALPHA)
“You are mine, Firefly. Only mine, Mine to touch. Mine to kiss. Mine to fuck,,.” he whispered slowly against my neck, my body drenched with the warmth of his breath against my skin, my thighs clenching tighter with every word and claim he utters “If you let another man touch you he dies. I am the gates of hell Firefly, If you walk in I wouldn’t let you leave.”
To Escape her dangerous Ex and fulfil her family’s ultimatum Addison make a deal with her billionaire neighbour “Axel Rex” who unknown to her is a devil with a devastatingly gorgeous face, he proposes a a simple two months contract; she will be his charming plus one to corporate events, important gatherings… and he will provide the build of the boyfriend she wants and her family will accept to keep her obsessive Ex-boyfriend away.
Addison believes his fierce protectiveness over her is just an act for the public, however she’s completely blinded to the real reason: Axel is an Alpha, a descendant from the house of Orion, and she is his mate, he never saw their agreement as a lie, for him it was a step closer to getting her, a step closer to claiming her as his, but will she still be his after knowing who he truly is? Would she choose to stay even with lies? Will what was turning real shatter back to dust? Will their love reign over the curse of his existence?
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Chapter: CHAPTER EIGHTY NINEAxel. Standing in the middle of my living room with his jacket in his hand like he had been on his way out. Like he had decided to go and I had stopped him and now we were here, in this specific suspended moment, looking at each other across the length of my apartment.He looked terrible.I noticed that before I could stop myself from noticing it. He looked like someone who had not slept in longer than I had, which was saying something. There was dried blood on his knuckles. His jaw was set in that way it got when he was holding something very carefully contained, and his eyes, green, just green now, normal, the same eyes I had looked into a hundred times — were watching me with an expression I didn't have a clean name for. Too many things in it. Too many layers.I also noticed, before I could stop that either, that the fear was still there.It was sitting in my chest, Because this was Axel. This was the man I knew. The man who had made me coffee without being asked and remembered ho
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Chapter: CHAPTER EIGHTY EIGHTAXELHer voice.I stopped.Rough from sleep and two days of god knows what and still, even exhausted, even with everything, carrying that particular quality I had never heard in anyone else's voice. Something steady underneath the roughness. Something that had survived everything the last forty eight hours had thrown at it and was still, somehow, standing.I turned around slowly.Addison was looking at me from the bedroom doorway. She had gotten up while my back was turned, was standing with one hand on the door frame, Jules hovering approximately two inches behind her with an expression that was equal parts protective and concerned and not at all happy about this development.She looked terrible. She looked like someone who had been through two days of hell and hadn't slept nearly enough and had a bruise on her cheek and marks on her wrists and was standing upright through stubbornness alone.She also looked like the most important thing in the world to me. But I was reasonably sure
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Chapter: CHAPTER EIGHTY SEVENAXELI couldn't explain it in any way that would have satisfied a reasonable person. I just couldn't make myself go. Every time I got close to standing up and finding my jacket and walking out the door, something in me pulled tight and refused, the same way a rope pulls tight when something on the other end of it is anchored to something immovable. I kept telling myself it was just making sure she was okay. Just confirming she was safe. Just waiting until her breathing evened out and the shaking stopped and Jules had everything under control.But that had been true an hour and a half ago and I was still here.The bedroom had gone quiet. Jules's voice had dropped lower and lower as Addison's responses had gotten slower, sleep pulling her under despite everything, and at some point the talking had stopped altogether and there had been just silence and the small ordinary sounds of the apartment settling around me. The refrigerator hum. The distant noise of the city outside. The specific
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Chapter: CHAPTER EIGHTY SIXAXELSilence.Not the silence of someone processing information. The silence of someone deciding which of the seventeen things they wanted to say they were going to say first."Axel Rex," Jules said, and her voice had gone from sleep-thick to sharp in the time it took to say his name. "It is four o'clock in the morning and you are calling me from a number I don't have saved because I deleted it, which I did on purpose—""Jules—""Where the hell is Addison?""Where is she? Because she hasn't answered her phone in two days and I have called her forty something times and I filed a missing persons report this afternoon and nobody will tell me anything—""She's with me," I said.Another silence."She's with you," Jules repeated, very carefully. The way you repeat something back when you're trying to determine if the sentence is in fact as enraging as it sounded the first time."She's safe. She needs to get inside and warmed up and—""She's with you," Jules said again, and now all the caref
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Chapter: CHAPTER EIGHTY FIVEAXELAt first I didn't see her. Just the empty pavement, a parked truck, the distant red of a traffic light, I turned in a slow circle, using everything I had, sight, scent, sound, looking for anything, any possible sign of her. And then I heard it.Footsteps. Uneven. The specific rhythm of something–no someone—- Addison, they were her footsteps.I turned left.She was half a block down. Moving along the edge of the pavement in the same clothes she'd been wearing for two days, no jacket, her arms wrapped around herself in the way people hold themselves together when they're so cold their body has stopped having any other ideas. Her hair was loose and tangled. She was moving with her head down, not watching where she was going, not watching anything.She stepped off the curb.I didn't see the cab until it was already in motion — coming fast around the corner, headlights sweeping across the street, the driver not expecting anyone to be there at four in the morning on a block with nothi
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Chapter: CHAPTER EIGHTY FOURAXELI threw him.He hit the wall of the building behind us and slid down it and I crossed to him before he'd finished moving, because I was not done and he was not going to get a moment of rest in what remained of his time.I felt something beneath the rage, grief, maybe, or the closest thing to grief that I was capable of in this particular moment. Not for Silas. For the man I had believed he was. For the thirty five years of misplaced trust. For the child I had been, picked up by careful hands and shaped into something precise and deadly while being told it was love.He was trying to shift back. I could feel him fighting for it, throwing everything he had left at my hold on his form, and I kept it closed the way you keep a fist closed — not with effort, by now, just with intention.He managed to get one hand back. Human fingers on concrete, scrabbling. The shift incomplete and miserable, caught between forms, which was one of the most painful states a wolf could exist in and I was
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Chapter: CHAPTER TWENTY FIVEZYRANIt was a challenge. A dare. And every part of me that wasn't still clinging to some sense of control wanted to accept it.I reached out and caught her wrist, my thumb finding her pulse point. It was racing, just like mine."You have no idea what you're asking for," I said."Then show me."We stood there, frozen in that moment, both of us barely breathing. Her eyes were locked on mine, waiting, challenging me to make a move.I wanted to. God, I wanted to.But if I did this, if I crossed this line—there would be no going back. No pretending this was just a contract. No maintaining the boundaries I'd promised Luca I'd keep.This would change everything."Myra," I said, her name coming out almost like a warning."I'm right here," she whispered. "I'm your wife. What are you so afraid of?"The truth? I was afraid of myself. Afraid of what I'd do once I stopped holding back. Afraid that if I touched her the way I wanted to, I'd never be able to let her go when the time came.I was afra
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Chapter: CHAPTER TWENTY FOURZYRANI looked at her then, really looked at her. Her hair was down, falling in dark waves around her shoulders. Her face was bare of makeup, making her look younger, softer. There were dark circles under her eyes like she hadn't been sleeping well either.She was beautiful. That wasn't news. I'd known she was beautiful for years. But seeing her like this, unguarded, honest, sitting in my kitchen at two in the morning, it hit different."I don't know," I admitted. "I've never done this before.""Been married?""Been married to someone I actually—" I stopped myself before I could finish that sentence.She leaned forward slightly. "Someone you actually what?""Someone I actually have to live with," I said, changing direction. "Most marriages in our world are distant. Separate lives under the same roof. This is... different.""Because we're pretending it's real?""Are we pretending?"The question hung in the air between us. She stared at me, her blue eyes wide, and I could see her trying
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Chapter: CHAPTER TWENTY THREEI couldn't sleep.That wasn't unusual. Sleep had never been a priority. There was always work to do, plans to make, problems to solve.But tonight was different. Tonight I couldn't sleep because every time I closed my eyes, I saw her.Myra in her wedding dress, looking at me like she was waiting for something I couldn't give her. Myra standing in my doorway last night in those thin pajamas, asking me what we were supposed to do now. Myra walking away with that look on her face, hurt and confused and trying to hide it.I'd hurt her. I knew that. I'd seen it in her eyes when I told her to go back to her room, when I dismissed her like she was an inconvenience instead of my wife.But what else was I supposed to do? Let her stay? Pull her into my room and show her exactly what I'd been thinking about since the moment I saw her in that pool? That would have been a disaster. That would have been breaking every promise I'd made to Luca.So I'd sent her away. And now I was lying in my bed at
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Chapter: CHAPTER TWENTY TWOMYRA.The last guest left around midnight.I watched from the window as the final car pulled away, red taillights disappearing down the long driveway until they were swallowed by the darkness. And then it was just quiet. The kind of quiet that felt heavy, oppressive, like it was pressing down on my chest and making it hard to breathe.I was alone in this house.Well, not alone. Zyran was here somewhere. But that almost felt worse than being actually alone.I looked around the guest room, my room now, I guess—and tried to make it feel like mine. My suitcases were in the corner, packed with clothes and books and the few personal items I'd brought from home. Elena had offered to unpack for me but I'd told her I'd do it myself. I needed something to do with my hands, something to occupy my mind other than the fact that I was married now and living in a stranger's house.Not a stranger. My husband.The word still felt foreign in my mouth. Husband. Like it belonged to someone else's life, n
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Chapter: CHAPTER TWENTY ONEZYRAN. "What do you want, Cristian?""Oh my goodness, is this the way a newly married man should talk?" He said it with such exaggerated offense that I almost rolled my eyes."I don't give a shit. Say what you want to say or leave me alone.""Wow, you seem to be in a bad mood." He studied me for a moment. "Let me guess. Is it because your morals are hindering you from doing what you most desperately want to do?"I went still."What are you on about now?" I asked, keeping my voice neutral."I see the way you look at her," he said simply. "You can fool anyone else, Zyran, but you can't fool me. You know that very well.""She's my wife. I'm supposed to look at her, right?""Hmm. I highly doubt that." He moved closer, lowering his voice even though there was no one around to hear us. "This whole wedding thing seems like a charade. A very elaborate, very public charade."I didn't respond. Didn't confirm or deny. Just waited to see where he was going with this."We both know how much Luca
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Chapter: CHAPTER TWENTYZyran The reception was in full swing by the time we made it inside.Music playing, people drinking, the sound of laughter and conversation filling the air like background noise I couldn't quite tune out. Everyone seemed to be having a good time. Everyone except me.I was sitting at one of the tables with the Kingsmen — Nikolai was to my left, drinking a whiskey and looking bored as always. Enzo was across from me, already three drinks in and getting louder with each one. Viktor, my father, was at the head of the table, watching everything with that calculating expression he always wore. And Luca was beside him, trying very hard not to look at me and then Cristain, who was wearing a very smug grin, I wanted to smack off his face. "So," Enzo said, leaning back in his chair with a grin that was all teeth and no warmth. "Zyran Theon. Married. Never thought I'd see the day.""Neither did I," Cristain muttered into his drink."What's that supposed to mean?" I asked, not really caring but
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Chapter: CHAPTER SIXTY THREEAva's Pov The past two months had been a blur of quiet miracles. The doctors kept using words like “against all odds” and “fighter,” and they weren’t just talking about me. My little one had held on with a stubbornness I was sure came from their father. We’d survived.And Dante… he had become my shadow, my guardian, my slightly overbearing, incredibly loving fortress. I couldn’t so much as pick up a throw pillow without him swooping in.“Ava! What are you doing?” his voice, laced with panic, had echoed through the living room just last week.I’d frozen, a light blanket in my hands. “I… was going to put this on the couch?”He’d crossed the room in three long strides, gently taking the blanket from me. “No. No carrying things. You rest.” His hands had then come to rest on the small, firm curve of my belly. Our baby bump. It was there, a perfect, beautiful swell that made my heart ache with a love so fierce it was terrifying.“Dante, it’s a blanket,” I’d laughed, but I leaned into his to
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Chapter: CHAPTER SIXTY TWODante's Pov The only sound in the room was the soft, steady beep of the heart monitor. Each beep was a tiny anchor, proof that she was still fighting, still here with me. Ava looked so small in the white hospital bed, her skin pale against the stark sheets. Tubes and wires snaked from her arms, and a large bandage was taped to her side, a brutal reminder of the hole that monster had put in her.I held her limp hand, my thumb stroking over her knuckles. It was cold.“Why didn’t you tell me, baby?” I whispered, my voice rough from lack of sleep and unshed tears. I leaned closer, my forehead almost touching her arm. “Why didn’t you tell me about the baby?”The memory of finding out slammed into me all over again, a fresh wave of pain.---It was chaos when we got to the hospital. I was covered in her blood, shouting at the doctors, my voice cracking. They rushed her into surgery, and I was left in the stark, bright hallway, my hands stained red. I couldn’t breathe. The image of her fall
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Chapter: CHAPTER SIXTY ONEAva's Pov The morning sun was warm on my skin as we walked hand-in-hand along a secluded coastal path. It was our last full day in Santorini, and Dante had wanted to show me a hidden cove he’d found. The path was narrow, winding through fragrant wild thyme and crumbling stone walls, with the turquoise sea glittering far below. It was just us. No guards, no men. Just the two of us and the sound of the cicadas.“I still think we should have brought someone,” I murmured, even though I loved the privacy.“And have them listen to me try to convince you to go swimming with me?” Dante teased, squeezing my hand. “No, thank you. This is just for us.”I leaned into his side, feeling safe and utterly content. The secret I carried felt like a warm, humming light inside me. Tonight. I would tell him tonight.We rounded a bend, and the cove came into view—a perfect, tiny crescent of white sand embraced by steep cliffs. It was breathtaking.And then, the world froze.A figure stepped out from behin
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Chapter: CHAPTER SIXTYAva's Pov The gentle sound of waves lapping against the villa’s private dock was my new favorite sound. Two weeks. We’d been in this little slice of heaven in Santorini for two whole weeks, and every day felt more perfect than the last.White buildings with brilliant blue domes clung to the cliffs against a backdrop of the endless, sparkling Aegean Sea. Our villa had its own infinity pool that looked like it spilled right into the ocean. In the mornings, we’d have breakfast on the terrace, surrounded by pots of pink bougainvillea, eating fresh figs and yogurt. Dante would read the news on his tablet, his brow furrowed, and I’d be hunched over my laptop, lines of code glowing on the screen.After the fall of my father’s empire, I needed to build something of my own. Something clean. With Dante’s quiet backing and the contacts he’d vouched for, I was launching my own cyber-security firm. The app I was designing was one of my own steps to a success that didn't invite father for the firs
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIFTY NINEAva's Pov The second Dante's lips touched mine I was lost for words, his kiss was ravaging hungry, we both left the party early just for this to spend time with each other. He didn't waste a single second as we heard the click of our bedroom door, he instantly captured my mouth a hasty hungry kiss directing me towards the bed without breaking the kiss. I moaned softly as he trail his kisses down my neck his teeth grazing against my skin, he was making his mark and I was more than happy to be marked by him. He kissed me again, this time even deeper, I ran my hand through his hair tugging it , he groaned roughly his voice filled with lust and so much passion. Dante kissed like a man starved, he devoured me with so much precision and hunger that equally matched mine, it had been so long since I had sex, I hadn't been with anyone except him since. For five years of being celibate, I was here with him being completely unraveled, bring seen by him but I need more, I need more friction betw
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHT Ava's Pov The news played on a constant, quiet loop on the large screen in the living room. Financial analysts looked stunned, talking about the "unprecedented collapse" and "catastrophic data loss" within the Cavallaro corporate empire. I sat with a cup of tea, watching it all burn. There was no joy in it, just a cold, quiet satisfaction. A chapter was finally closed. I beat him at his own game.My phone buzzed on the marble countertop. The screen flashed: Denis Cavallaro. I let it ring three times before I answered, saying nothing."You are responsible for this, aren't you?" His voice was a ragged, furious snarl, stripped of all its usual power. "You little brat. Just like your mother. Defiant until the end. I gave you a chance to live, and this is how you repay me?"The mention of my mother was the final spark. Any last shred of doubt or guilt evaporated."Father? No. Sorry, Denis Cavallaro," I said, my voice icy and steady. "You got exactly what you deserved. You know, if I wante
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