Chapter: - CHAPTER FOURTEEN -Sloane.The news hit the industry feeds at eight in the morning.'ROAN RHYS PARTNER'S WITH EVA WEST'S AGENCY''WHAT A SURPRISE LAUNCH.'Every phone on the fourth floor rang at the same time. Assistants rushed past the glass partitions with a stack of revised schedules, and Julian spent two hours on the phone with our European distributors, locking in the fall runaway slots.Roan's fifteen million dollars is in the escrow account. The contracts are signed and filed with the state board. For the first time since I left Blackridge, I have legal protection against a corporate takeover.I stood near the water cooler in the break room, holding a paper cup of hot chocolate. I should feel relieved, and also call Sarah, tell her to buy something nice for Zane.Instead, I watched the glass doors of the lobby.I knew how Raul operates. A man like him does not lose fifteen million dollars and walk away. He waits for an opening, and when he finds one, he takes everything.At noon, I head out to th
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Chapter: - CHAPTER THIRTEEN -Sloane.An hour later, the studio is empty.I sit alone on the leather sofa in my private dressing room. The bright lights are turned off, leaving only the dim ambient glow from the street lamps outside the window.I stare down at my hands resting on my lap. They are completely steady.I raised my right hand, my finger brushing the side of my neck, tracing the small, faded scar where Raul bit me years ago.Deep inside my mind, my wolf whisperers.'One awakens us.'I closed my eyes, my breath catching in my throat as I tried to push her voice down.'The other calms the storm.'I didn't want to hear the rest. I pressed my palms over my ears, but her voice rang clear through my head anyway'Both belong to us.'_Roan drives me home after the photoshoot - well, after the mess I made.Streetlights cut through the dark cabin of his car as he steers onto the highway. He doesn't interrogate me..he doesn't ask why I collapsed or why an international investor was standing near me in a studio ha
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Chapter: - CHAPTER TWELVE -Sloane.Bright studio lights flashed every two seconds.Photographers shouted directions from behind three camera setups. Stylists pulled at the hem of my costume, adjusting my hair, dusting powder across my face. People filled every corner of the room, taking over each other, managing schedules, holding light reflectors.It was supposed to be a standard campaign shoot.Yet I felt like I was suffocating.Something is wrong with me. I thought to myself.This wasn't normal.My skin was burning under the fabric of my dress, my heart was beating too fast, it was rapid, frantic, thudding against my ribs that had nothing to do with the heat of the lamps.Then I heard it.Deep inside my head, my wolf spoke.'Let me out.'What the fuck? I thought as I sucked in a deep breath.What's she saying?Why here?I stepped away from the backdrop, my hand shooting out to grip the edge of the glass vanity table. My knuckles were turning white against the polished surface as I gripped tighter.No, Ivara,
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Chapter: - CHAPTER ELEVEN -Sloane.I spent five days hearing the same answer.'No.'Nobody wants to invest after hearing the words 'Blackridge Capital.'My latest meeting ended ten minutes ago with another polite smile and handshake. I sit alone in a private restaurant booth, staring at financial projections on my tablet screen.Then I heard a voice."Miss Eva?"I looked up.A stranger stands beside my table. He was tall, with sun brown hair, hazel eyes. He was handsome, not devilish kind of, but hot in a way that was breathtaking. His posture was relaxed, he didn't look like someone who is afraid of anything or anyone."Have we met?" I asked."Not officially."He pulls out the chair opposite me and sits down without asking.I stiffened. "I don't remember inviting you."A faint smile touches his mouth. "You didn't," He looks at me for two seconds before speaking again. "I'm Roan Rhys."The name stole the breath from my lungs. The name means something. EvenI know, who he is. Billionaire.Model.Tech heir.Inves
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Chapter: - CHAPTER TEN -Sloane.I followed Orson down the carpeted hallway and staright into his office. He didn't even wait for me to close the door before dropping into his high backed chair, resting his thick hands over his stomach."Sit down, Eva," he said, gesturing to the leather seats across from his desk. "What's the issue?"I stayed standing, refusing to stand. "Raul Blackridge."Orson rolled his eyes, picking up a glass of water from his desk and taking a slow sip. "I knew it.""We know nothing about this man, Mr. Orson," I said, keeping my voice firm and grounded. "His offer is too clean. Twelve million in liquid capital with no strings? Direct access to European houses overnight? It's suspicious. Nobody hands over that kind of money without a catch."Orson stared at me in silence for some few seconds. Then his shoulders started shaking, and he let out a loud, booming laugh that made my jaw clench."Oh, Eva," he said, shaking his head as if I were a child reciting a nursery rhyme. "You're a talen
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Chapter: - CHAPTER NINE -Sloane.I cleared my throat, fixing my gaze firmly on the floor numbers lighting up above the door.Julian, on the other hand, stepped forward with an eager smile, holding out his hand. "Mr. Blackridge. We didn't expect you to join us on the elevator.""I like you to be punctual," Raul said, his voice smooth and low. He took Julian's hand, gave it a single firm shake, and then shifted his weight, leaning his broad shoulder against the stainless steel elevator wall.His eyes never left my face.The door closed, and the lift began its quiet climb. The silence inside the elevator stretched thin, packed with a static charge that made the skin on my arms prickle. Julian adjusted his tie, suddenly looking very interested in his coffee cup."You must really hate me," Raul murmured, his tone so casual it almost sounded conversational.I turned my head and looked directly into those dark green eyes. "You seem like the type of man with personal interest that only benefits himself," I said, keep
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Chapter: Chapitre huitSloane. L'appartement était calme lorsque j'ai déverrouillé la porte d'entrée. J'ai enlevé mes talons à l'entrée et j'ai marché dans le couloir. Dans la cuisine, Sarah se tenait près de la cuisinière et remuait une petite casserole. "Il s'est endormi il y a environ une heure", murmura Sarah en se retournant. "J'ai préparé une soupe aux tomates et au basilic si tu as faim." "Je ne t'ai pas demandé de rester éveillée et de cuisiner, Sarah," dis-je, ma voix étant plus aiguë que prévu. Sarah tressaillit en posant la cuillère en bois. "Je suis désolé, Eva. Je pensais juste-" Je laisse échapper une lente inspiration en me pinçant l'arête du nez. "Non, je suis désolé. La nuit a été longue. Merci d'avoir préparé la soupe", j'ai regardé l'horloge numérique du four. Il était onze heures passées. "Il est tard. Ne rentre pas à ton appartement ce soir. Prends la chambre d'amis." Sarah hocha la tête, son visage se relaxant. "Merci, Eva. Bonne nuit. Dors bien." "Ouais, toi aussi." Av
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Chapter: Chapitre septSloane. "Je ne suis pas Sloane." Le mensonge a quitté ma bouche avant que je puisse l'arrêter. La bouche de Raul se contracta. Un son bref et doux s'échappa de lui, un rire sourd qui fit dresser les poils de mes bras. Il n'a pas discuté. Il n’a pas élevé la voix ni fait de scène. Il a simplement sorti la chaise vide juste en face de moi et s'est assis, lissant le devant de sa veste de costume sombre. Julian, complètement inconscient de l'air qui se transformait en glace, rapprocha sa propre chaise de la table, pratiquement brillant. "M. Blackridge, nous sommes ravis que vous ayez pu consacrer du temps à cela. Eva avait hâte de discuter de l'agrandissement de l'agence." « Vraiment ? Raul se pencha en arrière, sa large silhouette occupant la moitié de l'espace de la table. Il posa ses mains sur le bois poli, ses yeux vert forêt fixés sur les miens. "J'ai eu l'impression qu'elle préférerait être ailleurs." "C'est absurde," intervint Julian en agitant la main avec dédain. "
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Chapter: Chapitre sixSLOANE. Cinq ans plus tard. Cinq ans dans le royaume humain, et j'avais construit une forteresse avec des lumières vives, une musique endiablée et un nom qui n'était pas le mien. Pour le monde, j'étais Eva – le modèle éditorial le plus réservé de Los Angeles, le visage de trois campagnes mondiales de luxe et un fantôme qui n'existait pas avant vingt ans. Je vivais dans un penthouse fermé dans les collines d'Hollywood, je gardais mon cercle restreint et je n'ai jamais, jamais regardé en arrière vers les montagnes sombres du royaume des loups-garous. "Maman ! Regarde, j'ai dessiné un dragon !" Je me suis détourné du miroir de courtoisie, mon cœur s'adouci instantanément. Mon fils de quatre ans, Zane, s'est précipité sur le tapis moelleux, brandissant une feuille de papier recouverte de gribouillages sauvages aux crayons noirs. Il était le centre de mon univers. Il avait mes cheveux noirs, mais ses yeux étaient d'un vert forêt vif et saisissant, un rappel quotidien et t
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Chapter: Chapitre cinq.SLOANE. Ils ont tué ma mère il y a deux semaines. Ils ont utilisé une lame en argent à l'aube, juste à la limite où la terre rencontrait les pins. Je n'avais pas le droit de regarder mais j'ai entendu la foule rugir depuis la fenêtre de ma chambre. Par la suite, Raul ne m'a pas mis dehors malgré les nombreux débats. Il m'a enfermé dans l'aile est à la place. Chaque jour était une guerre. Il entrait dans ma chambre et je lui lançais tout ce que je pouvais atteindre à la tête. Une lampe en laiton, mes chaussures, un tabouret. Il encaissait chaque coup sans broncher, jusqu'à ce que je sois trop épuisé pour me battre. Je pensais que les vertiges constants et la sueur froide qui coulait dans mon dos n'étaient que du chagrin. Mais quand les nausées matinales sont arrivées il y a trois jours, j’ai su que quelque chose n’allait pas. Mon corps à moitié humain ne pouvait pas gérer les maladies de sang pur, mais c'était différent. C'était profond et lourd. Je n'ai pas appelé le méd
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Chapter: Chapitre quatre.SLOANE Deux mois de vie dans cette forteresse de pierre s'étaient transformés en un paisible brouillard paranoïaque. Puis la fièvre m'a pris. Pendant trois jours, j'étais coincé dans mes quartiers, mon système immunitaire à moitié humain noyé dans une vague de chaleur brutale et brûlante qui transformait mes os en plomb. Les loups de sang pur se remettaient de la maladie en quelques heures. Je m'allongeais sous d'épaisses couvertures de laine, frissonnant, la gorge irritée et la peau glissante de sueur. "Je devrais vraiment voir un guérisseur", gémis-je en essayant de m'asseoir mais j'échouai lamentablement. Soudain, un claquement violent résonna dans le couloir extérieur, suivi de pas de lourdes bottes. Je me suis assis trop vite. La pièce tournait follement, les murs de pierre s'inclinaient. Des cris résonnaient à l'étage inférieur, une voix dure et furieuse traversant la matinée calme. « Lâchez-la ! » Le cri d'une femme brisa le bruit. "Lâche-moi!" Cria une autre voix
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Chapter: Chapitre trois.SLOANE. Le soleil du matin n’a en rien réchauffé les murs de pierre de la cour ancestrale de Black Ridge. Je me tenais près du périmètre de la Grande Salle, vêtue d'une robe en laine ivoire que les stylistes de ma mère m'avaient imposée il y a une heure. La salle était remplie de nobles de sang pur, de représentants alpha de la meute et d'hommes de main de haut rang assistant à la Cour officielle de la Meute, l'assemblée matinale où les affaires de la meute, les conflits territoriaux et les lignées étaient officiellement enregistrés. Chaque regard dans la pièce me faisait l’effet d’un poids physique. "Regardez-la", murmura une louve à deux rangées de là, sans même prendre la peine de baisser la voix. "Une mêlée errante vivant dans la maison principale. La fille bâtarde de Luna." "Je doute qu'elle ait même un loup", ricana son compagnon en prenant une lente gorgée de vin de sang. "Elle sent la saleté humaine." Mes mains se serrèrent en poings serrés dans mes poches, mes ongles
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Between Secrets In The Dark
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"You thought you could just disappear, Selene? Run away and leave me behind? You really thought I'd never find you?" Lorenzo asked, his voice deep.
"I had to," I choked out. "I couldn't breathe,"
"And now? Can you breathe now? Knowing I'm here and you're in my grasp?" He asked, tracing my jawline with his fingers. "You can't escape me. I'll always find you."
And he was right.
Lorenzo will always find me.
And the most sickening part of it all? I desired him as much as he desired me.
But at the sametime. I loathed him with every fibre of my being.
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Selene ran away from Lorenzo. Her mafia boyfriend, six years ago, pregnant and terrified. Now, her son is dying, and she's forced back to the stripping club where she hopes to earn enough for his life saving surgery.
Now, Lorenzo is back, more dangerous, more possessive, and offering her a deal she can't refuse: be his mistress for six months, and he'll give her three million dollars.
The price? Her freedom, soul and body all to him. But the secret she guards more fiercely than her life or freedom was their children- twins- a boy and a girl. Children he would likely kill without a second thought, confirmed by his own chilling words:
"Children are weaknesses, Selene. I don't tolerate weaknesses, no matter how precious, I'll get rid of it...unless it's you."
But as the stakes rises, another ghost from her past emerges. Robert, her abuser, the man whose death was the beginning of her hatred for Lorenzo. He's back, fueled by vengeance, ready to claim what he believes is rightfully his.
Will Selene survive the crossfire of two dangerous men vying for control, or will the past consume her?
Copyright©Avalone Wilde2025.
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Chapter: Chapter Fifteen He knew. The bastard knew my kids were Lorenzo's, and that was a huge problem, a life-threatening problem.I swallowed hard, the lump in my throat felt like a jagged stone, as I stood before Lorenzo's ostentatious mansion.Cael had freed me from that hellhole under one sickening impossible condition: I betray Lorenzo.The thought alone tasted like bile.I hated Lorenzo. That was what I was supposed to feel, right? Justification for all what he had done. But fuck, that was a lie. I did love him, all those years even though I hid away from him, I still loved him and sometimes- I even yearned for him. I loved him in a twisted, complicated way one could love a beautiful, dangerous storm meant to destroy.But I was terrified of him too. That cold, calculating look he had that could freeze hell over, his threats, his damn will to always keep to his words! More than that, he was the father of my children, those innocent little souls I swore to protect. How could I possibly harm him? He was
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Chapter: Chapter FourteenDarkness.That was the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes. A suffocating, inky blackness that pressed in on me from all sides. The air was stale, laced with metallic tang of old blood and something acrid, like cheap disinfectant.Panic began to claw it's way up my throat. I tried to move, but couldn't, my hands were painfully bound behind the back of the chair I was trapped to. My mouth was clasped shut with a tape, making it almost impossible to even utter out a word, my legs were bound just like my hands.Where was I?How did I get here?The kids!Then hospital! I struggled, pulling against the restraints, the rough material digging into my wrists until they burned. But it was useless. The chair felt anchored to the floor, and the binds were impossibly strong.I was trapped."Help! Someone help me! Please!" I tried to scream, but my words were muffled by the tape that was around my mouth. I tried to use my tongue to wet it, but it wasn't of no use, the tape was bound tightly a
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Chapter: Chapter ThirteenThe next one week passed in the most dreadful manner. Lorenzo kept his distance, which, ironically. I appreciated. I needed him far away from me as possible. But what I didn't appreciate was him preventing me from seeing my kids and Clara.It was a cruel form of torture, a silent punishment."Lorenzo, it's been almost two weeks! I need to see them!" I yelled, storming into his office like a possessed woman. He was leaning back in his chair, a glass of wine in his hand, looking infuriatingly calm."I fucking told you, Selene. You aren't allowed to leave this mansion! Not until I say so!" He yelled, slamming the glass down onto the table with a loud crash, I watched as blood dripped from shattered shards, pooling onto the wood. I sucked in a deep breath and shook my head, I clenched my hands into fists by my sides and stormed towards him."Lorenzo-" my voice cracked. "Please..""No!" He roughly cuts me off."How the fuck am I supposed to sleep peacefully at night when I haven't laid ey
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Chapter: Chapter TwelveEx-girlfriend? For some reason, the word twisted in my gut. Why was I feeling like this? Was it fear? Fear of being entangled in a deadly history, or was it something else, something far more unsettling? Perhaps jealously? The thought made my stomach churn, a toxic mix of confusion and indignation. No. Absolutely not. "Se-Keira," Lorenzo said, standing up from his desk. His voice sharper then usual. "That's not important. And you need to leave. Seth and I have something important to discuss." I looked up at Seth, who seemed to have a thousand words on the tip of his tongue but swallowed them all. There was a flicker of genuine concern in his eyes, a silent apology that I strangely appreciated. I nodded slowly and turned to leave, as I left the office, I stumbled, bumping into someone. I looked up to see Ice staring down at me. He immediately moved away from me, as if making contact with me might contaminate him. "I'm sorry," I blurted out before I could stop myself. "Sorry?" He l
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Chapter: Chapter ElevenKeira's Point Of ViewMy eyes fluttered open, a kaleidoscope of blurry colors resolving into the familiar opulence of...wait, where the hell was I? Oh right. Back at Lorenzo's mansion.I stretched, groaning at the lingering ache in my muscles, memories of yesterday came back flooding in hot. Chased.Shot at by Lorenzo's mad uncle."Oh God, what have I gotten myself into?" I murmured as I rubbled my temple. My whole body ached, my head felt heavy and my brain seemed way to slow to even process a single thing. I stretched again, hoping to soothe my muscles on more time but I was confused when my fingers grazed against a warm, solid body.Wait what?I turned my head only to see Lorenzo sleeping beside me. I hate how to admit he looked like an angel- or a devil rather. All dark lashes, scupkted cheekbone..What am I thinking?As I attempted to wriggle free, his arm snaked around my waist, tightening with a possessive force, dragging me closer until I was against his chest. I swear, even
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Chapter: Chapter Ten- The Devil's Due.Lorenzo's POV'Because I'm not a monster like you.'Her words rang deep in my head, a discordant melody against the hum of the car engine as we sped back to my mansion.Fortunately, Ice was able to track us through my watch. By the time he arrived. Selene had fallen asleep on my lap, breathing softly. She did the best she could for my arm, which I was grateful for. Ice, however, came with a nurse who brought a first aid kit. She efficiently cleaned and bandaged the graze on my arm, it wasn't that severe, but it burned like a son of a bitch. My thoughts were shattered when Selene stirred on my lap, a soft sigh escaping her lips. She was sleeping peacefully, her face utterly serene despite the near-death experience we'd just clawed out way out of.Damn, she looked like a fallen angel, her hair fanned out across my chest, a stark contrast to the grime and terror of moments before. A delicate blush still dusted her cheeks, and her eyelashes, impossibly long, cast tiny shadows on her skin
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