Chapter: TrustELARA’S POVI stopped waiting for explanations that never came.The penthouse had changed in how it felt to move through it. Not because anything visible had changed, but because I now paid attention to everything. Footsteps. Timing. The way staff shifted positions when Dante entered a room.Morning light spread across the long dining table. Dante sat across from me, focused on his tablet, turning a page now and then as if nothing unusual had happened the night before.I watched him until he finally looked up.“You’ve been staring for a while,” he said.“You said people are coming for me.”He paused just long enough for me to notice.“I didn’t say it like that.”“You said it.”He set the tablet down.“What do you want from that statement?”“The truth.”A few staff members moved out of the room one after another, leaving space between us and the rest of the house.I noticed that quickly. Too quickly.“Who are they?”His expression changed slightly, enough to signal the conversation had
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-06-09
Chapter: Almost Gone(Elaras pov)It started with the sound in the corridor behind a soft, uneven rhythm that did not belong in a place like this. Footsteps, maybe. Or something trying too hard to sound like footsteps. My body reacted before my mind could even decide what I was hearing. My shoulders tightened without warning, and my breath suddenly felt too loud in my own ears.I did not turn around immediately.I should have.But I didn’t.Because there are moments when your body understands danger before your thoughts are willing to accept it, and I was stuck in that delay, suspended between refusal and recognition.Dante was still looking at me.That was what I noticed first when I finally forced my eyes to move.Not the guards.Not Sofia.Him.And there was something in his expression now that did not belong to the version of him I had slowly learned to live beside. It wasn’t panic in the way I understood panic. It was something quieter, more contained, as if he had just realized he had lost a few se
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-06-07
Chapter: PoisonELARA'S POVI remained seated on the edge of the bed long after waking up, unable to shake the feeling that something wasn't right.The dream should have faded the moment I opened my eyes.Instead, it lingered.Every detail remained painfully clear in my mind, replaying itself over and over again no matter how hard I tried to focus on something on.I could still hear the rain striking the metal roof. I could still see the dim light reflecting against the wet concrete floor. Most of all, I could still see my father's face.The fear in his eyes haunted me.It felt wrong.My father had never been afraid of anything.At least, not in the memories I could remember.He had always been the person who made me feel safe. The person who convinced me that no matter how bad things became, everything would eventually be okay.Yet the man I had seen in that dream wasn't calm.As though he knew something terrible was coming and there was nothing he could do to stop it.A shiver ran through me.The m
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-06-06
Chapter: DreamsELARA'S POVI remained seated on the edge of the bed long after waking up, unable to shake the feeling that something wasn't right.The dream should have faded the moment I opened my eyes.Instead, it lingered.Every detail remained painfully clear in my mind, replaying itself over and over again no matter how hard I tried to focus on something on.I could still hear the rain striking the metal roof. I could still see the dim light reflecting against the wet concrete floor. Most of all, I could still see my father's face.The fear in his eyes haunted me.It felt wrong.My father had never been afraid of anything.At least, not in the memories I could remember.He had always been the person who made me feel safe. The person who convinced me that no matter how bad things became, everything would eventually be okay.Yet the man I had seen in that dream wasn't calm.As though he knew something terrible was coming and there was nothing he could do to stop it.A shiver ran through me.The mo
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-06-05
Chapter: Fall of Power (ELARA’S POV)**The silence after Sophie left felt heavier than the fight itself.My throat still burned where her hand had been. My wrist ached where she twisted it. My chest still felt tight, like I couldn’t fully pull in air.I stayed on the floor for a moment, leaning against the bedroom door, trying to steady myself.Then I heard it again.Matteo.Not loud. Not distant. Close enough that my body reacted before my mind could understand it.My heart dropped.That wasn’t possible.Not here.Not inside Dante’s apartment.I pushed myself up slowly. My legs felt weak as I scanned the hallway outside my room.“Elara.”My name followed it this time.I froze.That was worse.It wasn’t just a voice anymore. It was directed at me.I stepped toward the door carefully.“Matteo?” I called out, my voice shaking despite me trying to hold it steady. “Where are you?”No answer.Like something moved without sound.Then the lights cut out.Instantly.. No warning. Just darkness.My breath caught.T
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-05-22
Chapter: Hate# **ELARA’S POV**The apartment didn’t feel like an apartment anymore.It felt like silence had survived a war.I sat on the edge of the couch, phone still glowing in my hand, Chloe’s image frozen on the last frame of the video.Her smile stayed in place even after I stopped the screen.I didn’t move for a while.Then I swiped.Matteo.My brother.I stared at the name.Something in my chest shifted.I pressed call.Ring.No answer.I tried again.Ring.Still nothing.My fingers tightened.“Answer,” I said under my breath.Again.Nothing.Again.Nothing.I stood up suddenly.“No…”I tried again, walking now.Still nothing.I stopped.The silence on the line didn’t feel normal anymore.It felt blocked.Like something was standing between me and him.The door opened.Sophie walked in with grocery bags and placed them on the counter.“You’ve been sitting there for twenty minutes.”I didn’t look at her.“Elara.”“I heard you.”“Then respond.”I turned slowly.“I need to call my brother. Th
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