ACROSS THE RED ROSE GARDEN
Arabella Montaña has spent her entire life believing she is an ordinary daughter of a powerful Italian family. But on the day she is forced into an arranged marriage with Alessandro Hawthorne, the ruthless heir to a feared mafia empire, everything she knows begins to unravel.
Alessandro is cold, possessive, and dangerously powerful. To him, their marriage is a strategic alliance, not a love story. Arabella refuses to become the obedient wife he expects, even as she is trapped inside his world of blood, violence, and secrets.
Then, during a visit to her childhood home, Arabella discovers her parents murdered and realizes the killers are still inside. Alessandro saves her from the attack, but the night changes everything. As danger closes around them, their forced proximity slowly becomes something neither of them can control.
But the greatest betrayal has yet to come.
Arabella discovers that the family who raised her has hidden the truth about her identity. She is not a Montaña. She is Arabella De La Cruz the last surviving heir to one of the most powerful mafia bloodlines in Spain.
Now hunted by those who want her dead, betrayed by those she trusted, and bound to a husband who knows more than he has revealed, Arabella must decide whether to run from her inheritance or become the queen she was born to be.
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Chapter: chapter 13ACROSS THE RED ROSE GARDEN The drive to the penthouse was completely silent. I kept twisting my fingers together nervously, staring out of the window as my mind remained trapped at the warehouse. Yet, beneath the fear and exhaustion, my fractured heart felt as though it had finally begun to heal, even if only a little. I needed to kill De Luca before he killed us first. I needed to avenge my parents. “When will I get to see my sister?” I asked, breaking the silence. Alessandro was sipping his whiskey, gazing out through the tinted window, seemingly lost in thought. “When the time is right,” he replied without looking at me. “But for now, she's safe. One of our best doctors is treating her. She's out of immediate danger, but she's still unconscious. There is a chance she might slip into a deep coma.” My eyes widened, and my breath caught in my throat. “A coma?” “I... I need to... I want to see her now, Alessandro,” I demanded, my voice carrying a sharpness I hadn't known I
Last Updated: 2026-11-06
Chapter: chapter 12ACROSS THE RED ROSE GARDEN My hand shook around the lighter. The flame jumped, wild and small. Alessandro didn’t move. He just watched me, waiting to see what kind of monster I could be if I wanted to. The prisoner was sobbing, his eyes on me, begging without words. In his face, I saw the face of my parents. I was sure they had begged him just like he was doing right now. Fear vanished into thin air, replaced by a surge of anger. He was one of the men responsible for killing my parents. The people who had taken everything from me. And now he was looking at me sobbing, begging for mercy. I dropped to my knees in front of him. The concrete was cold through my dress. "Look at me," I whispered. He didn’t. So I did what Alessandro did to me. I reached out and grabbed his chin, forcing his bloody, broken face up until he had no choice but to meet my eyes. I took out my handkerchief and slowly wiped his bloody face. "Who sent you?" My voice didn’t shake. I wasn’t sure w
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Chapter: chapter 11ACROSS THE RED ROSE GARDEN CHAPTER 11 I stumbled back, stunned. “What?” I knew he had promised to find whoever was behind this, but I never thought it would be this quick. I swallowed hard, a sudden wave of dread washing over me. Did I really want to hear this? Did I really want to know? I squared my shoulders, burying my fear. “I’m going with you.” A dark smile spread across Alessandro’s lips. “Speaking like a true Hawthorne wifey,” he said, pulling out a lighter. The flame flickered, illuminating the sharp angles of his face as he lit a cigarette. He exhaled a plume of smoke, looking me up and down. “Change your dress. We don’t want that pretty little thing of yours getting ruined.” The drive to the warehouse was a quick and silent one. When we arrived and walked inside, the sharp click of my heels echoing through the quiet hallway. Alessandro paced right behind me like a shadow. As we approached a heavy black door, muffled screams pierced the silence from the other
Last Updated: 2026-11-05
Chapter: chapter 10ACROSS THE RED ROSE GARDEN : KILLERS *ARABELLA'S POV* Alessandro tore his lips from mine, pushing me back onto the cold floor with enough force to make my hands skid across the tiles. He surged to his feet in one fluid, chaotic motion, his chest heaving as he raked both hands through his hair. "Fuck," he spat, the word dripping with a lethal mix of rage and self disgust. Before I could even process the sudden coldness, his fingers clamped around my arm. He hauled me to my feet, dragging me into the adjoining bathroom. With a sharp jerk of his wrist, he cranked the shower handle, sending a blast of freezing water cascading down. He shoved me toward the stream and vanished, slamming the door behind him. I stood there, fully clothed, as the icy water drenched my hair and soaked through my clothes, plastering them to my skin. The freezing shock numbed the lingering heat on my lips, leaving me entirely alone with the chaotic rush of my thoughts. I don't know how long I s
Last Updated: 2026-11-05
Chapter: chapter 9ACROSS THE RED ROSE GARDEN : THE KISS *ARABELLA'S POV* I woke up the next morning to the soft, rhythmic sound of breathing beside me. Turning my head, I froze. Alessandro was sleeping right next to me, his long dark hair messy against the pillows, his sharp features completely relaxed in sleep. The sight of him brought a sudden, suffocating rush of reality back into my chest. My family was gone. My sister was fighting for her life. And I was trapped in this beautiful, dark fortress. Silently, I slipped the heavy sheets off my body. My bare feet touched the cold hardwood floor. I didn't want to wake him, so I glided across the vast penthouse like a ghost, my white silk nightgown fluttering around my thighs. I walked into the massive, ultra-modern kitchen. My mind was completely numb, a black void of grief and despair. My last conversation with them was a fight. My hands moved on autopilot, opening drawer after drawer until my fingers brushed against cold metal. I pu
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Chapter: chapter 8ACROSS THE RED ROSE GARDEN : SLEEP He bowed his head quickly and retreated back into the private elevator, leaving me alone with my thoughts once again. I turned back to the panoramic window, the glittering lights of the city offering no comfort. The sound of Arabella’s muted cries from the bedroom had finally quieted down, meaning she had either cried herself to sleep or my mother had managed to soothe her. My chest tightened. I was Alessandro Hawthorne. A man who ruled with iron and blood. The king of Vellano City. Mercy was a weakness I had never afforded myself, and collateral damage was nothing more than the price of doing business. I had built my empire on fear, and I buried anyone foolish enough to challenge it. Yet the memory of Arabella,her small, fragile body shivering in that white silk gown stirred something dark and vicious inside me. I didn't know what the hell she had done to me, and I didn't care. Because I didn't lose control. I made other people l
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the beast eternal obsession
He bought me like property. He claimed me like prey.
Amelia was nothing but a broken soul, drowning in a debt she could never repay until he bought her.
Leonhart. Reclusive billionaire. Ruthless. Beautiful. And not human at all.
Dragged to his secluded estate in the mountains, I'm thrown into a savage world of blood, wolves, and brutal laws. My captor is a monster in a bespoke suit the legendary midnight black wolf, an Alpha feared by his own kind.
He says I am his. His destined mate.
His touch should terrify me. It does. But it also ignites a dark, involuntary hunger in my blood that I can't fight, can't control. Surrender feels like death. Fighting him feels impossible.
I thought I knew what I was, a worthless human girl with no family, no future and no one to care that I'm dead or alive.
What if I'm wrong?
What if the blood in my veins isn't human at all, but the lost, legendary bloodline of the Moon Goddess herself?
What if my parents didn't abandon me... but hid me to keep me alive?
He thought he bought a human. but caged a goddess.
And now he will never let me go.
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Chapter: chapter 128THE BEAST ETERNAL OBSESSION AURELIA’S POV A week later, the heavy scent of roasted meat, the sound of loud music, and the laughter of hundreds of wolves filled the air of the Night Pack. My family had decided it was a wise choice to throw a massive celebration for my return. The courtyard that had once been fractured by divine lightning was now lined with roaring bonfires and heavy wooden banquet tables. Warm flames danced beneath the starless sky, illuminating the faces of the people I had missed more than words could ever explain. Hundreds of pack members raised their horns and roared in celebration, their voices echoing across the territory. To them, I was the Alpha’s daughter who had miraculously survived a demonic ambush. They had no idea how close I had come to losing everything. They were simply happy that I had returned. Uncle Lyall, Radolf, Aunt Lena, and Aurora were dancing the night away, their laughter blending with the music. Watching them brought an ache to my che
Last Updated: 2026-10-29
Chapter: chapter 127THE BEAST ETERNAL OBSESSION Aurelia pov "Thank you, Goddess," I whispered, my voice cracking I felt complete, I felt like me and no one else. I didn't waste another second. I turned and ran. My bare feet slapped hard against the freezing crystal floor, the sound echoing through the cavernous hall of Olympus. Behind me, the crushing, terrifying aura of Athena and Zeus faded, though the air still vibrated with enough raw power to break a mortal. I didn't look back at Victoria, or the white crystal throne, or the shattered block of cosmic ice that had held a god. I just sprinted toward the shimmering threshold at the edge of the hall. The portal flared, a swirling vortex of liquid silver light. I braced myself and plunged straight through the veil. The transition was a violent, agonizingly beautiful rush. The blinding light of the pantheon snapped instantly into pitch-black darkness, and the suffocating cosmic pressure vanished. My feet hit solid, muddy earth. The sudden r
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Chapter: chapter 126THE BEAST ETERNAL OBSESSION *Athena POV*I stood in the cavernous crystalline hall, not as a parasite in a mortal shell, but as Athena, the Unconquered. The air itself seemed to bow, the ambient crackle of Zeus’s lightning dimming slightly in the presence of my restored radiance, everything seems so bright and weightless in my own body. Victoria cowered beneath the shadow of the white crystal throne. Her hands, once capable of binding galaxies, shook as she gripped the edges of the dais. The look in her eyes was no longer that of a triumphant usurper; it was the look of a thief caught by the high master's vault I turned my full body and stared at her. "And the throne, Victoria, what about it" I said, my voice no longer carrying the dual resonance of Aurelia’s voice. It was singular, pure, and layered with the echo of a thousand ancient battlefields. "Are you going to step down or should I make you." She didn't move. A desperate, ugly sneer deformed her flawless face. "You think yo
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Chapter: chapter 125THE BEAST ETERNAL OBSESSION Zeus turned his heavy, electric gaze slowly toward the broken goddess. The purple lightning crackling along his gold and platinum gauntlets hummed louder, filling the cavernous crystalline hall with a suffocating tension. "Is what she says true, Victoria?" Zeus rumbled, his deep baritone vibrating through the very floorboards. "Did you steal her throne and lock her divine essence away?" Victoria stood frozen against the pillar, the golden ichor dripping from her lips staining her charred moonwoven gown. She didn't speak. She didn't look at Zeus, nor did she look at me. Her white, pupil-less eyes remained glued to the floor, her jaw tightly clenched in a bitter, unyielding pride. She knew any lie she spun would instantly dissolve under the High King's scrutiny. The silence stretched, heavy and damning, echoing off the solid starlight columns. Zeus’s eyes narrowed into slits of pure, lightning-fed disappointment. He didn't need a verbal confession; h
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Chapter: chapter 124 THE BEAST ETERNAL OBSESSION Athena's POV "Lower my power?" Victoria spat, her voice cracking with a manic, echoing laughter that sounded entirely unhinged. She didn't drop her arms. If anything, the volatile white moonlight swirling around her body flared even higher, defying the crackling purple electricity radiating from the King of the Gods. "You sit on your high throne and preach to me about balance, Zeus? Vael is dead! The only thing that mattered to me in this wretched, empty cosmos is gone, turned to ash by this mortal parasite!" She pointed a trembling, luminescent finger directly at Aurelia and me. "I don't care about your balance anymore!" Victoria shrieked, her white eyes bleeding pure, blinding radiation. "I don't care about the pantheon, and I certainly do not fear your thunder!" With a savage scream of raw, grief-driven fury, Victoria completely defied the High King. Instead of backing down, she redirected her massive, world-ending reserves of moonlight energ
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Chapter: chapter 123THE BEAST ETERNAL OBSESSION The sky split wide open. The hyper-dense moonlight meteors rained down like falling stars, screaming with a lethal, blinding velocity that threatened to turn the entire plaza into atomic dust. Vael still had our silver broadsword locked in his grip, his fanatic smile completely unyielding. He truly believed he was pinning us to our graves. But he drastically underestimated a mortal wolf’s survival instincts. “Athena, the shadows under his armor!” Aurelia’s voice snapped through our shared mind, her sharp reflexes identifying the perfect loophole in his defense. “He’s channeling so much dark energy to hold us that his own shadow rift is wide open!” “Brilliant, Aurelia!” I roared back. Just a microsecond before the first blinding meteor could obliterate our space, I didn't try to pull the sword away. Instead, I pushed into him, surrendering entirely to Aurelia's instinctual agility. Utilizing the exact moment the cosmic light washed out the plaza,
Last Updated: 2026-10-26
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