Chapter: Chapter 38Julius's POVVera has been a little distant off recent and I had no idea why. I had a feeling it could be because I had been spending most of my time at work and not with her, so today I planned to get off work early and spend some quality time with my doll. I got into my car ready to drive home when my phone rang"Lexi? "I spoke bringing the phone up to my ear"Come to the hospital. It's Vera"My heart started racing as Lexi put down the phoneWas there something wrong with my doll? Was that why she has been distantI took off to the hospital driving like a maniac not bothering to consider the traffic lights or constant horns from other drivers. I needed to be with my doll. Ariving at the hospital I rushed in and met Lexi in front of the room I was told Vera was in. "What happened!? "I asked panicking "We were at homeShe said she was feeling dizzy and I went to get her some water but when I got back she had fainted on the floor"My heart sank and I was scared out of shitl
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Chapter: Chapter 37Vera's POVWalking into the music room everywhere was dead silent. I held mother's book close to me like it was the only thing I had that was stable right now. I opened it and flipped to a slow and passionate song as I set it in front of me, taking a seat on the piano bench. I had found out num was a pianist and she composed her own tunes. I was so thankful to aunt for making me take piano classes. It made me feel closer to mum. I wish I knew her. I started to play a slow and sad tune depicting the way I felt I didn't know when tears started falling down my cheeks. I felt someone's presence close to me. I laid my head on his shoulder once he sat down next to me. Placing his hand on the other side of the keyboard we played the song in a duet and it brought more tears to my eyes as I couldn't hold it. He cupped my face in his hands"I'm sure she misses you too doll"Julius wiped my tears and kissed my eyes. I wiped my eyes sniffling. I hugged him and he wrapped his hands a
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Chapter: Chapter 36Julius's POVI got out in an abandoned farm house. I walked in watching my back intently. The floors were all rotten and creepyEvery step I took no matter how quiet made a noise. All of a sudden I felt something heavy hit me at the back of my head and I fell down on my knees groaning. I looked up to see Cyrus. My eyes drifted to Vera who he had tied up on the floor. She sat there with her legs and hands bounded together. "Doll are you okay? ""I'm okay. Why did you come? ""I had to save you"Seeing her tear stained cheeks made my blood boil as I launched forward at Cyrus but immediately he pulled out a gun pointed at Vera I stopped dead in my tracks. "You didn't think I'd invite you here without coming prepared did you? ""What do you-""Shut the fuck up! Don't ask me what I wantYou locked me up and put me through 3rd degree torture and you have the balls to ask me what the fuck you did!!?Your an ass you know that? I worked under your family for some many years and what
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Chapter: Chapter 35Julius's POVI smiled at Vera's cuteness as she ran into the house. I gave her a few minutes to herself before going in after her. Guessing she would have gone to the kitchen for some water, I went there and I stopped when I saw shattered glass on the floor and an empty bottle of water on the table. My heart started racing as I stormed out of the kitchen yelling out Vera's name. I had this painful feeling that something was terribly wrongMy yelling brought everyone back in to the house"What's wrong Julius? "Uncle Richard walked up to me placing his hand on my shoulder"VeraShe-she's gone""Gone? What do you mean by gone? ""I don't know mother. I walked into the kitchen and there was glass shattered everywhere. I just have this bad feeling"I was panicking as I ran a hand through my hair"Calm down sonWe'll check all over the house"They split up to check and I ran up to our room hoping by some miracle she would be having a shower or something. But my heart sank when she
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Chapter: Chapter 34Vera's POVJulius wasn't joking when he said we were going to play baseball. After taking a shower together we slipped into polo shirts and jeans. I threw my hair into a high ponytail and slapped on a face cap. When we came down the whole family was already in the garden. It wasn't like any professional game. It consisted of two positionsOne for the server And the other the hitter or I think that was what it was calledThere were four teams. One with Julius and IOne with mother and Aunt Patricia and Uncle Richard Another with mother and Aunt Janice and the last with Denzell and Uzzaih. I was so scared. I had never played baseball in my life and here I was standing with the bat in my hand. It didn't help matters that my palms were sweaty. Denzell stood few feets away from me and I took in a deep breath as he served. I swung the bat with my eyes shut and I missed. I looked down as tears threatened to fall. "Come on Vera! "Mother shouted from under one of the canopies.
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Chapter: Chapter 33Unknown person's POV"Where are they right now""In their family home boss""They are enjoying themselves""Good"I smiled, knowing well they won't expect what was coming for them. Their biggest mistake was forgetting me and forgetting I'm a force to be reckon with. "Keep an eye on themWait for my signal""Yes boss"Putting down the phone I felt the satisfaction of being a step closer to getting rid of my enemies. Julius thought locking me away in a cell and torturing me will bring me down for good. He's really blind. And that Vera was really a piece of candy. The memory of her in that red and sexy dress never left my mind. Julius really didn't deserve her and I was going to make sure she becomes mine. I never got anything I deserved. I had to struggle and after everything I ended up below Julius. I will make him and his entire family pay for everything. I will make him watch as I take what is his and then I will kill him. Vera's POVI stirred in a strong per of arms. Kn
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TEN (≧▽≦)The path narrowed as they climbed, pine branches brushing against Elara’s sleeves. The air grew crisper with every step, scented with resin and damp earth. Behind them, the village lay tucked in its valley cradle, smoke curling upward like threads of spun silver. Ahead, jagged ridges loomed, dark against the morning sky.Rae trudged steadily, his wool cloak flapping at his heels. He leaned on his walking stick, but his stride betrayed strength still coiled in his wiry frame. Ryker walked close behind, steadying Elara when roots snagged her skirts. She had insisted she could manage, but her slippers were ill-suited for the rocky ground. Every now and then, she stumbled, cheeks burning as Ryker’s calloused hand caught her elbow.“You’ll not last an hour up here in court shoes,” Rae remarked without turning. “We’ll see about that when we reach the cabin. A pair of boots will serve you better than all the silks in the empire.”Elara bit her lip, unused to such bluntness, but she nodded. “
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINE ( ◜‿◝ )♡The path sloped down into the valley where the village lay, roofs of thatch and timber clustered close, smoke curling lazily from chimneys. For Elara, the sight was unlike anything she had known. Gone were the towering stone walls, the echoing marble floors, the stifling trappings of nobility. Here was life simple and unadorned, where the rhythm of day and night seemed written not by decree but by the land itself.Ryker slowed his pace as they passed beneath a wooden arch, its beams carved with symbols worn smooth by rain and years. His horse’s hooves clicked against the cobbled path, and already voices rose in greeting.“Ryker!” cried one of the women from a doorway, her gray hair escaping its kerchief as she rushed forward. “Goddess above, it is you!”Others followed — stout, rosy-cheeked matrons with aprons dusted in flour or damp from laundry. They came like a tide, clucking and cooing, their hands reaching for Ryker’s arms, his shoulders, as though to prove he was no phantom but
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤ The grand hall was too quiet for Lord Sawyer’s liking. The shadows of the high-vaulted ceiling stretched long across the marble, broken only by the flicker of torches mounted in wrought iron sconces. He sat upon the edge of his seat at the banquet table, goblet untouched, tapping a gloved finger upon the wood. The longer he waited, the more bile rose in his throat.Elara should have come by now.Patience had never been a virtue of his, and this house — this damned, echoing house — felt as though it mocked him with its silence. He had been promised a bride, pledged by Duke Cortez himself, and yet when he demanded her presence, the girl had not arrived.He motioned sharply to the steward at his side. “Summon her. I did not ride through half the Empire to be made to wait like some supplicant.”The steward hesitated only briefly. “My lord, she was… indisposed. Her chamber maid said she had not yet risen.”Sawyer’s jaw tightened. “Then wake her.”The steward bowed quickly and re
ปรับปรุงล่าสุด: 2025-10-06
Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡The torches in the Grand Duke’s manor hissed as the rain outside battered the stone walls. Thunder grumbled in the distance, rolling low like some restless beast, as servants hurried through the wide corridors to prepare for their lord’s return. At the far end of the hall, beneath the banners of the Empire, the great oak doors swung open with a groan. Grand Duke Cortez strode inside, his cloak soaked from three days’ ride, his presence commanding and cold. Elara stood at the balcony above, her hands clenched upon the balustrade. Her father had returned—yet not when she needed him. He had missed her return from Lord Sawyer’s keep, missed the silent tears she had shed when she crossed the manor’s threshold alone, and missed the ache in her chest that had grown heavier with every absence. As always, duty had consumed him, and she was left behind. “Summon Lady Elara to the grand hall,” Cortez’s voice echoed, deep and resonant, filling the vaulted space. “There is much to discuss.” A
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIX(〃ﾟ3ﾟ〃)The sun hung low over the sprawling dukedom, its golden rays filtering through the ancient oaks and casting dappled patterns across the garden’s winding paths. Elara’s boots crunched against the gravel as she wove through rosebushes and lavender beds, her breath uneven, her side still tender from the wound that had kept her bedridden for weeks. The air was heavy with the scent of blooming flowers and damp earth, a perfume that once soothed her restless spirit. But today, it offered no solace. Her heart throbbed with a pain far sharper than the stitched gash beneath her linen tunic—a pain born of absence, of neglect, of being forever second to her father’s ambitions. She had pictured his stern face softening, perhaps even his arms opening to embrace her after weeks under Lord Sawyer’s suffocating care. Instead, the grand hall had been empty, save for the murmured apologies of servants and the distant echo of her father’s voice barking orders in his war chamber. Work. Always work. Map
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE ♡“Elara” his voice, paired with my name made my spine straighten and breath caught in my throat.I turn, watching him walk up to me. I inhale a quiet breath as maids scurry past us with my trunks and belongings stealing glances at the scene that was about to unravel, no doubt what between the Lord and myself would be gossip on their lips for months. As I watch him approach, settling just a few feet away from me I felt my trained confidence weakening. I should have been more prepared for this, prepared for him to make one last attempt to change my mind, I practiced my response last night with Ryker, swift and with finality. But here I stood, a lump formed in my throat.“My lady” he picks my hand, keeping his gaze trained on mine as he places a kiss on my knuckles. A dangerous shiver wracked my whole body and I exhale a nervous breath, what was this sudden chill?I pull my hand away, “My Lord” I greet cordially “I am truly glad to see you are doing better, although I must confess my un
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