THE DON'S SECRET OBSESSION (His Bride, Her Prison)
I never wanted any part in this. But I have no choice. With a deep sigh, I force down an invisible lump in my throat, looking up at the priest.
I press my fingers tighter into the flower I am holding, hoping it hides how much I am shaking. Dreading the words the priest is about to utter.
“Do you, Ariella Cecilia Boone, take Dermos Salvatore to be your lawfully wedded husband?” The priest asks.
I blink.
I badly want to say it, badly want to scream that I am not Ariella Cecilia Boone.
My lips tremble as I force the truth down my throat, “Yes, I do.” I murmur, my voice a little over a whisper.
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Ariel Hannah Boone didn't know what life had in store for her when she woke up on her twin sister's wedding day, only to find out her sister had run away.
She went into panic when her mother insisted she take her place because Dermos Salvatore was no man to joke with.
Dermos was the most feared Don in the whole of Sicily, one who killed without care. A blood thirsty murderer with no remorse.
In an attempt to save her family from his wrath, she takes her sister's place at the wedding.
Pain, suffering, and betrayal are all she knows the moment she became his. Secrets begin to unveil as she realises her family isn't what it seems.
And when whispers of her sister's disappearance reach her, she finds out the truth.
He never wanted Ariella; it had always been her.
Ariel has to choose between a love built on lies or betraying her sister and family.
She was his bride, and he was her prison, yet he would never let her go.
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Chapter: 61Chapter 61Dermos’s POVI blinked twice before registering what was staring back at me.It was a live location ping, and it was coming from inside our compound.A restricted wing, to be specific.A private floor that only three people had access to, till now, I guess.I covered my shock immediately, even though something in me turned.Then Carlos gulped.“It’s moving,” he announced.The red dot shifted slowly across the blueprint, like whoever it was knew exactly where they were going.Mateo stepped closer. “Who has access to that level?” He asked.And I didn’t answer, cause I already knew.And if this was what I thought it was, then tonight wasn’t just retaliation.It was an infiltration.The red dot suddenly stopped right outside a specific door.I stared at it, and for the first time, I didn’t feel anger.I felt something colder.“Get the cars,” I said quietly.And no one argued, no one asked questions, cause they could see it now too.This wasn’t just war anymore; this was persona
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Chapter: 60Chapter 60Dermos’s POVThe trap was simple.Too simple.And that made it perfect.I didn’t tell Carlos everything, and I didn't tell Mateo everything either.Not because I didn’t trust them.But because I didn’t trust anyone.I left the meeting hall and altered one shipment route myself. I did it on my own manually, no system entry, no digital trail. Just verbal instructions to one mid-level operative who had no reason to question me.It was a fake diversion. A high-value shipment that didn’t exist.If Valerio intercepted it, I would know exactly how deep this infection ran.And tonight…We were about to find out.The warehouse lights shone over my head as I stepped inside.The floor was cold as hell, and the metal containers had been cracked with diesel filling the air.Mateo stood near the loading dock with six armed men behind him.Carlos was already there with his phone in hand, watching tracking coordinates, probably.“They took the bait,” Carlos said without looking at me.O
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Chapter: 59Chapter 59Dermos’s POVCarlos has been with me for as long as I can remember.But in this world, there's one thing I've learnt on the way. No one in this world is trustworthy till proven.And in this moment, I could only trust myself.So as the office fell silent again, I put together my personal map, my personal sketch.And when I'd added the final details, I strolled over and leaned against the edge of the window.From there, I stared out at the city beyond the window, finding the view to be my only escape.My mind refused to rest, replaying every moment from the forest. I didn't want to believe that someone from my camp would betray me.I refused to believe that I had a mouse in my midst. But Valerio’s moves were too precise, and that could only mean one thing.I took a deep breath.Then rubbed my jaw, feeling the tension there tighten.I really hoped that Carlos had begun checking out the maps and other instructions I'd given him.We were running out of time, and the more they
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Chapter: 58Chapter 58Dermos’ POVI ran a hand over my chin, carefully watching Carlos' reaction.I didn't know when I stopped spinning my chair, Carlos wasn't known to beat around words.I hope he hasn't changed, as his words still lingered in the air longer than I expected. And the pause afterwards didn't help the case.The weight of what he might say next was too heavy, and I could see it on him.I waited with my eyes fixed on him as the office suddenly felt too small and the little sounds around ticked louder than ever.“It’s regarding Valerio,” he finally said in a measured tone. “There’s something we didn’t catch the first time, something subtle but very critical.”I leaned back slightly, folding my fingers on the table. “Go on,” I said flatly, though my pulse quickened. Every instinct in my body was on high alert, aware that any piece of overlooked information could turn the tables on us.When dealing with a man like Valerio, every detail to the stop counted.Carlos pulled his tablet f
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Chapter: 57Chapter 57Dermos' POV I could barely keep my fingers and eyes in one place as it fell on every moving thing around me.I was on high alert; this couldn't end any other way.And in about 30 minutes, I stepped out to the beautiful view of our offices.I walked in, offering nods, greetings, and waves till I reached the doors of the meeting room.The room was already occupied when I entered, and all heads turned to me.Carlos was the first to spot my entrance.Then Mateo, then the others did one at a time.The air shifted instantly as I took a seat in my designated seat.It was time for business, no more silly women's issues.There were no more distractions.“What happened, Dermos?” Carlos asked from one of the chairs. “I sent the reminder a while back, and you still came late,” Carlos said.“I’m here now,” I replied flatly.And that was enough to put a stop to all of that.And the rest of those present didn’t push further.So I took my seat at the head of the table, as usual.“Let’s ta
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Chapter: 56Chapter 56Dermos’s POVI felt at ease, at rest. I felt the walls around me crumbling fast with every touch.That was the extent to which Luciana's touch fought my resilience.Her fingers lingered on places that they should never have been in the first place.Her thumb from her other hand brushed over my knuckles slowly while she rested the other on my chest.She wasn’t rushing; she wasn’t forcing anything. She was playing it patiently and with confidence.“You don’t have to fight everything,” she murmured softly as she leaned so close to me I felt her breath against my skin.Her other hand slid up my arm again, drawing lines over the tension in my muscles as though she had been studying me.I didn’t pull away.At least not immediately.My body was still not ready, and my mind couldn't go any longer.The garden suddenly felt smaller as she stretched towards my face, closing in on removing the space between us.The air around me felt heavier than it did five minutes ago.And the closer
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Chapter: chapter 105Azalea POVI ran out of the throne room and tears began to flow down my face. I tried to hold it in but I couldn't even hold it in for long as all the tears poured and I tried to cover my mouth just to silence it.I can't continue doing this, I keep lying to alpha Federico that I love him when I don't…yes, I have affection for him but that love could never be like the one I felt for Luther, Alpha Federico kept asking me if I loved him but I kept saying I loved him when I didn't.I wish I could just truly love him but I couldn't do it. Walked sluggishly to my room and closed the door as I began to think about all that Alpha Federico said, he kept mentioning my second chance mate coming back but I couldn't really agree to my mate ever coming back. What if he came back and I hate him? What if I reject him because I have become too deeply in love with Luther?But I won't want anyone to pass through the rejection. I knew how much pain I held in the day Kade rejected me and now I would hav
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Chapter: chapter 104ALPHA Federico The priest and everyone stared at me as my beta asked the same question for the second time. I knew that I wouldn’t dare tell them that I had just stolen my own son's mate.“It’s nothing, I just remembered that I need to discuss something with Luther.” I lied before moving backward a little and then left the secret room and went back to the palace.I staggered slowly through the hallways as I was unable to believe what just happened…it began to make perfect sense to me, that was why Azalea wasn’t able to stay away from Luther even though my inner wolf was very weak.It was because of the pull which she kept feeling and that was what I had always thought was cheating.“I tried to separate them but I was just making the situation worse and their bond to keep getting close,” I muttered to myself as I staggered like a person who was drunk, I stopped again when I realized something.“How am I even sure that they haven’t slept with each other in secret already?” I asked myse
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Chapter: chapter 103Alpha Federico povKade was soon done with his childish treat and walked away but I wasn’t as calm as I sounded, I looked at Azalea and she was happy because I backed her up…I was also happy because happiness was the only thing I wanted, all I wanted to see was a smile on her face at all times and she never deprived me of that….I smiled back at her subconsciously before looking away, “You shouldn’t mind him, If truly she was seeing things and kept having nightmares we like to have heard her shouts at least once or twice but none of that has happened.” Azalea said before looking at me with a smile.Just when I was about to reply to her my phone beeped and when I checked it was a message from my Beta letting me know that the priest I had sent on an errand had arrived.“I need to go, I have very important things to attend to,” I said to her and stood up even before she could question my reasons,As I walked down the hallway I hoped that he had found a way and that the priest had nothing
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Chapter: chapter 102Azalea’s povWith those words, I was a bit taken aback by what she was trying to insinuate.“What do you mean?” I asked.“I won’t tell you anything, you just keep acting dumb and trying to find out why Luther cannot do without you,” Susan said and even though I was at the doorway she still walked away and left me in the garden again, while I thought about why exactly I felt this way and why she just said those words but yet I felt like what she had just said had some hidden meaning I have to find out more on.“She wouldn’t say those things if she hadn’t heard something or knew about what was going wrong in my life,” I whispered to myself before walking out of the Garden and into the palace only to see Alpha Federico waiting in front of the doorway with a frown making me wonder if I have done something wrong to him.“Why are you standing there and staring at me like I have done something wrong?” I asked Alpha Federico as then his frown turned to a cheerful look.“I was worried Susan wa
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Chapter: chapter 101Azalea POVI couldn’t say anything and just kept quiet. Susan walked towards me with a smirk as she became so close to me I could feel the harsh breath from her nose on my skin making me very uncomfortable.“I understand what you mean,” I said but I still didn’t understand what the secret was all about.“I know you think the secret is a minor something but I called you here just to let you know that I would make your life a living hell, I liked you back then as I always thought that you would favor us when you became the Luna but now we all paved way for you to be the queen and now Alpha Federico made you the queen even without a ceremony and you threw us all away,” Susan said with bitterness oozing out of her voice but I still stood cool as I knew deep within me that she was the one who took that photo but with the way, I saw things now I knew she couldn’t do anything… she just wanted attention and to be favored by alpha Federico she was not as determined as Lucy.I walked up to her
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Chapter: chapter 100Azalea’s povI lay beside Alpha Federico who was fast asleep, I couldn’t help but remember what he said. What good I possibly do to Isabelle that would make her regret ever being born into this world or even being in this pack?I don’t know why Alpha Federico can’t just chase them all away, at least Alpha Rozan left but why weren’t Isabelle and Kade leaving?Suddenly I remembered Kade and that made me angry with myself, I don’t know why I always remembered him. He rejected me and yet acted so emotionally with me,I stood up from the bed and wore my key favorite dress to stroll around and that’s when I searched around for my novel from the other day but couldn’t find it, “where could I have kept it?” I questioned myself and then I remembered the night of my intimacy with Luther, he had collected the book from me while he kissed me and took me to his room and that’s when I recalled seeing him drop it on the shelf in the hallways.I checked on Alpha Federico and he was still fast asleep,
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SWEET REVENGE (He Betrayed Me, Now He Must Pay)
“Stop this God forsaken wedding!!” I boom, my voice resonating through the halls of the church.
Murmurs fill the air as eyes turn to me, dressed in nothing but rags. My grip tightens on the bat in my right hand.
How dare they? How dare he?
My eyes burn as I match forward, my body trembling with rage.
“Clara, what–”
His words are barely out before I send my hand forward, swinging the bat at him.
Thick red blood spurts out as screams fill the air.
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Clara Anthony thought it was love when she took the fall for a theft her husband committed just a few weeks after she gave birth.
Thought she was doing the right thing for him, for them, but she was wrong because on the day she came out three years later, she found out he was getting married to her best friend of ten years.
Her whole world shatters as she watches her best friend take her life, her husband, and her daughter.
Left with nothing but pain and a deep ache for revenge. She teams up with the one person she swore never to look at again, the one person everyone thought was dead.
Spencer Anthony, twin to her husband and her first love, the same man who left her without a word.
Now he is back from the dead, not as the same man she once knew, but a cold, heartless mafia man who wants nothing but destruction.
As Spencer offers her a chance to reclaim her life and daughter. Filled with nothing but hate, she takes up the offer, determined to make everyone pay.
But what she didn't know when going close to Spencer was that when dining with the devil, you use a long spoon.
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Chapter: 60CHAPTER 60Clara’s POVLin Woo and I talked more, catching up on everything we had missed out on.It still didn’t feel real that he was sitting in front of me after all these years. There was a time I thought I would never see him again, that he had just disappeared from my life completely. But now he was here, right in front of me, drinking coffee as if nothing had changed.He told me he went back to South Korea, his home country, because of several family issues. He said he didn’t tell me back then because he didn’t want to bother me, that he thought it would only make things harder.He stayed there for a long time helping out his family, and he said he had no way to contact me because he lost all my information. He didn’t remember my number, and we had no mutual friends there. He said he tried searching for me online once, but nothing came up. Then, after a while, he began seeing the rumors. I listened as he spoke, nodding slowly, but if I was being honest, I couldn’t fully concen
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Chapter: 59CHAPTER 59Clara’s POVI didn’t plan on coming here.I just… ended up here.My body moved on its own, my feet carrying me down familiar streets until I was standing in front of the café I hadn’t visited in years. I stared at the glass for a few seconds, watching strangers inside laugh and talk like nothing in the world could touch them.It felt weird.Like I was standing outside of a life that used to belong to me.I pushed the door open, and the small bell rang above my head, the sound instantly pulling memories out of places I had buried deep. The smell of coffee hit me next, warm and comforting, and for a moment, my chest tightened so much it almost hurt.Nothing had changed.The same chairs.The same counter.The same calm atmosphere that made you forget everything outside existed.I walked up to the counter and ordered quietly, not really paying attention to the words coming out of my mouth.“One latte, please.”The barista nodded, and I stepped aside to wait, my fingers loosely
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Chapter: 58CHAPTER 58Esteban’s POVThe man didn’t know I was coming.That was the best part.I stood across the street inside the parked car, watching the warehouse entrance. My fingers tapped slowly against the steering wheel as I stared at the entrance, my face calm, my breathing steady. I wasn’t nervous. I wasn’t angry.I was focused.He thought he could double-cross Spencer and get away with it. Thought he could take money and deliver fewer products. Thought he could lie.People like him always thought they were smarter than they were.They weren’t.They were just desperate.And desperate people made mistakes.I reached over and grabbed my gun from the passenger seat, checking it out of habit. Loaded. Ready.Good.I stepped out of the car and closed the door quietly, my shoes hitting the pavement without a sound. The night air was cool, but I didn’t feel it. I never felt anything when I was working.I walked toward the warehouse slowly, my eyes scanning everything. As I got closer, I coul
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Chapter: 57CHAPTER 57Spencer's POV Esteban didn’t try to stop me again, and that alone told me he understood there was no changing my mind. He simply followed behind me as I walked out of the office, his presence steady and familiar, as it had always been since we were boys. The hallway felt longer than usual, quieter too, the kind of quiet that comes before something irreversible happens. My shoes clicked against the polished floor, each step deliberate, each second bringing me closer to the storm waiting outside.When we reached the elevator, I pressed the button and waited. The doors opened, and we stepped inside without speaking. I could feel Esteban watching me, studying, when he was trying to figure out whether I was about to do something reckless or something necessary. “You don’t have to do this,” he said finally, his voice calm but cautious.I kept my eyes forward. “Yes, I do.”The elevator descended, and when the doors opened to the lobby, the noise outside was already audible. E
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Chapter: 56CHAPTER 56Spencer’s POVI was at my office, going through some paperwork, when there was a knock on the door.I didn’t look up immediately. My eyes stayed on the document in front of me, though my mind was no longer focused on the words. The past few weeks had drained me in ways I didn’t expect. Every paper I signed, every decision I made, every move I planned—it was all for one thing.Clara.Everything was for her.“Come in,” I said flatly.The door opened, and I looked up, immediately recognizing the man who stepped inside.It was my personal bodyguard.It was also my childhood friend.Esteban.He closed the door behind him quietly, his movements calm and precise. He had always moved like that, like someone who was constantly aware of his surroundings. He was tall, even taller than I was, his broad shoulders stretching the fabric of his black suit. His dark hair was slicked back neatly, and the scar that ran through his eye and down to his cheek gave him a permanently dangerous lo
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Chapter: 55CHAPTER 55Florida’s POVThe bathwater was still warm, scented with eucalyptus and something expensive I couldn’t pronounce but loved anyway. Steam clung to the marble walls, softening the edges of the room, turning everything hazy and indulgent. I leaned back against the porcelain curve of the tub, one leg bent, my phone balanced carefully above the water.The screen glowed against the dim lighting.Notifications kept climbing.Shares. Comments. News alerts. Interview requests.My lips curved slowly.It was almost too easy.I refreshed the page again, watching the numbers tick upward in real time. My statement had crossed a million views in under an hour. The sympathy was pouring in exactly the way I knew it would. I had simply looked scared.That was the key.I looked through the comments.“You’re so strong for speaking up.Protect your family at all costs.”“That woman needs serious help.”“We stand with you, Florida.”I exhaled slowly, sinking deeper into the water.Predictable.
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Chapter: chapter 178Chapter 178"It's the truth! What makes you believe I will let you rule the pack? Something I've spent my whole life dreaming of? I liked your father, and I was going to do the same with you!"A tear slipped down Henry's cheek as he watched his mom, realizing that the old lady had been leading him astray all along."Why? Why did you treat me this way? I've spent my entire life in sadness. You made me believe I must get the throne regardless of what it takes, so this was it? You are wicked, Mom; you don't deserve to live! You should die!" she yelled, grabbing the necklace around his neck."Please don't cut it; that's my life! If you cut it, then I'm going to get old. I'm way older than you all expected; this necklace has been the thing keeping me young. I'm way older than everyone here. I am old enough to give birth to the old alpha himself. Please don't do it—I’ve done lots of things to be able to achieve this because now I'm only steps away from achieving it. Please don't end me," sh
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Chapter: chapter 177Chapter 177"Save whatever you have to say until we have settled everything. Don't add to my stress, please," he left her and stormed in.He tried entering, but the guard at the door stopped him."You can't go in.""Why can't I?""Please don't make things difficult for us; just leave," the guard told him.He reluctantly left.***"If you truly are the alpha's son, then prove it!""I don't need to argue with you! When the time comes, you will get hit really hard!" Darien chuckled.The old lady walked up to Alisha, who was standing not far from her. She tried holding Alisha's hands, but Alisha moved back, and boom, a favor appeared from nowhere and burned her hands. Everyone gasped."What just happened? It just came from Luna! Don't tell me the old lady was right; Luna practices black magic! Look at what she did to the woman; she burned her hand!" Alisha looked at her, but finding the right word to use, that never came from her."I didn't do it! She just came to touch me, and I moved ba
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Chapter: chapter 176Chapter 176Writer's POV Emily, seeing everything was turning, began making fireballs with her hand, then proceeded to throw them at Alisha. Though she did it openly, none of them accepted it; Darien, Alisha, and Daniel saw it.Immediately she threw the fire, it ceased on the way; no matter how hard she tried, it still didn't work. Alisha, who was already anticipating the blow, quickly opened her eyes only to see that it was Daniel who was holding it with his eyes.They were shocked but still composed."This old lady here has been the one doing everything that's gone wrong in this pack. Why aren't you all worried about how she still manages to look young even after so many years? Don't you find it suspicious? She looked exactly like this before she died, and look at her today; nothing has changed. Do you think it's because she doesn't age like every other old person in this pack, or is there more to it?" "Don't just keep beating around the bush; tell us what you are trying to say."
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Chapter: chapter 175Chapter 175Writer's POV;"After I heard it, I knew the alpha would be helpless if he eventually found out that Darien was not his son, so I decided to help him. I did what I did to save the throne from his lineage; so where did I go wrong?" She battered her lids."One thing I'm trying to get straight is why you've been quiet all these years. Why didn't you come back to lay this claim when he had no heir? Why are you back all of a sudden?" An elder questioned her."It's not that I didn't want to come back, but he threatened my son that he would get rid of her the very day he set foot in this castle.""Then again, why are you with this traitor? Isn't she supposed to be in prison? This can only mean you also have a hand in the supposed death of Luna," a maid said from the back. Though they weren't allowed to speak, at this point, everyone must speak out to prove them wrong."They have no hand in whatever happened to me. I was the one who chose to do it; it was a form of revenge for what
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Chapter: chapter 174Chapter 174. Writer's POV "Fortunately for me, my wife just died. She used to live with me in the small cottage behind the castle. I had no other way to bury her, so I placed her in the coffin and rescued the queen." "You expect us to believe such a cock-and-bull story? Oh come on; we aren’t kids. Remember, they opened the casket and who we saw was the queen. She was the one in the coffin, not your wife, so butt out!" an elder snapped at the old man. "That's because after I woke up, I made her wear a mask that has exactly my face. That's how everyone came to believe I was the one. I was never dead from the start. Now I'm back to make my son resume his original position because Darien here is not the son of the late Alpha. I have witnessed that." All eyes widened, including Darien's and Alisha's; they didn't see this coming. "What nonsense are you talking about? If we must talk about people who don't belong to the Alpha, then it's your son. Henry is not my brother; I know that so w
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Chapter: chapter 173Chapter 173One week later*The days went by as if nothing had happened.After they left that day, Darien had to take her to her parents' house to calm her angry brothers.They couldn't be happier. At some point, Daniel had to be proud of the fact that he never once agreed that his mom was no more; he said something inside him was telling him that his mom was very much alive.The news of Luna being alive spread like wildfire in the Greyhound pack, and out of happiness, Darien insisted they celebrate so the villagers who didn't get the chance to see her could come to see her.Michael was heartbroken because he had expected her to move on from Darien once she came back, but she did otherwise by still sticking to him. He couldn't be more heartbroken. Darien noticed it and tried talking to him, but he would just dismiss him, saying they would never be friends no matter what happened.Alisha never once succumbed to the idea; she insisted that it was way too early to celebrate.When they re
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