Claimed by My Rival
“You hate me, don’t you?” Dante murmured, lips ghosting over mine in slow torture.
“More than anything.”
“Good.” The smirk on his face was sickening. “It’ll make it that much sweeter when you beg me to ruin you.”
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To escape a marriage to a tyrant, Amara Vitale makes a reckless bargain with a devil she’s hated all her life.
Dante DeLaurentis. Her rival since childhood, sworn enemy to her family, and the man who would burn down whatever stood in his path to ash if it meant getting what he wants.
The plan is simple: A fake engagement to save her from her father’s brutal alliance. But every lie they tell themselves, every kiss they fake, and every dangerous night in his world blurs the line between pretense and obsession. Soon, her greatest enemy becomes her fiercest protector, but also the man who could break her heart or ruin her family forever.
In a world where blood and betrayal rule, love isn’t something she can afford. When enemies threaten to ruin everything she holds dear, Amara must decide if surrendering to Dante will save her…or destroy her completely.
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Chapter: Chapter 6 A New CageDANTE“What the actual fuck, Dante?”Cassian wasted no time and spun up on me as soon as I entered the house. The underboss did not look the slightest bit happy, eyes searching through mine for some sort of explanation.“Oi, calm down. You have questions, yes? Glaring at me won’t give you the answers you want.” I fixed him a pointed look.He ran a hand through his hair in frustration. “Why did you decide to get engage to her? A fucking Vitale. And you didn’t tell me. No warnings whatsoever.”“It wasn’t planned.” I snarled back, making my way towards the island and grabbing a glass. I’d have pulled out a cigarette but I wasn’t the smoking type. What I needed was something to keep my mouth busy through Cassian’s rant.He followed right after me. “Since when did you things without planning and thinking it through?”I grabbed a bottle of negroni, helping myself to a glass. “Since I stumbled upon an asset.”I finally turned to Cassian, noting the look of frustration in his eyes. It had all
Last Updated: 2025-10-18
Chapter: Chapter 5 FalloutDANTEI’ve had a knack for being impulsive in the oddest moments. As a child, it didn’t matter if I had to jump into a pool just to get my lucky coin, or step onto the road in pursuit of my dog, ‘Lucky’. I’d leap before even giving it a thought.So, when Amara had dangled that dangerous proposal in front of me, it all felt too good to be true. A fake proposal? How the hell would that solve anything? I’d have Viktor on my ass and for sure, her brothers definitely wouldn’t sit by idle.But she was right about one thing. There was a lot to gain by agreeing to this relationship. For one, I could get all the info I need to ruin the Vitale family once and for all. Viktor was sure to have some dirt on him, something I could use against him.And Amara would lead me to it.She still seemed to be at a loss for words, eyes lingering on the ring on her finger.“Oh, my goodness.”“I can’t believe it.”I turned to the onlookers, who were now taking pictures and gushing at us. Amara finally snapped
Last Updated: 2025-09-30
Chapter: Chapter 4 A Dangerous ProposalAMARA“This has to be a joke.”Except it wasn’t. When I’d been silent in the face of Dante’s question, he’d quietly started the car and started driving off. At first, I thought he was lying when he said he’d take us to one of his safehouses. I didn’t think he’d actually go through with it.Dante turned to me. “And you’re the clown.”I sent him another glare but he didn’t seem affected by it. I’d sent him quite enough this time around. He stopped to discuss something with the security before driving into the compound.“Why did you bring me here?” I folded my arms.He didn’t bother, simply stopping the car in front of the house. Then he turned to me. “Mind getting your ass out of the car?”I flinched back a little before narrowing my eyes on him. It was hard keeping my hands in place. I wanted to just strangle him at the moment. Like having my father on my tail wasn’t bad enough. I had to be given solace by none other than Dante DeLaurentis a.k.a the Devil’s apprentice. Damn it.Withou
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Chapter: Chapter 3 The Devil in the TerminalDANTEThere weren’t a lot of things that could piss me off. One thing I prided myself on, was the amount of self-control I always had, regardless of the situation.Which was why I didn’t understand the reason for that irritation that wouldn’t crawling underneath my skin.“What do you mean you let him get away?” I growled into my phone.“Look, our men are already on his tail. They’ve already pinpointed his location as we speak. You’ll have him back in those chains in twenty—no—fifteen minutes tops.” Cassian, my second in command, explained.I cursed underneath my breath. “Fine then. More than fifteen minutes, and somebody’s having their dick cut off.”“Ai, ai, captain.” Cassian drawled.I ended the call without a second thought. Bastard. I could basically hear the smirk in his voice. In any case, I trusted Cassian to get the job done. He was as reliable as they came and loyal to a fault.My main focus now would be on getting to my jet. I had a couple of meetings that I’d held out for l
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Chapter: Chapter 2 The BetrayalAMARA“What?”“Runaway with me.” He repeated, voice filled with a certainty that chilled me to the core.I bit my lip, letting the thought roll in my head over and over again. Run away with him? The idea sounded interesting, but it wasn’t so easy. My father’s web stretched to each and every part of the city. And what if I did manage to escape by some miracle? He could easily find me with the flick of a finger.“Amara?” Philip’s voice broke through my thoughts.“Sorry. Zoned out a little there.” I mumbled. “I—I don’t know. You really think we can pull it off?”Philip blew out a breath. “It won’t be easy. But I know we can pull it off.”“My father—You know connected he is. I don’t know if we can do this.” I bit my lip. Thoughts of how my father’s goons would easily close in on us already filling my head.“Hey, hey.” His voice was always grounding. “Don’t let all that fear seep into your head. We can do it, okay? Action is the only way to combat fear. What I need you to do for me is grab
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Chapter: Chapter 1 The AnnouncementAMARAYou’d think a family dinner was meant for bonding and enjoying each other’s presence. Tell me why we were talking about how many bodies by brother had thrown over the Manhattan bridge?“The fucking snake,” Raphael scoffed. “He wouldn’t give even till death. No point in even sparing him. He’d have bitten his own tongue off if it meant escaping.”The second, Nikolai, hummed out a reply. “Ditto. Really wish you let me at him though.”I shoved a spoonful of mashed potatoes into my mouth, quietly watching their exchange. Family dinners weren’t frequent, but they were always lavish and opulent. My father liked them that way.He’d been quiet this whole time, simply listening in on what my brothers had to say. I turned to my mother who had also been eating in silence. She never spoke much during family dinners. Doubt she had the guts too. My father preferred her that way. Quiet and obedient.“In summary, you pushed him off before we could get any info?” Kaz, the first son, finally broke
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Revenge on The Alpha Who Rejected Me
"What gives you the right to think you can control me?" I fumed, feeling the anger rising in me.
Before I could react, he had me pinned against the wall, his eyes staring into mine.
“Go ahead and deny it all you want but this body of yours belongs to me completely. Like hell I'd let anyone touch you this way.”
Violet Murray had always longed for the day she would find her mate. She doesn’t expect the painful rejection and humiliation that comes from the Alpha. Tired of everything she’d been forced to endure; she does the most reasonable thing anyone would do in her shoes. Strike a deal with his long-time rival, Lucian Sinclair. They form an alliance under the guise of a fake relationship. She swears she has no feelings for him. When their fake relationship bleeds into something else, she finds herself questioning everything, including her growing feelings.
Lucian Sinclair had one simple aim; completely destroying the one thorn in his flesh, Tristan Black, along with his bleeding pack. He finds an opportunity in the person of Violet who bears a grudge against Tristan and her former pack for all she’d been put through. They agree to form an alliance for the sole purpose of taking their mutual enemy down. It was meant to be no feelings attached. When the lines start to blur, her finds herself unable to deny the feelings he has for her.
When different enemies threaten to tear them apart, they must decide if their love is worth fighting for.
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Chapter: Chapter 91 The New DominionVIOLETI knew things were changing. Faster than I’d like to say I had control over them. But it wasn’t exactly something I could actively fix either.Anon had been borderline mute since lunch at Masos. All attempts at trying to get a reply from him after then? Failed.That wasn’t the most unusual. Lucian’s actions had been more or less strange. I wouldn’t say I was completely opposed to it either. That night, he’d stayed with me through out as he promised. Didn’t leave my side even till morning.Was it embarrassing? Yes. But even my attempts at shaking him off weren’t working. He was…clingy. Something that was all sorts of odd for Lucian Sinclair.“So, what do you say?” Lucian asked, eyes filled with eagerness and a hint of excitement.I stared, unable to hide my amusement. “You’re not actually serious.”“Oh, but I am.” He chuckled, jingling his keys a little.“Don’t you have Alpha duties to attend to?” I folded my arms.He fixed me a look. “Now I feel like you’ll keep using that agai
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Chapter: Chapter 90 Oddities and NightmaresLUCIANWeird was one of Violet’s favorite words to use but I’d noticed her odd behavior right from the moment we got to the restaurant.First the bouncing of her leg and the way she looked around so frantically like she was searching for someone. I’d been suspicious when she suddenly needed to go to the bathroom.Even Zayn and Reese had noticed her absence when minutes trickled by and she still hadn’t returned. To think this was what had been going on.“Violet?”The look of shock on her face immediately melted into something else. Embarrassment. She slowly turned to the man and tried to reach out to him.He made a small noise, flinching back rather violently. Violet wasn’t deterred, finally able to gently grab his shoulder.“I’m so sorry, I—There was a bit of a mix-up and I thought you were someone else.” She slowly handed him the phone.He still looked wary even if as he took it away from her. “I’m not in trouble?”She shook her head. “You’re okay. Like I said, there was a bit of a m
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Chapter: Chapter 89 AnonVIOLET“Anon?”It had been so low that I doubt anyone at the table caught on. They were too busy placing their orders to notice my panic.“What’s wrong?” Lucian asked, breaking through the haze in my head.Of course, he’d noticed. Even if the others hadn’t been paying attention, he always noticed these things.“What?” I blinked away the surprise. “Nothing’s wrong. Why do you ask?”He followed the path my gaze had been on, then turned back to me. “You sure?”Shit. He really had noticed. Curse him and his attentiveness. And here I’d thought I was so slick. The smile was easy to force on my face.“I’m fine. Honestly.”He let out a grunt, not sounding like he believed me. “I was asking what you wanted for dessert.”I turned back to the menu, running my eyes over the dessert section. Every bit of excitement I’d had initially had been replaced with anxiousness. I couldn’t check the man out again. Not when Lucian was paying increasing attention to me.“How about the lemon meringue?” I turned
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Chapter: Chapter 88 Lunch at MasosVIOLETThe next few days that followed after the big reveal were pretty strange. Reese was the most stunned when she got to know. And dejected. No matter how grouchy or tough she liked to act, she could be pretty sensitive deep down.And the whole thing had hit her pretty hard. She refused to let me out of her sight most of the time after that.Thank God for Zayn forcing her away from me whenever it was necessary. At the moment, we were in the living room, with my head on her lap and her fingers stringing through her head.“Remember what you said about people mistaking us for a couple because of how we’re always together?” I broke the silence.She immediately shushed me. “Let them think what they want. You can’t always control the public’s opinion.”“Oh, really?” I stared at her in amusement. “I’d like you to keep up that same energy for as long as possible.”She stuck out her tongue. “I plan to.”I stared at her for a while longer before shaking my head. The reason behind all this fr
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Chapter: Chapter 87 The RevealVIOLET“Are you serious?” I stepped forward.The guard turned to me, a disturbed look in his eyes as he nodded. “Yes, Luna.”Another growl left Lucian’s lips. “Well, who is it? Who’s the person behind this?”There was a small pause. It seemed the man was at a loss for what to say. Or rather he seemed too disturbed to speak. I knew if he didn’t get to talking anytime soon, Lucian would lose his cool and end up lashing out on him.I put a hand on Lucian’s shoulder, noting as the look of irritation in his eyes slowly softened. Turning back to the man, I steeled my expression once again.“Speak.”The man let out a deep breath. “We did a thorough investigation of their individual rooms hoping to find something. It ended up leaving us at a dead end. We considered coming to just report it to you but something pushed me to suggest searching her room.”I blinked. “You went through her belongings?”“Forgive me!” The man nearly slammed his head into the ground with how fast he bowed. “I know how
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Chapter: Chapter 86 ApologiesLUCIANViolet blinked at me, a dumbfounded look on her face. “Huh?”“I said, I’m sorry.” I said, irritation bleeding into my tone.The pointed glare in her eyes made me let out a breath. Now was not the time to start getting irritated all over again. I’d made up my mind to apologize to her before the day ended. And lucky enough, I’d found her in my room.It still didn’t explain why she had my phone in her hand, but of course, the apology would come first.“My words and reasoning during the interrogation weren’t fair on you.” I continued. “You’re my Luna, and by default, that gives you as much right to be present there and the right to question them as you so please. I’m sorry, Violet.”For a while, she said nothing. It was to the point that the silence was almost deafening. Then she made a sound of surprise.“What’s with the sudden apology?” she scoffed. “Your rotten heart slowly starting to heal up? Or are you just a doppleganger masquerading as the real Lucian?”I ignored her obviou
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