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CHAPTER SEVEN - THE MAFIA KING'S WARNING
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BURNING WITH THE MAFIA PRINCE CHAPTER TEN - RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
Adeline's POVMorning came too soon. I woke to sunlight streaming through windows I didn't remember opening. To Kayden already dressed, sitting in the armchair across from the bed, watching me with an expression I couldn't read."We need to talk," he said.Four words that never meant anything good.I sat up, pulling the sheet with me. My hand still tingled from where we'd fallen asleep touching. That moment of vulnerability in his mother's room felt like a dream now. Distant. Impossible.The man sitting across from me wasn't the broken boy who'd cried in the darkness. This was the Mafia Prince. Cold. Controlled. Dangerous."Someone saw us last night," he said without preamble. "Going into my mother's room. They reported to my father."Ice flooded my veins. "What did you tell him?""The truth. That you found the room unlocked and I found you there. That we talked about my mother." His grey eyes were steady on mine. "He didn't believe me. He thinks we're getting too close. That this arr
BURNING WITH THE MAFIA PRINCE CHAPTER NINE - THE CRYING ROOM
Adeline's POVI waited until midnight.The mansion settled into its nighttime rhythm around eleven. Servants retiring to their quarters, security rotating shifts, the soft hum of expensive electronics the only sound in marble hallways.I'd spent the day mapping patrol patterns, memorizing which floorboards creaked, cataloging camera blind spots.Old habits. Kayden had fallen asleep an hour ago, his breathing deep and even beside me. I'd waited, counting each breath, making sure he was truly asleep.The bed barely whispered as I slipped out. I'd worn leggings and a dark shirt to sleep, easier to move in, harder to see in shadows. Kayden didn't stir.I paused at the door, looking back at him. He looked younger in sleep. Less dangerous. The harsh lines of his face softened, that permanent tension in his jaw finally relaxed.He'd lied to me about the room.The question was why.The hallway stretched before me, dimly lit by sconces that cast more shadow than light. I moved through them l
BURNING WITH THE MAFIA PRINCE CHAPTER EIGHT - SETTLING IN
Adeline's POVThe shower ran for twenty minutes.I didn't get in. Just sat on the closed toilet lid, staring at the steam clouding the mirror, listening to the water drum against tile. White noise to cover the sound of my ragged breathing. To mask the fact that I was crumbling in a bathroom while somewhere in this mansion, Russio Gravano was probably watching. Waiting. Calculating his next move.The rose sat in the trash. Black petals against white porcelain. My blood on the thorns.Remember your place.When my hands finally stopped shaking, I turned off the water, washed my face with cold water until my skin felt numb. Then reapplied makeup with steady fingers. The woman in the mirror looked composed. Untouchable.She was a perfect lie.I emerged from the bathroom to find Kayden standing in the bedroom doorway.He looked like he'd been running. Tie loose, hair disheveled, grey eyes sharp with something that might have been concern. Might have been guilt."Adeline...""Don't." The
BURNING WITH THE MAFIA PRINCE CHAPTER SEVEN - THE MAFIA KING'S WARNING
Adeline's POVI didn't rush.That's what he wanted — me scrambling through hallways, already defeated before I stepped through his door. So I took my time instead.The shower ran hot enough to sting. Steam clouded the mirror until I couldn't see my own face, and maybe that was better. Maybe I didn't want to see the fear trying to claw its way to the surface.But hiding wasn't an option.I twisted my hair into a sleek bun, pulled it tight enough to ache. The pain sharpened my focus. Makeup was next, just enough to look polished, not desperate. Black slacks that fit like armor. Silk blouse the color of dried blood because subtlety had never been my strong suit. Heels sharp enough to be weapons if this went sideways.When I finally looked in the mirror, I almost believed the woman staring back at me. Confident. Unshakeable.The tremor in my hands said otherwise.The mansion felt like a tomb at this hour. Cold marble stretched in every direction. Servants drifted past like ghosts, eyes lo
BURNING WITH THE MAFIA PRINCE CHAPTER SIX - UNINVITED GUESTS
Adeline's POVThe blade was already in my hand before I even registered the sound. Instinct took over — weight balanced, stance low, breath held. The figure on the balcony was nothing but a silhouette framed in cold city light.Then he stepped forward, hands lifted in mock surrender, a grin flashing beneath gold hair."Whoa, whoa! Easy there, Mrs. Gravano." His tone was warm, teasing. "I come in peace. Promise."Behind me, Kayden's body went still. Controlled danger in every breath."Marco," he said, voice edged with irritation. "You couldn't use the door like a normal person?"Marco just smirked, stepping inside with that effortless confidence that only comes from being untouchable. "Where's the fun in normal? I wanted to see if your new wife's reflexes are as good as the rumors."I kept the knife steady, gaze flat. "Most people knock.""Most people are boring." His grin widened, and something flickered beneath the charm — calculation. He turned to Kayden, clasping his shoulder like
BURNING WITH THE MAFIA PRINCE CHAPTER FIVE- THE HUNTER'S ORIGIN
Adeline’s POVThe penthouse felt like a gilded cage, all glass and steel and suffocating silence. I stood at the window, city lights blurring through the floor-to-ceiling glass, and tried not to think about how high up we were. How far I'd have to fall.The wedding dress hung in the closet behind me, black silk and lace that had transformed me into something I barely recognized. A Gravano wife. The thought still tasted like poison on my tongue.My neck throbbed where I'd been rubbing it—a nervous habit I'd developed since that night three weeks ago. The night everything changed. The night I should have been smart enough to walk away.But I'd never been smart about the dangerous ones.Footsteps echoed behind me, expensive leather against marble. I knew that walk—predatory, confident, completely at ease in his own territory. I didn't turn around. Couldn't. Not when my pulse was already racing from just the sound."Having second thoughts?" Kayden's voice cut through the quiet, smooth as
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