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Chapter Nine

Author: Marshall Law
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-16 16:47:34

Liliana

I woke up to silence. The kind of heavy, suffocating silence that pressed against my eardrums and made my heart race with panic.

My eyes fluttered open slowly, adjusting to the dim light filtering through the heavy curtains. Everything felt wrong. My body ached in places I didn't know could hurt. My throat felt raw and scratchy, like I had been screaming for hours.

The IV needle in my arm tugged at my skin when I tried to move. Clear liquid dripped steadily from a bag hanging beside the bed. Each drop echoed in the quiet room like a tiny clock counting down.

I was back in Mikhail's bedroom. The same room where Anastasia had chained me up like an animal. The memory hit me like a physical blow, making my stomach twist with nausea.

My hand flew to my throat instinctively. My fingers found two small, tender holes just above where the diamond collar had been. The wounds were already healing, but they throbbed with each heartbeat. He had bitten me. Marked me like I was his property
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    Mikhail I took the stairs two at a time, my heart pounding with dread. The urgency in Dmitri's voice had sent ice through my veins. What could be worse than finding Katarina dead in our basement?"What is it?" I demanded as I reached the top of the stairs, Anastasia walking close behind me.Dmitri was standing in front of the security monitors in the main hallway, his weathered face grim. The screens showed various angles of our property, the gates, the driveway, the gardens, the street outside."Show me," I said, moving to stand beside him.He pressed a few buttons, and the timestamp on one of the monitors rolled back several hours. "This is from last night, around the time we were moving the body."The screen showed our front gates and the street beyond. For a moment, I didn't see anything unusual, just our men loading the wrapped body into the vehicles while I stood nearby, making sure everything went smoothly.Then Dmitri pointed to the edge of the frame. "There."Across the stre

  • Blood And Vows    Chapter Eighty-three

    LilianaMy heart hammered against my ribs as I stumbled backward. The image of that white-wrapped body being loaded into the car burned behind my eyelids like a brand. Even when I squeezed them shut, I could still see it.Katarina was dead. Really, truly dead.And Mikhail had been right there, watching it happen with that cold, empty expression I'd seen too many times before. The same face he wore when he was doing business. The same face he'd worn when he told me to leave.The black cars had disappeared, taking their wrapped cargo with them. But the image was burned into my mind. My legs felt like water beneath me as I turned to leave the area around the Volkov manor. “Should have taken these fucking shoes off hours ago.” I hissed.A chill ran down my spine that had nothing to do with the October night air. The feeling of being watched was so strong that it made my skin crawl. I pulled Martha's old blanket around my shoulders and quickened my pace."Think, Liliana," I whispered to m

  • Blood And Vows    Chapter Eighty-two

    Mikhail"We have to kill her," Anastasia said, pacing back and forth in my study like a caged predator. The morning sun streamed through the windows, but it did nothing to warm the ice in my veins.I'd barely slept. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Liliana's face when I told her to leave. The pain, the betrayal, the way her love had turned to bitter disappointment right before my eyes."No," I said firmly, not looking up from the whiskey glass in my hands. It was my fourth one since dawn, but the alcohol wasn't helping. Nothing was helping."She's a liability, Mikhail. She knows too much, she's unstable, and she'll never stop trying to destroy this family.""She's still family," I said, though the words felt like ash in my mouth."Family?" Anastasia stopped pacing and stared at me. "After what she tried to do to you? After she nearly succeeded in raping you?""She was desperate," I said quietly. "Desperate people do desperate things.""That doesn't excuse what she did!" She snapped.

  • Blood And Vows    Chapter Eighty-one

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  • Blood And Vows    Chapter Seventy-nine

    LilianaI watched Mikhail disappear up the stone stairs like he was running from a fire. His footsteps echoed in the darkness until they faded away completely. The silence that followed was thick and heavy, like a blanket made of fear."Well," Katarina said from her metal chair, her voice dripping with satisfaction. "That went better than I expected."I turned to look at her, this woman who looked so much like Anastasia but felt so different. Her eyes were bright with cruel joy, like she'd just won some twisted game."You're enjoying this," I said, my voice shaking with disgust. "You're actually happy that you just destroyed him.""I didn't destroy him," she replied sweetly. "I freed him. For the first time in his life, Mikhail is seeing the truth about his precious Aunt Anastasia.""The truth?" I laughed, but it came out bitter and ugly. "You tried to rape him! You're a monster!" I yelled, my throat hurting."And she's a manipulative control freak who stole his entire life!" Katarina

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