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Hardening
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2025-08-27 21:43:25
KJSThis chapter broke my heart to write 💔 Seraphina’s doubts are deepening, and Dino’s words are cutting in ways Alessandro never could. But in the middle of it all, she made a choice — a darker, harder one. 👉 If you were in Seraphina’s shoes, would you believe Dino’s version of the truth? Or would you still trust Alessandro? A small hint: sometimes the strongest transformations are born in hospital beds. Keep reading…
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~ Seraphina ~The van doors swung open, and daylight stabbed my eyes.For the first time, I saw Dino’s world.The yard stretched wide, paved in black stone, lined with men in dark coats. Their formation was precise, military, too exact to be improvised. Guns slung casually against their shoulders gleamed in the sun, but none of them looked uneasy. They weren’t afraid of the law, the police, or anyone.It looked… familiar. The way they stood. The way their eyes cut toward me, quick, assessing, like wolves measuring prey.I’d seen this before. Alessandro’s yard. His guards. His fortress. But Dino’s was bigger. More disciplined. A procession of power, not just wealth.My chest tightened as the realization slid in like a blade. Alessandro copied him. Even the details.“Out,” Dino’s voice barked, sharp as a whip.I stepped down on my own, no shove, no grip pulling me. My legs were shaky, but I held myself straight.“Let her go anywhere in the house,” Dino ordered, his voice echoing across
Bound For 365 Hardening
~ Seraphina ~The steady beeping of machines was the first thing I heard.Slow, rhythmic, like an artificial heartbeat. It dragged me out of the darkness. The smell hit me next—sterile, sharp, antiseptic.My eyes opened to a ceiling too white, too bright.A hospital. On a bed. I had been walking on beds lately, it had been frequent. It made me wonder when I'd pass out and never wake. My throat was dry, my lips cracked. When I tried to move, a sharp tug in my chest reminded me where I was—reminded me of the faint, the suffocation, the betrayal that had cracked my heart in half.Memory came in jolts.Dino. His hand on me. His voice was thick with mockery. His laugh echoed like gunfire. And then the pain in my chest, the collapse, the darkness.But I wasn’t dead. Which meant—he had brought me here.Why?I swallowed hard. My heart monitor kept its steady rhythm, but my mind thrashed like a storm.Why the same lines? Why the same contract, the same 365 days?I replayed Alessandro’s words
Bound For 365 Same Contract, Same Rules; Who's lying?
Darkness peeled away slowly, dragging me back to a world I didn’t want.The first thing I noticed was the bed. Soft. Too soft. The sheets smelled faintly of smoke and salt. My chest rose and fell in uneven jerks, each breath scraping my throat raw.And then—him.Dino Moretti.He sat shirtless on a stool in the corner, his arms draped over his knees as if he owned the air I breathed. The lamp behind him threw long shadows, carving his tattoos into shapes I didn’t want to recognize. His chest was broader than I remembered, cut with muscle, ink crawling over him like vines. On his side, just under the ribs, a scar glared white against his olive skin—the bullet wound Alessandro had left him.He smiled when he saw my eyes widen. “You lookin’, mia Sera? Don’t be shy now. This body’s been built on pain. And you know what?” He thumped his chest with one fist. “Still standin’. Still breathin’. Still the one everybody fears.”As if I cared if he ever got shot or dead. I couldn’t speak. My throat
Bound For 365 Safehouse
~ Seraphina ~He stared at me, seconds, then he closed the distance between us and held me pinned. His breath was hot against my mouth, eyes dark with something that trembled between restraint and surrender.“I’ve waited too long,” he rasped, every word roughened with hunger. “Say the word, Seraphina.”The contract, the rules, the games we’d played to keep ourselves in check—all of it shattered inside me in that heartbeat.“Fuck the contract,” I whispered, clutching his jaw, staring into those burning eyes. “You own me.”His anger was swallowed in the kiss that followed, fierce and shaking, as though he’d been starved for years. Of course, he had.His hands were everywhere—at my waist, in my hair, sliding lower, urgent but reverent, like he didn’t know whether to claim or worship. The wall caught my back with a sharp thump, and I gasped into his mouth, clutching him tighter.Clothes fell away in a frantic blur. Buttons popped, fabric tore, neither of us patient enough to care. His che
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~ Alessandro ~The next morning. I had to return to work. I marched to her bedroom door, expecting it locked, expecting another defiance. It was.But I had the master key.She was sitting on the edge of the bed, her back to me, her shoulders stiff. "Go get Maze," she said. "She can do anything after all."My jaw tightened. "Don't tell me you're jealous, Seraphina." I shot back."Fuck, never!" she barked, turning to face me, her eyes flashing, but I saw the tell-tale tightness around her mouth. She was. And the knowledge twisted something in my gut, a perverse satisfaction."Well, I'm going out," I stated, ignoring her lie. "My men will deliver a truckload of clothing to you. Tonight, I have a party in one of my clubs, and you'll be there with me. They'll bring you." I turned, leaving no room for argument, the scent of her anger clinging to the air.***After the daily drill, I returned to T-Point Club for the party. The club pulsed with the heavy beat of electronic music, a chaotic sy
Bound For 365 2-2
~ Seraphina ~The darkness of my bedroom pressed in on me.Sleep was an impossible dream, haunted by the seductive power of Alessandro. Two to one, I whispered to myselfBut the win felt hollow. I needed more. I needed to beat him on aggregate, to make him crack, to make him feel the raw, insistent need that churned within me, a need I refused to acknowledge.I threw off the covers. My heart pounded a frantic rhythm against my ribs as I walked, my bare feet silent on the cool marble, towards his room.The door was slightly ajar, a sliver of light spilling into the hallway. I pushed it open.He was standing in the center of the vast room, wearing only a low-slung towel that barely covered his hips. Water slicked his skin, clinging to the hard planes of his chest and the defined lines of his abs.I walked in and sank onto the plush sofa by the window. I deliberately spread my legs, letting the silk nightgown part reveal a hint of my thighs.His eyes, dark and sharp, instantly locked ont
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