LOGINOne silly dare in a crowded club. One clumsy puff of his cigarette. One choking cough that turned innocent giggles into something dangerous. Grace thought she was just playing a game with her friends. She never expected the man in the shadows, the one with the cold eyes and the lighter that flicked like a promise, would watch her every second after that. Adrian Valente doesn’t chase women. He claims them. Ruthless mafia king. Owner of the night. The kind of man who makes rooms go silent when he walks in, whose name alone is a warning carved in fear. She ran back to her table laughing. He stayed seated, cigarette forgotten, staring at the spot she’d left like she’d stolen something vital from his chest. Now he knows her name. Her laugh. The way her cheeks flush when she’s embarrassed. And Adrian Valente never forgets what belongs to him. One dare started it.One look sealed it. She has no idea the devil just decided she’s his. And devils don’t let go.
View MoreGraceI gasped as the grip on my arm tightened. The man’s fingers dug in hard enough that my skin burned beneath them. The blindfold pressed tight against my eyes, turning the world into pure black, and the metal cuffs locked my wrists behind my back so I couldn’t even reach up to fight. Every step made me stumble and the man simply yanked me upright again.“Move.”The word was spat out like I was nothing more than an inconvenience. Fear sat cold and heavy in my stomach- I had no idea who this stranger was or where he was taking me, but anger rose just as fast. I had already been kidnapped once. Doing it a second time wasn’t going to make me quiet and obedient.“Who are you?!” I demanded, planting my feet for half a second but….He didn’t stop and the sudden pull nearly sent me sprawling. I staggered forward, forced to keep walking. “The fuck are you tripping on? Fucking walk.” His gritted tone only fueled the fire in my chest.I scoffed and spat back even though it shook. “You fuc
GraceWe stepped into the bright, echoing space of the mall and the noise of ordinary life washed over me like a wave I hadn’t felt in weeks. People moved in every direction. There were families, couples, teenagers laughing- yet there was a clear path opened ahead of us because Adrian’s men walked in a loose circle, quietly but firmly directing strangers aside. Curious stares followed and almost every stare lingered on me, then flicked to the tall man at my side and the dark-suited figures around us. Oh god- it felt overwhelming. I kept my eyes forward while my heart was thudding with a single desperate thought that drowned out everything else.I didn’t care about shopping. I didn’t care about dresses or the soft music drifting from the stores. I had only one purpose the moment the heavy mansion doors closed behind us: find a way to run.“We are here for shopping, bunny,” Adrian said beside me, voice low and almost amused.The words pulled me back and I turned toward him so quickly
GraceI was in the middle of the massive bed the way I had for the past two days- still, quiet and emotionally shut down. The heavy curtains were half-drawn, letting pale afternoon light spill across the polished floor and climb the side of the mattress. I stared blankly out the tall window at the endless stretch of sky, watching clouds drift without really seeing them. Refusing to get up and refusing to eat. It was the only power I still had. I wasn’t strong enough to fight Adrian head-on and …. Fighting only made him tighter, darker, more possessive. But silence… silence I could do. I could make myself blank and could starve the part of him that needed my reactions.Suddenly, the door opened without a knock and Of course I knew who it was. I didn’t move, did not even blink. Soft footsteps crossed the room and stopped at the foot of the bed.“Grace.”My name in that deep, controlled voice still sent a traitorous shiver down my spine, but I kept staring at the sky. “Grace.” He sig
GraceI was laying on my side in the enormous bed with the silk sheets tangled around my legs like soft restraints. The room was dim and was lit only by the low golden glow of a single lamp on Adrian’s side. I stared at the dark wood of the headboard, the same one he had bound my wrists to earlier, and felt the weight of everything press down until it was hard to breathe.Guilt sat heavy in my chest which was thick and choking me. What was happening to me? I didn’t like the way he handled me- the jealousy that turned him into something terrifying.The way he ripped clothes and marked my skin as if I were property and the casual way he erased every choice I tried to make.I know I should have been screaming, fighting, planning escape. Instead, my body still hummed with the memory of how hard I had come for him, shamefully and helplessly, while tears slid down my face. I hated that I had liked it. I hated that I craved more and that contradiction was tearing me apart from the inside.
Grace The Dark Elite Club felt like stepping into a different world. One where every shadow hid a secret and every glance meant something more. I gulped the lump formed in my throat and shifted uncomfortably on the high stool at the bar, my leather skirt riding up just a bit as I crossed my legs.
Grace‘ Adrian Valente- ‘Sunlight stabbed straight into my skull the second I opened my eyes. I whimpered, low and pathetic, and tried to roll away from the window. My arm stretched out as I tried to relax my stressed muscles but,it was a big mistake. A sharp, throbbing pain exploded behind my ey
AdrianThe mansion doors swung open with the kind of silence only fear creates. “Pakhan, she is here,” Damien said, the second my foot crossed the threshold. She was here. He did not need to ask who it was. He knew and I didn’t answer.I didn’t need to.My men in black suits lined the foyer like st
GraceThe library lights buzzed overhead. The harsh and yellow lights made my eyes sting. I rubbed them hard, then rubbed again, trying to focus on my half-finished project slides glowing on my laptop screen. Tomorrow was the deadline. The last submission before finals and I was nowhere near done.
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