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CHAPTER 24 — THE WEAVER OF SHADOWS (RAPHAËL)
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2026-04-17 01:22:19
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Bound by Sin: The Heir & His Stepmother Chapter 124 — My Place Is With You (Aurora)
The air in the hall was beginning to feel heavy.It wasn’t the lack of oxygen, nor the heat from the bodies. It was the weight of the unasked questions, the looks that evaluated me, the whispers that spread like fire on dry straw.I needed a moment of silence, of air, of distance.“I need to go to the bathroom,” I said to Tristan, squeezing his hand under the table.“Do you want me to go with you?”“No.” I smiled, a smile I hoped was convincing. “Stay here. Hold down the fort.”He hesitated but nodded.I stood up, moving away from the table with the elegance I had learned to force over years of social events. The navy blue dress swayed gently, the low shoes kept my steps steady.The bathroom was at the end of the corridor, a spacious and silent space with golden mirrors and marble sinks. But I never made it there.Erika blocked my path.She was surrounded by three women, the same ones I had seen beside her throughout the entire dinner, the same ones who laughed in unison every time sh
Bound by Sin: The Heir & His Stepmother Chapter 123 — The Return to the Tomb (Aurora)
TWO MONTHS LATERThe Delyon mansion was different.It wasn’t just Cassius’s absence, although that already made an immense difference, as if an invisible weight had been lifted from the house’s shoulders.It was the light. The windows, which used to be always covered by heavy, dark curtains, were now open, letting the morning sun enter in golden waves.The dark mahogany furniture had been replaced by lighter, airier pieces. The walls, once covered with somber portraits of Delyon ancestors, now displayed landscapes and flowers.Matilda and I had worked tirelessly for a month after we returned from Paraty. Transforming the mansion into something it had never been: a home.“The house looks different,” August observed as we climbed the entrance steps. “It’s more… bright.”“It’s the sunlight, my love.” I adjusted his shirt collar, feeling the heat of the day. “The curtains are open.”“I like it.”“Me too.”The days that followed our return were a whirlwind of adaptation. Tristan needed to
Bound by Sin: The Heir & His Stepmother Chapter 122 — The Banquet of the Wolves (Tristan/Löwe)
The dining table in Paraty was full.It wasn’t a big table — the house had been designed for intimacy, not banquets — but we had improvised.We joined two tables, spread light tablecloths, and added extra chairs that Mateo had found in the basement. The result was a mosaic of people, laughter, and dishes that blended together.August was sitting between Aurora and Matilda, eyes shining as he told them about the crab he had seen on the beach. Thaïs, beside Mateo, gestured with enthusiasm, describing something I couldn’t quite hear but that made Mateo almost smile. Raphaël, his arm still in a cast but already more animated, tried to eat with his left hand, with mixed results that Anya never missed the chance to tease him about.Luca and Zahir argued about football as if they hadn’t spent the last few months fighting for their lives. Edda watched everything in silence, a glass of wine in her hand, an almost imperceptible smile on her lips. Gregor, still a little distant but already integ
Bound by Sin: The Heir & His Stepmother Chapter 120 — The New Order (Raphaël)
The sun came through the windows of the room in Paraty, golden and warm, as if the sky itself had decided to bless my recovery. The room was spacious, airy, with a view that looked out over the sea and the green mountains rising on the horizon. Far from the gray fog of Munich. Far from the smell of blood and gunpowder.Far from everything, except her.Anya was sitting in the armchair beside the bed, eyes fixed on the book she pretended to read. I knew she wasn’t reading. I knew because her eyes moved to me every three seconds, and because the page she was “reading” had been the same for twenty minutes.“You’re watching me,” I stated, my voice still a little hoarse.“I’m taking care of you.”“Taking care isn’t the same as watching.”“For me, it is.”She closed the book, finally, and stood up. The movement was fluid, natural, as if she had rehearsed the scene hundreds of times. She walked to the bed, sat on the edge, and ran her hand through my hair, a gesture so intimate I still wasn’t
Bound by Sin: The Heir & His Stepmother Chapter 119 — The Storm and the Calm (Aurora)
The house in Paraty was silent that morning. Not the oppressive silence of the Delyon mansion, which always seemed to be waiting for something terrible. It was a peaceful silence, broken only by the singing of birds and the distant sound of waves crashing against the rocks down below.I was on the veranda, gaze lost on the horizon, when I heard the sound of the car coming up the dirt road. My heart raced, not from fear, but from anticipation. I knew who it was. I knew that after months of anguish, weeks of escapes, she was finally arriving.I got up from the chair so quickly I nearly knocked over the teacup. I ran through the house, bare feet pounding on the wooden floor, ignoring the dizziness that had been following me lately.The front door opened before I could reach it.She was there.Thaïs.Her red hair, now longer, fell over her shoulders in messy waves. The suitcase lay abandoned on the floor behind her, as if it no longer mattered. Her eyes — those eyes I had known since adol
Bound by Sin: The Heir & His Stepmother Chapter 118 — The Door That Opens (Thaïs)
The television was tuned to the news channel, as it had been for days. I couldn’t turn it off. I couldn’t stop watching. Every headline was a punch, every speculation a new open wound.“Cassius Delyon hospitalized after a fall at the mansion.”“Son takes over the empire amid scandals.”“Tristan Delyon’s statement: the lies and the truths.”I was sitting on the sofa in my living room, a cup of already cold tea in my hand, eyes fixed on the screen. Tristan spoke, and every word was a piece of a puzzle I couldn’t put together.Cassius fell down the stairs? I didn’t believe it. Cassius was too careful to fall. Too methodical to make such a banal mistake.Tristan defending Cassius? That was even stranger. The hatred between the two of them ran so deep it seemed part of the Delyon mansion’s landscape. What could have changed?Something was happening beneath the carpet. I could feel it. I could smell it. Like smoke before the fire.But I didn’t know what. And that consumed me.The phone vibr
Bound by Sin: The Heir & His Stepmother Chapter 113 — The Price of Blood (Tristan/Löwe)
The phone vibrated in the vest pocket just as we were positioned.The pattern was specific — the number I didn’t want to answer, but knew I needed to.Cassius.Mateo looked at me from the driver’s seat, eyes narrowed. Luca, in the back, already held the pistol with white-knuckled tension. Zahir, in
Bound by Sin: The Heir & His Stepmother Chapter 112 — The Last Escape (Lena)
How many days had I been there? I no longer knew.Time had lost all meaning between the dirty walls, the cold meals the guards brought me without a word, the sleepless nights counting the cracks in the ceiling.Cassius’s men didn’t talk to me. They didn’t answer my questions. They didn’t look at me
Bound by Sin: The Heir & His Stepmother Chapter 111 — The End of the Hunt (Tristan/Löwe)
The phone vibrated on the nightstand like a viper ready to strike. I woke before the second ring, instinct sharper than consciousness, and answered before the sound could disturb Aurora.She slept beside me, wrapped in white linen sheets, her dark hair spread across the pillow like a stormy cloud.
Bound by Sin: The Heir & His Stepmother CHAPTER 109 — THE ROAD TO HELL (Raphaël)
We spent the last few hours in a frantic rush, me, Anya, and Luca, transferring what we could from Cassius’s accounts to ours. Our fingers flew over the keyboards, our eyes burned with exhaustion, but we couldn’t stop. Every cent diverted was another nail in the coffin of the Delyon empire.Each doc
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