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CHAPTER SIXTY (ELI'S POV)
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2025-04-16 08:00:18The silence was never ending.
It wasn’t the comfortable, nice quiet from before. No. This was the kind of silence that screamed in your ears. The type that was deafening and made you want to run mad. The type that echoed death because I knew that a lot of that was going to happen tonight.I stood in the middle of Ricci’s luxurious and once comforting living room, surrounded by soft leather couches, a massive TV, a half-eaten bowl of popcorn… and the dreadful knowledge that five people had just been slaughtered.Because of me.I sank onto the couch as my knees could no longer carry the weight of my body or maybe it was the weight of my guilt.They were Ricci’s men. His people. They died because he harbored me, protected me, kissed me on a damn Ferris wheel like we didn’t live in a world where suck actions like that could get you killed.I pressed the heel of my palm against my eyes, trying to stop the tears that threatened to spil
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The door slammed shut, and the silence that followed was deafening. It wasn't the usual silence hat settled after an argument. This silence different like a loaded weapon. Like the room was holding its breath, waiting to see who would snap first.Luca stood by the door, his back rigid, hand still clenched from where he had held Eli.I didn’t say anything at first. Just watched him. His shoulders rose and fell in that slow, controlled rhythm he always adopted when he was trying to not destroy something.Or someone.“Fuck,” he finally muttered, low and tensw.“Yeah,” I echoed, dragging a hand down my face. “He didn’t even look at us. Like we weren’t even there.”Luca turned around, his jaw hard, eyes shadowed. “He’s hiding something.”That was obvious.I leaned against the edge of the desk, arms crossed. “Think he’s in trouble?”“Maybe,” Luca replied. “Or maybe we are.”That earned him a raised b
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I stood in front of the home office door for what felt like hours, my knuckles hovering in the air, frozen mid-knock. Behind the door, I could hear the low hum of voices Luca’s calm, calculating tone, and Matteo’s more loud bursts. They were probably reviewing surveillance, territory reports, or planning the next move. Always in control. Always two steps ahead.I was tired of feeling like I was five steps behind.I finally knocked.The murmurs ceased. Footsteps padded toward the door before it swung open, revealing Matteo in a navy shirt rolled at the sleeves, tie loosened like he’d just finished strangling someone with it. His eyes softened a little when he saw me but not much.“Eli.” He opened the door wider.Luca sat behind the desk, suit jacket draped over the back of his chair, sleeves rolled up as usual. His cold gaze locked onto me like he was trying to read my mind.I stepped in, standing stiffly in front of them.
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