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Chains of Velvet, Heart of Fire Chapter 154
The hearth crackled within the Montenegro estate’s grand hall, its fire flickering across antique portraits and velvet drapery. The air was thick with the scent of sandalwood and something older, dust, perhaps, or forgotten sorrow. The place stood mostly untouched since the day Seraphina had been taken from it.She knew every corner of this estate.Even now, after so many years, she felt the ghost of her younger self walking its halls. Back when she had thought herself a Vale. Back when her mother Mireille was still alive and Vale Sr. had smiled like a benevolent guardian.Lucien stood beside her, taking in the cold grandeur. But he didn’t look to the tapestries or the hand-carved staircase. He watched her. He could feel the weight of it all pressing against her chest like a hand she couldn’t swat away.“Are you sure you want to do this here?” he asked.Her eyes were fixed on the oil painting above the fireplace, a portrait of a young girl on horseback. It was her younger self, happy,
Chains of Velvet, Heart of Fire Chapter 153
The ash cloud from the Citadel fire still clung to the night sky when the first Interpol helicopters arrived. Their rotors sliced the silence above the mountains, casting long shadows across the scorched ruins. Among them, one chopper bore the seal of the agency’s international division, and inside sat Director François Duval, flanked by his elite team. His face was drawn, hardened by decades of hunting syndicates through paper trails and whispers.Below, the extraction team led by Elian ushered Lucien, Seraphina, Valeria, and the others to a secure perimeter near the evacuation outpost. Everyone bore the signs of war, scorched clothing, bruised skin, and exhaustion that clung to their bones.Duval stepped onto the field as Lucien approached. The two men exchanged a silent nod of recognition. They had never met face-to-face, but their names had passed through enough redacted reports to forge an unspoken understanding.“You have something for me,” Duval said.Lucien handed him the secu
Chains of Velvet, Heart of Fire Chapter 152
The speaker above them crackled again, and this time the voice came clearer. Older now, more weathered, but unmistakable.“Marchesi. Always the last to learn.”Lucien turned toward the source, jaw clenched. Seraphina’s hand tightened over Valeria’s shoulder as the little girl’s calm expression finally cracked.“I know that voice,” Seraphina whispered.Another voice joined the line, colder and slicker, sharp with mockery.“I’m touched you remember me, stepdaughter. Even after all the things I did to save you.”Gabe Vale Sr.Lucien’s eyes darkened, and even Matteo looked up from the panel with a curse under his breath.“You,” Seraphina breathed. “You’re alive.”The speakers laughed together. Caine’s voice was lower, amused. Vale Sr.’s was cruel.“You shouldn’t be surprised, darling. Did you really think I’d let a little chaos ruin the legacy I built?”“You destroyed everything,” she hissed.Vale Sr. clicked his tongue. “I built everything. You, included. From the moment I gave you my na
Chains of Velvet, Heart of Fire Chapter 151
The name lingered in the air long after Elian’s voice faded from the comms.Valeria.Lucien didn’t move. His knuckles whitened around the edge of the map table, eyes fixed on the flickering satellite overlay of the Citadel. Behind him, the others stood in silence, the same disbelief echoing between them all.Seraphina stepped closer, the wind catching her hair as it drifted through the open hatch of the transport. Her gaze never left Lucien.“They named her after your mother,” she said softly.“She’s not my mother,” Lucien replied, voice low. “She’s not even Valeria.”“Maybe not,” Vincenzo muttered, arms crossed. “But someone wanted you to hear that name again for a reason.”Matteo stood over the encrypted file, the remnants of Allegra’s last transmission still loaded on the monitor. He adjusted his glasses and looked toward the others.“There’s no mistake. The file names, the comm logs, even some of the training reports refer to her only as Valeria. But there’s no record of a last na
Chains of Velvet, Heart of Fire Chapter 150
The silence in the archive room deepened as the grainy video replayed. Matteo froze the screen on the face of the child, dark eyes, unflinching expression, the posture of someone trained to expect betrayal. The girl couldn’t have been more than eight years old, but she sat like a soldier waiting for orders.Lucien stood behind him, arms folded, watching every flicker of static.“She’s not one of ours,” Matteo said quietly. “She’s something else.”Elian stepped forward, face shadowed. “The name coded into the clip matches a file we’ve seen before. Project Rosaria. An operation launched by the Codex almost twelve years ago. They were grooming children to inherit the next generation of mafia bloodlines.”Seraphina leaned against the wall, her jaw tight. “You’re saying they created heirs. Not just informants or spies.”Elian nodded. “They took orphans, paid off families, or even kidnapped infants. Placed them with influential criminal clans across Europe. Most were failures or killed. But
Chains of Velvet, Heart of Fire Chapter 149
The night around Palazzo Marchesi was hushed, but not calm. There was a kind of stillness in the air that seemed too calculated, as if the earth was holding its breath in anticipation. Inside the estate, the war room remained dimly lit, glowing faintly from a map that had long stopped being about terrain and had become a web of loyalty, lies, and blood.Lucien stood by the window, his eyes on the dark garden below. Behind him, Seraphina flipped through the coded pages from Valeria’s journal. Her fingers paused on a familiar sketch, one that reminded her not of her past, but of Lucio’s.He had drawn the same symbol two weeks ago. A pattern he claimed came from a dream. They hadn’t known then it was also the crest of an extinct Codex sect.Seraphina exhaled slowly. “They’re trying again. I feel it.”Lucien didn’t answer. His stillness was agreement enough.Just then, the door opened. Elian stepped in, phone in hand. His expression was controlled, but the urgency in his stride betrayed h
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