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The thorn’s shadow
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2025-11-18 07:09:29
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Choke me daddy! (one night stand with a mafia boss.) Anger
The moment Gabrielle and Alexa stepped through the door of the mansion, the silence pressed against them like a physical force. Olivia and Antonio rose from the sofa, tension already crackling in the air from the stiff set of Gabrielle’s jaw and the way Alexa avoided meeting anyone’s eyes.Antonio cleared his throat. “How was the meeting master?”“Don’t,” Gabrielle snapped, voice cutting through the room like steel. His coat hit the rack with more force than necessary.Alexa stiffened. “Gabrielle….”He turned sharply toward her, eyes burning. “Not. Now.”Olivia shot Alexa a look” what happened?” but Alexa could only shake her head. Her chest felt tight, her pulse too fast. She had known he wouldn’t take it well. She had known the moment Cordelia laid her hand over Alexa’s and guided her through the oath.“Second in command. Bound to Gabrielle. Bound to the Thorn.”And Gabrielle hadn’t known. Not beforehand.Antonio stepped cautiously forward. “Gabrielle. Maybe”Gabrielle’s glare snapp
Choke me daddy! (one night stand with a mafia boss.) The weight of the thorn
The Weight of the ThroneThe black marble steps leading into the Thorn’s council hall had always carried a heavy presence, but tonight they seemed carved from something colder, darker. A sense of urgency pulsed through the air like an unseen current. Gabrielle felt it before they even drew close, his hand instinctively drifting toward Alexa’s lower back, guiding her, shielding her.The emergency summons had come less than an hour ago ,a sharp, abrupt call from Cordelia, her tone clipped, expectant. Alexa didn’t ask what it meant. She had learned enough to feel the shift in the air when the Thorn moved.Inside, the hall buzzed with a muted chaos. Members whispered furiously, glancing at the entrance as though waiting for the next blow. Ever since Cordelia announced Alexa as Gabrielle’s second in command, the entire foundation of the Thorn had shaken. The old bloodlines bristled. The power-hungry seethed. The loyalists murmured. And the traitors ,those hidden among them watched quietly.
Choke me daddy! (one night stand with a mafia boss.) The enemy within the Thorn
The great hall of the Thorn did not return to order after Gabrielle and Alexa left. It sat suspended in a stunned, simmering paralysis like someone had cracked the floor open and everyone was waiting to see who fell first.Cordelia remained seated at the head of the long table, her white gown glowing against the gloom. The expression on her face was the same one predators wore after cornering prey.patient, watchful, amused.No one dared speak.Not yet.Finally, Councilman Strathmore,a thick-necked, silver-haired man with a temper known city-wide slammed his palm down on the table.“This is madness,” he hissed. “Absolute madness. Cordelia, you overstep.”Cordelia didn’t flinch. “I overstep every day. That is why you all still have a Thorn to sit in.”Strathmore’s jaw clenched. “You named a civilian. A civilian girl,Gabrielle’s girlfriend as Second-in-Command. You’ve destroyed centuries of structure.”Murmurs of agreement rippled through the chamber.Cordelia pressed a single finger to
Choke me daddy! (one night stand with a mafia boss.) Beside the throne
The next morning rose colder than usual, as if the sky itself sensed something shifting beneath the city,something ancient, powerful, dangerous. The Thorn rarely called emergency meetings, and when they did, they were never for anything comforting. Gabrielle knew this. Everyone in the mansion knew this. Even Alexa felt it without anyone saying a word.When the message arrived,encrypted, urgent, bearing Cordelia’s private seal,Gabrielle didn’t speak. He simply stared at the glowing screen, the tension wrapping around his shoulders like armor.“We’re both attending,” he finally said.Alexa paused mid-buttoning her coat. She hadn’t expected he would bring her after the chaos of last night. But something in his expression, a quiet storm she had only seen a handful of times, told her he wasn’t merely being bold. He was preparing for something.“Is it safe?” she asked.“No,” Gabrielle answered truthfully. “But necessary.”The drive was silent. Even Antonio, sitting in the front seat, didn’t
Choke me daddy! (one night stand with a mafia boss.) Between us
The house was quieter than usual, wrapped in a thick, uncertain silence that stretched from room to room like a veil. Alexa had retreated to the bedroom after Gabrielle walked away, but the confrontation from earlier lingered between them like a wall.Gabrielle remained in the study for nearly an hour after the call ended. He didn’t pace, didn’t slam his fists into the desk, didn’t unleash anger the way he used to. He simply stood there, staring at his own reflection in the darkened window, breathing slowly through the tightness in his chest.Cordelia’s voice still echoed in his mind:“Interfere with her, and you will answer to me.”He had faced enemies fiercer than death itself, stared vengeance in the eye without blinking but yet Cordelia’s words unsettled him. Not because he feared her power, but because she had spoken with the authority of a woman who had already begun shaping the board. A woman who knew she was dying and had nothing left to lose.And Alexa…She had walked straigh
Choke me daddy! (one night stand with a mafia boss.) The thorn’s shadow
The front doors of the mansion closed with a loud thud, and Gabrielle’s steps echoed through the hallway as he entered, every movement controlled, deliberate. The air was still, almost eerily calm, but beneath it, a storm lingered. He had known. Months ago, he had planted a small, inconspicuous tracker behind Alexa’s ear, claiming it was for “safety purposes,” though it was really to monitor her movements, to ensure that nothing and no one could get to her without his knowledge.Tonight, the tracker had spoken. It had whispered its secrets, revealing what Alexa had not. She had gone to Cordelia’s house. Gabrielle’s jaw tightened. His lips pressed into a thin line. She had gone without telling him. Not a word, not a hint, not a trace of her plans.He removed his coat and hung it with precision, his eyes sweeping the room with a predator’s vigilance. Nothing seemed disturbed. Everything was exactly as it should be. And yet, the knowledge of her audacity gnawed at him. He could not conf
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