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What Waited in the Dark
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Claimed by My Ex's Mafia Father Cornered
"Get down," Severin said, pulling Eliora behind the tall shelves, the star atlas still clutched in her hands.Footsteps echoed through the library, multiple sets, moving with the same trained precision she'd learned to recognize as danger. Lucien's silhouette appeared at the end of the aisle, weapon raised, his voice a tense whisper."Four of them. Maybe more outside. They came in through the back entrance.""How did they find us this fast," Eliora whispered."I don't know," Severin said grimly, his eyes moving to Aveline, who stood frozen near the astronomy section, her face pale in the dim light."Don't look at me like that," Aveline said quietly. "I told you, I haven't made contact with anyone.""Then how," Lucien pressed.Santoro, crouched near the end of the row, held up a hand for silence. "It doesn't matter how, right now. It matters what we do next."A voice called out through the darkened library, calm and unhurried in a way that made Eliora's skin crawl. "Miss Aster. There's
Claimed by My Ex's Mafia Father The Library
The gate groaned open under Lucien's careful hands, rust flaking away in the dim streetlight. Beyond it, the library's entrance stood dark and unwelcoming, thick ivy climbing across stone that hadn't been maintained in years."Everyone stays close," Severin said, leading the way up the short path. "Lucien, watch the street. Elias, you're with me on whatever's inside.""And me," Eliora said firmly.Severin glanced back at her, something torn behind his eyes, but he didn't argue. "Stay behind me."The door was locked, old iron reinforced with something newer, more recent additions layered over decades of neglect. Lucien worked at it for a tense minute before it finally gave, swinging open with a heavy, reluctant creak.Inside, the air smelled of dust and old paper, decades of silence pressing down on them the moment they stepped through. Elias produced a small flashlight, sweeping it across towering shelves that stretched up into darkness, books stacked in careful, forgotten rows."This
Claimed by My Ex's Mafia Father What Waited in the Dark
"Everyone down," Severin said, pulling Eliora low behind the heavy sofa. "Lucien, cover the door.""On it." Lucien's voice was steady despite the darkness, his silhouette moving toward the window with practiced ease.Santoro's voice came from somewhere near the stairs, calm despite the chaos. "My men are outside. If whoever cut the power is already inside this house, they moved past my driver without him noticing. That troubles me more than I can say.""Elias," Severin called. "Are you hurt?""I'm fine," Elias's voice answered from the stairwell, shaken but intact. "I have the fragment. I won't let it go."A sound came from the kitchen — soft, deliberate, a footstep too careful to be accidental.Eliora's heart pounded as Severin's hand tightened around hers in the dark. She could feel the tension radiating off him, every muscle coiled and ready."Show yourself," Severin said, his voice carrying easily through the silent house. "You've already lost the element of surprise. There's no a
Claimed by My Ex's Mafia Father Two Cars
"Everyone, back," Severin said, already moving Eliora away from the window. "Elias, upstairs, now. Lucien, who's out there."Lucien kept his eyes on the street, weapon steady in his hand. "One man walking toward the door. Unarmed, hands visible. The second car's stayed put, engine running.""That's not how they usually approach," Severin said, frowning."No," Lucien agreed. "It isn't."The knock came again, patient this time, almost polite. Severin moved to the door himself, one hand resting near his jacket, and opened it only enough to see who stood there.Eliora, watching from the stairwell, saw his shoulders shift, not quite relax, but something close to recognition replacing the tension in his frame."Rafael," Severin said. "You're a long way from Monaco."Don Santoro stood on the doorstep, dressed impeccably despite the late hour, his expression carrying none of the smooth amusement Eliora remembered from his phone call days earlier. He looked older somehow, worn down by somethin
Claimed by My Ex's Mafia Father Old Ally
"Stay behind me," Severin whispered, positioning himself between Eliora and the door.Footsteps moved through the ground floor below — slow, deliberate, unhurried in a way that felt more unsettling than if they'd rushed. Lucien appeared in the hallway outside the guest room, weapon already drawn, his eyes meeting Severin's in silent question."I'll go first," Lucien mouthed.Severin shook his head once and moved past him toward the stairs instead, Eliora's heart hammering as she watched him descend into the dark, unlit living room below. She strained to listen, catching only the soft creak of floorboards, the low murmur of a voice she didn't recognize.Then, unexpectedly, Severin's voice, tight but no longer alarmed. "Lucien. It's all right. Stand down."Eliora crept to the top of the stairs, peering down into the living room where a figure stood near the door — an older man, silver-haired, dressed plainly, his hands raised in a gesture of peace."You gave us quite a scare," Severin s
Claimed by My Ex's Mafia Father House of Secrets
"Inside the network," Eliora repeated. "You mean someone with access to the house's private systems.""Yes," Lucien said. "Which narrows things considerably. That's not staff-level access. That requires security clearance most people in that house will never have."Severin's expression had gone hard and unreadable, the same stillness Eliora had learned meant he was working through something too dangerous to say out loud carelessly."How many people have that clearance," she asked."Myself. Lucien. Marco." Severin's jaw tightened. "And Caius, from his years living there full time."Caius, still seated near the back of the plane, went rigid. "You already searched me in the car. I have nothing to do with this.""I know," Severin said quietly. "Which means whoever it is has been careful enough to stay clear of suspicion until now."The plane began its descent, the lights of Vienna spreading out beneath them in the darkening sky. Eliora looked down at the city, at the address her mother ha
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