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Donna Returns To Bury the Volkovs Chapter 17
Seraphina's POVThree years later.New York.Backstage at the National Architecture & Design Awards.I stood before a full-length mirror, adjusting the skirt of my deep blue velvet gown.As the matriarch of the Ricci and Romano families, I controlled the underworld.But tonight, under my own name, Seraphina, I had reached the pinnacle of the architectural world.The door to my dressing room opened.Matteo handed me an encrypted tablet.“Ma’am, the final case report from the slums.”I took it.The screen was split into two live feeds.On the left was a filthy alley in the slums.Isla lay in a pile of garbage and sewage.Three years ago, I’d had her vocal cords cut and her tendons severed.The pretty face she used as a mask had long been destroyed by the homeless men who used her.In the feed, she was convulsing in a dark corner.The wounds on her legs were infected, festering down to the bone.Pus oozed from the torn flesh.No one would help her.She twitched a few more times in the mud
Donna Returns To Bury the Volkovs Chapter 16
Seraphina's POVSunlight streamed through the ancient stained-glass windows of the Sicilian cathedral, falling on the white aisle.The organ played a solemn melody.I walked toward the altar in my diamond-studded gown.Dante was waiting.He stood tall and straight in a black tuxedo.He held out his hand to me.His eyes, usually so cold and sharp, were now filled with absolute devotion and love.I placed my hand in his.His warmth spread through me, calming the last of the storm inside.“You look so beautiful you’re driving me insane, my queen,” he whispered, his thumb stroking the back of my hand.The priest began the vows.It was quiet. Sacred.The chaos of the world was sealed outside the church walls.Dante took the ruby wedding ring from his best man.Just as the ring was about to slide onto my finger—BOOM!A deafening explosion ripped through the church.The iron gates were blown off their hinges.The shockwave shattered the stained-glass windows, sending a rain of colored shards
Donna Returns To Bury the Volkovs Chapter 15
Seraphina's POVThree days until my wedding to Dante.I stood before a massive mirror in the VIP fitting room of a top Milan bridal shop.The dress was custom-made for me by a premier Parisian designer.Pure white silk clung to my body, the skirt glittering with thousands of tiny diamonds.I looked at my reflection.Not a trace of the weak, timid woman I once was.Only the pride and cold beauty of the matriarch of the Ricci and Romano families.Suddenly, a dull crash echoed from outside.Then, two short gunshots and the sound of shattering glass.I didn’t turn around. I didn’t even raise an eyebrow.The heavy wooden doors were thrown open with brutal force.The thick smell of blood flooded the room.Maxim stood in the doorway.He had only two loyal, wounded men left with him. He could barely stand.His designer suit was shredded, soaked in blood and mud.The old knife wound on his shoulder had clearly festered, dark blood dripping down the tattered cloth.He was once the uncrowned king
Donna Returns To Bury the Volkovs Chapter 14
Maxim's POVThe basement stank of blood.The monitors on the wall played the news on a loop.Every channel was broadcasting Isla’s crimes.Murder for hire, falsifying medical records, illegal organ trafficking.Overnight, every Bellini family asset was seized.They were rats, shunned by the entire city.And one of those rats was chained to a rusty interrogation chair in front of me.Isla was soaking wet. Dirty water and cold sweat dripped onto the concrete floor.She looked at me in terror.Tears cut paths through the grime on her face.“Maxim, please,” she rasped, still trying to win me over with her fake vulnerability. “For Leo’s sake. I did it because I love you so much. I was just jealous of Seraphina…”My stomach turned.I had been fooled by this weak, venomous act for years.For her, I left my feverish wife alone in a storm.For her fake sacrifice, I watched my own son get butchered like an animal.I pulled out my combat knife.The blade gleamed in the dim light.“The thing you’r
Donna Returns To Bury the Volkovs Chapter 13
Seraphina's POV“It’s pouring! He’s been kneeling out there all night! At least give him an umbrella!”A commotion from the main hall.I opened the double doors.Maxim’s personal bodyguard was being held down on the carpet by Ricci guards.He was soaked to the bone, screaming at me in desperation.“Miss Seraphina! Please, just go see him! His leg is destroyed, the knife wound is infected, he has a fever! He’ll die if he keeps this up!”I stood on the top step, looking down at him.“Then throw his body in Lake Michigan when he’s dead,” I said, my voice flat.The bodyguard’s eyes widened in horror.The butler came forward, holding a waterproof document pouch.“Ma’am, the twelfth batch of transfer agreements from the Volkov family.”I took the file and turned back into the warm living room.The bodyguard’s pleas were shut out.A fire crackled in the hearth.I walked to the sofa and settled into Dante’s arms.He’d just showered and smelled of cedarwood.His long fingers ran through my hair
Donna Returns To Bury the Volkovs Chapter 12
Seraphina's POVThe Commission meeting took a recess.I pushed open the door to the VIP restroom.Cold water ran over my fingers.I stared at my reflection in the mirror, my makeup a perfect, cold mask.This was the proof of my rebirth.Suddenly, the door behind me was thrown open with violent force.Click. The lock turned.Before I could turn, a large shadow was on me.Maxim trapped me against the counter.His chest heaved, his breath thick with whiskey and the foul stench of blood.His right knee was shattered. He could barely stand.But he used his arms to cage me in.“Sera…” He buried his face in my neck, greedily inhaling my perfume.A wave of nausea hit me.“Get off,” I said, my voice ice.He didn't seem to hear me. His body trembled.“I found out. I know everything,” he rasped. “Isla, that lying bitch. She worked with the doctors to steal our son. She killed Chloe. I destroyed them. I broke your adoptive parents’ legs. I burned the Bellini estate to the ground.”His eyes were re
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