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HIS SECRET HEIR Chapter 63
The Price of Silence Richard woke properly just after midday. The transfusion had helped. Colour had returned to his face, though he still looked older than his years. Isabella sat beside the bed checking his bandages when his eyes opened and focused on her. He didn’t waste the moment. “There was a man,” he said, voice rough from disuse. “Senator Elias Voss. Officially died in a car accident eight years ago. Closed casket. Quick investigation. No real questions asked.” Isabella’s hands stilled on the fresh gauze. “He was one of the core people in the network,” Richard continued. “Not the top, but close enough to give orders and make problems disappear. He was the one who delivered the clearest warning after I started digging. He’s also the one who told me that if you and Alessandro ever connected, the child would become a permanent target.” Alessandro stood at the foot of the bed, silent, taking in every word. “You’re sure he’s dead?” Isabella asked. Richard’s mouth twisted.
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Blood on the FloorThe radio stayed live the entire drive back.Alessandro’s voice cut through every channel—short, hard orders that left no room for hesitation. By the time the convoy reached the estate the medical wing was already lit and ready. Isabella was waiting at the doors with gloves on and a trauma kit open. She had not been told the address of the safe house, but she had known the moment the first shot cracked over the radio that she would be the one treating whatever came through those doors.Richard was carried in on a stretcher. Blood soaked the left side of his shirt. His face was grey, but his eyes were open and tracking.“Through and through,” Enzo reported tightly. “Shoulder. Missed the lung. He’s lost a lot of blood.”Isabella was already moving.“Get him on the table. I need pressure, suction, and two units of O-neg now.”The room filled with controlled motion. Alessandro’s men cleared space and took positions at every entrance. No one spoke unless it was necessary
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The First Piece Morning came soft. Isabella woke first. Alessandro’s arm was still heavy across her waist, his breathing deep and even against the back of her neck. For a few quiet minutes she simply stayed there, feeling the solid warmth of him, the faint ache between her legs that reminded her exactly how the night had ended. No regret. Just a steady, new certainty. She slipped out carefully so she wouldn’t wake him and went to check on Ethan. The boy was already awake, sitting up with his paper dinosaur and talking quietly to it. When he saw her he grinned. “Mommy. You’re smiling.” “Am I?” He nodded like it was important news. She ruffled his hair and told him to get dressed for breakfast. By the time Alessandro came downstairs, Ethan was already at the table arguing with Bianca about whether long-neck dinosaurs preferred toast or eggs. Alessandro paused in the doorway for half a second, taking in the ordinary scene, Isabella pouring juice, Ethan kicking his legs under the c
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The LoversThe rest of the night stayed quiet.No rushing. No desperate grabbing like the first time five years ago. Alessandro undressed her slowly, watching her face the whole time. Isabella let him. She helped him out of his shirt, her hands steady even though her heart was beating hard. When they were both bare he laid her back on the bed and simply looked at her for a long moment, as if he needed to make sure she was still choosing this.She reached up and pulled him down.Their mouths met again, slower this time, deeper. His hands moved over her skin without hurry, learning the shape of her waist, the curve of her hip, the soft weight of her breasts. She explored him the same way, palms sliding over the hard planes of his chest and the scars she had only seen in pieces before. When his fingers finally slipped between her legs she was already wet. He stroked her carefully, watching every small change in her breathing, until her hips lifted toward his hand and a quiet sound left h
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No More PretendingIsabella waited until Ethan was fully asleep.She checked on him once more, smoothed the blanket, and left the door half-open the way he liked. Then she walked the short distance to Alessandro’s study. The house was quiet. The night patrols had settled into their usual rhythm. She didn’t knock.He was at the desk, a single lamp on, looking at something on the tablet in front of him. When she stepped inside he looked up immediately. He didn’t speak. He just waited.Isabella closed the door behind her and stood there for a second, heart steady but fast.“I want you.”The words came out quiet and clear. No long explanation. No careful lead-up.Alessandro set the tablet down. He looked at her for a long moment, the way he always did when something mattered.“Are you sure?”“Yes.”He didn’t move toward her yet. He stayed in the chair, giving her the last chance to take it back if she needed it.Isabella walked closer until she stood in front of the desk.“I’m scared,” sh
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The Price of LoveThe threat against Richard changed the air inside the estate overnight.Alessandro did not waste time. By the time the sun was fully up, Richard had been moved to an internal secure room with no exterior windows and two rotating guards on the door at all times. His meals were brought by vetted staff only. Phone access stayed cut. Even the short supervised walks in the enclosed garden stopped. The message had been clear enough: the network was done with warnings aimed only at the edges. They were ready to hurt the people closest to Isabella if that was what it took to break the new ground she and Alessandro had started to stand on.Richard took the change without complaint. When Isabella was allowed a short visit later that morning, he looked older and more worn than she had ever seen him, but his voice stayed steady.“They’re trying to punish me through you,” he said. “Everything I did five years ago, the silence, the disownment, the lies, I did it to keep them from
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