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73. GIULIANNA

Penulis: Archnemesis
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Sofia stirred, just enough to let out a weak cough.

Enzo made a choice. “Wrap her arm again. I’ll dose her with a low sedative. Not enough to stop her breathing, just enough to keep her calm.”

We worked quickly. Wrapping, lifting, whispering prayers neither of us truly believed in but clung to anyway.

The basement door opened. Gunfire cracked in the distance.

But Matteo held Sofia close to his chest, and I followed him into the darkness like a shadow clings to flame.

There was no other choice. Not anymore.

The cold slapped me the second we stepped outside.

It was biting, sharper than I remembered, sharp enough to make me feel like I’d been punched in the chest. Or maybe it was just the adrenaline crashing all at once. I couldn’t tell anymore. Everything felt like it was collapsing inward: my lungs, the sky, the world itself.

Matteo’s arm was tense around Sofia as he held her against his chest, jacket tucked tightly over her fragile body. His steps were fast but careful. Like she w
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    Sofia stirred, just enough to let out a weak cough. Enzo made a choice. “Wrap her arm again. I’ll dose her with a low sedative. Not enough to stop her breathing, just enough to keep her calm.” We worked quickly. Wrapping, lifting, whispering prayers neither of us truly believed in but clung to anyway.The basement door opened. Gunfire cracked in the distance. But Matteo held Sofia close to his chest, and I followed him into the darkness like a shadow clings to flame. There was no other choice. Not anymore.The cold slapped me the second we stepped outside.It was biting, sharper than I remembered, sharp enough to make me feel like I’d been punched in the chest. Or maybe it was just the adrenaline crashing all at once. I couldn’t tell anymore. Everything felt like it was collapsing inward: my lungs, the sky, the world itself.Matteo’s arm was tense around Sofia as he held her against his chest, jacket tucked tightly over her fragile body. His steps were fast but careful. Like she w

  • His Baby My Burden: The Mafia Rider's Claim   72. GIULIANNA

    Matteo didn’t move. Didn’t flinch. But I could see the fear in his eyes. It was wild, untamed, bleeding through the cracks of the man he tried to be. “I’ll kill them all.” “We might not have to,” Enzo added, voice sharp. “Some of Don Rossi’s men were taken out by friendly fire. I think some of them were our tourist friends from middle east.” Matteo looked up, surprised. “You sure?” “Caught them using their own hand signals while the Rossi men advanced. And it's only our friend's from the middle east who have such thing.Matteo… we have a shot at flipping this war on them.” I gripped Sofia closer, my voice hoarse. “Then finish it. For her.” Matteo leaned in and kissed me once, hard and desperate. “For us.” Then he rose again like a soldier stepping back onto the battlefield and vanished up the stairs, fire in his blood, vengeance on his tongue. And I stayed where I was, holding our daughter like she was the last light left in the world.I didn’t realize I had stopped breathing un

  • His Baby My Burden: The Mafia Rider's Claim   71. GIULIANNA

    The walls trembled. It wasn’t just from the gunfire now. It was from the sheer pressure in my chest, the kind that made it impossible to breathe. Every second ticked like a countdown. My knees had gone numb from kneeling beside Sofia on the blood-stained table, but I couldn’t move. I didn’t care. My world had narrowed into this one image OF her pale face, barely blinking, her lashes clumped with sweat, blood trailing from her hairline down her cheek like a cruel ribbon. Enzo’s gloves were soaked red. He had managed to stitch the wound closed, but it didn’t stop. Her blood was thinner than it should’ve been. She wasn’t clotting fast enough. Her lips trembled as if trying to speak but failing every time. “Come on, sweetheart.” I whispered against her forehead, tears slipping freely now. “Don’t leave me. Don’t… please don’t go quiet.” Enzo didn’t look up. His fingers pressed into her wrist, searching again for her pulse. “Still dropping,” he muttered through gritted teeth. “Goddamn i

  • His Baby My Burden: The Mafia Rider's Claim   70. GIULIANNA

    The wind had never felt so sharp.It had teeth, tearing through my dress and skin like paper as we roared down the winding country roads. Matteo's body was solid against mine, a shield, a furnace of adrenaline and muscle I clung to with everything I had. His back rose and fell beneath my palms, steady as the chaos behind us tried to catch up. My heart was in my throat, beating so loud I thought it would drown out the engine's scream.Sofia’s scream echoed louder.She had been hit.I couldn’t stop shaking. My lungs burned with every breath as we raced toward the one place we might be safe for now despite me having doubts at it first, the old Diavlo Scuri clubhouse. Matteo had one hand on the throttle, the other gripping his gun as we careened around every sharp bend and blind curve. Behind us, I could hear the rest of the crew. Enzo’s voice tight and panicked, Crow shouting directions into the wind, Angelo cursing under his breath.Sofia’s blood had soaked through the lace of her flowe

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    The wind was sharp against my face as we ripped down the country road, the thunder of Matteo’s bike vibrating through my bones. My arms were locked tightly around his waist, my cheek pressed to the leather of his jacket, heart still galloping from the chaos we’d left behind. It should’ve felt terrifying, riding into the unknown with the echoes of gasps and gunfire in our wake. But it didn’t. It felt like freedom.The sun was bleeding into the horizon, streaks of orange and violet painting the sky as we wove through winding roads and stretches of open fields. Behind us, the rest of the crew followed like black hounds in formation. Enzo had Sofia, and I could see her tiny form nestled into him, arms wrapped around his chest, her dark curls fluttering in the breeze. She was safe. For now.Matteo’s grip on the handlebars was firm, controlled, like he was part of the machine itself. Every movement he made was calculated, he leaned just enough into the curves, accelerated in bursts, always

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    The first thing I heard was the music, it was elegant, delicate strings floating through the air like a lullaby before the slaughter. The kind of sound meant to mask fear. To dress up cruelty in a tuxedo and call it tradition. Then came the scent of roses, hundreds of them, thick and sweet, trying to bury the rot underneath this entire event. The smell of old money. Of power draped in white.And then I saw her.Giulianna.Frozen halfway down the aisle, like a goddess bound in silk and shame. Her gown shimmered under the afternoon sun, but she looked like she was walking to her own execution. My throat burned at the sight of her. I could see the stiffness in her shoulders, the tremble in her jaw, the way her father’s grip on her arm wasn’t guidance, it was ownership. Every step she took felt like a betrayal of who she was. But she kept walking. Because that’s what they wanted her to do.Not anymore.The growl of our engines shattered the hush.We didn’t roll in quietly. We didn’t slip

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