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Chapter 73: Blood between names
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His Runaway Queen Chapter 96: Confessions in the dark
*Lucian's POV*The noise of the party was a distant hum, a vibrating undercurrent beneath the heavy oak door of the study. We had escaped the celebration twenty minutes ago, leaving the champagne, the politicians, and the predatory stares behind.The study was dark, illuminated only by the city lights filtering through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The air smelled of old paper and the lingering scent of my cigar, though I hadn’t lit it.Aria stood by the window, the emerald silk of her dress spilling onto the dark rug like liquid jewel. She was looking out at the skyline, her silhouette stark against the glass. The ring on her finger caught the light–a flash of brilliant fire.I stood by the desk, leaning against the heavy mahogany, arms crossed. I felt out of place in my own skin. I knew how to negotiate hostage releases. I knew how to dismantle a rival’s infrastructure. I knew how to order a hit without blinking.I didn’t know how to be a fiancé. I never was a real one with Lila. Bu
His Runaway Queen Chapter 95: A favor
*Aria's POV*Three days later, the Drakov Estate was unrecognizable.The scaffolding was gone. The scorch marks on the stone had been cleaned or painted over. The garden had been re-landscaped overnight, filled with white roses and towering hedges.It was a stage set for a lie.I stood in the master bedroom, looking at my reflection in the full-length mirror. Elena Drakov had sent a stylist. I was wearing a gown of deep emerald silk, backless, with a high slit that screamed elegance and danger. The golden bracelet Lucian had given me glinted on my wrist.My makeup was flawless, concealing the fading bruise on my cheekbone. I looked like a queen. I felt like a soldier going into battle."The car is ready," Lucian said from the doorway.I turned. He was wearing a black tuxedo, custom-tailored, with a black tie. He looked devastatingly handsome, but his eyes were hard. He wasn't going to a party; he was going to a war zone.He walked over, producing a small velvet box from his pocket."I
His Runaway Queen Chapter 94: Plans
*Aria's POV*The nightmare didn't come as a scream. It came as silence.In the dream, I was back in the bunker, standing in the middle of the playroom. Adrian was sitting on the floor, but when I called his name, he didn't look up. The room was filling with water, dark and icy, rising silently around his ankles, his waist, his chest. I tried to run to him, but my feet were encased in concrete. I opened my mouth to scream, but my voice was gone.I woke up gasping, my hand clutching the sheets so hard my knuckles were white.The room was dark. The digital clock on the nightstand read 4:13 AM. Beside me, Lucian slept deeply–a rare occurrence these days. His arm was draped heavily over my waist, his face relaxed in the shadows. Even in sleep, he looked formidable, the lines of his jaw sharp enough to cut glass.I carefully lifted his arm, sliding out from under the warmth of his embrace. I needed air. I needed to see the sky, even if it was just the grey, pre-dawn light of the city.I wal
His Runaway Queen Chapter 93: The glitch
*Lucian's POV*The Drakov estate was a skeleton of its former self.Scaffolding clung to the east wing where the explosions had scorched the stone. The smell of wet ash and fresh lumber hung heavy in the air, a constant reminder of how close Malcom had come to bringing the walls down.I stood in the operations center–the only room fully functional. Screens flickered with blue light, displaying camera feeds, perimeter sensors, and thermal overlays.Nikolai stood beside me, his arms crossed, staring at a monitor that showed a red blinking light on the eastern grid."It’s happened again," Nikolai said, his voice tight with frustration.I leaned in. "The same sector?""Sector 4. The blind spot near the river."We had swept that area three times since the attack. We had repaired the wiring, replaced the cameras, and stationed two-man teams on rotation. Yet, every night between 3:00 AM and 4:00 AM, the system reported a "ghost" reading. A shadow that wasn't there."Equipment failure?" I ask
His Runaway Queen Chapter 92: The engineer
*Aria's POV*The penthouse felt different after his parents left. It wasn't that anything had moved–every vase, every rug, every piece of art was exactly where it had been for years. But the air felt thinner, as if Victor and Elena had sucked the oxygen out of the room along with their judgment.I stood in the nursery, watching Adrian play with a set of magnetic tiles. He was building a tower, his small brow furrowed in concentration. He hadn’t spoken about the bunker, or Silas, or the men with guns. He played in silence, a silence that terrified me more than the nightmares I knew were coming."Mommy, look," he said suddenly, his voice a soft rasp. "It's a castle.""It's a beautiful castle, baby," I said, kneeling beside him. "Who lives in the castle?""A dragon," he said simply, placing a red tile on top. "But he's a good dragon. He keeps the bad guys out."My throat tightened. I stroked his hair. "Yes. He does."The doorbell chimed.I froze. My heart rate spiked instantly, a Pavlovi
His Runaway Queen Chapter 91: The weight of Dynasties
*Aria’s POV*The peaceful silence of the penthouse was shattered by the sharp, rhythmic knocking on the front door. It wasn't the tentative knock of a servant or the alert of a security detail. It was a summons.I froze, midway through pouring coffee. Lucian, who had been reading a file at the kitchen island, went rigid. He knew that knock. It was a sound from his childhood–a sound that demanded entry, not requested it."Stay here," Lucian said, his voice low.He walked to the door and opened it.Victor and Elena Drakov swept in like a cold front, bringing the chill of Switzerland with them. They hadn’t announced their arrival, but then again, they didn’t need to. They owned the walls we stood in.Victor Sinclair looked older than the last time I saw him, which wasn’t very long ago, but it felt as if there was something weighing on him. The lines around his mouth deeper, carved by years of calculated decisions. He wore a charcoal overcoat, his posture as rigid as a marble column.Elen
His Runaway Queen Chapter 19: The cost of mercy
*Aria’s POV*Back to the present.The corridors were too quiet. Not the peaceful kind – the kind that pressed against my ears until my thoughts grew loud and frantic. Every step echoed, every breath sounded wrong, as if the mansion itself was holding still, waiting for the moment it would exhale an
最終更新日 : 2026-03-19His Runaway Queen Chapter 21: Him
*Lucian’s POV*I don’t go to her room after I leave.That restraint costs me more than the violence ever did.I walk instead – through the corridors I built, ruled, bled for – until the air feels thin enough to breathe again. The mansion is silent, obedient, perfectly ordered. It always is.That ni
最終更新日 : 2026-03-19His Runaway Queen Chapter 18: The two weeks between us
*Aria's POV*The pastAfter the kiss, he disappeared.Not dramatically. Not with promises or warnings or even a goodbye. One moment he was there – warm, breathing, real – and the next, the clinic was empty except for the smell of antiseptic and the echo of something I couldn’t name.I told myself i
最終更新日 : 2026-03-19His Runaway Queen Chapter 26: The next morning
*Aria’s POV*I opened my eyes to silence. Not the peaceful kind of silence, but the one that pressed against my ears. That’s when I realized that something was wrong.I was laying naked, in Lucian’s bed.A lot of things were wrong.I didn’t remember when I fell asleep, the only thing I remembered w
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