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Chapter 12: The Man Who Was Never My Father
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2026-11-02 18:40:01
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The door handle began to turn. For one terrible second, nobody moved. Dr. Elena Cruz stood beside her desk, her face drained of color. The sealed envelope she had promised to give me remained clutched between her fingers. Damian was already positioned between us and the entrance, his gun raised, his expression colder than I had ever seen it. “Step away from the door,” he ordered. Elena stumbled backward. A soft metallic click came from the other side. Someone was unlocking it. Damian glanced at Nico, who immediately moved toward the hallway leading to the apartment's rear exit. “Is there another way out?” Damian asked. Elena nodded quickly. “The kitchen. There's a fire escape.” “Take Isabella.” “No.” I tightened my grip on the envelope. “I'm not leaving without knowing what's inside.” Damian turned toward me. “Bella, this isn't the time.” “Someone has been hunting me for weeks. Rafael died because of this covenant. My mother has spent years hiding from these people. I'm
MARRIED TO THE KING OF DARKNESS Chapter 15: Blood on the Covenant
Rafael’s hand slipped from mine. For a moment, I waited for him to move. To draw another breath. To open his eyes and tell me that this was another mistake, another misunderstanding that could be fixed if we only talked long enough. But the night gave me nothing. “Rafael?” I whispered. Damian pressed two fingers against Rafael’s neck. His expression changed, and the silence that followed was answer enough. I pulled Rafael’s hand against my chest. “No. No, you can’t—” A guard crouched beside us. “We need to move. The courthouse isn’t secure.” I barely heard him. Damian placed a hand near my shoulder, but I flinched away. “Don’t.” He withdrew immediately. “I’m sorry,” he said. I stared at Rafael’s face. He had looked frightened when he saw Adrian. He had tried to warn me. And now he was gone before I could ask him the one question that mattered. Who in the De Luca family had signed the altered covenant? The courthouse doors stood open across the street. Armed men moved t
MARRIED TO THE KING OF DARKNESS Chapter 14: The Transfer
By sunrise, I had learned that a person could lose an entire life without leaving the room. My mother was alive. Rafael was not my biological father. Adrian Vescari was. And someone was preparing to transfer control of the De Luca empire using my name. I stood in the safehouse kitchen, staring at a cup of coffee I had no intention of drinking. My mother was resting upstairs under a doctor's supervision. Rafael had tried to speak to me twice. I had refused both times. Damian entered with his phone pressed to his ear. "Move the meeting," he said. "No one signs anything until I arrive." He ended the call and looked at me. "You're awake." "I never slept." He poured himself coffee. "Neither did I." "What's being transferred?" "We don't know yet. The message could refer to money, property, or control of the covenant." "Or me." His eyes met mine. "Possibly." I hated that he didn't deny it. "Then we need to find Adrian before tomorrow." "We will." "How?" "By following the
MARRIED TO THE KING OF DARKNESS Chapter 13: The Father Who Raised Me
The call ended, but my mother's voice remained in the air. Your father is here with me. For a moment, I couldn't move. I could barely hear the guards speaking around us. All I could think about was Rafael Monteverde standing beside the woman I had mourned for most of my life. He had told me she was dead. He had let me believe it. And now he was with her. "Call him back," I said. Damian was already trying. The call went straight to voicemail. "Again." He tried a second time. Nothing. I snatched the phone from him and called my father's number myself. It rang until the automated message began. I hung up. "He's avoiding me." "Or he can't answer," Damian said. "Don't defend him." "I'm not." "Then don't give me reasons to forgive him." His jaw tightened, but he said nothing. I turned toward Nico. "Can you trace the call?" "We're working on it." "How long?" "I can't promise—" "Then work faster." Nico nodded and moved away. I pressed my hands against my face. My mo
MARRIED TO THE KING OF DARKNESS Chapter 12: The Man Who Was Never My Father
The paper trembled between my fingers. My daughter must never know who her real father is. I read the sentence again, hoping the words would rearrange themselves into something less cruel. Perhaps I had misunderstood. Perhaps my mother's handwriting had been copied. Perhaps the entire thing was another trick designed to turn me against the people I loved. But the words remained. My real father. I looked at Damian. "Tell me what you know." He was still kneeling beside me, one hand holding my shoulder while the other kept his weapon raised toward the shattered window. "Not here." "Don't do that." "Isabella, we're under fire." "I don't care!" His expression tightened. "Well, I do. You're not dying in this building because someone wants us to read a message." He pulled me behind a stone pillar as another shot struck the wall. Dust fell from the ceiling. Somewhere outside, one of the guards shouted that the shooter was moving toward the tree line. "Maria!" I screamed. No a
MARRIED TO THE KING OF DARKNESS Chapter 11: The Truth Buried with His Father
The study door closed behind us with a quiet click. For a moment, neither Damian nor I spoke. The room felt smaller than it had a few minutes ago. The fire in the marble fireplace crackled softly, but its warmth did nothing to ease the chill spreading through my body. On the desk lay the photograph from Victor Hale’s locker. My mother stood beside a black car, her face turned toward someone outside the frame. Three days before she disappeared. And now someone was telling me she was alive. I looked at Damian. "Tell me." He stood near the desk, one hand resting against its polished surface. His expression was unreadable, but I had begun to recognize the signs of his anger. The rigid shoulders. The clenched jaw. The way his fingers curled as if he were holding back the urge to destroy something. "Before I tell you what I know," he said, "you need to understand something about my father." "That he was a criminal?" His eyes lifted to mine. "Yes. But he was also a man who believ
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