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作者: Mira Knox
last update 公開日: 2026-05-01 20:20:56

***ALEXANDER ANTONIO'S****

We walked over to the back of the room and past some double doors to find the boxing ring. "Is he here?" I asked Raphael. His eyes searched the loud, crowded arena, as did mine. "I can't see him," he sighed. I ran a hand through my dark hair and rubbed my stubble. We were in an illegal boxing club.

"He's here," I said as I walked across to the booths. I knew he was here—the very man who had been stealing my money. He had gone into hiding after I killed his partn
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    AUTHOR POV A mansion stood in complete silence. It wasn't merely a mansion. It was a fortress.Elegant. Imposing.Untouchable.Its towering stone walls stretched toward the morning sky, crowned with iron gates and surrounded by acres of perfectly manicured gardens. Water from grand marble fountains shimmered beneath the sunlight, while rows of centuries-old trees formed a natural barrier around the estate.From the outside, it was the home of an unimaginably wealthy family.Inside... It was something far more powerful.Armed guards patrolled every corridor with military precision, their footsteps echoing softly against polished marble floors. Surveillance cameras watched every hallway, every entrance, every hidden corner without blinking. Every visitor was identified before reaching the front gate. Every movement inside the estate was recorded.Nothing escaped the eyes of the LOVONOSOV family.Yet hidden deep within the mansion's east wing...Behind reinforced steel doors that could

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    AUTHOR POV… The silence on the balcony lingered long after the last rays of sunlight disappeared beyond the rolling Italian hills.The golden sky slowly surrendered to twilight, painting the horizon in deep shades of violet and blue.Neither mother nor son spoke again.There was nothing left to say.Some grief could not be soothed. some wounds could not be healed with words.Erina looked at her son one last time.Alexander hadn't moved.His gaze remained fixed on the cemetery below, where three white headstones rested peacefully beneath a sea of blooming lilies.Emily.Lexi.Sergio.Even after an entire year, he looked at those graves as though he were waiting for them to answer him. As though, if he waited long enough...Emily would somehow come walking home.Erina's heart broke all over again. Slowly, she gave Alexander's hand one last gentle squeeze before letting it slip from hers."I'll leave you alone for a while."Alexander simply nodded.He never looked away from the cemetery

  • Safe In His Darkness    133

    AUTHOR POV A convoy of black luxury vehicles rolled slowly through the wrought-iron gates of the Antonio mansion.Their engines were quiet.Almost respectful.The memorial for Emily, Lexi, and Sergio had ended hours earlier.Yet the mansion still felt as though time itself had stopped.Poala had carried little Matteo upstairs after the little boy had fallen asleep in her arms, his tiny head resting against her shoulder. Every now and then, he would smile in his sleep, a smile so hauntingly similar to Sergio's that it still brought tears to anyone who saw it.Downstairs, the servants quietly resumed their duties.No one laughed.No one spoke above a whisper.The once vibrant mansion had become a place where silence had learned to live.The convoy came to a stop before the grand entrance.The chauffeur hurried to open the rear door.Erina Antonio stepped out first.She paused before taking another step.Her eyes instinctively drifted upward toward the second-floor balcony overlooking t

  • Safe In His Darkness    133

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  • Safe In His Darkness    131

    ALEXANDER ANTONIO'S The room was silent, painfully, unbearably silent. I sat motionless on the edge of our bed, my body refusing to obey even the simplest command.Time had stopped.The letter rested in my trembling hands, its edges crumpled from how tightly I had been gripping it. My thumb traced over Emily's handwriting again and again, as though touching the ink would somehow bring her back.Every curve.Every word.Every sentence.I knew this handwriting better than my own.She had written this letter believing she would place it in my hands after we exchanged our vows.She had imagined us laughing together as I read it.Instead…I was reading it aloneBeside the silk nightgown she had carefully laid out for our wedding night.A wedding night that would never come.My gaze slowly wandered around the bedroom. Everything remained exactly as she'd left it.Her wedding shoes stood neatly beside the wardrobe, waiting for feet that would never slip into them.The engagement ring she'd

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    EMILY GRAYSON'S The knock came close to midnight. Not loud. Not aggressive. Just three slow taps against the apartment door. The entire living room went quiet. The television still played softly in the background, but nobody was paying attention anymore. Lexi looked toward the door first, then Rap

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    EMILY GRAYSON'S It had been six days. Maybe seven. I wasn’t sure anymore. Time didn’t exist properly in this place. There were no windows, no sunlight, no sunrise or sunset to separate one day from another. Just cold. Endless, suffocating cold. The room itself felt designed to break people slowl

  • Safe In His Darkness    34

    ***EMAIL GRAYSON'S***“What?” I asked, narrowing my eyes playfully. “You,” he said simply. “You look like something out of a dream.” I rolled my eyes, but I could feel the warmth creeping into my cheeks.By the time we reached the house, sunlight was pouring through the glass walls, making the ocea

  • Safe In His Darkness    24

    ***ALEXANDER***I stepped into his space—close enough that he had to tilt his head to meet my eyes. “You dared to put your hands on my woman,” I said quietly. “And you told her I killed her parents.” I let the words settle before continuing, my voice still level. “For what?” I asked. “

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