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THE LAST REACH

Author: Uj Kay
last update publish date: 2026-08-07 01:13:52

The evening at the coastal safe house had been deceptively calm. I sat in the main living room with a light blanket over my legs, one hand resting on the solid curve of my belly. Riley moved in slow, deliberate rolls, as if she too sensed the quiet was only temporary. Maxim dozed in an armchair near the window. Betty sat across from me scrolling through baby clothing sites on a tablet while Ivan paced the length of the room, restless as always.

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  • THE MAFIA'S PRICE   BREATHTAKING

    Conversation in the main area stopped. Eve’s eyes widened. The planner pressed a hand to her chest. The designer still held Riley, but even my daughter seemed to sense the change. She cooed loudly and reached one small hand toward me.“You look breathtaking,” Eve said, her usual reserve softening.The designer exhaled. “Wow I know the dress is gorgeous but seeing it on you makes it more pretty.”The planner nodded firmly. “The dress is gorgeous and you are more gorgeous.”Other women working in the studio added their own quiet compliments. Heat rose in my cheeks, but the dominant feeling was a deep, trembling joy. This was the dress I would wear when I walked toward Dante. This was the dress he would see when we finally stood in front of the people who mattered and made our promises public.The designer passed Riley carefully to Eve and came toward me. She checked the seams, the fall of the skirt, and the way the open back sat against my skin. Then she brought the veil. The moment the

  • THE MAFIA'S PRICE   WEDDING DRESS

    The road away from the Moretti family estate stretched quiet and green under the soft afternoon sun. I sat in the back seat with Riley secured in her car seat beside me, her small hands batting at the soft toy that hung in front of her. Eve drove with her usual steady focus while the event planner sat in the front passenger seat reviewing notes on a tablet. The visit to the estate had left a warm glow in my chest. Dante had brought me there the previous weekend and shown me the wide gardens and the private stretch of beach that curved behind the main house. The moment I saw the open lawn sloping gently toward the water I knew it was the place. An outdoor wedding with the sea as the backdrop felt right for us. Private enough for safety and beautiful enough to hold every promise we had made.The planner turned slightly in her seat and asked a few more careful questions about the ceremony flow and the number of chairs needed near the beach edge. I answered while keeping one hand on Riley

  • THE MAFIA'S PRICE   HAPPY NEW YEAR

    New Year’s Eve settled over the house with a soft and quiet kind of joy. Soft lights glowed along the windows and a low fire burned in the living room hearth. Outside the night was cold and clear, but inside everything felt warm and full. Riley was five months old now, a round cheeked baby with her father’s serious eyes and the pale blond hair she had taken from me. She lay on a thick play mat near the sofa, kicking her legs and making the small happy sounds that had become my favorite music.I sat on the floor beside her, one hand resting lightly on her belly while she batted at a soft toy. Six months had passed since the morning she arrived crying into the world. Those months had been the most peaceful of my life. No sudden threats. No rushing between safe houses. No heavy weight of war pressing against the windows. Dante still handled the business that needed him, yet he came home earlier most days and rarely missed the quiet evening hours we spent together as a family. The dangero

  • THE MAFIA'S PRICE   PERFECT

    I had just settled against the pillows with Riley in my arms when the door opened again. Maxim entered first, followed by Betty and Ivan, all of them carrying flowers and small gift bags. The moment they saw the baby their faces transformed.“Oh,” Betty breathed, eyes already wet. “She is beautiful.”Maxim’s expression softened into pure grandfatherly wonder. Ivan looked uncharacteristically quiet for three full seconds before the smile broke across his face.They took turns holding her with exaggerated care. Maxim went first, cradling Riley as if he had waited his whole life for this exact moment. “She has your mouth, Dante,” he said quietly. “But look at that hair.”The baby’s hair was fine and pale, a soft blond that clearly came from me. Everything else, the shape of her eyes, the set of her little nose, the serious furrow she made even in sleep, belonged unmistakably to her father.Ivan grinned as he accepted her next. “Dante cheated you, Alessia. She took his entire face. Poor g

  • THE MAFIA'S PRICE   HELLO RILEY

    Pain had become the only language my body knew how to speak. It rose and fell in great waves that stole my breath and left me gripping the sheets with trembling hands. The hospital room felt both too bright and strangely distant. Monitors softly tracked every change while nurses moved in and out with calm efficiency. Through it all Dante never left my side. His large hand stayed wrapped around mine, steady and warm, giving me something solid to hold when each contraction threatened to pull me under.“You are doing so well,” he murmured again and again, his voice low near my ear. “I am right here. Breathe with me.”I tried. Between the peaks of pain I focused on the shape of his face, the dark intensity of his eyes, the way a sheen of worry mixed with fierce determination across his features. This man had faced guns and enemies and the weight of an empire, yet nothing had ever looked as serious on him as the sight of me in labor. The thought almost made me smile through the discomfort.

  • THE MAFIA'S PRICE   KEEP BREATHING

    The next minutes blurred into careful action and rising pain. Eve helped me into clean, loose clothes that would be easy to remove at the hospital. A maid carried the prepacked hospital bags down to the front entrance as ordered. I leaned against the wall between contractions, panting and exhaling through the tight waves that now came with more regularity. Each one stole my breath and left me gripping whatever solid surface I could find.“I am sorry,” Eve said quietly each time a cramp peaked. She stayed close, one steady hand on my back, speaking in the same even tone she used for everything important. “You are doing fine. Keep breathing. We have time.”I wanted to believe her, yet the pressure low in my body felt enormous and unstoppable. Memories of the past months flickered through my mind while I focused on the next breath. The night Dante proposed. The way he had looked at me when he said he wanted me to choose him freely. The first time Riley’s strong kicks had made him go comp

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