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Chapter 100 - Close Enough
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2026-03-09 19:34:48
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The Black Rose Chapter 117 - Gone
LORENZODinner tasted like ash in my mouth, though I couldn't say why until I looked up and saw Ellie's hands shaking as she cut her chicken.She'd been quiet all day. Withdrawn in a way that set off alarm bells in the back of my mind. But I'd written it off as her processing everything with Silas, with her father's organization, with the weight of secrets she hadn't asked to carry. She's been acting alright with it, but I know better than anyone the weight that comes with such a reality, the guilt that also comes with it. How part of you is always asking questions, wondering if you could've helped or save any of the lives that might been destroyed by your parent.Hating the fact that their blood will always run in your veins.Always.But this isn't that. Her eyes are unfocused, her gaze sometimes rests on me and I feel the intensity from it like a physical thing.Now, watching her fork tremble as she brought it to her lips, I knew it was more than that."I have to go to town tomorrow
The Black Rose Chapter 116 - Eliana
ELLIEMorning light streamed through the massive windows, warm light came with it beautiful, almost peaceful. I woke up warm, sandwiched between Silas's chest at my back and Noir's arm draped across my waist from where he'd somehow ended up on my other side during the night. Lorenzo was already awake, sitting on the edge of the bed pulling on a shirt, his dark hair still messed from sleep."Morning," I mumbled, my voice rough.Lorenzo glanced back, his lips quirking in what might have been a smile. "Morning. Coffee?""Please."Silas groaned behind me, his arm tightening around my waist. "Too early for consciousness.""It's almost ten," Lorenzo said, standing and stretching. The movement pulled his shirt up, revealing a strip of tanned skin and muscle that made my mouth go dry despite just waking up."Exactly. Too early." But Silas was already shifting, pressing a kiss to my shoulder before rolling out of bed with exaggerated dramatics.Noir's eyes opened, green and silver finding mine
The Black Rose Chapter 115 - Worth Keeping
NOIRHer face shifted, that hurt deepening before she tried to mask it. I'd done exactly what I'd feared—made her feel rejected when this had nothing to do with her and everything to do with the demons living in my head."I'm sorry," I forced out, my voice raw and scraped. The words felt inadequate, pathetic. "I can't—I'm sorry."I was moving before I'd decided to move. Crossing the living room on legs that didn't feel stable, yanking open the front door so hard it slammed against the wall. Stepping out into the night.The cold hit me with brutal intensity, stealing what little breath I'd managed to recover. My lungs seized, the air so cold it burned going down. Snow crunched under my boots as I stumbled off the porch, away from the cottage, away from the warmth and safety and her.The temperature had to be below zero. Maybe significantly below. I wasn't dressed for it—just jeans and a t-shirt, no coat, no gloves. The kind of cold that could kill if you stayed out too long. Already my
The Black Rose Chapter 114 - Don't
NOIRFour days since I'd brought back supplies, and something in Ellie had changed.The others hadn't noticed. Silas was too busy making jokes to cover his own fear of being hunted. Lorenzo was buried in his work, trying to orchestrate solutions from this remote corner of the world. They saw what they wanted to see—Ellie coping, Ellie adapting, Ellie being strong.But I saw the truth.The light in her eyes had dimmed. Not extinguished, but muted, like someone had turned down the brightness and she was trying desperately to pretend otherwise. She carried herself differently too. Shoulders pulled back too far, spine too straight. The posture of someone holding themselves together through sheer force of will.She was drowning and pretending to swim.It was late now. Silas had gone to bed an hour ago, his bruised ribs still bothering him enough that he needed the rest. Lorenzo was in the study, hunched over his laptop, running traces on financial movements that might lead us to Elijah's l
The Black Rose Chapter 114 - Don't
NOIRFour days since I'd brought back supplies, and something in Ellie had changed.The others hadn't noticed. Silas was too busy making jokes to cover his own fear of being hunted. Lorenzo was buried in his work, trying to orchestrate solutions from this remote corner of the world. They saw what they wanted to see—Ellie coping, Ellie adapting, Ellie being strong.But I saw the truth.The light in her eyes had dimmed. Not extinguished, but muted, like someone had turned down the brightness and she was trying desperately to pretend otherwise. She carried herself differently too. Shoulders pulled back too far, spine too straight. The posture of someone holding themselves together through sheer force of will.She was drowning and pretending to swim.It was late now. Silas had gone to bed an hour ago, his bruised ribs still bothering him enough that he needed the rest. Lorenzo was in the study, hunched over his laptop, running traces on financial movements that might lead us to Elijah's l
The Black Rose Chapter 113 - Familiar Rhythm
ELLIEThe words hung in the frozen air between us, and it settled like poisonous lead in my gut.I'm a dead man.My arms tightened around Silas, my face pressed against his chest where I could feel his heart beating steady and strong. Alive. For now, he was alive and here and holding me like I was the one who needed comfort when he'd just told me leaving this place would be a death sentence."We're not leaving," I said against his coat, my voice muffled but firm. "We'll stay here. All of us. For as long as it takes."His laugh was quiet, humorless. "That's not how this works, Tiny.""Then we'll make it work." I pulled back enough to look at him, my gloved hands gripping his jacket. "We'll figure something out. There has to be a way to—"The sound of tires crunching on snow cut me off.Silas's entire body went rigid, his hand immediately moving to the gun I hadn't realized he was carrying at his hip. His gray eyes scanned the tree line, every muscle coiled and ready for violence.Then
The Black Rose Chapter Forty Five - Take Off Your Clothes
ELLIEThe mansion was unlike any place I've ever stepped in. As usual, Lorenzo walked in like he owned every inch or the place including the air in it. Antique furniture and paintings decorated the already beautiful halls, the walls painted with hues of gold, black and a somewhat regal silver that
Last Updated : 2026-03-24The Black Rose Chapter Forty Six - Benedetti
ELLIE"Take off your clothes."My jaw slacked for a solid minute as I digested his words, I blinked, my brows pulled together. I felt my face flame with heat. My mouth went dry as I stared at him, trying to process what he'd just said."What?" The word came out as barely more than a whisper.Lore
Last Updated : 2026-03-24The Black Rose Chapter Forty Seven - Developments
ELLIE"Because everyone who knew me by that name is either dead or will soon be."There was something sinister in his voice, a dark promise I knew he fully intended to keep. It was so out of character that I wasn't sure how to react for a long time.I stared at Lorenzo, trying to process what he'd
Last Updated : 2026-03-24The Black Rose Chapter 51 -High And Mighty
ELLIEWhy did I say that? Heat spread through my cheeks and neck as I looked down at Silas. I was embarrassed, and I wasn't even sure why. I should have just kept my mouth shut, let him do what he wanted. Instead, I was looking down at him, unable to hide the fear in my eyes, and Silas in turn
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