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A Body in Pain, A Will in Fire
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The King’s Broken Oath A Body in Pain, A Will in Fire
Dawn had not fully broken when Lidia slipped from the thin mattress and stood barefoot on the cold floor.The mirror across the room no longer showed the girl Bruno had kept in his mansion.Short black hair clung to her jawline. The fake scar near her eye looked raw and permanent. The oversized clothes hid every familiar curve. Even her posture had changed—shoulders squared, chin lifted, breath steady.She tied her laces with hands that did not shake.Not today.Today was not about fear.Today was about survival.She wrapped a scarf around her neck and paused, pressing two fingers to her stomach. A dull ache still lived there, like a warning bell. Her jaw tightened.You don’t get to stop me, she told it silently. Not now.The door creaked.Erika stood there in her sleep shirt, hair wild, eyes half-open.“…You’re really doing this,” she murmured.Lidia looked back. “If I don’t, I die the next time they find me.”That woke Erika fully.She crossed the room and pulled Lidia into a hug so
The King’s Broken Oath A New Face, A New War
The money arrived in a plain brown envelope.Erika placed it on the small kitchen table without ceremony, as if it were just groceries, not the last savings her father had scraped together after a long night of arguing. Lidia watched the envelope as though it might bite her. For a second, guilt crawled up her throat.“You don’t have to do this,” she said softly.Erika didn’t look at her. “I already did.”Silence stretched between them, thick and uncomfortable.Finally, Erika pushed the envelope toward her. “My dad thinks I’m fixing my teeth. If he ever finds out I helped you disappear… he’ll probably disown me.”Lidia’s lips trembled. “I’ll pay you back.”Erika snorted. “With what? Your new mafia salary?”Lidia almost smiled.Almost.They left the apartment just before noon, when the streets were busy enough to swallow faces. Erika walked first, confident, chin high. Lidia followed three steps behind, head lowered, shoulders curved inward like she was afraid of the sun.The stylist’s
The King’s Broken Oath Hunters Without a Trail
Gennado arrived at Bruno’s estate just after sunrise.The iron gates opened slowly, as if even the house itself sensed the weight in his chest. He stepped out of the car with the posture of a man who had ruled for decades—back straight, face carved from stone—but inside him, a storm raged.Lidia.The name burned behind his eyes.He had come to discuss the growing unrest with Lorenzo, the failed kidnapping, the city whispering like rats in the walls. He had come as an old wolf to advise a younger one.Instead, he walked straight into disaster.Bruno met him in the main hall, shirt half-buttoned, eyes sunken, jaw unshaven. The man looked like someone who had not slept in days.“,” Bruno greeted, forcing steadiness into his voice. “You came early.”Gennado studied him closely. Every movement, every breath. If Bruno knew the truth about Lidia… it would show.“What happened?” Gennado asked calmly. “You look unkept.”Bruno hesitated.Then the words fell.“Lidia escaped from Lorenzo and he c
The King’s Broken Oath A Dangerous Transformation
The room smelled faintly of antiseptic and old tea leaves.It was small—too small for the storm inside Lidia’s chest—but it was safe. For now.She sat on the edge of the narrow bed, her hands folded over her knees, fingers trembling despite her effort to keep them still. The borrowed dress hung loose on her frame, hiding bruises that still bloomed beneath the fabric like dark flowers. Her hair was tucked under a scarf, but she could still feel its weight, still feel Lorenzo’s hands in it when he dragged her.Across from her, Erika stood near the cracked mirror, pretending to fix her collar while really watching Lidia’s reflection.Silence pressed between them.Lidia inhaled slowly, then spoke.“Erika… I need your help.”Her voice was soft, but it carried something new inside it. Not fear. Decision.Erika turned fully. “Anything. You already know that.”Lidia swallowed. “First… I have to change how I look.”Erika’s brow furrowed. “What do you mean?”“My hair. I want it cut. Short. And
The King’s Broken Oath No Longer the Victim
Lidia did not cry again.Tears were useless now.She tightened the scarf around her head, folding it low over her brow until only a thin line of her eyes showed. Erika watched as Lidia tore a strip of cloth from the edge of her torn dress and wrapped it across her bruised cheek, not to hide the wound but to change the shape of her face.“Walk ahead of me,” Lidia said quietly. Her voice was rough, cracked by thirst and pain. “A few steps. If anyone looks, they should see two strangers, not friends.”Erika’s throat tightened. “Lidia…”“You walk some feet away till we get somewhere safe,” Lidia repeated. “Then you can come close.”Erika swallowed hard.Pride and pity crashed inside her chest like stones.She watched her best friend—once gentle, once afraid—now standing like a soldier stitched together with pain.“I wish I could save you from this cruel world,” Erika whispered, tears blurring her sight.Lidia gave a small, tired smile. “You already did. You didn’t forget me.”That smile c
The King’s Broken Oath Steps into the Unknown
Bruno received the message just before sunrise.Lorenzo lost the girl.She is missing.The city is being searched.For a long moment, Bruno only stared at the screen of his phone.Then—He laughed.It was low at first, barely a sound, like air escaping his lungs after years of pressure. Then it grew, dark and slow, filling the empty room of his study. His shoulders loosened. His jaw unclenched. For the first time since Lidia had been dragged out of his world, something close to relief slid into his chest.“She did it,” he murmured.The image of her—tied, broken, silent—had haunted him for nights. He had imagined her crying. Begging. Dying.But now?Now she had vanished from Lorenzo’s grip.A satisfied smile curved his lips, sharp and dangerous.“Smart girl,” he said softly. “You didn’t wait for rescue.”He rose from his chair and went to the window. Outside, the compound was waking. Cars hummed. Guards shifted positions. The city beyond the walls still slept, unaware that two empires
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