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Chapter 2: The Phoenix
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The Lie that Binds Chapter 92: Epilogue
~What Remains of Us~ Stefano felt no remorse for erasing his mother from existence. No guilt. No haunting dreams or sleepless nights. What he felt instead was relief, the kind that sits deep in your bones, silent but steady, like a long-awaited exhale after years of drowning. He made no attempt to find his father either. But Serena did. But she did it secretly. She followed every rumor, every whisper from the underworld, traced every name tied to the shadows of the past, but she found nothing. No sign. No clue. No grave. No ghost. Still, she knew he was out there. And Stefano was waiting. She knew that if he ever resurfaced, Stefano wouldn’t hesitate. He’d erase him too. Without a blink or even a prayer. However, after the final war, everything changed. Stefano’s name was restored. His throne reclaimed. His empire was rebuilt from ashes and blood. His wealth returned tenfold, his enemies reduced to memories buried six feet under. No more betrayal. No more leaks. No more whispe
The Lie that Binds Chapter 91: The Last War
The night air was cold and heavy with rain. The estate ahead glowed faintly through the mist, modern, vast, and crawling with security. From the hill where they stood, Stefano watched the mansion through binoculars, his jaw set tight. Serena was beside him, dressed in black, her pulse loud in her ears. Behind them, a dozen of Stefano’s men crouched low, armed and waiting for his command.A single gesture was all it took. And the team began moving.They approached like shadows—silent, precise. One by one, the guards around the compound fell. A muffled scuffle here, a quiet thud there. No alarms, no shouting. Just death moving on silent feet. Serena covered the rear, gun steady, her eyes sharp and alert. Every time a light flickered or a voice rose, her breath caught, but Stefano’s calm presence anchored her.When the path was clear, they slipped through the side gate and into the mansion. The marble floor gleamed under dim lights. The atmosphere gradually changed. The air smelled fain
The Lie that Binds Chapter 90: The End of The Consigliere
She left the light of the room like someone walking away from a warming fire. The corridor that led to the dungeon smelled of damp stone and old oil lamps. Each footstep sounded loud to her, a metronome for the resolve that had built in her chest. Stefano had told her everything. He had told her who Marco had been, what he had done, and what was left to do. Now it was her turn to finish it.The iron door to the lower corridor was heavy. It sighed as she pushed it, a long, tired sound that matched the way her bones felt. Torches lined the passage, their flames guttering as a chill moved through the tunnel. Her palms were cool on the cold metal of the railing. Her breath came short, precise, as if every inhale had to be rationed for what she was about to do.At the bottom of the stairs the dungeon opened into familiar gloom. The cell where Marco had been kept smelled of oil, sweat, and the tang of old blood. Chains hung from the walls like the teeth of some awful mouth. He was there, sl
The Lie that Binds Chapter 89: Maria De Ricco
TThe silence stretched between them, thick as smoke. Serena’s heart wouldn’t stop racing. She sat on the edge of the bed, fingers twisting in the sheets, while Stefano sat across from her on the couch near the window, composed, unreadable. His gaze was sharp, steady, as though he could see straight through her, peeling away every layer she tried to hide behind. There will be no secrets. Not anymore.When he finally spoke, his voice was quiet. Almost too quiet.“It wasn’t the Russians,” he said.Serena blinked. “What?”“It wasn’t them who Marco served,” Stefano went on, leaning back in his chair. “It was my parents. Maria and Armando De Ricco.”The words struck her like a blow. She felt her stomach lurch, the ground tilt beneath her. “That’s not possible,” she whispered. “They’re dead. You told me they were dead.”“I believed it,” Stefano admitted, his jaw tight. “I mourned them. I built my empire with the ghost of their deaths behind me. But it was all a lie. Maria faked her own deat
The Lie that Binds Chapter 88: The Mole
Rome smelled the same. Damp stone and exhaust, basil and cigarette smoke lingering in the streets. Serena felt it the moment she stepped off the car and into the mansion, a strange knot in her chest. This mansion had been a place of punishment once, a place where Stefano had broken her and where Marco had pulled her out of the dark. To return now felt like walking into a memory she had tried to bury.But Stefano was not the man she remembered. When she saw him again, he was calm, composed, his anger buried beneath something quieter. His eyes no longer burned like fire but steadied on her with unsettling patience. That calm made her heart beat harder than rage ever had.She broke the silence first. “Why did you save me?” Her voice was sharp, but it trembled at the edges.Stefano leaned back in his chair, his fingers laced loosely in front of him. “It wasn’t my idea. Marco asked me to.”Her breath caught. “Then where is he?”“In chains,” Stefano said. “In the same dungeon where I once
The Lie that Binds Chapter 87: Bleed
The interrogation began slow and clinical, a rhythm designed to grind a person down, and when Calista refused to tell him anything Peckham’s calm shifted into something colder. The kind of patience that does not intend mercy.They strapped her hands to the chair and the metal bit into her palms. The lights were white and too bright, the room smelling faintly of disinfectant and stale air conditioning, and Peckham stood over her with a remote in his hand as if he held a lighter instead of a switch. “Speak,” he said once, crisp as a command, “or this ends faster.”She stared back at him and said nothing. Refusal was a weapon she still carried. He did not smile. He flicked the switch.The first jolt knocked the breath from her and the chair bucked beneath her. Pain arced through her body like a hot brand, but she managed to bite the scream down until it was a sound that left her throat raw. She tasted metal. Her knees shook. The light buzzed.“Talk,” Peckham said again, softer this time,
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