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playing with fire

Author: Scare crow
last update publish date: 2026-09-30 07:11:50

Playing with Fire

(Ronan's POV)

I sat back down at the head of the breakfast table, smoothing the linen napkin over my lap with unhurried grace.

The morning sun continued to wash over the polished silver and fine porcelain, casting a bright, deceptive glow across the quiet dining room. Emma was still happily humming to herself, taking tiny bites of her blueberry pancakes, completely oblivious to the brief hurricane that had just swept through the front hall—or the furious sobs echoing softly f
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    (Ronan's POV)The customized ringtone buzzed against the marble surface of the vanity, its low vibration humming through the air like a coiled rattlesnake.I didn't reach for it immediately. I let it ring twice more, casually adjusting the gold cufflinks at my wrists, smoothing down the lapels of my dark charcoal suit in the full-length mirror. Patience was a virtue weak men failed to master; control was an art form.On the fourth ring, I picked up the burner phone and pressed it to my ear."Speak," I commanded lazily."She’s on the move, Lord Ronan," the muffled, distorted voice rasped through the encrypted line. "Two black armored sedans just passed the outer gates of the Bloodthorne estate. Vanessa and the boy are on their way to Wild Bloomers Park."A slow, cold smile stretched across my lips, "Excellent," I murmured. "Keep your head down."I hung up without waiting for a reply and tossed the disposable device into the brass fireplace tray, watching the inner casing melt into wor

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    Ashes and SilverVanessa's POV The silence that followed Abel’s collapse was louder than the gunfire.He hit the snow like a fallen oak, his heavy frame going completely limp, his right hand slipping off his bloody shoulder as his eyes rolled back into his head. Black, silver-poisoned blood pooled beneath him, turning the pristine white powder into a sickening, iron-scented sludge.My heart didn't just drop—it shattered into a thousand jagged pieces.The sight of him, motionless and bleeding out in the freezing dark, broke something fundamental inside me. The proud High Commander of the Vanguard, the man who had built an iron wall around his heart, who had treated me with cold, infuriating military detachment for months... was lying in the snow because he had thrown his own body into the path of a silver sniper round meant for my spine.*No. No, no, no.Panic, raw and suffocating, slammed into my chest like an avalanche. My hands trembled violently as I grabbed the heavy leather of

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