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Chapter 10 – Embers of Deception
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The Silent Pulse Of Fire. Chapter 10 – Embers of Deception
⸻The city lay under a canopy of midnight blue, the streets emptying slowly as the late hour approached. Streetlights flickered softly, casting long, wavering shadows on the cobblestones, and in the quiet hum of the night, Serena felt the weight of anticipation pressing against her chest.Walking beside Damien, she tried to read him the way she had learned to read people: subtle gestures, faint expressions, and the rhythm of movements that belied deeper thoughts. Tonight, however, Damien was unreadable in most ways, and yet, in certain fleeting moments, the mask slipped. His stride, though measured, carried a tension she could feel even in her own pulse, and the subtle narrowing of his eyes as he scanned their surroundings hinted at unease beneath the Alpha exterior.“Are you certain you want to see this side of my world?” Damien asked, his voice low and calm but edged with something Serena couldn’t quite place—vulnerability, perhaps, or warning.
The Silent Pulse Of Fire. Chapter 9 – The Mask of the Alpha
⸻ The ballroom shimmered under golden chandeliers, each crystal dangling like a captured star. The sound of polite laughter and whispered gossip swirled around the space, a carefully orchestrated symphony of wealth and influence. Damien moved through it as if the room itself had been built around him. Every step was deliberate, every gesture measured, every smile precise. To the untrained eye, he was perfection incarnate: the Alpha, untouchable, magnetic, and commanding.Serena leaned against the marble railing of the grand staircase, her eyes tracing him without being noticed. She had seen Damien in social settings before, always performing the role expected of him. But tonight, she sensed subtle shifts, the smallest cracks in the flawless mask he presented. His posture, rigid yet fluid, carried the weight of practiced control. But the faint tension in his jaw, the brief falter of his smile, suggested something beneath the surface—a strain he would neve
The Silent Pulse Of Fire. Chapter 8 – Beneath the Ashes
⸻The scent of smoke still lingered in the air, faint but sharp enough to scratch the back of Serena’s throat.It clung to her skin, to her clothes, to the very memory of the chaos that had erupted just hours earlier.Even as the city hummed around her with its usual rhythm — traffic lights blinking, voices echoing off glass buildings,the endless shuffle of lives colliding — Serena felt as if she were standing in the wreckage of a world only she could see.Her fingers trembled slightly as she clutched the railing of the balcony outside her penthouse apartment. From here,the skyline looked untouched, proud and glittering as ever, but beneath that glitter were scars no one wanted to admit existed.Scars that she was now caught in the middle of.The strike had been calculated. Deliberate. A warning more than a true attack — but warnings carried weight.They were promises of destruction yet to come. And Serena knew better than anyone that those who dealt in power rarely bluffed.She clo
The Silent Pulse Of Fire. Chapter 7 – The First Strike
⸻The next morning, Serena woke to the sound of rain against the windows. The triplets were already up—Eli was making a mess of cereal in the kitchen while Aria tried to convince Lila that wearing pajamas to school was perfectly acceptable.It should have been a normal day.But something in Serena’s gut told her that normal was about to vanish.When her phone buzzed, she almost ignored it. The number was unknown. But the message that popped up stopped her cold.Your little secret won’t stay hidden forever.Attached were three photos. Grainy, taken from a distance, but unmistakable. One of her in the park with the children. Another of Lucien crouched beside Eli, helping him with a toy. And the third—her and Lucien in the same frame, both smiling.Her stomach dropped.Whoever sent these knew exactly what they were doing.Across town, in the private suite of a luxury hotel, Clara sipped her espresso and scrolled through the same photos with a satisfied smirk.She’d always been meticulous
The Silent Pulse Of Fire. Chapter 6 – Three Faces, One Truth
⸻The morning air carried a quiet chill as Lucien stood outside the modest townhouse Serena called home. It was far from the sleek steel and glass of his world—this place had worn brick walls, a small front garden, and the faint scent of lavender drifting from somewhere nearby.He’d barely slept since their meeting at the café. Every nerve in him was wound tight, an Alpha’s instinct screaming to see his offspring, to confirm with his own eyes that they were real.When the door opened, Serena stood there in a soft sweater, her hair loose around her shoulders. There was a guarded look in her eyes, but beneath it… something else.“You’re early,” she said.“I didn’t sleep.”She hesitated, then stepped aside. “Come in.”Inside, the space was warm and lived-in—scattered toys, a blanket draped over the couch, faint crayon marks on the coffee table. Lucien’s gaze moved over it all like a man starved for detail, absorbing every sign of the lives lived here.Then he heard it.The sound of small
The Silent Pulse Of Fire. Chapter 5 – Whispers in the Dark
⸻The city night was restless, a shifting sea of headlights and murmurs that drifted through the towering glass of Lucien Vale’s penthouse. He stood alone in his office, a tumbler of amber whiskey untouched on his desk, his mind tangled in the storm Serena had left behind.Triplets.He hadn’t been able to focus since the gala. Every deal, every call, every meeting blurred into meaningless noise compared to the truth that now echoed in his skull. He had children—three of them—and Serena had kept them hidden.A mix of anger and longing knotted in his chest. He didn’t know if he wanted to shake her for vanishing or pull her into his arms and demand to know everything.But the one thing he knew? He wasn’t going to let her disappear again.The quiet click of stilettos broke through his thoughts. Clara entered without knocking, her long black gown sweeping over the polished floor, the faint scent of jasmine announcing her presence before her voice did.“You’ve been avoiding me,” she said, h
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