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Chapter 220: The Paternity Final Word
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2026-07-09 00:17:58
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The Vitale Brothers Ruined Me, Then Made Me Their Queen Chapter 232: The Legacy
The library is dim now, lit only by the dying embers of the fire and the low, brass reading lamp on the desk.My wolves have left. Spadino took the boys upstairs to "check the perimeter" (which means raiding the kitchen for midnight snacks). Aureliano and Ciro went to the office to review the security logs for the night shift.I am alone with Maria.She sits in the velvet armchair opposite me. She is thirteen, but in the half-light, she looks older. Her legs are crossed at the ankles, her posture relaxed but alert. She holds the glass of water like it is a scotch, swirling the liquid absentmindedly.She is waiting.She told us she wanted the chair. She told us she wanted the weight. But wanting and understanding are different countries, separated by an ocean of blood."Come here," I say.I don't beckon her. I don't use my mother voice. I use the voice of the Donna.Maria stands up. She sets the glass down on a coaster. She walks to the desk where I am sitting.She stops in front of me
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The library is the only room in the mansion that still remembers the old world.It smells of dust, leather binding, and the ghosts of men who thought they could control the future by writing it down in ledgers. It is a room of heavy silence, insulated by walls of books that no one reads.Tonight, however, the silence feels different. It feels like a pause between breaths.Dinner is over. The twins are asleep, worn out by the food fight. Maria is supposedly in her room, finishing her homework, though I suspect she is actually reading one of Spadino’s contraband spy novels.We are alone.I sit in the velvet armchair by the unlit fireplace. I have a glass of brandy in my hand, warming the crystal with my palm. I am watching the smoke from Aureliano’s cigar drift toward the high ceiling."They are growing fast," I say.It is a banal observation, but in our world, growth is a victory. Every year they survive is a year we cheated the reaper."Too fast," Ciro rumbles from the shadows.He is
The Vitale Brothers Ruined Me, Then Made Me Their Queen Chapter 230: The Family Dinner
The dining room table is a river of mahogany that stretches down the center of the hall.Years ago—in Chapter Eleven, if I were counting the pages of my life—this table was a battlefield. It was a place of silence and scrutiny, where Aureliano sat at the head like a judge, and I sat at the foot like a defendant waiting for sentencing. The air then smelled of lemon polish and fear. The only sound was the scrape of silver against china.Tonight, the table is a riot.It is Sunday. The windows are open, letting in the cool evening breeze off the Mediterranean, but the air inside is warm, thick with the scent of rosemary roast lamb, garlic mashed potatoes, and the heavy, oaky aroma of the vintage Barolo breathing in the decanters.The silence is dead. It has been murdered by a cacophony of life.I sit at the foot of the table—my choice. From here, I can see the entire kingdom.Aureliano sits at the head. The King. He is wearing a white linen shirt, the sleeves rolled up to expose his forea
The Vitale Brothers Ruined Me, Then Made Me Their Queen Chapter 229: Vignette: Spadino
The kitchen at 10:00 AM is a battlefield of sunlight and flour.I walk in, wearing a silk robe over nothing, my hair still damp from the shower. The house is quiet—the kids are at school, Aureliano is at the tower, Ciro is at the gym—but the kitchen is vibrating with chaotic energy.Spadino is making pancakes.Or rather, he is declaring war on batter.He is wearing pajama pants and an apron that says Kiss the Cook or Die. He is dancing to a fast, brassy jazz record playing on the vintage turntable he insisted on buying. He spins, flipping a pancake high into the air. It hits the ceiling, sticks for a second, and then peels off, landing perfectly in the pan."Ten points!" Spadino cheers to the empty room.He spots me.He freezes mid-spin. The spatula drops to the counter.His gold eyes widen. He scans me, taking in the wet hair, the loose robe, the flush on my skin from the steam of the shower. The playful grin on his face sharpens into something wicked."Good morning, sunshine," he pu
The Vitale Brothers Ruined Me, Then Made Me Their Queen Chapter 228: Vignette: Ciro
The gym at 2:00 AM is a temple of silence and iron.It is located in the basement, carved out of the bedrock beneath the mansion. The air here is always cooler than the rest of the house, smelling of rubber mats, cold steel, and the faint, permanent musk of male sweat.I walk down the spiral staircase. My bare feet make no sound on the metal steps. I am wearing Aureliano’s silk robe, cinched tight at the waist, but underneath, I am naked.Ciro is there.He isn't training. He isn't hitting the heavy bag or lifting the iron plates that would crush a normal man.He is checking the window latches.They are reinforced steel shutters, locked from the inside with a biometric scanner. They are impenetrable. But Ciro checks them anyway. He runs his large hand along the seal, testing for a draft, for a weakness, for a microscopic flaw that doesn't exist.I watch him.He is older now. The grey in his beard is more pronounced than in Aureliano’s hair—a salt-and-pepper testament to the years he sp
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