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The Cost of Freedom( chapt.36)
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Twisted vows Blood in the Water (chapt.40)
Alessia’s POVThe war wasn’t just on the horizon.It was here.And if my mom wanted to act like she was in charge, then I was ready to unleash a storm that would wash away her power.Our counterattack kicked off at dawn.Matteo had spent the night figuring out her networks—those charity fronts, shady offshore accounts, and all that nonsense. They were scattered across Europe like breadcrumbs meant for the blind.She wasn’t just hanging on anymore.She was plotting a comeback.“She’s safeguarding her exits,” Nikolai observed. “Getting ready for a crash.”“No,” I replied. “She’s gearing up to bounce back.”We couldn’t let that fly.So we targeted her weak spot.The old money.First stop: Geneva.Matteo and I arrived with fake IDs.Our contact, a Ukrainian tech whiz named Kasia, had cracked into one of Isabella’s secure fund transfers and traced it to a vault under a heritage foundation.When we got to the vault, we were dressed in suits and fake smiles, pretending to be investors.Kasia
Twisted vows Strike Like Ghosts (chapt.39)
Alessia’s POVWe just stopped sleeping.All of us.Sleep felt like something only the innocent could afford. And trust me, we weren’t innocent anymore—not after finding that list. Not after seeing that photo of Luca feeding a stray cat, which showed they were still close, still watching us.The moment you realize you can’t hide anywhere… you stop hiding.You start hunting.Nikolai called it “The Ghost Protocol.”It was a last-ditch plan he’d come up with back in his spy days—meant to take down a whole network from the inside, piece by piece.“We can’t just run,” he said. “If we run, they’ll chase us. But if we just vanish—become shadows—they’ll freak out. And when they panic, they make mistakes.”Matteo was on board with that.I didn’t say anything.I was too busy looking at the list.Every name felt heavy. Every link was like a ticking time bomb.And I was ready to light the fuse.Step one: get Luca out of the picture.We didn’t tell him what was really going on—just that we were goi
Twisted vows The List of Names ( chapt.38)
Alessia’s POVThe key? It was old. Like, really old. Made of iron and pretty scratched up. Looked like something out of a forgotten chapel. But it wasn’t the magical kind you hear about in fairy tales. This was the kind of key you bled for.Elena’s note had one more thing under that warning:“Beneath the red church. The box is still there. If they haven’t found it.”We traced it all the way to a place outside Istanbul. A crumbling old Byzantine chapel, lost to time and tourists. The locals called it Kırmızı Işık Kilisesi—the Red Light Church.There was a legend about a priest who sold indulgences for gold and whispered secrets. Elena had circled this chapel in some old notebook Matteo found during a raid in Rome, but we never knew why. Until now.The three of us arrived in thick fog. Matteo stayed behind with Luca in the safehouse. It wasn’t safe to bring him anymore. Every day we spent in Turkey, we got closer to Konstantin’s blade. Nikolai and I went into the chapel alone.The roof
Twisted vows The Ghost in the Garden (chapt. 37)
Alessia’s POVIstanbul felt like a breath I was holding in.The city was a mix of everything—mosques next to nightclubs, ancient walls beside flashy neon. If Rome was a stage, Istanbul was more like a puzzle. So many doors, but only one would lead to the real story.We showed up with fake names and shaky nerves.No suits. No silk.Just shadows.And war.Matteo set up our base.We had a rented flat in Beyoğlu. It was high enough for a view of the Bosphorus and quiet enough to disappear in. We split into shifts: Nikolai kept an eye on Volkov, Matteo followed the money trail of Isabella. I just listened.To the streets. To the echoes.To the ghosts in my veins.One of them was Elena.The diary showed up two days later.It was hidden in a safety deposit box under her name at a private bank across the Bosphorus. Matteo had pulled a favor from a banker Elena once trusted—before she vanished.The journal was old and worn, leather-bound. When I opened it, the first page had that familiar rose
Twisted vows The Cost of Freedom( chapt.36)
Alessia’s POVDriving out of Marrakesh felt like a blur. I was in the backseat, with Luca tucked under a blanket next to me, his small body shaking. Since we left the villa, he hadn’t said a word—not when Nikolai crashed through the gate or when the gunshots echoed behind us. Not even when I tried to reassure him, saying, "You're safe now."But we weren’t really safe.As dawn broke, we made it into the Atlas foothills and reached a checkpoint. An old friend of Nikolai’s was there—a guy who didn’t have a name, just scars. He handed us some papers, fuel, and kept quiet.By nightfall, we found ourselves in Casablanca. Safe for the moment, hidden in a place Nikolai promised even ghosts couldn’t find.Finally, Luca drifted off to sleep on my lap. I watched him breathe, slow and shaky, like he wasn’t sure even that was okay. I brushed his hair back and whispered words Elena once said to me when I was little:“You are not what they did to you.”“You are who you choose to become.”And I meant
Twisted vows The Mother’s Mask ( chapt.35)
Alessia’s POVI couldn't believe my eyes.There she was—Isabella De Luca—standing right there in the doorway, like she owned the place, like she wasn’t involved in any of this madness, like she hadn’t watched everything I cared about fall apart.“Mamma?” My voice came out all scratchy.She looked... totally unfazed. So composed. Dressed in this white linen, her hair all pinned up neatly, not a single wrinkle on her. It felt like I was in some weird dream.Luca whimpered behind me. I turned my head to check on him—his hands were tied, but at least there were no new bruises or blood. His eyes were all red and scared, but thank goodness he was still alive.“I said come alone,” she said softly. “And you did. My brave daughter.”I shook my head, panic rising. “No. No, no, no.”“Alessia—”“Wait, you? You brought me here?”She stepped further inside, hands together. “I needed to talk to you without anyone meddling. Nikolai would’ve pulled you away. Matteo would’ve filled your head with old f
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