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Chapter 23 — Breaking and Remaking
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Velvet Chains Chapter 24 – His Mark on Her Skin
Sera woke up wrapped in cool silk sheets, the scent of leather and spice on her skin — *him*.Her body ached so beautifully.Between her legs.In her wrists and ankles where the ropes had been.In every trembling inch of her that he had used, touched, spoiled.She moved a bit, wincing at the pain.And she remembered.The blindfold.The ice.The way he had drawn pleasure from her until she was weeping and begging shamelessly.Heat surged up her neck.God, what was wrong with her?She had barely time to think before she heard him — *Valerio's* slow, deliberate step coming across the floor.---She stiffened, attempting instinctively to pull the sheet up to cover herself, but before she could, he was there.Leaning over her.A dangerous, predatory shadow."Don’t hide from me," he said, voice low and rough.His hand ripped the sheet away.Sera gasped as her nakedness was bared again.But it wasn't just the exposure that made her tremble.It was the *look* in his eyes.Like he was a starvi
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Sera woke up to the stinging lash of leather against her thighs.A jolt of consciousness ran through her body, shaking her out of the haze of sleep.She gasped as she tried to move — her wrists were still tied, but this time in something softer: silk rope.And she wasn't on the bed anymore.No.Valerio had set her on her knees on a low, cushioned bench at the foot of the bed.Arms tied behind her back.Legs spread wide with a silk strap keeping her knees apart.Bared.Vulnerable.Waiting.---"Good morning, *angel,*" Valerio's voice purred from somewhere in back of her.Mocking.Dangerous.Heart pounding, Sera turned, trying to glimpse him, but the blindfold over her eyes kept that from her."Where—" Her voice cracked."Where are you?"A low laugh.So black it made her shudder."Everywhere, *cara mia.* Everywhere you're exposed. Everywhere you hurt."She whimpered, resisting the urge to cower away — and losing.Heat exploded between her thighs, treacherous and embarrassing.---A gent
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The tension between them buzzed like a live wire.Sera was limp in Valerio's arms, wrists loose, body shattered from the constant teasing.Still shaking, still wet, still starving for something he alone could give.Valerio's eyes seared hers.No teasing grin now.No holdback.Just hunger.Raw.Brutal.Possessive.He took her to the bed, cradled in his chest as if she didn't weigh anything.Laid her out with respect that made her heart stumble.And then finally—*finally*—pulled off the remaining shreds of his own clothes.---Sera's gasp arrested.She had seen him previously — half-dressed, bare chested, virile — but this?This was something different.Uncontrolled.Merciless.Each inch of his was chiseled from stern muscle and malice.Ink stretched his arms and ribs, black and cruel on olive skin.But it was the heavy, angry cock jutting between his legs that made her whimper.He was huge.Thick.Veined.Throbbing.And aimed directly at her, like a weapon he intended to use to destroy
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Sunlight sliced diagonally across the big windows of the suite, and long golden stripes fell across the tangled sheets.Sera woke up in pain.Ache in parts she hadn't even known were capable of hurting.Her body bore its evidence of him — red marks on her hips, pink bruises on her wrists, the throbbing between her legs.And the hot, shameful wetness still trickling from her.Evidence of what he'd done to her.Evidence of how she'd *let* him.---Valerio wasn't by her side.The bed was still warm where he'd lain, but he was gone.Sera's chest constricted — idiotic, foolish disappointment sweeping through her.**Good,** she said to herself.Good that he wasn't here.Good that she had a chance to catch her breath, to *think.*---She slipped out of bed, grimacing at the tenderness, and made her way to the bathroom.Avoided looking into the mirror.She already knew what she'd see.Messy hair.Bruised lips.A haunted, sated look in her own eyes.---The shower blasted hot water over her sk
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-23Velvet Chains Chapter 28 – Prove It, Angel
The restaurant was too beautiful.Too elegant.Icy white tablecloths, glittering chandeliers, muted hum of people conversing around them.Sera felt like she didn't belong.She sat stiffly in the plush chair, heart pounding, every nerve laid bare and screaming.Opposite her, Valerio leaned back, looking completely comfortable.Dark suit.Open collar.A monster hiding behind a human's skin.---Everyone was staring at them.She could feel it.The men who couldn't help but stare at Valerio's deadly beauty.The women who threw her curious, assessing glances — trying to figure out who the girl with the collar was.Because yes.She still wore it.The black leather around her neck, a glinting silver ring reflecting the restaurant's warm lights.A brand.A leash.And she hadn't even tried to take it off.---"You're tight, *angel,*" Valerio said lazily, drumming at his wineglass with one hard-fingered hand."Why?"Sera flushed."I. I'm not accustomed to settings like this."He smiled, slow an
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The door slammed shut behind them.The sound rebounded off the marble floors, charging the rich suite with the sort of silence that was thicker, heavier, than any sound.Sera stood trembling in the center of the room, heart pounding so fiercely it was painful.Behind her, she could feel him — *feel* the bear weight of his anger.It rolled off Valerio in crushing waves.Predator.Hunter.Executioner.All wrapped in foul beauty.---"Strip," he'd whispered.Sera flinched.It was the smallest movement.A mere tremor.But sufficient.Sufficient to stoke into flame the black wildfire seething just beneath his frozen exterior.---"I said," Valerio's voice cracked out across the room like a whip,"strip."---Her fingers spasmed on the zipper of her dress, fumbling in panic.The silk dropped away, falling in a silken pool around her feet.She remained there in nothing but the collar he'd put around her throat.Breast heaving.Legs shaking.Eyes wide and welling with tears.---Valerio appro
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Sera stood hard against the suite's back wall, arms crossed in defense over her naked body.Her body still trembled from the brutal orgasm he had coaxed out of her, but now—now fear ran through her veins.She couldn't go on like this.Couldn't go on *allowing* him to break her down.She wasn't one of his little obedient pets.She wasn't one of his breakables.The thud of his heavy footsteps on the floor cut through her whirling thoughts.Slow. Measured. Deadly.He approached her like an animal who already knew he had caught his prey.Because he had.And they both knew it.---"I can see it in your eyes," Valerio stated, voice low and merciless. "You're going to run."Sera lifted her chin in defiance she didn't feel."I'm not yours."Her voice shook, betraying her."I'm not some. *toy* you can control."---For a very long moment, he didn't speak.Just stood there.Watching.Letting the silence grow taut between them until it hummed like a live wire.Then—"You're right," he said final
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-23Velvet Chains Chapter 31 – Only I Get to See You Break
The storm had retreated, but there was a weighty stillness.Sera was all turned up in the sheets, still warm from the brutal way in which he'd ripped her in two. She was all her body too sensitive, too exposed. She put her face against the pillow and tried to gasp for breath through the rubble he'd made of her.She hated him.She hated herself more for how much she craved the very destruction he gave.A weight fell onto the bed next to her.Valerio.She felt his heat before hearing his voice—low, husky, like stones rubbed against velvet."Look at me."She pinched her eyes tighter, refusing.His fingers traced over her jaw, soft, coaxing, instead of hard, turning her face to him."Look at me, angel."Heather gradually opened her lids.Their eyes locked.And it hit her like a chest punch—what she saw there.Not anger.Not scorn.Not even that pitiless hunger he used for armor.No.It was worse.It was bare, unclad *possession*.As if he'd burned his name into her soul and challenged he
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Velvet Chains Chapter 69 - Valerio & Sera
The guns' noise had long since faded, leaving behind only the crackling of the blaze in the impromptu hideout Valerio's men had occupied. Darkness descended on the forest hideout, thick with silence and secrets. Valerio was at the window, his gaze trained on the trees as if trying to break through the shroud of treachery that had surrounded his organization.Sera slumped on the arm of the leather couch, covered in one of Valerio's warm jackets, dripping wet hair curving around her face in tender strands. Her mind spun from the chaos of everything they had just been through. The fight at the compound. The deception that ran deeper than they had expected. The shadow of what still remained out there, hanging in wait."I don't know whom to trust anymore," Valerio burst out, his voice low, husky. "Every time I think I've located the leak, someone else bleeds.""You trust me," Sera said softly.His head rotated toward her slowly, eyes obscured in the dark. "You're the only one I trust. That
Velvet Chains Chapter 68 - Valerio & Sera
Rifle fire cracked through the underbrush like a fury of vengeance, echoing across the destroyed manor. Sera winced, racing heart still within her, as Valerio shielded her body with his. His arms wrapped around her, driving her behind a blackened pillar as rounds spat stone and ash into the air."Down!" he bellowed, voice booming over the chaos.His men returned fire, moving as precisely as surgeons. The ambush hadn't surprised Valerio—it had merely reinforced what he already knew: there was a mole in his organization, selling information to the enemy.Sera clung to the icy stone, her breathing short and shallow. She could feel the shock of the gunfire through the floor, smell the bitter flavor of metal and smoke. But it wasn't fear that bound her.It was rage.Whoever had enough guts to come for Valerio—enough guts to disrupt what they were building—would regret it.Valerio whirled, dropped down beside her. His mask was streaked with dirt, eyes burning hot with fury. "You believe me?
Velvet Chains Chapter 67 - Valerio & Sera
The sun rose blood-red over the ruined estate, staining the skeletal remains of Valerio's childhood house in fire and gold. The smoke from the last battle still lingered in the air, curling like specters through the broken windows. Sera waited in the silence that followed, her pistol loose at her side, ears still ringing from the gunfire.Valerio crouched next to the body of the man who'd named his father."He's making a grab," Valerio growled, to himself more than anything else. "He waited so long to allow me to establish everything. so he could then attempt to steal it away."Sera stepped forward. "Then he's mistaken."He gazed up at her. There was pride in his eyes, but something more. Sadness. Grief. Not for the man he'd thought of as a father—but for what he'd lost because of him. His mother. His innocence. His peace."This house," Valerio said, standing slowly and surveying the wreckage, "was built on blood. It alway
Velvet Chains Chapter 66 - Valerio & Sera
The ride to the estate was a long one, winding through deserted woods covered in mist. The further they went, the further back into the distance the city retreated, a memory fading into night. Sera sat next to Valerio in the rear of the bulletproof SUV, hands clasped in her lap, eyes flicking toward him every few minutes.He'd said nothing since they'd left the penthouse.Valerio stood at the window, his jaw clenched, a muscle beating at the corner. The silence was another form of weight now—not of anger or distance, but of ghosts. The sort that tugged at him from the past, hissing through the trees they drove by."You alright?" Sera asked at last.He didn't answer initially. Then, in a gravel-edged voice, he said, "I haven't been back here since the fire. Since I saw him walk away from the ashes like he hadn't just killed her."Her breath caught. She leaned in, her fingers closing around his delicately."Then why now?" s
Velvet Chains Chapter 65 - Sera & Valerio
The old Thorne mansion stood as a forgotten presence on the fringes of Eros City. Time had not been kind. Ivy choked the once gracious facade, and shattered windows glared like vacant eyes into the night. The gate screamed open on a metallic shriek as Valerio drove them through, headlights clawing across ruined stone and weeds that clawed their way up the entry steps.Sera sat stiffly in the passenger seat, her fists tight in her lap. "You grew up here?"Valerio didn't look at her. "I survived here. That's all."It smelled of dust and secrets inside. The grand chandelier above the foyer sagged, its crystals dirty. Sera ran her fingers along the peeling wallpaper as Valerio led her through halls that echoed with too much silence.He finally stopped before a wooden door. He pushed it open to reveal a study. Unlike the rest of the house, it was intact against rot. The desk was clean, papers piled neatly. Books lined the shelves, each spine as s
Velvet Chains Chapter 64 - Valerio & Sera
The storm didn't wait.Thunder exploded overhead as rain pounded the roof of the estate in waves, washing away years' worth of dust. The air inside the mansion turned cold, the kind that crept into bones. Valerio and Sera did not move from the drawing room, though. They stayed on the bench of the broken piano, hands still loosely clasped, the resonance of their bond suspended between keys.Valerio's voice broke the silence. "I used to sneak in here when I was a kid to avoid my father's. lessons. This piano was the one thing that I did not find intimidating."Sera looked at him, her throat constricted in her throat. "Lessons?A muscle flexed in his jaw. "His way of making me 'a man.' Violence. Power. Control. Made me fight bigger boys until I couldn't walk. Made me watch things a child shouldn't."She touched him, her hand tracing along his. "And you came back here to confront it?"He met her gaze. "I came because the ghosts only let up on their chase when you meet them head-on.".Ligh
Velvet Chains Chapter 63 - Valerio & Sera
Eros City never rested. But tonight, it drew a breath.Sera was propped up against the wall-to-wall window of Valerio's penthouse, watching the sea of lights below her. Her face hovered vaguely against the glass, a ghost of the girl she used to be. Valerio sat in front of her, still as stone, speechless, a panther sprung waiting for night.The silence between them was no longer oppressive with distrust or uncertainty. It was a breath. A gasp. The harbinger of a storm they both knew would erupt.Valerio shattered the silence finally. "I need to show you something."She turned, brows raised. "Now?"He nodded and stood, moving across to the other side of the room. He pushed on a wall panel and the panel clicked open to reveal a state-of-the-art black safe. With code and fingerprint, the door opened to reveal a velvet-lined box.Valerio opened it.Inside its depths was a necklace.Not just any necklace. This one was tiny, silver and black diamonds, but the pendant hanging from it made her
Velvet Chains Chapter 62 - Valerio & Sera
The sunlight poured in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting a warm gold across the silk sheets that were wrapped around their bodies. Sera awoke first, her hands tracing over the bare chest of Valerio. She slowly blinked, watching the way the sunlight danced along his jawline, softening the sharp planes of the man who ruled a kingdom of darkness.She just watched him sleep for a moment.Peace was misplaced on his face. As if something borrowed, and not his. Dark lashes framing his cheeks, lips open, hair rumpled from their evening together. Unreal—this peace, this burn between them. But real. And hers. At least, for the time being.Her hand drifted down, resting on his heart.A steady, solid beat.He rolled beneath her touch. His eyes opened, slowly, as if the cloudiness of sleep and the shadows had fled with his meeting of eyes with hers. That look—like he was eager to see her most of all—set a blaze of fire within her belly."Morning, angel," he muttered.Sera smiled softly
Velvet Chains Chapter 61 - Valerio & Sera
Penthouse silence was shattered like crystal broken by a hammer. Alarms hadn't blared, and guards hadn't been alerted. Whoever had breached Valerio's security mesh had done so without activating the most sophisticated surveillance system in Eros City.Sera stood on the opposite side of the panic room door, her ear pressed against the cold metal. Each beat of her heart was met with the boom of fear pounding in her chest. She wasn't afraid for herself. She was afraid for *him*.Valerio had changed. She'd felt it in his touch, seen it in his gaze. The man who'd dominated the underworld with ruthless efficiency had eased in ways she alone was privy to. That made him strong—but vulnerable.A gentle knock shook her."It's me," came Valerio's filtered but unmistakably even voice. "Open up."She hesitated for a moment before she keyed the code and placed her hand to the biometric reader. The door opened with a soft hiss.Valerio stepped inside, weapon low and still at the ready. He closed the
