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Chapter 53 – Fractured Loyalties
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Velvet Chains Chapter 106 – The Queen’s Gambit
The villa was eerily quiet when Sera awoke.The sheets still smelled of Valerio—cigars, bourbon, and sin—but his side of the bed was cold. She stretched, the ache between her thighs a delicious reminder of last night’s tangled passion, then reached for her robe.Outside, the sun was rising in golden streaks across the sea. But she wasn’t fooled by the beauty. Beneath that calm shimmer, war was brewing.Downstairs, she found Valerio already suited up, standing in front of the wide glass window with a phone pressed to his ear and tension bracketing his shoulders.“No,” he barked. “If Dario so much as hesitates, I want him removed. We’re too deep for second guesses.”He hung up and turned, his eyes darkening when he saw her.“You should be sleeping.”She approached slowly, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind. “You left a warm bed. I got lonely.”“I didn’t want to wake you. Things are... escalating.”“Then let’s escalate harder.”He turned in her arms, eyes flickering over her
Velvet Chains Chapter 105 - Blood Over Thrones
The air inside the De Rossi villa was sharp with tension and veiled hostility. Ornate tapestries and crystal chandeliers glittered above the long table, but the elegance couldn’t disguise the stench of betrayal that clung to every breath.Sera sat beside Valerio like a queen on a throne of daggers, her chin high, her eyes cold. Her black gloves made her look like a shadow given form, a perfect reflection of the man beside her—except she smiled more ruthlessly.Across from them, Luca fidgeted. He was thinner than she remembered, worn down by guilt or greed—or both."You've been busy," Valerio said, tone casual but laced with iron. "Meeting with enemies behind my back. Selling secrets."Luca's jaw tensed. "I never meant to betray you.""Then you did it by accident?" Sera asked, tilting her head. "That's even worse."One of the De Rossi elders spoke up. "We made Luca an offer. One he considered out of survival, not malice. The tides of power shift, Mr. Mancini."Valerio leaned forward sl
Velvet Chains Chapter 104: The Queen's Move
The morning after the ambush was a strange sort of quiet. Not the peaceful kind—no, it was the silence that followed a scream. The kind that settled into your bones and refused to leave.Sera stared out the window of Valerio's penthouse, the skyline of Verona burning gold in the early light. Below, the city began to stir—cars, distant sirens, life trudging forward. But up here, in the glass tower above it all, her world had shifted.The monster was dead. Gianluca was finally gone.And yet, a tight coil of unease still knotted in her chest.She hadn’t slept. Neither had Valerio. After their bodies had given in to each other in the wake of chaos, they'd lain tangled in silk sheets, hearts beating erratically, eyes wide open. It wasn't over. Not yet.A soft rustle behind her made her glance over her shoulder. Valerio stood shirtless in black pajama pants, a glass of water in his hand, watching her with those sharp, silver eyes that missed nothing."You're not really here with me," he sai
Velvet Chains Chapter 103: A Taste of Vengeance
The rain fell hard over the city, streaking down the windows of the penthouse like silver bullets. Inside, the tension was thicker than the storm clouds, every second pulsing with anticipation. Valerio stood at the bar, swirling a glass of whiskey between his fingers, the amber liquid catching fire under the dim light.Sera watched him from the velvet armchair across the room. He hadn’t said a word since the call—just a name.Gianluca.She could still hear the venom in Valerio’s voice, still feel the tremor in the room when he’d hurled his phone across it. A rival capo. A ghost from Valerio’s blood-soaked past. And now, apparently, a threat reborn.“He was supposed to be dead,” Valerio muttered, mostly to himself.“But he’s not,” Sera said quietly. “Which means someone helped him crawl out of whatever grave you left him in.”Valerio turned slowly, his eyes dark, rimmed with old fury. “He trafficked girls like livestock. Burned villages. Took children.” His jaw ticked. “I did what had
Velvet Chains Chapter 102 - Ashes and Aftermath
The sun crept over the skyline of Rome like a wound bleeding light into the smoke-drenched morning. News of the Lion’s Court takedown had already spread. Whispers flooded the streets, the cafes, the bars where men in tailored suits no longer held their heads as high.Sera stood by the balcony of Valerio’s penthouse, wrapped in nothing but a silk robe, her arms crossed over her chest as the cold air kissed her skin. Beneath her, the city pulsed with a strange, uncertain rhythm. The kind that came after bloodshed. The kind that came before rebirth.Valerio stepped behind her, shirtless, his hands warm as they slid around her waist. His chin rested on her shoulder."You should be sleeping," he murmured."I couldn’t," she replied, leaning back into him. "Too many thoughts. Too many ghosts."He exhaled, his breath warm against her neck. "They won't haunt you forever."She tilted her head to look at him. "You say that like they don't still haunt you."His silence was answer enough.A knock
Velvet Chains Chapter 101 - Ashes and Ghosts
The early dawn stretched over Eros like a sigh after battle, painting the skyline with orange and gold, trying to soften the sins of the night. The warehouse smoldered behind them, reduced to a charred skeleton. The smoke carried stories of violence and blood, of betrayal and heat, curling into the heavens like confessions the wind might scatter.Valerio stood at the edge of the destruction, his back to the horizon, the blood on his shirt dried to a rusted brown. Around him, his men moved like shadows, cleaning up the aftermath of the assault. No sign of Marcellus. No body. No proof he was dead.And that fact burned worse than any wound.Sera sat on the steps of an abandoned shipping container, arms wrapped around her knees, gaze locked on the ruins. She hadn’t spoken much since their stolen moment of breathless intimacy. Not because she regretted it—no, the way she had clung to him, moaned his name like a secret, left no room for regre
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