All Chapters of Shadows of the Vow: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

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Chapter One Hundred And One These Idiots Stole From Me

Antonioni’s POV “These idiots stole from me.” Annabelle didn’t respond immediately. She waited… Because she knew that when I said things like that calmly, the damage had already been done somewhere else. “Who?” she asked at last. I was looking at my phone. Not scrolling. Just staring at the stillness where alerts should have been. “These idiots,” I replied calmly, locking the screen and setting the phone down. “The ones who thought distance meant permission.” She studied my face. “From the Dome?” That earned her a glance. “No,” I said. “From China.” That made her attempt to straighten. “China?” “Zhuhai,” I corrected. “An old warehouse. Quiet. Forgotten. Or so they thought.” She straightened fully, moving closer, her brows

Chapter One Hundred And Two Breaths From Ice, Fists of Fire

Annabelle's POV The time was 6:54 AM. The scent of the forest beyond the compound clung to the air. I blinked a few times, feeling the warmth of the bed still cling to me, and realized I was alone…well, almost alone. Antonioni’s side of the bed was empty, though the sheets still held the imprint of him. Last night… Last night had been a storm. A fire. And yet, I was awake before him, as if my body refused to waste a single second of the day. I swung my legs out of the bed and wrapped my robe tighter around me. My hair stuck to the back of my neck from the heat of the sheets and his body. The memory of him…of us…still lingered, raw and tangible. I exhaled slowly. The air in the room was still heavy with tension and warmth. He came out of his study, calm, almost unnervingly so. There was that rare, measured Antonioni look that I had learned to read.

Chapter One Hundred And Three Fulfilling Prophecy from Nina's Note

Antonioni's POV Nora The gates slid open without ceremony. No rush. No fear. She walked in like someone who had already decided the worst thing that could happen had happened years ago. Nora Ricco was smaller than I expected. Eighteen years or so. Not fragile, just contained. Dark hair pulled back. Plain clothes. No jewelry. No attempt to look important. That, more than anything, told me she was Lorenzo’s daughter. Bukky shifted beside me. Diego’s hand hovered near his jacket. “Easy,” I said quietly. She stopped three steps away from us and then looked at me. Not the way people usually did. Not calculating. Not afraid either. Assessing. “So,” she said, her voice steady, “this is where monsters live.” No greeting. No courtesy. Straight t

Chapter One Hundred And Four Obedience, Surveillance, Proximity… And The Quiet Complication of Rachael

Milo’s POV Friendship is just surveillance that hasn’t learned how to lie yet. That’s what I told myself as I walked down the corridor toward Nora’s corridor, in my quarters, a slim tablet in my hand, her biometric profile already unfolding across the glass. Her heart rate was steady. Cortisol is elevated, but controlled. No signs of deception. No adrenaline spikes. She wasn’t pretending. That made her dangerous in a way traps never were. I keyed the door open. She was sitting by the window, knees drawn up, staring out like someone who had memorized disappointment and finally gotten bored with it. “They told me you’d come,” she said without turning. “I’m Milo,” I replied. “I handle integration.”&nbs

Chapter One Hundred and Five The Discipline of Wanting

Antonioni's POV It was just one day until Christmas and the Dome's club was buzzing with people. The news about Jong Ping Jin's death has hit everyone who knows Milo. That death, I felt it before anyone said a word. Felt it before it even happened. Death doesn’t arrive loudly. It settles. It slows the air. It makes rooms pause mid-breath. Before the news reached me, the Dome already knew something had shifted. Because we didn't see Milo come around to announce that he needed some freshly baked muffins, like he does every evening. It's been two days. “Jong Ping Jin is dead. And Lorenzo must have done this.” Not whispered. Not announced. Just… passed. Milo didn’t react at first. He stood there, still, eyes fixed on nothing. The kind of stillne

Chapter One Hundred And Six My Glow, Red Dress, Steam and Shadows

Annabelle's POV I don’t like the main club. I never have. Too loud. Too much smell of smoke and substances. Too much debauchery. Too many eyes pretending not to look while memorizing every curve, every movement, every weakness. The main club feels like a performance. Too much noise. Like teeth smiling without warmth. So that night, I didn’t even hesitate. I went straight past it. Past the echo of music. Past the heat. Past the chaos, I could already feel what had happened and finished itself without needing me as a witness. The private club welcomed me like a held breath. Low lights. Thick walls. Sofas arranged for conversation, not spectacle. A space where people spoke because they wanted to, not because the noise demanded it. This was where I felt safe enough to exist without armor.

Chapter One Hundred and Seven The Quiet Rule of Belonging

Antonioni's POV When we walked toward the exit of the private lounge, I already knew.This night wasn’t about the Dome.It wasn’t about Lorenzo.It wasn’t even about the chaos that had torn through the building earlier.It was about leaving together.There’s a difference between escorting a woman and choosing to leave with her. I felt it the moment her steps matched mine without hesitation. No checking the room. No second-guessing. No asking where we were going.She already knew.And yes—I was hard.But that wasn’t what stopped me when the door closed behind us in my room.I stopped because something about her presence recalibrated me.I’d brought her here expecting the version of Annabelle I remembered. The one who filled the silence, who waited for permission to exist in my space. Instead, what stood in my doorway was a woman steady against the wood, eyes adjusting calmly to the light, body balanced like she’d learned how to hold herself without leaning on anyone.She was tipsy. No

Chapter One Hundred and Eight Christmas Eve In The Dome

Annabelle’s POV The early morning call came before the room fully remembered itself.I didn’t hear the phone ring at first. Not consciously. What woke me was the shift in the air. The way silence tightens before it breaks. I had learned that long ago: stillness announces disturbance before sound ever does.Then the vibration came.Once.Again.I did not open my eyes immediately. I knew better than that. In this house, awareness mattered more than reaction. So I stayed still, breathing even, listening without looking.China.I didn’t need to see the screen to know that.When he answered, his voice was low. Controlled. The way men speak when they are already ahead of what is coming.“Yes.”I kept my breathing slow.The other voice was sharper. Foreign cadence. Professional urgency is held on a short leash.“Sir. Zhuhai warehouse. There’s movement we didn’t anticipate. I’ve sent you the reports.”“I’ll review them,” Antonioni said calmly. “Hold position.”The call ended.I waited. Count

Chapter One Hundred and Nine The House She Made Me Soft In

Antonioni’s POV I stayed in the private lounge long before anyone arrived. Just me. Alone. No one was expected yet. The quiet of the house allowed my thoughts to stretch without interruption, and I let them wander.I tapped a few keys and arranged a small transfer to Annabelle's newly given bank account, not large, but enough to remind her that the resources were hers to determine what to buy and what to forfeit. Discipline.Milo had been scheduled to check in later, and I wasn’t waiting for him. Not really. I simply wanted the calm. To think. To breathe. To feel Christmas approaching without obligation pressing against it.Eventually, I brought up the feed from the house. Annabelle had already begun her work. I watched her on the monitors, moving deliberately through rooms, checking the furniture, placing decorations with precision. Every movement was careful, considered. She didn’t rush. She didn’t fumble. She simply did.Martinez sat quietly nearby, a shadow of calm judgment. I di

Chapter One Hundred and Ten Christmas Came to Arrest

Antonioni's POV Christmas in my house did not announce itself.It did not sing. It did not plead for attention. It existed the way order exists, quietly, thoroughly, and without apologme y.I returnarrived atm the early briefing before dawn. The park was awake in the way disciplined places are awake: staff moving softly, guards alert but unhurried, systems humming beneath calm. Annabelle had not turned the house into a spectacle. She had turned it into intention.The tree stood tall in the main sitting room. Not just decorative, but also commanding. Pine scent lingered in the air, layered with the faint trace of candle wax and spice. Lights glowed low, not festive, but warm enough to suggest belonging. The furniture had shifted subtly, not rearranged, but softened. Space invited presence without demanding it.This was Christmas under control.I stood there for a moment longer than necessary, absorbing what she had done without ever announcing herself. The house did not feel decorated.

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