All Chapters of Theirs To Possess And Ruin: Chapter 191 - Chapter 200

Dante’s pov.The decision settled over us, heavy but right. It was not perfect. Nothing involving Vivienne ever was. But it respected her power while protecting her body, and it gave her empire enough force to keep breathing until she could return in person. We would need to bring her in carefully, let her see every step, make it clear we were offering hands, not chains. The problem was not the plan. The problem was who would deliver it.Silence returned and it wasn't thoughtful this time but cowardly.Kane looked at Asher, Asher looked at Ryker and Ryker looked at me.I looked at all of them.No one moved.It was almost insulting how quickly four Alpha males became statues when the mission involved walking into a bedroom and telling our pregnant mate that her travel plans needed to change.Asher slowly leaned back. “So… who is telling her?”Kane’s eyes narrowed. “Not you.”“Rude. I’m charming.”“You’ll make a joke and she’ll throw something sharp.”“To be fair, she throws things sha

Vivienne POV(Few weeks later)I ended the video call with a slow click, then remained seated for a moment, staring at the darkened screen like it might suddenly confess that all of this had been a trick. My subordinate’s report had been almost too good. The eastern docks were running again, not fully, but smoothly enough that the men stationed there had stopped whispering about rival takeovers. The captains who had been testing my absence had either fallen back in line or found themselves removed from positions they had never deserved in the first place. The money Marcus buried through false companies had started returning in pieces, the weapons routes had been redirected through safer channels, and three of the loudest underbosses who thought pregnancy would turn me into a decorative queen had suddenly become very quiet after receiving sealed warnings with my personal mark on them.The plan had worked. No, it had done more than work. It had moved through my empire like invisible h

Vivienne POVWatching the Shadowcrest Alphas spar should have been entertaining, and in a way, it was. The training field was alive with the sound of bodies moving, feet striking dirt, fists cutting through air and power rolling in controlled waves that made the younger warriors standing around the edges look both terrified and inspired. Dante and Kane were in the center first, their movements sharp and brutal in two completely different ways. Dante fought like strategy had taken human form, every step measured, every strike calculated, every dodge planned before Kane even finished moving. Kane, on the other hand, fought like he had personally declared war on breathing. Effective, yes, but also so stubborn that I had spent the last fifteen minutes insulting him from my shaded seat.“You keep dropping your left shoulder before you strike,” I called out, leaning back with one hand resting lazily over my stomach. “A blind drunk with one leg could read that movement.”Kane barely turned

Dante POV The possibility that Zach was alive should have sounded absurd. It didn’t. Not anymore. The four of us were gathered in my room long after the rest of the house had settled, though none of us looked remotely close to sleep. Vivienne had finally rested after hours of pretending she was fine, and the bond carried the faint rhythm of her exhaustion from the other side of the wall. That alone kept every voice in the room lower than usual. Kane stood near the window, arms crossed, face hard. Ryker sat in one of the chairs with several reports spread across his lap, while Asher paced from one side of the room to the other, far too restless to remain still. I stood at the table, staring down at the files we had pulled from Zach’s death investigation. Medical report. Security records. Witness statements. Blood analysis. Time of death. Every piece of it had once convinced us that he was dead. Yet someone had seen him alive. “Either the sighting is false,” Kane said, “

Vivienne. Kane moved closer, his anger rolling through the bond like heat and I swallowed back my pain, “We don’t know yet.”“I need to know.”“You will.”I laughed bitterly. “Everyone keeps saying that.”“Because it is true,” Dante said.I looked at him sharply. “Is it? Because I thought I knew Zach. I thought I knew what he was to me. I defended him. Trusted him. Loved him like family. Even when he changed, even when things became ugly, some part of me still believed the person I knew was inside there somewhere. Was all of that fake?”The question broke something in my voice.Ryker’s expression softened, but he did not insult me with an easy answer. “Maybe not all of it.”“How would we know?”“We don’t,” he admitted.That honesty hurt, but it also kept me from turning away.I covered my face with both hands, and Asher shifted closer until his shoulder pressed gently against my knee. Kane’s hand moved from my shoulder to the back of my neck, steady and warm. Dante remained in front