All Chapters of Waking up to my sin: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

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Chapter 71: The Master Suite Massacre (Malakai’s POV)

The guest wing was no longer a sanctuary of silence; it was a kill zone, a narrow marble corridor transformed into a theater of visceral retribution. The air was thick and heavy, saturated with the acrid, metallic tang of spent gunpowder and the sharp ozone of the flickering red alarm lights that pulsed like a dying sun. Silas had vanished into the shadows of the corridor with the cowardice of a man who only knows how to lead from behind a wall of human shields, leaving his high-priced mercenaries to do the bleeding and the dying for him. But those men didn't realize they weren't just fighting a vengeful girl and a confused amnesiac—they were fighting the Beast and the Huntress, two souls finally operating on the same lethal frequency."Left!" Leona barked, her voice a whip-crack that cut through the roar of the alarms.I didn't think; I didn't hesitate. I dived into the deep alcove of a marble statue just as a frantic spray of submachine-gun fire chewed into the expensive silk wal

Chapter 72: The Vanilla Reckoning (Leona’s POV)

The master suite didn't feel like a bedroom anymore; it felt like a funeral parlor for a dynasty that had lived too long. The air was thick and heavy, a suffocating brew of acrid gunpowder, spilled vintage wine that smelled of fermented blood, and the cloying, dying fragrance of jasmine that seemed to be weeping from the very walls. I stepped forward, the heavy heels of my tactical boots crunching on the shattered remains of the crystal glasses that had, only hours ago, celebrated my husband’s psychological enslavement. Each shard that snapped under my weight felt like a bone in the Vane legacy finally breaking.Malakai stood to the side, his massive chest heaving with the exertion of the fight, the submachine gun hanging loosely but ready in his hand. He looked at me, and for the first time since the frozen nightmare of the Alps, I didn't see the hollowed-out "Asset" or the confused "King." I saw the man who had shared a single, stolen strawberry with me in the dark of a Londo

Chapter 73: Salt and Sanctuary (Leona’s POV)

The French Riviera was nothing more than a jagged line of orange fire against the black velvet of the midnight sky as the small, high-powered skiff cut through the choppy Mediterranean waves. The roar of the outboard engine was a steady, vibrating thrum that echoed the frantic rhythm still pulsing in my veins. Every time a wave slammed against the hull, sending a spray of icy, salt-laden water over the gunwale, I flinched, my hand instinctively dropping to the Glock 17 resting heavy and cold on my lap.The adrenaline was starting to recede, leaving behind a hollow, aching exhaustion that threatened to pull me under. But I couldn't sleep. Not yet.I turned my head away from the burning horizon to look at the man sitting at the helm.Malakai looked like a phantom. He had stripped off the silk robe of his captivity, replaced by a dark, stolen tactical fleece that hugged the massive breadth of his shoulders. His face was a map of the war we had just fought—smudges of soot on his high c

Chapter 74: The Ireland Interlude (Malakai’s POV)

The Atlantic Ocean was a different beast than the Mediterranean. Here, the water wasn't a shimmering turquoise trap; it was a vast, churning expanse of slate-gray and foam, cold enough to stop a man’s heart in minutes. It matched the weather inside my head. We had been in the cottage on the edge of the Kerry cliffs for three weeks. It was a small, stone-walled structure that smelled of peat smoke, rain-damp wool, and—increasingly—the scent of the woman who had become my entire world. Leona was in the kitchen, the soft clink of a tea service providing a domestic soundtrack that felt utterly alien to a man like me. I stood by the window, my eyes scanning the narrow, winding dirt track that led up from the village. I did this every hour. I checked the perimeter, I checked the seals on the windows, and I checked the weight of the Beretta tucked into the small of my back. The Vanes were "dead," but the High Council was a hydra. You cut off one head, and two more gre

Chapter 75: The Bridge at Midnight (Malakai’s POV)

The rain in Ireland didn't fall; it attacked. It was a cold, horizontal sheet of gray needles that turned the narrow coastal road into a slick, treacherous ribbon of black glass. I gripped the wheel of the stolen sedan, my knuckles white, my eyes darting between the rearview mirror and the dark abyss of the cliffside. Behind us, four sets of high-intensity LED headlights sliced through the storm like the eyes of predatory wolves. The High Council’s "Cleaners." They had found us faster than I anticipated. My contact in Dublin had been compromised, or perhaps the Vanes had left a digital breadcrumb in my subconscious that I hadn't yet scrubbed. It didn't matter. The time for calculations was over. The time for the "Death" had arrived. "Malakai, they’re gaining!" Leona shouted over the roar of the wind and the frantic slap of the windshield wipers. she was leaning over the seat, a submachine gun in her hand, her face a mask of fierce, maternal terror. "

Chapter 76: The Widow’s Peak (Leona’s POV)

The sound of the explosion wasn't just a noise; it was a physical blow that rearranged the molecules of the world. It was a hollow, concussive roar that seemed to suck all the oxygen out of the atmosphere, leaving me gasping in a vacuum of fire and salt. I was on my knees in the freezing Irish mud beneath the shadow of the stone bridge, my fingers dug so deep into the earth that the grit was forced under my fingernails. My eyes were fixed—anchored—on the spot where the car had breached the parapet. The orange glow of the burning oil slick on the water’s surface was the only light left in the universe, reflecting off the falling rain like a curtain of liquid fire. "Malakai," I whispered, but the name didn't sound like a word. It felt like ash in my mouth, a dry, bitter residue of a life that had just been vaporized. I waited. I counted the seconds by the frantic, thudding rhythm of the pulse in my ears. I waited for him to surface. I waited for the "B

Chapter 77: The Vanilla Veil (Leona’s POV)

The scent of Madagascar vanilla bean and burnt sugar was my sanctuary. It was a thick, fragrant veil that I pulled over my life every morning at 4:00 AM, a cloak designed to hide the iron-filing scent of gun oil and the cold, metallic tang of a past that refused to stay buried. To the residents of Oakhaven, a village so quaint it felt like it had been carved out of a postcard, I was Leo Thorne. I was the quiet, industrious widow who owned The Queen’s Crumb. I was the woman who donated day-old sourdough to the church raffle and never missed a parent-teacher association meeting. They saw a woman with flour-dusted cheeks and a gentle smile; they didn't see the woman who slept with a combat knife taped to the underside of her headboard or the woman whose eyes never stopped tracking the exits of every room she entered. Ten years. Ten years since the bridge. Ten years since the fire. Ten years since I had watched the only man I ever loved turn into a fireb

Chapter 78: The Scent of Cedarwood (Leona’s POV)

The silence in the bakery was no longer the peaceful quiet of a morning’s end; it was the pressurized, heavy stillness that precedes a lightning strike. I stood behind the marble counter, my fingers brushed against the cold, pebbled grip of the Glock 19 hidden beneath a stack of linen napkins. The scent of vanilla was still there, but it was being drowned out by something else—the smell of ozone, of wet asphalt, and the unmistakable, oily pheromone of men who had come to do a job.I watched through the lace curtains as the black SUV glided to the curb. It didn't park; it lurched to a halt, the engine idling with a low, predatory growl. Two men stepped out. They weren't wearing the tactical gear of the Alps; they were dressed in sharp, charcoal Italian suits that cost more than my entire inventory. They looked like bankers, except for the way they fanned out, their eyes scanning the rooftops and the alleyways with a practiced, military sweep."One," I whispered, my thumb fl

Chapter 79: The Mountain Path (Malakai’s POV)

The interior of the hijacked SUV smelled of high-grade leather, ozone, and the violent, metallic tang of the blood still drying on my knuckles. I pushed the engine to its absolute limit, the speedometer needle dancing toward 120 mph as the narrow, winding roads of the English countryside blurred into a green-and-gray smear. In the passenger seat, Leona was a statue of lethal grace. She held the Glock 19 in her lap, her eyes fixed on the side mirror, watching for the headlights of the High Council’s secondary response team. She didn't look at me. Not yet. But I could feel the heat radiating off her—a mixture of adrenaline and a cold, simmering fury that I knew would eventually burn me to the bone. In the back seat, there was a silence so heavy it felt like a physical weight on my shoulders. I risked a glance in the rearview mirror. Kai was sitting perfectly still, his small hands gripped tightly around the straps of his gear bag. His gray eyes—my eye

Chapter 80: The War of the Roses (Part 2) (Leona’s POV)

I woke up with the weight of Malakai’s arm draped over my waist, a heavy, protective anchor that felt both like a dream and a haunting. For a heartbeat, I allowed myself to keep my eyes closed, breathing in the smell of him—real, solid, and alive. But the silence of the lodge was too perfect. It was the kind of silence that usually preceded a storm.I sat up, sliding out from under the covers. Malakai was awake the second I moved, his gray eyes snapping open with the lethal alertness of a predator that had never truly slept. He didn't say a word; he just watched me, his gaze tracing the lines of my face as if he were still trying to convince himself I wasn't a hallucination."He’s awake," I whispered, nodding toward the main room where Kai had been sleeping.We dressed in silence, the domesticity of the act feeling like a jagged edge. I put on my tactical gear, cinching the holsters tight, while Malakai pulled on a fresh black shirt, hiding the scars that told the sto

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All Chapters of Waking up to my sin: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Chapter 71: The Master Suite Massacre (Malakai’s POV)

Chapter 72: The Vanilla Reckoning (Leona’s POV)

Chapter 73: Salt and Sanctuary (Leona’s POV)

Chapter 74: The Ireland Interlude (Malakai’s POV)

Chapter 75: The Bridge at Midnight (Malakai’s POV)

Chapter 76: The Widow’s Peak (Leona’s POV)

Chapter 77: The Vanilla Veil (Leona’s POV)

Chapter 78: The Scent of Cedarwood (Leona’s POV)

​Chapter 79: The Mountain Path (Malakai’s POV)

Chapter 80: The War of the Roses (Part 2) (Leona’s POV)

Chapter 79: The Mountain Path (Malakai’s POV)