All Chapters of The Dark Swan 18+: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

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Chapter 41 : A beautiful, chaotic Contradiction

LucienThis girl was fucking weird, and she was starting to fuck me up.I sat frozen on the edge of the mattress, the skin of my neck still burning from the sudden, frantic heat of her arms. I couldn't believe it. Letting her go to a goddamn classroom was the reason she had just hugged me with such desperate relief. She caught me off guard, with her arms wrapping around me before I could even think to push her away.Nobody hugged me like that for years. I had no family left, and the rest of my men would surely prefer a bullet to the head over trying to touch me like that. She scrambled backward, pulling the sheets tight against her chin like a shield, her wide eyes locked onto mine as if she’d just realize she accidentally hugged a monster. I truly didn't get her obsession with this college. The fact that someone in her position was demanding a lecture hall instead of her freedom or a bank account was unheard of. If she was as broke as hell, shouldn't she be demanding money?Scho

Chapter 42 : Crimson and Crystals

Lucien The metallic tang of copper and burnt gunpowder always smelled better than any of my expensive cologne.A volley of automatic gunfire shattered the dim warehouse. Concrete pillars exploded into dust just inches from my head. Splinters rained down.The trap had sprung perfectly. Three warehouses with intentionally thinned security grids. The Marcone syndicate had walked right into the slaughterhouse.A Marcone soldier charged out from behind a forklift. Rifle raised. I slid out from cover. My heavy-caliber pistol barked twice. Both rounds caught him square in the chest. The impact slammed his body back onto the concrete.Before he even hit the ground, Silas vaulted over a steel gantry above. He dropped onto a second gunman like a shadow. There was a sickening snap of a neck, a muffled grunt, and Silas was already up, his twin blades slicing through the darkness as two more enemies rushed the corridor."You're a maniac, you know that?" Silas shouted over the roaring gunfire. He

Chapter 43: The Tax of Defiance

LucienI unbuckled my belt with a swift, menacing snap, unzipping my trousers. I could hear her breath hitch, her entire frame trembling violently as she braced herself for the bite of the leather. But I had a different punishment in mind."Squeeze your legs together," I barked.She was too terrified to question the command. She locked her thighs tightly together, weeping into the marble of the table.I leaned over her, pulling both her hands behind her before I pinned them together with one hands. The flaring red marks on her ass came into my view as I slowly slide my hot throbbing cock between her compressed thighs.A shocked, breathless gasp tore from her throat. She tried to squirm, her mind struggling to process what is going on, but I didn't give a damn. My cock rubbing directly against the damp heat of her core, while I pinned her down. My hands instinctively smacked her ass once more, and her butt cheeks jiggled whenever my palm made a direct contact. I had been patient. I

Chapter 44: Echoes of Pain

AureliaGive it up to Lucien Thorne for ruining my dream as a university student instantly from day one.   As I stood in the middle of the campus grounds, I could feel the eyes of the bodyguards surrounding me.   Even when they didn’t stand next to me, I could feel their glare—and of course, the hidden lens that has been tracking my every move, recording footage to be sent straight back to Lucien.I forced a polite smile toward one of my classmates. It had been a couple of days since I started university. On my first day, I had been so open and cheerful, genuinely excited to make new friends. But now, I took a quiet and polite distance from everyone. I only dared to mingle around the girls, not even risking a simple smile toward any of the boys.It also made me realized what he said was true, there’re lots of boys looking at me. I had just never noticed I was on anyone's radar before, since I’ve been too busy surviving through part time jobs all these years. Today I’m wearing one

Chapter 45: Lessons in Surrender

Aurelia"Including my freedom?" I challenged.He let out a dark, amused chuckle. "There she is. My stubborn little swan. Tell me, what is it you want this time? I knew there was a catch when you asked me to come over and greeted me with a nice home-cooked meal.""You already know what I want," I murmured, stepping away from the table and approaching him slowly. "I told you during the phone call.""And I already gave you my answer." He shook his head, a crooked, unyielding smile playing on his lips."Lucien," I pleaded, stopping just a foot away from him. I swallowed my pride, letting all the defiance drain from my posture. "My mother is sick. I just need to see if she's alright. Please.""Aurelia, now is not the right time to visit your mother," He said. A sudden hardness settled into his voice, a clear warning that this topic was final."Please..." I pleaded once more. Slipping my hands over his, I gently wrapped my fingers around his palms. I knew he had a soft spot for me, and in m

Chapter 46: A fracture in the Cage

AureliaIt was a little over five in the morning. Lucien was gone again, vanished into whatever dark, consuming business he got in his hands, but his touch, his scent, it still lingered in my body, hitting my senses more than ever. The scent of his mahogany cologne clung to my skin, embedding itself into my senses, until I feel like I couldn't breathe without smelling him. I lay staring at the ceiling, haunted by a terrifying question: Since when did I start craving his presence?Was it due to the nights where I was always left alone in here, with only walls as my company and no one to talk to. Or maybe.. I'm starting to get used to his touch, starting to wanting it, needing it. At that realization, my heart started to thrummed in fear. No, I told myself. That's not possible. This has to stop.His words flashed back in my head, his cold words, the arrogance that snuck in his tone. You’ll be the one begging for it, little swan.I gasped. My hands flew to the sheets, clutching

Chapter 47: The Price of a Golden Cage

AureliaWhen we finally arrived at the hospital I jumped out of the car. Jean and one more guard followed my frantic moves."Van Guard.. My mother is here, someone called me from the hospital." I said as soon as I reached the reception."Van Guard.. Van Guard.." The nurse stationed behind the desk muttered as her fingers strolled through the list. "She's still in the ER. Hallway to your right, all the way at the back." The nurse pointed the way and I didn't wait any longer to rush there. I parted through the crowds, loud groans of pain and the smell of antiseptic surrounded me, but I can only focus on one thing. "Mom.." I pushed the curtain open and found Amelia slumped in a plastic chair, leaning her forehead against the side of the hospital mattress. While my mother, she looked broken and pale, her skin a fragile, translucent pale, a thick IV line taprd into her bruised arm."Sis!" Amelia jumped in my arms. In my shock I couldn't hug her back, my eyes glued at my mother's weaken

Chapter 48: A Beautiful, Bitter Lie

Aurelia I didn't even have to turn around to know who it was. A suffocating, unyielding presence filled the space behind me, heavy with a dark, commanding gravity that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.Lucien was here. And his eyes were boring a hole straight through my spine.My hands tightened around my mother’s, while her eyes widened as she stare at the back of my head. "Mr.. Mr Thorne?" My mother asked, her voixe filled with disbelief.Having danced at Casanova for over ten years, she recognized the brutal kingpin of the underworld instantly. "Mrs. Van Guard," Lucien responded calmly. His voice was a smooth, deep baritone.My mother’s forehead creased into deep, worried lines, while I'm silently trying to figure out how to explain myself out of this situation."I’m sorry, but.." She stammered, "Is there something I can do for you? I quit dancing months ago... I thought Vivienne informed you.""I know, Elena." Lucien said. He took a slow, deliberate step forward,

Chapter 49: Suicidal Courage

AureliaThe moment we were out of my mother's sight, the polite facade vanished. Lucien didn't drop his hand from my shoulder; instead, his fingers tightened, digging into my collarbone as he practically shoved me into the empty alcove near the ice machine, away from the nurses' station.He pinned me there, his towering frame completely blocking out the hospital corridor. Up close, his dark eyes were bloodshot, flashing with a quiet, lethal rage that made my knees tremble."You have a lot of courage, Aurelia," Lucien murmured, his voice dangerously low, almost a whisper, yet it vibrated with a terrifying power. "Escaping the campus perimeter. Mobilizing my entire security detail to escort you across the city. Did you think a public hospital would shield you from me?""It was an emergency," I choked out, my back pressed hard against the cold wall. I forced myself to look up, refusing to let my voice completely fail me. "My sister called. My mother fainted. She was starving, Lucien. I

Chapter 50: A Dangerous Softness

LucienThe heavy glass doors of the hospital slid closed behind us, cutting off the sterile scent of the ward and replacing it with the dry, artificial glare and cool breeze of the Vegas night.In my arms, Aurelia felt entirely weightless. The fierce, terrifying courage that had driven her to step between my gun and my men had completely vanished, leaving her depleted. Her head slumped against my chest, her fingers weakly curling into the lapel of my jacket. She was exhausted—shattered by the panic of her mother’s collapse, the frantic rush to the ER, and the sheer adrenaline of facing down my wrath.I strode directly toward the waiting black SUV. Jean scrambled ahead, ripping the rear passenger door open, his eyes fixed firmly on the ground.I didn't say a word to him. I didn't trust my men to be near her right now, and I certainly didn't trust them to keep her contained.Climbing into the back seat, I didn't place her on the leather next to me. Instead, I pulled her onto my lap,

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