Alle Kapitel von Vows Written in Blood: Kapitel 1 – Kapitel 10

Wren's POV "You think I don't know who you are?"The voice came from the dark corner of the warehouse before I even saw him step into the light. My heart slammed against my ribs so hard I thought he could hear it."I don't know what you're talking about," I said, even though my voice shook and gave me away completely.He laughed, low and slow, the kind of laugh that made my skin prickle. He walked forward with the calm of a man who had never once been told no, his hands sliding into his pockets as if he wasn't even interested in rushing this moment."Everyone in this city knows what your father owes us," he said. "Did you really think you could hide from that debt just because you moved across town and changed your last name?"I backed away until my shoulders hit cold metal shelving. There was nowhere left to go. Three men stood between me and the exit, and the one who had spoken was already closing the distance between us, his eyes tracing over me slowly, like he was cataloguing eve

Wren's POV "Do you know what my father does to men who touch what belongs to him?"The voice came from the doorway before I even registered someone else had entered the room. A woman stood there, dressed sharp and cold, her eyes locking onto Damian's hand still resting at my waist."Sit down, Elena," Damian said without turning around. "This doesn't concern you.""Everything in this house concerns me." She stepped inside, heels clicking against the marble, her gaze sliding over me like I was something tracked in on someone's shoe. "Is this her? The debt?""She has a name," I said before anyone else could answer for me.Elena's eyebrows lifted, amused. "She speaks.""She bites too," Kane said from behind me, and I could hear the smirk in his voice without even turning around.Damian finally stepped back from me, though his hand lingered a second longer than necessary before falling away completely. "Elena is my sister. She thinks that gives her a say in family matters.""It does give

Wren's POV "What promise? What are you talking about?"My voice cracked on the question, and the father's eyes stayed fixed on me, unreadable, like he was deciding how much truth I could handle in one sitting."Sit," he said, gesturing toward the chair I had occupied hours earlier. "This isn't a conversation for standing."I didn't move. "I've been dragged, threatened, and claimed three times over in the last twelve hours. I think I've earned the right to hear this standing up."Something flickered across his face, approval maybe, though he didn't say so. He walked to the fireplace instead, his back to the room, hands clasped behind him. "Twenty three years ago, your father and I were partners. Not enemies. Not debtor and creditor. Partners."Damian's head turned sharply. "You never mentioned that.""There was no reason to, until now." The father's voice stayed even, controlled, though something underneath it had shifted. "We built the foundation of this empire together. Split evenly

Wern's Pov "All of us," Damian said.The words hung in the air longer than they should have, heavy enough that even Viktor seemed to be waiting for someone to take them back. Nobody did."That's not how vows work," I said, my voice unsteady despite my best effort to sound sure of myself. "You can't all just decide to share something like this among yourselves before I even agree.""We're not deciding for you," Adrian said, stepping away from the door for the first time since we entered the room. "We're telling you what's already true.""That's the same thing.""It isn't," Kane said, his eyes never leaving mine. "You still get to say yes or no. We just refuse to pretend one of us is going to walk away quietly once you do."Viktor watched the exchange with an expression that was almost amused, the kind of look a man wears when he has already seen this exact moment play out before and knows exactly how it ends. "This is precisely why the vow exists," he said. "To settle what three stubb

Wern's Pov The silence stretched unbearably long after Damian disappeared through the door, each second dragging like it refused to move forward."He'll be fine," Adrian said, though his voice lacked the certainty the words were meant to carry."You don't actually believe that," I said."No," Adrian admitted. "But saying it out loud felt better than saying nothing at all."I paced the small room, my arms wrapped tightly around myself, trying to steady the tremor running through my hands. "This is my fault," I said. "If I hadn't come here, none of this would be happening.""This isn't about you," Adrian said. "Not really. This started long before you were born, Wren. You just happened to be standing in the middle of it when it finally came due.""That doesn't make me feel better.""I wasn't trying to make you feel better," Adrian said. "I was trying to make you understand."I turned to face him fully, studying the calm mask he wore even now, even with gunfire echoing somewhere above u