All Chapters of BOUND BY THE VALE BROTHERS.: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

(Lana POV)"You belong to me now."His voice was low, definitive. Like a verdict already delivered.I turned slowly, meeting the gaze of the man who had haunted the darkest corners of the club for three consecutive nights. The one who never tipped, never smiled. He simply observed."No," I replied curtly. "I don't belong to you."His face remained impassive. No smile. No warning. Just a gaze as sharp as a blade, grey and cold as death."You have no choice."Anger pinched my eyes. "I always have a choice.""Even when it's already been made for you?"He took a step forward. Controlled. Calculated. Like a man who already possessed the space between us, as if I had wandered into a room where all the exits had been sealed."I know who you are," I said sharply. "Whatever game you're playing, this club doesn't want people like you here.""The club," he said, bowing his head, "already belongs to my kind."I opened my mouth to reply sharply, quickly, definitively, but the words wouldn't come o

(Lana POV)I froze, half: naked, Adrian's shirt sliding down my arms. My heart began to pound. For a second, neither of us moved.Then Adrian positioned himself in front of me, protecting me with that same quiet violence that seemed like a second skin to him. "Stay here," he said in a low, measured voice. "Don't move. Not an inch."I opened my mouth, but he was already crossing the room. Calm. Focused. As if he was expecting it.Another knock. Harder this time. "Open this fucking door, Adrian!" A male voice, hoarse and all too familiar. I couldn't recognize it, but my stomach clenched.Adrian rummaged in the drawer next to the bed and pulled out a shirt. Black. Buttoned up to the neck. He glanced at me. "Put this on." He tossed one of his crisp white shirts toward the bed. "And stay out of sight."He slipped something into the back of his belt. A gun? A knife? I didn't want to know.I picked up the shirt with trembling fingers. My clothes were scattered on the floor, abandoned in our