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All Chapters of Daughters of Ruin: 3 Sisters fall for the Mafia: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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31. The Moment You Used My Name

CharliI don’t know how I manage to keep breathing as I look back at Ali.She looks so beautiful in that black dress of hers, but the horror on her face matches my own, and we look at each other as the car drives away, taking me far from her.Was she there for me?When I can no longer see her, I sit back in the seat and everything rushes back. I turn to Elijah, who watches me with cold, gray eyes. His jaw clenches as he reaches for me and on instinct I pull back.I shake my head, moving until my back hits the other side. My wrist throbs painfully but I refuse to let him near me. Elijah tilts his head and reaches for me again. He says nothing, and there’s nowhere else for me to move.His hand closes over my arm, too big, too strong, and the sharp sting makes me flinch, suddenly aware of how small I am against him.He’s gentle, nothing compared to the iron grip he had on my arm when he pulled me through the museum, but I’m still not sure I like it.My knees turn weak, my breath refusing

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32. Anything For Her

CharliI have to give it to him.Not many men could wear someone else’s blood on their clothes and still look like they just woke up from a nap. He sits there calmly, like nothing happened, and I’m barely breathing, my heart sputtering like it wants to rip out of my chest.I keep averting my eyes from the specks of blood on my dress, but it follows me even when I close my eyes. Is he as nauseous as I am, but just better at hiding it?I’ve never seen anyone die like that before. When I saw his men kill a few days ago, it was darker, and I wasn’t involved in any way. It was different now. I’ve never seen someone’s head split open in a spray of blood and brain. The image won’t leave me. It flickers behind my eyelids no matter how hard I try to blink it away.When we finally pull up to the house, I scramble out of the limo after Elijah. He’s holding out his head, eyes expectant as if I’ll take it without hesitation. Instead, I let my eyes linger on his long, strong fingers and then lift m

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33. Nightmares Waiting

CharliHis chest expands with a long, heavy breath. His eyes move across my face as if trying to determine the validity of my words.“Anything?”I nod, mouth dry and suddenly very afraid of what he is going to make me agree to.He narrows his eyes, lets out a slow breath, then turns and leaves the bathroom. He says nothing, explains nothing, and then he walks away, leaving me feeling hot. What is that terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach? Nerves?After a moment, he returns with one of his T-shirts and a pair of boxers. They’re for me, exactly like that first night I spent here. He places them on the counter beside a towel, then reaches past me to turn on the shower.The water rushes from the showerhead, and I don’t move. Neither does Elijah. His eyes settle on me, slowly taking in my face before dropping to my bare feet. When he lifts his eye sback to mine, I realize I’m shivering.It doesn’t matter that the water is now hot enough that the bathroom is full of steam.Wait. Is he

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34. Tangled with The Enemy

CharliHe wasn’t lying. He knew exactly what he was talking about.Sleep isn’t kind to me that night.Dean’s face haunts me. It is there the second sleep takes over me, the moment my body slips into darkness. I can hear his mocking voice, his crooked grin.Blood erupts in a spray, his brains hitting the wall like paint. I stagger back, look down at my hands. They’re slick, warmth dripping down to the floor before me. Blood coats my clothes as his body falls with a sickening thud.I try to scream, but no sound comes out of my lips.I try to wipe the blood away, but it only gets worse.When I look back at the body on the floor, it isn’t Dean anymore.It’s Ali.Her body is crumpled at my feet, her eyes wide and staring right through me as red blooms across her chest. I’m choking, drowning in my cries. My gaze snaps up to the gun, only to find Elijah holding it.His dark, cool, gray eyes lock on me.My lungs seize. My heart breaks all over again.I jolt awake with a scream, tearing myself

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35. Bruises and All

JoI chew on my lip as I look out of the window, watching the sun break the horizon.Ali should have been home hours ago, and she hasn’t been answering her phone. Of course, that didn’t prove to be much of a problem for me.I turn toward my laptop, watching her location ping as it moves closer to the house. She’ll be here soon.I lean into the counter and take a sip from my coffee, taking in the warmth so that I can ignore the way my nerves are getting the best of me.The front door clicks open, and my heart nearly jumps out of my throat.I round the corner just in time to watch Ali stumble inside. She’s still wearing the same dress that she left in last night. The hem is torn a bit, her lipstick is smeared, there are bruised, hollow bags under her eyes and an obvious stiffness in her shoulders.She looks terrible.What do I think is the probability that she’ll actually tell me what happened? Less than 20 percent, but my sisters do surprised me sometimes.“Did you see her?” My words c

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36. A Terrible Sister

CharliI shouldn’t be thinking about him. Not like this. Not when he’s the reason I can’t sleep without waking up screaming.But I can’t stop my eyes from following the line of his shoulders as he walks ahead of me. The black fabric of his shirt stretches across his back when he moves, the muscles in his arms flexing as they swing at his sides.I’m barefoot, the hem of the short lavender dress brushing my thighs, and every step is too loud in the silence between us. His eyes had blazed when he saw me in it, and somehow it made me feel more vulnerable than if I were naked.My cheeks burn hot. This is wrong. He’s a killer. The killer.I know what those hands can do. I saw it. I see it every time I close my eyes and see Dean’s face. Dean’s head exploding into brain and blood.And yet he was the one to stop the nightmares, too. A twisted, terrifying comfort that makes my stomach turn in knots. I don’t know what’s happening to me.The hallway opens into a sitting room, and the moment I see

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37. Ravaged

CharliElijah drags me down the hallway, his grip unignorable. He doesn’t let me go, even as I try to pull away.I keep my head down, the burn in my eyes making me blink. It’s about time I have a real cry, like a full on sob, but I don’t want to do it here. In the hallway, with the man who seems to be destroying everything about my life, hardly seems appropriate.I swipe at my face quickly, hoping he doesn’t notice the tears clinging to my lashes. Every step feels heavier. The terms of Ali’s deal wrap around my throat like a hand choking me.Elijah will leave her alone as long as she leaves him alone.As long as Elijah has me, she has to leave me alone, too. But this ends when the trial ends. At least there’s an expiration date.The door to his room shuts behind us, the lock clicking, and something in me snaps. I don’t even think. My stomach is hollow, my chest caving in, and I haven’t even had breakfast. That doesn’t stop me.I know one thing: if I have to give myself to this monster

Last Updated : 2026-10-09

38. Must Be A Mistake

CharliI’ve eaten before. I’ve sat across from people before. I’ve sat across from Elijah before.I can do this. It’ll be fine.Dinner is just dinner.Except now Elijah is different. Now it will be with the man that can make my insides simultaneously boil and freeze over.I spend the day in the garden, trying to calm the panic building inside my chest. Trying to forget. But the silence eats at me, and soon I’m crying for Ali.Crying because I don’t understand what is going on. I don’t understand how she can kill people, how she could have kept all of that from me. From Jo. She’s my sister, but she’s also someone I don’t know anymore.I can’t keep it together. My chest hurts when I think of her and Jo, of what’s happened since I chased that dog through the streets.Of how far away my normal life feels now.When I finally drag myself inside, my eyes burn and my face feels puffy. I want to go straight to my room, curl into a ball, pretend this day never happened. But when I push open the

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39. Just Dinner

CharliI step into the courtyard, the night pressing cool against my bare arms, and there’s Elijah. His back is to me, posture rigid. Every line of him screams control. Power. Ownership.He’s dressed in an immaculate suit, cut to his frame so perfectly it looks like the fabric was made for him and him alone. Sharp lines, power stitched into every seam.All of this for dinner?As if sensing me, he turns.His eyes catch mine, gray and cutting, and for a moment I swear the air leaves my lungs. His jaw tightens, his temples clench, like I’ve somehow already offended him without saying a word.He’s angry, he has to be with that look. Or maybe it’s the dress, maybe it’s too much, maybe Tony was wrong. Maybe they were all wrong.I stop moving, frozen under that gaze. I shift on my heels, tugging at the dress, wishing I could disappear.He walks to me slowly, each step tense

Last Updated : 2026-10-09

40. Very Different

CharliThe waiter sets down our water, and I stare at the silverware, at the many forks and spoons that sit neatly beside my plate.From here, the city stretches in every direction. I’ve never been to a rooftop restaurant. It should feel like something out of a dream.But it doesn’t.I let my gaze drift, pretending I’m just taking in the view, but something unsettles me. The other tables aren’t filled with lovers leaning close over wine. Most of the men sit alone, some in suits, some with their backs to the railing, their eyes scanning.A few have women with them, but the conversations are stilted, their laughter empty. One man doesn’t touch his drink, another keeps shifting like he’s waiting for something.I look down quickly, focusing on the neat row of forks and knives again.When I lift my eyes, Elijah is watching me with those cold gray eyes. “Don’t worry a

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