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CHAPTER TWENTY (ELI'S POV)
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Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER TWENTY ONE (ELI'S POV)
The restraints held firm.Every shift of my body reminded me of them—how they bit into my wrists, how they stretched me out, exposed, vulnerable. I wasn’t sure how long I had been here, lost in the game that they were playing. Time had blurred, fading away.Luca and Matteo circled me like predators.Watching.Waiting.I had expected more pain or another ice cube, the slow torment but what came next wasn't what I had expected.It was silent. It was so eerily quiet that it was unnerving and overwhelming.I tried to slow my breathing, to calm my racing heart but the silence made it worse. It amplified everything, the soft rustle of their clothing, the sound of the leather moving as they kept it aside, the faint exhale of breath when one of them moved closer.Luca’s fingers brushed lightly over my collarbone, a whisper of a touch that sent an involuntary shiver down my spine.Matteo was at my side, dragging something down my arm. Not sharp, but cool and metallic. A chain? A ring? His pier
Last Updated : 2025-03-22Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER TWENTY TWO (ELI'S POV)
I stared at the empty bed, the sheets still slightly rumpled where they had been and had gone cold, meaning that they had gotten up long ago. The feeling of their presence lingered in the air, but the reality was clear—I was alone.It shouldn't have mattered.I told myself that it didn’t.But a strange emptiness settled in my chest, something uncomfortably close to disappointment. Something I shouldn't even have felt.I sat up, running a hand through my hair, forcing the remnants of sleep away. Don’t be stupid. I told myself.This wasn't anything, it meant nothing. I had gotten a glimpse of something that I shouldn't have— affection, comfort and a sexuality I had been a little too curious about. But it all wasn't real, it wasn't my world.I took a deep breath, rolling my shoulders. I needed to shake this feeling off. Dwelling on it wouldn’t do me any favors. I was here for a reason, and I couldn’t afford to get lost in something as dangerous as attachment.Forget about it.The though
Last Updated : 2025-03-22Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER TWENTY THREE (ELI'S POV)
We know what you’ve done.The words stared back at me from the burner phone’s screen, cold and merciless.For a moment, my mind refused to process them. For a full five seconds, I forgot how to breathe. My heart slammed into my ribcage like it wanted to break out, my brain was running a million thoughts a second.No.No, this couldn’t be happening.I just sat there, gripping the phone so tight that my knuckles turned white. My breath was coming out shakily as I panicked. My vision narrowed as dark spots began to dance at the edges.Then, another notification appeared.One New Message.My stomach twisted, nausea pushing vomit up to my throat, threatening to come out. With a deep breath and shaky fingers, I tapped on it.Did you think we wouldn’t find out? There was a mic in Ryan’s mouth. We heard everything.Everything?Everything?!I felt the blood drain from my face. My hands went cold. My chest tightened as well as my fingers around the phone, it was so hard that I heard the plastic
Last Updated : 2025-03-22Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR (ELI'S POV)
The silence between us stretched endlessly, the air was filled with a suffocating slice as we stared at each other. It was so thick that it could be cut through with a blade.Luca didn’t blink. He didn’t move. He just stood there, waiting.And then, he spoke."Explain."One word. One command and it was enough to break me.I told him everything.The words spilled out of me like a dam breaking, I told him who I was, why I had come here, the missions, the lies, the truth I had spent so long denying.I didn’t try to soften it.I didn’t make excuses.I just let it all out.And when I was done, I braced myself for what was coming. I had expected him to be furious— Luca should have been furious. He should have grabbed his gun, pressed it against my skull, and pulled the trigger without a second thought.But instead he sighed.Not in anger.Not in shock.But like he had just been proven right.And then, he said the one thing I never expected to hear."I’ve known for weeks."My stomach dropped
Last Updated : 2025-03-22Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE (MATTEO'S POV)
Elias turned to leave, his back rigid with tension, his head held high—like he still had control. Like he wasn’t already ours. I wasn’t done with him. Not even fucking close. “Stop.” He froze. His shoulders went stiff, his fingers twitching at his sides. But he didn’t turn immediately. I saw the hesitation in the way his muscles locked up, the way his breath hitched just slightly. He was debating if he should listen. I almost laughed. Like he had a choice. “Turn around,” I ordered, my voice calm but sharp. A pause. Then he obeyed, slowly turning back toward me. His eyes flicked to mine—then to Luca, who was standing beside me with an expression I couldn’t quite read. Elias didn’t speak. Good. I let him stay in the silence for a moment, watching as the tension in his body built, thick and suffocating. Then, without warning I grabbed Luca by the back of the neck and kissed him. Hard. Luca’s lips parted slightly in surprise, but he didn’t resist. He let me take control,
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I felt my balls begin to tighten meant that I was close. I closed my eyes to sink into the pleasure as I fucked Luca's mouth and imagined my our last session with Eli.His body tied to the bed in the red room, fully surrendered to us. His cute but big dick, hard, in the air, ready for either of us. I never got to taste him that day and I wish I did.I imagined him on his knees right now with my dick in his mouth, tears streaming down his face as I fucked him relentlessly.“Eli…” with one last trust, I released deep in Luca's throat and the boss swallowed it all.I opened my eyes and looked at Eli. This was a lesson, Elias needed to understand something, I owned him now.He had infiltrated my home. My life and I had let him in. That was the part that fucked with me the most.I had started to trust him.I had started to care and maybe, just maybe there was more to his feelings. He tried to fuck me over.And now? Now he was paying for it. Luca knew exactly what to do, exactly how to push
Last Updated : 2025-03-23Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN (ELI'S POV)
I woke up with one goal in mind.Kill Marco Vasquez.It was the only way to prove myself. The only way to survive. The only way to make up for my mistakes. The only way for them to like and trust me again.Matteo and Luca hadn’t come to me last night. It wasn't like I had expected them to do so after everything I had done but it still hurts.I was alone.And I would stay that way until I earned back what I had lost. I had to do this.I had to kill my boss.The problem?Marco Vasquez wasn’t just some low-level thug. He was one of the top officials in the FBI. He was smart, dangerous, strong and heavily protected.If I wanted to get close enough to put a bullet between his eyes, I needed a plan.And I had to be just as smart as him.I sat in my room for a good chunk of the morning going over a million plans in my head before finally settling on one. So I started with the first step which was the bait.I pushed out of bed, stretching the soreness from my muscles, then grabbed my burner
Last Updated : 2025-03-24Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT (ELI'S POV)
The gun was still in my hand as I stared at Marco Vasquez’s lifeless body laying lifeless at my feet, a dark pool of his blood spreading beneath him, soaking into the wood of the docks.I should have felt something, maybe guilt, regret or even fear.But all I felt was relief.I had done it.I had finally cut ties with the last piece of my old life and I was finally free.And more importantly, I was theirs.I heard the sound of footsteps approaching from behind me. I knew who it was before I even turned around.Luca and Matteo. They walked slowly and came to a stop. For a brief moment the night air was filled with nothing but silence. Luca was the first to speak. “Are you okay?”I blinked. It was a strange question, I had just murdered my boss and I ought to have been shaken but I wasn't.I finally turned to look up at him and said the honest truth. “I feel nothing.”Matteo smirked. “Good boy.”My stomach flipped. It was such a simple and effortless praise that I have been badly crav
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I woke up the next morning to the smell of something familiar.Bacon.And not just any kind, it was the thick-cut kind Luca always insisted on ordering from that small butcher outside Brooklyn. I didn’t move at first, just laid in bed and let the scent drift around me, half-convinced it was a dream. But then came the sizzle of eggs and the faint clang of a pan being moved around from downstairs. My eyes opened.It wasn’t a dream.I got up, showered quickly, and threw on a black T-shirt and joggers. The silence in the hallways was different this morning—lighter. I didn’t trust it.When I walked into the kitchen, I froze.Luca stood at the stove, sleeves rolled up, brow slightly furrowed as he flipped pancakes like it was the most natural thing in the world. Like he hadn't thrown me into a dungeon not long ago. Like we hadn’t broken each other in every possible way.He turned when he hear
Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER SEVENTY FOUR (ELI'S POV)
The halls were just as cold as I remembered.The same marble floors, same glass walls, same suffocating silence. It had been three days since we had landed in New York and walked back through the dark gates of the Rossi estate, and not one of them had spoken to me.Not really, at least.Just a few words here and there—“you’re free to go wherever,” “meals are at seven,” “the guest room’s ready.” All formal. Detached.Matteo’s eyes had flickered toward me a couple of times when he thought I wasn’t looking. Luca had kept his distance entirely by burying himself in meetings, calls, whatever power play he had been running behind the scenes. If I didn't know them as well as I did, I would have said that they were avoiding me out of shame but I knew better.They were watching.Waiting.For what, I didn’t know.I had spent most of the days wandering around the house like a ghost.
Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER SEVENTY THREE (RICCI'S POV)
The sun was beginning to dip below the valley when I returned to the villa, the warm golden rays bathed the villa making it even more breathtaking.The issue has turned out to be a minor one but took over a day to resolve and I was more than happy to be home and soon to be in Eli's arms.It was quiet— the type of peace and quiet that I usually craved and cherished after all the blood, movie and chaos but today, something felt different.It was too quiet.Off.Too still.As I stepped into the grand entryway, I called out. “Eli?”Nothing.My pulse kicks up.“Eli?” I say again, louder now.Still nothing.Where’s Eli? I wondered.Pulling off my gloves, I walked into the living room but there was still no sign of Eli. The bedroom? Empty. Bathroom — untouched. The sheets were still rumpled from the previous morning, the pil
Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER SEVENTY TWO (ELI'S POV)
The car ride was silent.Only the faint hum of the engine and the crunch of gravel under big, thick tires outside broke the silence between us as they sped down the back roads leading us further away from the railway.I turned to look at the man next to me. Nathan. They had brought him into the car shortly after me, he would be treated and then sent back to America.This made me wonder where they were taking me to.Nathan lay beside me in the backseat, unconscious again, his breathing shallow but steady. The seat beneath him was stained with blood. I’d pressed my jacket against his side, trying to soak up the worst of it.Matteo was up in front, in the passenger seat with a phone to his ear, barking orders rapidly in Italian.Luca sat opposite me, legs crossed, his hand absently adjusting the cuffs of his coat like this was any other day. Like we weren’t running from a crime scene. Like they weren’t
Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER SEVENTY ONE (ELI'S POV)
I kept my face calm, even as my mind ran through every possible way to escape. Every breath I took felt like I was inhaling poison—thick with tension and with fear I’d buried but never truly outrun.“I’m not yours,” I said quietly, jaw clenched. “I never was.”Matteo’s smile faded just slightly, the flicker of irritation showing like a crack in stone. “Then why are you here, Elias?”I didn’t answer.Instead, I looked past him. My eyes scanning the shadows behind the platform, the corners of the station, the windows above—anything. Nathan had to be nearby. They don't want me to see him yet. They wanted me to feel the consequences of disobedience.Luca circled me slowly now, like a wolf circling around the prey to be its next meal. “You always had that fire,” he murmured. “Even when we broke you in.”“You tried to break me.”“Hmm. We did more than try.” He leaned in close to my ear. “But
Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER SEVENTY (ELI'S POV)
The old railway station looked like the bones of some long-dead giant. Its frame creaked under the slightest weight as it was worn out and old, the iron rails were rusted and bent like fractured limbs. Fog clung to the ground making it more eerie than it already was, they moved around my boots like fingers trying to drag me back.Still, I walked forward.The cab had pulled away minutes ago, its headlight growing dimer until it finally disappeared into the night. I was alone now—no backup, no comms, no tracker. I didn’t even know how long I had been walking. Every step I took sounded too loud as it echoed through the quiet night. My heart thumped against my ribs like it was trying to escape.I scanned the dark.Every instinct screaming at me that it was a trap.And it was. No doubt. But it was a trap I chose to walk into.I walked around the outer wall, sticking to the shadows, eyes sharply scanning
Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER SIXTY NINE (ELI'S POV)
The phone buzzed again.My eyes hadn’t left the photo of Nathan Cole, bloodied and broken, tied to a chair like some animal that had been hunted and caught. His body language said everything—he was near the end of his rope. My throat tightened as I tapped the new message."If you want him to survive the night, come to this location."Another message sent a pin on a map. Rome. An abandoned rail station on the city’s outskirts.It felt like ice begin to flood through my veins.I stared at it, heart pounding so loud it echoed in my ears.They were really doing this. Luca and Matteo had him. And they were playing their sick, twisted game again.I rubbed my face, trying to breathe. Think.Nathan wasn’t just an agent. He was the only reason I’d ever made it out alive. When I was still Elias Carter, drowning under cover so deep I couldn’t remember who I was, he pulled me out. He
Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER SIXTY EIGHT (ELI'S POV)
The moment the terrace door flew open and Ricci’s man stepped through, everything changed.I could feel it like a sudden drop in temperature. A stillness that wasn’t peaceful anymore—but charged, like lightning had just struck a tree. The man looked like he’d run through hell barefoot—sweat dripped down his temple, he was breathing hard, his eyes were wild and a little bit haunted.He didn’t speak in English. The words tumbled out in fast, clipped Italian—coded, urgent.I recognized a few word from the conversations Ricci had trained me to understand over the weeks, but this wasn’t the usual “check the perimeter” or “bring the car around.” No, this was something else. Something serious.Ricci froze for just a second.Then everything about him changed.He grabbed his phone and his shirt in one swift motion, muscles instantly becoming taunt beneath his skin, his face shifting into that unreadable expre
Bound by blood and lies CHAPTER SIXTY SEVEN (RICCI'S POV)
The night was unusually still.Even the crickets had gone quiet. The wind barely moved the olive tree branches. The stars looked close enough to touch, glittering over the coastal hills of Tuscany, bathing the villa’s terrace in pale silver light. It was like the whole world had paused—just for us.Eli was curled beside me on the wide terrace lounge, his head resting on my shoulder,a light cotton blanket draped across our legs. The stars stretched endlessly above us, brighter and than I’d ever seen them back in the city, it was beautiful. We were both barefoot, an empty bottle of wine resting near our feet.He smelled like sun kissed skin and saltwater. My hand lazily traced the curve of his arm, stopping occasionally just to feel him—solid, real, breathing. His fingers played lazily with the edge of my shirt. The skin-to-skin contact should’ve felt ordinary by now—but it never did. Not with him.We’d spent the day wrapped in a slow kind of bliss
