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Tugging at my pajama waistband, I looked around at the dimly lit room. It was evening, and I was already back from the library, already in woolen pajamas and ready for a quiet evening with my thoughts.A few hours ago, I was at the Cafe with Cade, and he didn't mince words. He spoke without reservations, letting everything out.I stayed quiet, watching him try to pull his emotions together. Emotions that mainly consisted of frustration and puzzlement gave me the idea that it wasn't long ago that Dario broke the news to him.“You're still in love with him, Lily, as much as you don't want to be and maybe just as much as you want to stay dead.”Clasping my hand in front of me, I asked, “Does Alessia know about this?”“No, not yet, Dario emphasized on not telling her.” looking at me one last time, Cade picked up my hands and pressed his lips on my knuckles. “I will miss you. A lot.”Then he dropped it back and left the table. And I continued to stare ahead, seeing blurs and drowning in th
Claiming His Queen Chapter 177
SALVATORE"...What do you think you're doing?"He fought off a groan at the sound of Kyra's voice at the doorway as he pulled the last-pressed shirt from the wardrobe. Veering around, he threw it into the filled box and finally pinned her with his eyes."Hello, Kyra, you look stressed." As she entered the room, her gaze shifted from the box to him, his fingers busy with the buttons of his white button-down shirt. "Perhaps it's because I'm shouldering the workload of four people?" she pondered aloud, then queried, "And I did ask: What exactly do you think you're doing?""Leaving? Is that a word you're accustomed to?" He gestured lazily with his chin, "Were you intentionally dipped in blood?"Observing the state of her wrapped knuckles, he discerned the answers without words. Kyra had succumbed to rage again, and he was certain whoever set her off lay elsewhere.Surveying the havoc she wrought upon his floor, he couldn't help but frown.A couple of weeks since Adler had jilted them, a
Claiming His Queen Chapter 178
LILYThe noise of glass shattering to bits had my lids snapping open, and as I reached out to touch Adler, my heart thudded wildly, seeing I was alone.I touched his side of the bed and found it still warm. At the same time, another crash hit my ears, sending me scrambling out of bed and yanking open drawers, looking for the pistol I knew he always had with him.When I found it sitting pretty in the bedside table drawer, my hands trembled as I grabbed it, feeling the weight of its familiarity. Memories seared into my thoughts, **'Right?"****"Right..."**I gasped and swallowed, feeling the urge to throw the weapon out the window and fling myself into harm's way, but then—a couple of gunshots echoed through the house, and loud grunts reached my ear—Adler was there.Cold fear rippled down my spine as I flung open the door, the chaos downstairs growing louder, making it hard to breathe. With my finger on the trigger, I prepared for my second kill.But reaching the top of the stairs, I
Claiming His Queen Chapter 179
ADLER The annoyance of being unable to retaliate against Rune, knowing Lily was watching, only intensified the ache of his wound.Adler held the end of the bandage with his teeth, positioning the length over the slash that had taken a long time to cease bleeding despite bathing it with alcohol. His rage doubled.And the way she fused over Rune, ignoring that he was practically bleeding to death, was just so unfair. Rune pressed the gun to his head first and would have left him half dead if Adler hadn't pulled a fast one on him; now, he was the bad guy while Rune soaked in all of her attention.What if he saved her and hid her? He wouldn't have gotten an opportunity if he hadn't made that grave mistake, but the deed was done. The bandage slipped from the slash and his grip. He was about cursing under his breath when he heard her call from the door, "You need help?"Looking up to find her arms crossed on her chest, his annoyance trickled away, and in its place, he fawned; so what if R
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He figured he was in a potential war zone when he entered the dark room. Shutting the door quietly behind him, he hoped to catch her silhouette standing around.But assisted by the dull bedside lamp, he noticed the outline on the bed first and sighed; she had gotten so tired of waiting she had damned her sultry promises of, 'See you tonight, baby' and crawled to bed.She was probably exhausted from the sightseeing she had pressured Rune to go on with her, leaving him in the house constantly looking out the window, hoping to catch the first sight of her returning...It became evident that he had been approaching it incorrectly as their laughter preceded the arrival of Rune, whose hands suggested he had been working outside, assisting Lily, whose flushed face hinted at his persistent teasing.Adler caught a loud sigh threatening to escape; he was just as tired; the dent he and Rune left in their struggle had needed a lot of repair, and he was just as happy to get his hands moving, unawa
Claiming His Queen Chapter 181
I remained frozen, unable to move, transfixed by the figure lounging on the sofa, legs crossed. Domenico's cigarette smoke filled the air, adding to the tension as he locked eyes with me, momentarily leaving me dazed..Adler's shirt barely reached the middle of my thighs, offering little comfort against the penetrating gaze that seemed to strip me naked. The room felt oppressively dark, and the atmosphere was heavy with an unspoken threat. I wanted to glance behind me, to check if Adler was nearby, but I couldn't bring myself to break the intense eye contact with Domenico. It wasn't bravery that held my gaze; it was more like a strange compulsion, as if I were under some spell."You haven't changed much," Domenico remarked. What should I say? Was it the pregnancy? The inability to move on from my past, or that he should go fuck himself because it was none of his business.The only place that was happening was in an alternative realm. This man ...was the epitome of evil. "You were
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I blinked at the man seated before me, who unexpectedly didn't own an ounce of the amusement he had driven the conversation with. He searched my face, reading my restricted expressions, and there and then, I knew it wasn't impossible that he heard my heartbeat go silent."That's not my choice to make," my strangled voice finally came up, "Adler decided to leave Campani...""Bullshit," he said with an even voice, "You don't know what you're doing, do you?"He stood up and walked towards me, and I sighed when he passed me and returned with a porcelain vase. Studying its intricate designs and humming out his approval as he found his seat."Adler is a wild animal," he gave a quick laugh, "He and I like to say that I was the reason he turned out this way: bloodthirsty, beastly strength, and insatiable," He placed the vase on the table, catching my attention once again, "That is far from the truth, Adler was born this way. His mother's death only made it unmanageable,"I whispered as if to
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Ninety-nine thoughts were in my head, and Adler was on all of them; well, not in a sweet way, no matter how much I wanted it to be, but that feeling that made me want to flinch from touch and hide behind closed doors. Which I did until Rune pulled me out and yanked me back for a walk into the woods to finish the swing we had been working on the day before. I didn't want to because seeing it woke the reminder that it was a waste of time. Unconsciously, I shook the thought out of my head, inhaled profoundly, and threw Rune a bottle of water when I saw he was drenched in sweat due to being too close to the weldingNow, he turned off the machine, and I pulled off my earplugs, seeing him do the same. He walked towards me, searching my face as he made his way past me and snatched another bottle of water, unscrewing it first before he said, "I heard everything Domenico said. "I turned sharply to find him already drinking, and he turned towards me, "You did?"It took him some time to fini
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