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Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 15
Chapter 15ALEJANDRO POVMy ears clogged on the descent, and I ground my teeth hard as the craft soared through the clouds to the ground. I stilled myself in my seat and pinched my eyes shut, letting the thoughts of a certain kitten with black eyes and lush curls fill my brain with fluff balls and butterflies that spread their wings in the pit of my belly.There was just something. Something about the way she moved made me feel like she was the holy grail that has been in my entire life. The way she smiled, the way her brows knitted when she refused to believe something… the simple way she caught her bottom lip through her teeth when she thought hard and deep…Rayana was the epitome of the woman’s beauty, and the beast inside me wanted nothing more than to claim her fully. Her very breaths, her laughter, her cries; I wanted to claim them and make them all mine. My musings were interrupted by the sound of the jet tires squealing as they touched the ground, and in no time, the night
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-30Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 16
Chapter 16ALEJANDRO POVI stood in the hotel room overlooking the black waters and white creeks. Lights from the boats and cruises cast a warm glow into the black oblivion, casting a sweet disguise of ferry lights and hiding what lurked in the night waters. I took a sip of my whiskey, my mind racing back to the recent happenstances of the past two weeks. Everything seemed to have been cooked straight out of the hell kitchen. And while everything that happened was right up there in my plans, nobody prepared me for the mental exhaustion it cast onto me. My life was a long charade of death, deceit, and lies, and not even once have I ever felt even an ounce of remorse. But this time… Something caught up with me. I was mentally drained, my body aching from the very scalp down to the little toenail. And as if that was not enough, some idiot out of hell thought it was a good idea to steal from me. And not just that, but to destroy my property.Emporium Express was mine just as it belong
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-30Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 17
Chapter 17RAYANA POVHours bled into days and the news of the archduchy being involved with the Cosa Nostra still made me sick to my stomach. At one point James found me in my new office and decided to give me a rundown of how unfair I was and how he could never forgive me for what I had done, and all I had done at that moment was stare at my poor brother who definitely had no idea of the dark side of running the archduchy. Would he be so pumped if he were to find out that the very archduchy he worshipped with his very life was deeply involved with the underworld's most dangerous gang?I guess we would never know. A heavy sigh bubbled out of me as I yanked myself back to reality. It has been close to a week since Alejandro flew back to Italy. And during this entire time, there has been no word from him at all. A pang of bitterness lasered through my insides at the idea of him suddenly going MIA* on me after dropping such bombshells on me and leaving me to ponder them myself. Bu
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-31Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 18
Chapter 18ALEJANDRO POVMy phone vibrated right when I flipped her over, wrenching a whiny moan from her. Kimberly wiggled her ass in my face as she attempted to have me concentrate on her. But I was a man living on borrowed time, and no amount of pleasure or sex could cloud my senses to a point where I could ignore calls. I mean people could be dying when I was busy, balls deep into some random woman; or my enemies could be flooding my territory all ganged up to kill me. “Don’t be greedy, sweetheart. You have claimed all of me already.” I slapped her ass as I walked away from where she was bent, ass in the sky and face on the couch. She let out another annoyed sigh, and I stifled a chuckle. Picking up my pants from the floor, I searched my phone from the pocket and when I found it, stared at the screen with utmost shock as the name ARCHDUCHESS remained displayed on my screen as the device continued vibrating in my hand like it was cursed. I contemplated letting it ring, because
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-31Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 19
Chapter 19ALEJANDRO POV“What have you got?” I asked as I settled into the seat of the Cadillac, Viper slithered into the seat beside me, excitement bubbling from him like he was a kid about to show me his favorite drawing. I waited patiently.“You are not gonna believe it.” He smiled as he pulled out his iPad again and scrolled a few pages before thrusting the device my way. I grasped it and saw a picture of foreign men. Utterly foreign. I tried to search my mind as to where I had seen their ugly faces before, but I came out blank. They were all too new to me. “This is?” “That is the new Turantello Familia.” He pointed to the device, and confusion poked holes into my brain. “I am listening.” I probed, as calm as winter snow. That’s what sex did to me. It calmed the raging blood lust and made me reason with a clear head. “Since the former Turantello was absorbed by us, and its Dons gave you all the rights to their lands and everything, what you see there, are former members of
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-31Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 20
Chapter 20ALEJANDRO POV“What gave her out? I swear I wouldn’t have thought she was a spy.” Viper said as the craft soared through the clouds, taking us to Naples where we were going to settle this mess once and for all. Somehow Francesco needed to know who the real boss was. I guess letting him just be made him think that he could go around branding shit in my territory. He was still in disbelief that we had encountered that, and that the girl almost outsmarted him just like that while he was blinded by the blue British eyes. “A few things. One, how she seemed to know exactly who we were as soon as she walked it. Two, the wine bottle was already opened. If the gun plan failed, then the poisoned wine would definitely get us. And three, the fake Alissia name? Anyone could tell that she is a bloody descendant of Athelstan.” I pointed out causing him to shake his head in disbelief. He wiped a hand down his face before slouching into his seat, causing Kaito to chuckle where he was ca
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-31Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 21
Chapter 21RAYANA POVMy back hit the mattress as I plopped onto my bed, exhaustion seeped out of the pores of my skin, evaporating into space. I stared blankly at the white ceiling above my head, my thoughts scattered around the place. I became a spectator to a game called my life, trying to figure out where everything suddenly changed. It was not that fateful night I spent in jail. It had to be earlier than that. I went from being a normal, royal girl to somebody recognized by everyone globally, and that idea alone scared the shit out of me. Somewhere along the line, I drifted to a peaceful sleep because when someone knocked on my door, I almost jumped out of my skin. The door creaked open just as I pulled myself into a sitting position, my eyes taking in the subtle darkness that had already filled the room.Yahp! I must have dozed off there. “James…” I breathed out in surprise as my older brother came waltzing into my room on slow, defeated strides. He came to stop before my
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-01Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 22
Chapter 22ALEJANDRO POVThe sun had just set when we arrived in the heart of Naples. Something inside my wretched soul had told me that it would be just right to pop when the light of the world had just disappeared, right when the night started to blanket the world with its darkness. After all, I did not like dealing with my problems in broad daylight; too many eyes, and loud noises. The night, however; it was a perfect cradle for all evil things in this world. And I was just that someone whose middle name was evil!It was about 7 in the evening when we pulled up in an abandoned alley just behind Francesco’s pub. Unlike the rest of the environment which was bustling with people, this one was cold, deserted, and perfect for me to execute all that I had planned. I was thankful to my second in command for taking the time to learn and print the outlay of the pub to his memory, which made invading much easier.We left the car parked in the alley, hidden away by the dark of the night,
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Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 71
Chapter 71ALEJANDRO POVNausea and fury rolled inside of me like hot green acid. I had hoped that the solo drive after the damn ambulance would calm me the fuck down, but the annoying wee! Wee! Wee! Oof the bloody siren made me want to gut the steering wheel right out of its cradle. Every single sound of it meant Rayana was inching closer and closer to death, and that could only mean one thing. My days of pure and unsullied happiness were over!And no. That couldn’t fucking be. I couldn’t allow it. Rayana was not going to leave me because if she left, then she’d leave with the little remaining piece of my soul.And that would be the worst punishment any man cou
Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 70
Chapter 70ALEJANDRO POVPain sliced through me. The kind of agony that made me weak in the knees.I’d fucking seen that bloody red dot as it danced around her. But I was fucking slow. Too slow to react and was not faster than a damn bullet. Horror landed inside of me in all its form as I raced up the raised deck, watching with eyes snapped wide as Rayana went lax in her seat. Her head rolled to the side, and her eyes found mine just before she closed them and collapsed. I caught her body before it could collide with the floor, then placed my hand on the reddened spot where her blood was coming out in gallons. The tether of her pain echoed all around me, and I could all bu
Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 69
Chapter 69RAYANA POVA rattling shudder rolled down the length of my spine as we rolled down the long, narrow, and carpeted hallway inside Buckingham Palace. It felt like forever since I had stepped foot in here and I hated the fact that I wasn’t so thrilled about being back to my office. If it were any other day, I would have been on the fucking cloud nine. “You alright?” Alejandro’s hand dropped to my lower back, and the heat from his palm seemed to permeate right through my skin and disperse the concentrated tension down there. I let out a huge puff of breath before staring at him in my peripheral, then gave him an unsure nod. I had wanted to carry out the press conference in my own time and on my own terms: when I felt ready to take over the world again. But that visit from my aunt had me sleepless for days, gnawing and churning me from the inside. The disapproval inside her voice had been deadly; but despite all of that, there was no way I would undo what I did. Yes, I und
Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 68
Chapter 68ALEJANDRO POVMolten lava leaked into my stream with a haunting stance. I rolled my head on my neck trying to rid it of the sudden stiffness that held me captive. Having the attention of the Bratva was bad enough on its own, but having the Queen’s meant shit had really hit the fan. “Come. Playtime’s over.” I took Rayana’s hand before jumping off the ring, then held my hands up and caught her before settling her on her feet. She had a puzzled look on her face but didn’t probe until we were inside the lift and it was soaring skyward. “What is it? You are scaring me.” She said in a small voice. I turned to look at her, feeling a muscle working in my jaw. “You
Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 67
Chapter 67RAYANA POVHot steamy sex and three orgasms later, we hopped into the lift side by side. Alejandro was dressed in a nice black tracksuit with Nike trainers, his broad shoulders stretching the material so thin that I could trace the curves and lines of his muscles. He was just so big, so manly, so right. And to see him in anything but his expensive suits… That made a trail of wetness to pull between my legs and my stomach clench in a delicious way. I was also clad in a pair of black leggings, a sports bra, and some trainers as well and I looked so small against his big build. My hair was pulled in a messy bun and I was feeling so pumped up I could take up a whole army of the royal guards if they appeared in front of me.
Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 66
Chapter 66RAYANA POVWhen I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was triple, obsidian orbs staring at me with so much tenderness I began to melt right there and then. The gaze of them was soft, gentle; a concoction of comfort and reliance. Alejandro’s hand traveled from the path next to my neck before threading his fingers in my hair, then smiled that lazy smile that always made me weak in the knees. He was such a beautiful man; a stark contrast to what I saw last night.Last night, I had seen him in his might, the horrible things he was capable of doing. And just thinking about it all left me on the precipice of indecision. I didn’t know whether I was to love him more or fear him.“M.m.” He grumbled
Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 65
Chapter 65ALEJANDRO POVEverything beyond the skies ceased to exist. The darkness I loved and worshipped filtered through the cracks on the walls of the dungeon while the fucker continued spewing things that were only guaranteeing his death. Things along the lines of how ‘he’ was going to fuck Rayana’s corpse after they delivered it to him. Like I would ever let that happen. Not in this life or the next. Rayana was mine to tame, mine to train, mine in all shapes and forms of the word. No fucker in this world or beyond would stake a claim on her while I lived. And I was about to make it known to the rest of the wo
Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 64
Chapter 64RAYANA POVI still wasn’t sure where all bravery came from, or where I got the guts to stand in front of the most dangerous man in all of the UK and call him up on his bullshit. Maybe it was from the fact that I had the devil incarnate standing guard by my side and ready to maul and maim if he so ever tried to pull any other shitty stunt, but still… I couldn’t believe I stood against the man who cooked people for a living and handed him his shit on the platter. After a little back and forth, the chef managed to convince Alejandro that his little proposal was worth taking. I wanted to believe his little act of loyalty was his patriarchal instincts kicking in, but I knew better than to delude myself into that.
Claiming The Archduchess Chapter 63
Chapter 63RAYANA POVWhen the door slipped closed, the first thought that infested my mind was that I was not staying behind! Fuck everything else. The times I had been without Alejandro, something lethal always happened, something that always resulted in a near-death experience. And I would be damned. “Where are you going?” Charlotte sat up straight when I jumped out of the bed, her face puffy and tear-stained. One look at her and I knew I owed her my life. Which meant I wasn’t going to sit around here and wait to be fed with the news of why I was hunted by the Russians. I needed to hear it all with my own ears, and then decide what I was going to do about it!
