LOGINShare
9
Last Updated:
2025-01-08 14:51:21
Related chapters
Love and Shadows 10
Chapter 10 - Vanessa HollowayThroughout the week we spend apart from each other, I feel like I'm tearing up into pieces. It pains me that he never calls, not until he needs something. It pains me that we never went on actual dates with each other, that things between us have to be so professional and simple when it could be a lot more. I don't push it, however. There's not a lot of time, and soon he'll start coming through - I know it. Maybe he doesn't like me that way yet, but with time, he's going to get really involved and finally see me as a perfectly eligible lady for marriage.I can't wait till we start dating. Something tells me to take the bull by the horns and be the one to initiate things between us, but still, I find myself waiting patiently. Maybe I'm just a bit too scared.I go back to the company, looking at the large building and the scale of it, and begin writing again. It's what I do, what I enjoy doing, so I don't think I'm nervous at all. Somehow, I also feel at ho
Last Updated : 2025-01-08Love and Shadows 11
Chapter 11 - Kira RogersI spare him once again this time around. I don't know what comes over me - I don't kill him, I can't, but at what cost? It's only after leaving the car, after completely leaving the premises, that I realize the full extent of my crimes. I'm going to pay for it, and I'm going to pay dearly. Hell, I know it can't be as serious as my life for his, but it actually makes me apprehensive with fear when I'm not supposed to be afraid.I've never been afraid of Dante or anything concerning him because it's something he trained me against. He pretty much forced me to stop fearing him, and at the moment there was no going back. There was something I had overcome, but that doesn't mean I'm not able to answer for what's going to happen next.If he's not dead by Sunday, I think, remembering his execution was due Sunday - it was pretty much my last chance unless I went back to kill him once again, but obviously I won't be doing that. I might as well have ended it when I had
Last Updated : 2025-01-08Love and Shadows 12
Chapter 12 - Kira RogersHe looks up at me and then looks back at his drink, saying in a cold, rough voice, "The man is still alive." It wasn't a question but a simple statement that conveyed his height of displeasure at my incompetence."Why is he still alive?" I find myself unable to say anything. The last excuse was stupid enough - if I tell him that I just couldn't kill him once again, I don't know how he's going to react."Want him dead by evening," he says, glaring at me. I apologize, biting my lip but holding it back, knowing that it's not going to be helpful.He glares at me even more. "Tell me once again, what's the problem? Why aren't you delivering on your job anymore?"I frown at him - when on earth had he ever wanted to know my reason, or was something wrong this time around? I decide, however, that I need to answer him because obviously he's not going to let me off easy this time if I don't give him a reasonable explanation. If there's any chance of me getting off this o
Last Updated : 2025-01-08Love and Shadows 13
Chapter 13: Luca RomanoIt's difficult enough to have a company to head and a lot of responsibilities at home as the heir to the Romano Mafia family empire. My dad doesn't really require anything from me at the moment, so I can relax and be playful as I usually am. But as much as I want to take advantage of that and enjoy myself before I'm no longer presented with that opportunity and saddled with more responsibilities on every corner, I can't. It's difficult enough to handle all that, but with the threat of my life being gone looming over me, I find it hard to even breathe.I know that there's a killer on the lookout wanting to kill me more than anything, and it makes me very apprehensive anytime I'm moving. I try to do my job and live normally like I usually did. I am taking in the situation around me while in my office, realizing that once again I have zoned out. There's a meeting with my board of directors coming up in the next 10 minutes, and I need to organize myself. I need to
Last Updated : 2025-01-09Love and Shadows 14
Chapter 14: Vincenzo RomanoI'm busy watching the TV, entertaining myself with the dances of young women in a sensual rhythm. There's nothing left for me to do after all my work today, and the only bother for me at the moment is getting my son accustomed with all the things he has to do in order to keep my carefully built empire running. It's a mafia organization, and there are very specific ways of running it if he doesn't want to crash down everything I've managed to build. We are so powerful at the moment, and I don't plan for that to be a thing of the past even after I leave. It's another reason why I called him, but I guess he doesn't know.He seems genuinely happy that I have him here, probably thinking I want to finally share some love for him as my son and care for him. I laugh internally. While I'm not completely incapable of being a father, there are too many things for me to do for me to bother about his well-being to that extent. However, no matter what, it's always good t
Last Updated : 2025-01-09Love and Shadows 15
Chapter 15Luca RomanoHearing my father confess literally to being the cause of my problem, I can't help but grit my teeth in annoyance. How many more problems is he going to leave behind for me when he leaves? How many more threats to my life is he going to let me inherit along with his mafia empire? If that's the cost, then is it really worth it? I know that I can't really be angry with him. It's the life I'm born into, and I have to deal with the problem with him and accept his support at the very most since there's no other option for me to choose between."I'll give you a couple of tools for you to protect yourself," he says, and I wonder what that could be. I know my father well. The only thing he has for protection is guards upon guards upon guards. Of course, they are important in protecting me, but I can't help but feel that it's going to be a waste of time against the killer lady that's up against me. She has infiltrated all my protective means so easily already, and at the
Last Updated : 2025-01-09Love and Shadows 16
Chapter 16: Luca RomanoAnother week has passed without me seeing the killer. She hadn't come to get me, to attempt to kill me, leaving me in peace for a very long time now. Somehow, I miss her presence. I don't know whether to be happy or sad—sad that my life seems to be coming back to normal. A small part of me doesn't want it to, but the rational part of me is pretty happy that I won't be threatened with death anytime soon, all of a sudden for no reason.I relax a little in my seat. This time I'm in my room, not my office, and I'm trying to go over everything that had happened between us in my mind. Her image looms over me, had loomed over me for days now without me being able to push it away. I just loved seeing her, and by now I had come to accept it. Somehow, I felt a little lonely without any contact from her whatsoever so far."Is she going to come anymore?" I questioned, frowning as I scrolled through pictures on my phone before shaking the thought off. I shouldn't wish for t
Last Updated : 2025-01-11Love and Shadows 17
Chapter 17Vanessa's POVWhen I got his call, his message for me to come over, I was overjoyed. I didn't know why, but somehow the meetings between the both of us were getting shorter and shorter and taking longer intervals than before. Previously, it was almost every day, and I enjoyed it immensely, but now—well, I couldn't say what was really going on."Is it that lady?" I think to myself, finally not able to figure out another tangible reason for this. The only explanation is that he is really scared of losing his life because of that. During my free time, I spent it investigating as much as possible, going through records and using my various connections to look into the matter as much as possible. I knew how much he would appreciate it if I came up with the solution to this problem that is torturing him to no end at the moment, and because of that, I put in my everything to solving the problem once and for all. After that, things are going to go back to normal between us, I tell
Last Updated : 2025-01-11
Latest chapter
Love and Shadows 40
Chapter 40 - Luca Romano"I'll tell her the pure truth," I think to myself, but I know that it doesn't matter what I say—what really matters is how I say it. So I get my information across as tactfully as I can manage, hoping that I wouldn't come off as a traitor."The girl I'm involved with, well, I was involved with," I start out, typing another message. "She knows that someone is trying to kill me. I continue, and she's an investigative journalist. I had... After my first encounter with you, I told her about it in one of our meetings," I say simply, because I'm not about to completely deny my involvement, tell her that somehow Vanessa just wants to look into her for no reason at all. I need to let her know exactly what's going on no matter what. And if it means taking some of the blame, then I would do it."She is very good, and I think you might be in danger, so I decided to warn you. I've told her to stop, but she just wouldn't listen," I finish before waiting patiently for a res
Love and Shadows 39
Chapter 39 - Luca RomanoI realized my mistake the moment after I make it. I feel a sense of dread creeping upon me. I might as well have simply confessed that the name she professed was true. I know that there is a tendency that she doesn't exactly know, that she is not sure yet and simply tries to sound sure so as to deceive me. How could I let such a simple tactic work on me, I think to myself in dismay, knowing that I've given her away nicely now.I should have known that this girl is an investigative journalist and that as such she has a lot of techniques. She already had a very good idea, I tell myself internally so as not to blame myself too much—a very, very good idea of who she is, so I can't exactly be the cause now, can I? I think to myself as I contemplate what else would have happened. When I think about it now, I wouldn't have said anything if not for the fact that she had been so accurate in her depiction of her, and for her to have the name like that, well then, most l
Love and Shadows 38
Chapter 38 - Luca RomanoNot wanting her to kill me herself is one thing, but it's another entirely to stop me from wanting to die. Somehow I feel lighter and happy, at least just at the thought of seeing her again. After the conversation with her, I don't feel that heavy feeling in my soul anymore. I feel refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready to continue living, pushing forward.Sure, my sister might be already poised to take everything that I own by birthright, but it doesn't mean she has to get it so easily. The odds are still in my favor even though everything is probably already set. I'm not going to waste my opportunity. I'm going to do my best and get my ultimate goal. Of course, I know that there are a lot of chances of me failing, like the last failure, and the consequences might be dire, especially to the men that work with me, but I'm willing to take that risk. I'm willing to continue fighting and acting according to plan in order to bring my future to reality and take hold of
Love and Shadows 37
Chapter 37 - Kira RogersI don't expect to find a depressed Luca Romano this time around. I heartfully kidnap him and Serge Vang, succeeding in my mission because, well, it is somehow getting easier and easier. Either he is getting more careless, or I'm getting more used to maneuvering his security personnel, who don't seem to be skilled in the art of protecting him at all. They don't even do their jobs right, I think to myself, shaking my head as I bring him over to a valley.I think it's nice to talk with him one last time in such a scenario before taking him out, but unfortunately, he somehow has suicidal tendencies at the moment. I feel completely shocked by the words that he says, and somehow my will to kill goes away. He seems to not want to kill himself but rather have me do it. I wouldn't have had any problems with that previously, but I'm not about to be used as his tool to get what he wants. At the same time, I just somehow feel a little apprehensive.So I decide not to kill
Love and Shadows 36
Chapter 36 Luca Romano She doesn't look like she's joking this time around as she points the gun straight to my head—clear indication that she's here to finish everything. I will consider myself blessed. At the field and the flowers around us, remembering how the lights at the end of the tunnel had looked a moment before we got here, I find myself smiling even more. She frowns at me, but the joy can't leave me at the moment."Well, at least you are very thoughtful," I tell her, nodding in appreciation."Thoughtful?" she says, glaring at me. "What do you mean?""It's a wonderful place to die now, don't you think?" I question.She looks around and seems to consider it. "Well, not the worst place," she says. "Better than my bedroom.""Definitely better," I say, recalling how I had almost died that day right in my bed where I'm supposed to be safest."What's up with you?" she questions, frowning apprehensively. Her gun lowers ever so slightly, but that's not what I want at the moment."
Love and Shadows 35
Chapter 35Luca Romano. Yet another day at my office, but this time around I'm feeling drained and tired of everything in general. Somehow my life seems to have turned upside down all of a sudden, and there doesn't seem to be anything looking up at all. My sister is diligently working hard to take my place, and I've been trying to compete with her—something that was not supposed to even be a competition in the first place.What's more, I'm failing badly in my task because, well, the last attack didn't go so well. It's all my fault, I think to myself, as I recall how the men died then, for no just reason at all. As I think more about it, simply reminiscing about how it all fell through makes me feel overwhelming guilt. That day, just three days ago, I lost about 20 of the men assigned to me, and there was hardly any result at all. We were supposed to raid their hideout, but as it happened, we didn't have the right location.I remember telling them that it's not time yet, wanting us al
Love and Shadows 34
Chapter 34 Kira RogersHere we are, just the next open days—a series of missions and training sprinkled with the joy I get from talking with Luca. He is easily now one of the greatest people in my life, definitely closer to me than Xavier. But then again, Xavier is not really a friend in the truest sense; we've never connected in any way that I have with Luca, and definitely never had sex with each other, keeping our relationship as platonic as possible.I'm glad that Dante hasn't ordered me to go after Luca's life anymore, but it's a little unsettling. It's not like him to let someone off the hook, especially since I know that there's no reason for him to attack anymore. I'm actually very surprised to see that there is some tension in the crypt now. There aren't only criminal organizations around, and there are a lot of thugs around, but suddenly things seem to be getting intense both between the various gangs and also in the Shadowfang organization."What's going on?" I question Na
Love and Shadows 33
Chapter 33Kira RogersMy last encounter with Luca is not in the shuttle. Surprising. I don't know how things escalated to such a level, but I find myself smiling as I drive by. I drive back with my bike, feeling a light feeling within me. He has taken my number; somehow that makes me completely happy. I feel as though our talks are going to be interesting, and I can't wait for him to send me a message.It doesn't take up to five minutes before he says something: "Hello, Dearest." I wonder at the name he is calling me, but I don't complain. If anything, my heart is beating fast already, just from his words alone. I respond to him before putting my phone away—safety first. I would drive back before I talk with him.I quickly get back to the crypt and make my way to my apartment. Usually, I have other things to do, but I already know that he feels like talking, so I want to talk as long as possible. "I'm still stranded," he says. "I'm waiting for my driver to come and pick me up." "How
Love and Shadows 32
Chapter 32Vanessa Holloway.I don't expect that he would actually have her name by this time. The way he got it makes me more annoyed because if indeed she told him directly, it means that they are talking and things between them might be more serious than I think.I just want to quarrel with him, but he doesn't want to give me a name. "Well, it's fine," I tell myself when I speak with him calmly, deciding that one way or another, I would get that piece of information all on my own. I feel very mad at him though, but I don't show it. He's dead set, deciding to leave him to himself. If he thinks that what he's doing is going to end up well, he should continue. Meanwhile, I'm not stopping at anything. I made sure to let him know that exactly before I left.Before long, I'm in a bus heading for my office. I'm going to check through a lot of files now, and I'm going to put in all my effort and make a lot of phone calls. Above all, I need to really find out her name because it's a critica
