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65 ◆ The Falco Empire ◆
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"Magnus called me again. He wants your number.""Why?"
"My guess?" Niccolo sighed on the other line. "He's gonna try to convince you to send Kel's new address and number."
Persistent son of a bitch. "Tell him I'm too busy for his bullshit." I shook my head and put my phone on speaker, sitting alongside stacks of paperwork in front of the wide desk, all alone in my mother's office. Privacy wasn't an issue in here, and she was stuck in another meeting in the conference room upstairs.
"Already did. He badly wants Ilya's money; he's not gonna stop till he finds Kel."
"Magnus tried to bribe you again?"
"Yeah. Twice now," Niccolo replied, chuckling as though he found the whole thing amusing.
"Where's Ilya now?"
"Still in Belgrade. Getting treatment. His liver's shutting down. He needs a transplant this week."
"You called him up?" I grinned to myself. "And said
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The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 66 ◆ New House ◆
◇ KEL ◇We left the carnie during sunset. Then Enzo asked if he could check out my new apartment. He said he wanted to make sure it was "safe and comfortableenough".Half an hour later, I caught him trying to snooze in the small livingroom which I often used forstudying. So I told him to use my bed. I practically forced him to take a nap on my bed while I cooked us dinner.He's too tall and muscular for my cheap and squeaky little couch, and I didn't want him to feel like he wasn't welcome in here. Enzo had been sleeping in my room since 6:30.I glimpsed the time on my phone. It was almost nine now. He should be hungry. With careful steps, I approached the bed and sat on the floor. He's snoring lightly. Definitely exhausted from the long flight.Smiling to myself, I waited and got busy texting my best friends until Enzo stirred on the
최신 업데이트 : 2021-09-04The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 67 ◆ Just Kiss Me ◆
◇ KEL ◇ Half past ten, his driver took us to Enzo's new house with his chatty new bodyguard. It was a hilly area. Nice views. Pretty city lights dotted the night sky. Some trees lined either side of the road. Large, beautiful houses competed for attention every quarter of a mile or so. The new property Enzo bought, as I'd guessed, belonged in a private neighborhood. Spacious lots. A newly developed suburb. Peaceful. The yellowish outdoor lights gave the house a more rustic look. "Your nearest neighbor's house is minutes away." "That's sort of the point." Enzo looked up from his phone just to give me a close-lipped smirk.I chuckled. "Gotcha." "After you." "Thank you."With his arm loosely draped over my shoulder, Enzo led me past the large front doors made of expensive hardwood. We stepped inside the house after his security staff did a routine inspection, then a quick sweep of the surroundings. They probably checked every room. Although I didn't quite expect he'd buy a house t
최신 업데이트 : 2021-09-04The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 68 ◆ Hold Me Tight ◆
× WARNING! GRAPHIC NSFW CONTENT BELOW INTENDED FOR MATURE READERS × ◇ KEL ◇ It started with a quick kiss—a little chaste buss I left on his lips. Our first ever real kiss. It felt light. Easy. Almost...natural. I wanted to comfort him in some way, before I had to leave him alone in this empty house. So I kissed him again. As I held onto his tense shoulders, he just grabbed my arms and pulled me to him to show me how to really kiss someone. Our first time didn't end there. His breath smelled of alcohol but I just didn't give a crap. I wanted to prolong the feeling of his soft and warm mouth on mine. Just for tonight...I wanted to know how he really kissed a woman. He brushed his lips onto my neck, then on my shoulder, his firm arms embracing me. It felt right. Like he wanted me the same way I wanted him. Sure. We're jus
최신 업데이트 : 2021-09-05The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 69 ◆ Secret Desires ◆
◇ KEL ◇The slowest minutes ticked by. Or maybe it was just me hoping the strained silence wouldn't last this long?Neither of us felt like talking. I couldn't even think of anything sensible to say. Much less the right thing to say. For a while I just watched him lie motionless on the other side of the bed.Enzo scowled. He was merely inches away from me, distractedly staring at the door. He wouldn't even look at me.Was he waiting for me to address the elephant in the room?Crap.I held in a sigh, concealing my nudity with my rumpled dress. The room felt stuffy all of a sudden. The lights stayed dim, but the thought of him seeing everything again now bothered me. As far as memory served me, he'd never seen me this unclothed.It wasn't what really made me uneasy, though. I just wanted to make sure he was okay with what happened.&
최신 업데이트 : 2021-09-05The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 70 ◆ Pain, The Gift Nobody Wanted ◆
× WARNING! GRAPHIC NSFW CONTENT BELOW INTENDED FOR MATURE READERS × ◆ MAGNUS ◆ Three million euros didn't get me what I need. Quite surprising. Almost every human I came across in this lifetime had a price. But, like Ilya said, both Stefano Falco and his son brainwashed Niccolo too well. Or Niccolo thought I'd pay triple that amount. Down payment. Insurance. Just so he could pay off his parents' debt. That kid couldn't stomach the thought of his family's mangled corpses being burnt to ashes, contrary to what Ilya had been saying. Those Russians liked to own people. If Niccolo wasn't lying to me, then he also didn't know the exact amount. I glanced at the numbers on my screen. Niccolo sent my half-sister's number the other night. But it's a dead lead. Not that I expected the opposite. An old and unused number. Perhaps he warned Mykaela days before to change her number again. Even the email address he'd sent me—supposedly hers—did not contain useful information pinpointing her ex
최신 업데이트 : 2021-09-06The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 71 ◆ Time To Go, Love ◆
◇ KEL ◇ "Sorry." Jeez. Not again. Why was he apologizing now?"Kept you up this late." Enzo cleared his throat as the silver doors swung open. "It's fine." I glanced at him before we stepped out of the small elevator. My keys jangled in my pocket with every brisk step. His reticence the past hour didn't encourage me to keep up the conversation. And his bodyguard's right behind us. I'd rather pretend everything's fine. My palms and armpits turned slightly clammy as I hastily unlocked the door to my apartment. I still felt like crap but I should keep my head up. Not cry in front of him and Berto, his bodyguard. They would get uneasy, then worry too much. Berto stepped inside once I opened the door. Like earlier, he did a quick scan around the unit after turning on the lights. Enzo and I stayed in the quiet living room. We stood next to each other, just waiting, pretending all's good. "It's past midnight," he sighed. "I forgot you still have to study. Sorry." "It's fine. I can man
최신 업데이트 : 2021-09-07The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 72 ◆ Back To Reality ◆
◇ KEL ◇ Idealizing. Love bombing. Gaslighting. Devaluing. Discard. No. It wasn't his style. He wasn't that kind of guy. We met just two years ago, sure...but I already knew the real him. He wasn't a self-serving egomaniac like his brother and their family thought. Enzo focused on his goals and went after them with remarkable self-will, but he didn't obsess over his own success at the expense of other people. Although he was a lot of things, he was far from a textbook narcissist. The truth: he's quite the opposite. Generous. Caring. Sweet. Loving. Empathic. Forgiving. And sincere. He didn't think everyone else should cater to his every whim. Some would say he's a hard 10. And I would say he's out of my league. I didn't deserve someone like him. Yet
최신 업데이트 : 2021-09-07The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 73 ◆ Dreams Of Terror ◆
× WARNING! GRAPHIC CONTENT BELOW NOT INTENDED FOR YOUNG READERS AND MAY BE TRIGGERING TO SOME (DESCRIPTIONS OF S.A.) × ◇ KEL ◇ ... Tall. Dark. Raven-black hair. Muscular all over. A looming presence. My intakes of breaths wouldn't reach my lungs. I backed off. My hands and legs turned numb. Why? Why wouldn't he stop staring at me? Deliberately intimidating. Now he's towering over me with a full glass of wine and a crooked grin stretching his pale lips and dark beard. Leandro sipped his drink. "Thanks for helping my brother." "You're welcome. I was just trying to help." "You know he's got a thing for your type?" He chuckled. "Humor me. Why are you with him?" My type? "We're just friends, Signore." I faked a smile at his natural talent for giving shade. I'd rather walk out of here now, but it would be rude. "Really good friends." Leandro grinned when I fell silent. He stepped dangerously close to me that I could smell the alcohol on his tongue. Should I shove him? Run? Shit. W
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The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] Epilogue ◆ The Dangers Awaiting Us ◆ + Book III Preview
◇ KEL ◇ [ A year later ] "Recombinant, mRNA, or viral vector?" "Viral vector. Or stick with recombinant subunit, but with a better adjuvant." "Sure. That works, too." Partly covered by a towel, Enzo walked out of the bathroom with a scrunched up nose and knitted brows. "But why not mRNA?" Why not go for the messenger-RNA type? If his CSO was doing his job, then the big boss should no longer ask me these questions weeks before their clinical efficacy trials. I sat beside the pillow and looked up from my phone, trying not to frown at the half-naked guy making the floor wet. The new mop I bought should be desert-dry by now. I'd left it near the pool. The weather had been friendly all morning. Like my hormones. And thank heavens for both. "If the board is now aiming for distribution on a global scale, your teams should opt for the one that's not gonna be a logistics nightmare." "Yeah. We should," he mumbled with a restrained sigh. "And they definitely want to scale up." "So go for
The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 80 ◆ The Purebloods Of Umbria ◆
◇ KEL ◇ He must be thinking it was a sick joke. An elaborate prank. Or perhaps he thought I was gradually going insane? And delusional. Making up ludicrous stories that had festered in my head. Yet he didn't laugh at the things I'd said. Not even once. Enzo didn't even crack a grin. The look on his face when I mentioned "vampirars" and "dhampiricas" only varied between a deep scowl and a skeptical squint. He sat still beside me as I recounted everything I witnessed in Umbria. When I explained how I found out the Falcos supposedly became cursed with a genetic disease, he only stared at me, as if words were too difficult to muster up. "I know. I know how it sounds. But, it happened." I sighed. "And whenever I have questions, I call up Cloe. Or I ask Miles sometimes." "They're all.
The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 79 ◆ What Lies Ahead ◆
◇ KEL ◇ "What're you reading now?" "Pathogenesis of lung injury. Receptor-binding domains and mutations." "Sounds dangerous. And intriguing." I smiled at the guy sauntering into the room, his grin showing off his adorable dimples partly hidden by his 5 o'clock shadow. "Fun workout?" "Mostly." "Your team heard of the newest outbreak in China?" "Yeah. We discussed it last week." Enzo flung a white towel over his shoulder as he approached me, his flat tone and expression quite serious. "Remember that five-hour meeting with Graham and the board?" "Yeah." I nodded. Graham was their chief scientist who headed Zione Bio's team of medical and pharmaceutical researchers. "Are they looking into it? The infected patients exhibit flu-like symptoms. Well, the hospitalized ones, definit
The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 78 ◆ The Legacy We Leave Behind ◆
◆ MILES ◆[ Mariangela, Umbria ] Salvato 75Z. Tough steel. Heavy. Minimal recoil. Accurate. Durable. Reliable, most importantly. The cold and smooth barrel glistened as I put my finger on the curved trigger, beaming and staring back at me. Just waiting for my patience to run out. I'd never used this to kill someone. But that might change today. The selfish bastard gave me this when I finally decided to join SF Shipping and ruin my fate...to his satisfaction. "Just a little present," he'd said. Well, it was more like an unacknowledged bribe. He seemed glad with my decision, but of course he wasn't as proud as Mamma. To him, working for the family business was my only means of paying off a longstanding debt. A debt I incurred just for being his only heir. "Boss." "What?" I glanced behind. With a l
The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 77 ◆ Let's Talk Babies ◆
◇ KEL ◇ "Success?" "Finally." Enzo grinned lopsidedly and took off his black shirt. "A nice, solid dump." He flung the shirt over his shoulder, then sat next to me on the poolside recliner as the sun hurt my eyes. Like the weather, his brand new L-shaped pool looked too beautiful to ignore. "It was the okra, alugbati, and chia seeds."I smiled at him, quite proud of my culinary skills. "Yeah." "I'll make you chicken adobo later." "With eggs?" Enzo smiled wider. "Thanks for cooking again." He touched my chin and pressed a noisy kiss on my cheek. His hands smelled of apple-scented sanitizer. "Mommy's asking if you just got back from Florence." He scratched his forehead, his warm thigh touching mine on the recliner. "They'
The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 76 ◆ Maximiliano, The Punisher ◆
◆ MILES ◆ He fell asleep on the couch. Again. The third time this week. His laptops sat on my mother's favorite coffee table, both left open and running, the cords and empty coffee cups scattered on the varnished oak. Plus some wrinkled candy wrappers. What a mess. Maybe he worked till sunrise. Besides tracking down my fugitive father, I wasn't sure what else Nicco had been working on. I left him out here past midnight after we had a few drinks. Mostly non-alcoholic for me. My new shrink might shove me back in that wretched facility if she heard I went on another bender. "Allora?"[What now?] I looked up from my phone. My left hand gripped a loaded handgun just waiting to feel useful. It was fairly new. Expensive. A nice birthday gift from someone whose neck I still wanted to slit open. Nicco yawned and lazily sat up on t
The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 75 ◆ Real Love Persists ◆
◇ KEL ◇ Oh no. Crap. I didn't just say that out loud. My eyes and throat ached now. I even stuttered. My voice was starting to tremble, too. Shucks. Not now. I didn't want to cry in front of him. Especially not in public. Ugh. His bodyguards must be enjoying the show right now. Frowning again, Enzo stopped touching my face and backed off. He didn't get rid of his confused look, as if my words didn't make any lick of sense. Or was he surprised that I mentioned his ex again? "Because I can't keep hanging out with you without constantly reminding myself not to take you to bed and make you forget he exists." He looked away, shaking his head weakly. "But you think I'm still with Olivia? And what happened that night was nothing?" "Just take me back to the apartment." "No." I sighed when he held my arm before I could walk
The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 74 ◆ Facing The Truth ◆
◇ KEL ◇ "Why did you send me money again?" "Why did you ignore my calls and texts?" Great. Time to unpack all of it. He drove us all the way out here just to have this conversation. I held in a sigh and looked out the window, the seat belt almost choking me now, wrinkling my plain cotton dress which I didn't bother to iron. I didn't even want to go out. I just wanted to hole up in my room and focus on my to-do lists. But like most of the time, he dropped by my place and disturbed my peace, taking me away from my little comfortable nest. And now we were parked right outside a fancy restaurant whose name I couldn't even read or say properly. "I'm going to Rome this Thursday." Enzo sighed beside me, his left hand clutching the steering wheel. The engine stayed running. With my purse on my lap, I sat still in his Audi's passenger seat, exhausted and just not in the mood to be extra nice
The Alpha's Dhampirica [Mafia Games XII] 73 ◆ Dreams Of Terror ◆
× WARNING! GRAPHIC CONTENT BELOW NOT INTENDED FOR YOUNG READERS AND MAY BE TRIGGERING TO SOME (DESCRIPTIONS OF S.A.) × ◇ KEL ◇ ... Tall. Dark. Raven-black hair. Muscular all over. A looming presence. My intakes of breaths wouldn't reach my lungs. I backed off. My hands and legs turned numb. Why? Why wouldn't he stop staring at me? Deliberately intimidating. Now he's towering over me with a full glass of wine and a crooked grin stretching his pale lips and dark beard. Leandro sipped his drink. "Thanks for helping my brother." "You're welcome. I was just trying to help." "You know he's got a thing for your type?" He chuckled. "Humor me. Why are you with him?" My type? "We're just friends, Signore." I faked a smile at his natural talent for giving shade. I'd rather walk out of here now, but it would be rude. "Really good friends." Leandro grinned when I fell silent. He stepped dangerously close to me that I could smell the alcohol on his tongue. Should I shove him? Run? Shit. W
