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The King of Beasts Chapter 58
ARIA“Alara will pay for your foolishness.”I thought I was dying when my heart skipped a beat or two.Alara.My little sister.A person I hadn’t spoken to in so long.A girl I cared about. But she was not a girl anymore. She was a woman.A woman I hadn’t thought about in months.My blood.With a dark smile that told me that she would do what she had said, I watched in utter shock as she stepped back and vanished behind a wall.What was happening?I looked down, my eyes falling on the pictures that were lying around me. I crawled forward, picking one of them and acid rose in my throat, burning me.The picture showed Alara.She was in the garden, her eyes crinkling as she was laughing at something. Her head was fallen back, she was dressed in a red dress, three small figures around her.I recognized the two of them after a moment.The dark-haired twins.My nephew and niece.Leona and Konstantin.But there was another baby, probably a boy, clinging to my sister’s legs, peering up at her
The King of Beasts Chapter 59
ARIA“Why did you do it?”Why did you fool me?His metallic grey eyes were glaring at me, daring me not to answer his questions. I didn’t want to answer his questions. All I wanted to do was scream at him, strangle him and ask him why had he done this to me.I was back at the starting point again.I was back at the point where I was asking myself the questions I had asked before and had received no answers.Why was I so weak?Why was happening to me?Was something wrong with me?Was I sick and rotten inside?“Aria!” I snapped out of my thoughts and stared up at him through half-lidded eyes.He was angry. No, he was livid.His eyes were darkening and I knew that in a few moments, they would turn into soulless pits of black.Why did you lie to me?I wanted to ask him but I couldn’t.A shadow loomed over me, I blinked at the large figure—Fabiano as he leaned over, bracing his arm on the bedpost as he glared at me with so much venom that it made me question myself why I wasn’t dead yet.“
The King of Beasts Chapter 60
ARIA‘Gideon is alive.’It was the first time that when I closed my eyes, I prayed that they would open again. “…what I said?”When I had woken up, I had found Fabiano looming over me. He hadn’t once left me alone.I so wanted him to leave me alone so I could go into my room and see if the woman was telling the truth or was she weaving a web of lies?It took me a few moments of remember everything correctly but once I did, I found myself believing the woman.I hadn’t really seen Gideon dying.Fabiano had never mentioned my friend again. Ever.What if Gideon was alive?I could feel a part of me getting happy and bright at the thought of seeing Gideon again. But the remaining of me was worried.What if Fabiano found out about everything?The woman, whoever she was, was clever. She had pictures of my sister that were taken from the mansion. I knew that Adriano was no fool and he was possessive. The security around his mansion was top-notch and he had increased the number of guards aroun
The King of Beasts Chapter 61
ARIAWe were friends but here in this office, Gideon was the CEO and I was his assistant. That’s it.With shaky hands, I tore the envelope open and shook it. One by one, the pictures fell down in the marble basin as I released a choked breath.I let the empty envelope fall to the tiles as I forced myself to pick up a picture.My heart seemed to stop when my eyes fell on the picture.A scream formed in my throat, rising up with every second that passed.Happiness and shock filled me to the brim but it was replaced by horror in a second.“Gideon.” I breathed out, my eyes starting to water as pain washed over me, mixed with dark horror.I brought the picture near to my face, examining it to tell myself that my eyes were deceiving me but …“No.” I whispered into the silence, “No…it can’t be.”With an outrageous cry, I whirled the picture away and snatched another one and scanned it.It was the same. The thing I thought was a lie was actually a truth and it was in front of my eyes.Why did
The King of Beasts Chapter 62
ARIA“What the fuck are you doing?”My head snapped up so quickly at the angry voice that raised red flags in my mind.I pressed my lips together, forcing myself to regulate my breathing. If he saw me breathing so vastly, he would have some serious doubts.He barged inside, pushing the door so hardly that it made a loud sound when it collided with the wall.I turned myself, leaning my back against the cabinet under the basin, and hid my trembling hands in my lap.He eyed me with suspicious eyes, taking me in as I sat on my knees on the floor. My eyes flicked past him and collided with Lina’s. She looked at me warily before her gaze flicked to the cabinet and back to me. She eyed me like she knew something and every friendly feeling I ever had for her disappeared leaving behind a ball of suspicions inside me.“What’re you doing down there?” Fabiano questioned, halting in front of me. I was at eye-level to his pants but I looked up. He looked so huge and big from down here, like he was
The King of Beasts Chapter 63
ARIAAfter everything that had happened to me, I was telling myself that this would end but it never did.“Who are you?” I asked the woman who looked like me.“Stop it.” Gideon hissed at me, finally his control snapping as he glared at my hunched over figure.My hands were shaking, my eyes stinging with a new set of tears as I glared at the floor.“Stop using it as an excuse.”My chin trembled as I listened to him. A tear fell down my eye as I kept ignoring it.“You’re not the only girl who went through this.” He snapped harshly, throwing his gloves on the floor.“It j-just happens.” I sniffed back the tears, “I-it’s not e-easy.” I stuttered as a sob lodged in my throat.“No. No. No.” I could see him shaking his head through the corner of my eyes, “I can’t feel the pain you went through. Not really but I know if you keep doing this, you’ll never survive this.”Anger flashed inside me. My insides burned at his words. He didn’t know what I went through. How could he be so insensitive.“
The King of Beasts Chapter 64
ARIAThat night, I didn’t go to sleep.Or that’s what I had planned but sometime during the night, I drifted to sleep.When I felt the weight of a stare; the prickles on my skin and the feeling of ants crawling over me, I bolted upright on my bed.She was here. Again.I blinked the sleep out of my eyes and turned my head, meeting her eyes more quickly than I had thought I would, making my heart jump.She was sitting at the edge of the bed, her eyes on her lap and legs dangling down from the bed.“How did you come in?” I questioned without any delay.She had done enough with me taking advantage of the fact that I was weak and stuck in my own mind.Not now. Not again.She wanted to mess with me. Fuck her! I would mess wither right back. People often targeted the weak. The only way to get rid of them was to become strong.And that’s what I was going to do.She played with her fingers but raised her head, staring into my eyes and smiling widely;“Men are foolish.”I prepared myself for an
The King of Beasts Chapter 65
ARIAHer body collided with mine, sending us both to the ground. My back arched at the impact, my mouth opened on a silent cry of pain that exploded inside me.My arm was not completely healed and the fact that I landed on my wounded arm did nothing to soothe my fumbled nerves.I jerked beneath the nameless woman, kicking my legs up in hopes of hitting her but she dodged it efficiently.Getting angry and frustrated at her, I let out a sound akin to growl before slamming my hands into her chest with all my might.The shock on her face told me that she wasn’t expecting me to do something like this.She wasn’t expecting me to fight back.Air whooshed out of her lungs at the impact, she jerked back and at the same time, I bucked my knees and kicked my legs, sending her off of me.She was on the floor, bent awkwardly and in a position that made it seem that she was injured and in need of help.But I didn’t help her.The woman was sick. Manipulative.I already made a mistake by paying atten
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The King of Beasts EPILOGUE
THE LETTER FROM FABIANO;This is where I first met you; in this very room and this is where it will all end.I couldn’t say it to your face so I wrote it down to give it to you.There is a question that we both asked ourselves many times but only I knew the answer to it.‘Why you? Why this woman?’Because you were the lone rose standing fall in the field full of wilted flowers.Injured yet strong, broken yet standing, failing yet surviving.Beautiful and different.Maybe that was your curse.I saw you. I saw your photo in Adriano’s office and I was obsessed with you from the very first moment. You were like a lioness, protecting your sister when you could have lost your life. Like a Queen.I knew that I’d go mad without you so I did what I wanted to.Stole you. Broke you. Tainted you.I gave you pain but you gave me something else.A home. A family.Venus. Massimo. You.You gave me something the little boy in me desired to have. The little boy whose dreams were shattered long ago, bef
The King of Beasts Chapter 103
ARIA My heart ached for us. “You can’t imagine how much I missed you.” I whispered. My sister whose side I had never left after she was born, was seeing me after two years. “There’s someone we want you to meet.” Adriano spoke up from behind, making us pull apart from each other. I turned and looked at him. My brother-in-law was the definition of tall, dark and handsome. He stepped towards me and patted my head, almost affectionately, making my eyebrows shoot up. We didn’t have the best relationship. “I almost missed you.” He smirked, making me crack a smile, “He’s waiting for you.” My lips dipped at his words. I frowned as he gave me a slow, small, smile. He nodded in my direction and then took a step aside. He jerked his head in the direction. I followed his gaze until I saw a tall figure, standing a few feet away from us. I saw color. Green. My lips formed a trembling smile when the figure’s face came into my view. Damon. “Go on. He is waiting for you.” He urged. I
The King of Beasts Chapter 102
FABIANO “Venus is alive.” Why did he say that? To punish her? To hurt her for betraying him? To hurt himself? He didn’t know but he saw the disbelief on her face as he continued to speak, “She was never dead. I took her away from here.” Aria’s lips against someone else’s. He changed what he was going to say and swallowed, his demons rattling their cages, wanting to break free and they did. “This is your punishment, Aria.” He sneered at her shock-striken features, “You wanted freedom? You’ll have it but you’ll never see your children again. You’ll die without seeing their faces. Venus is alive but you’ll never see how she grows up. Saint will know that her mother is a whore you left her son for another man. Enjoy your freedom you always begged for.” “I’ll stay. Please.” He didn’t pay her any attention. “I’ll do anything. Fabiano? Don’t do this.” She was in his feet, holding her legs, begging him, “Don’t…Hit me, whip me, do whatever you want but not this punishment. I’ll do wh
The King of Beasts Chapter 101
ARIA “It’s fine.” He sobered up, “I’ll take you there one day.” I stilled at his words as he smiled at me before I turned my back on him and walked the path that would lead me back to the garden. It took us several minutes to reach the garden. Once we were out, he closed the door and set the hinges before covering it with vines, arranging them in a way that didn’t look suspicious. When we walked a little more, he started to speak. I wanted to cover my ears with my hands. “You are caged here. I never see you with a phone. Do you even have one? When was the last time you talked to your sister?” He paused, staring at the ink on my neck, he glanced up and continued, “Your husband doesn’t love you. He has an unhealthy obsession with you.” My eyes were wild as I stared at him. he was right. I was caged. I didn't know what happened so suddenly but I exploded. The feelings I had bottled up inside me had burst out, overflowed. They trailed over my cheeks in the form of tears and then
The King of Beasts Chapter 100
ARIA I want you beside me. “There.” I stepped back moments later, thrusting the knife towards him with my shaky hands. “We look good side by side, ocean eyes.” He commented, taking in the names we had just carved and winked at me, making me feel all those things inside me again. “Don’t do it.” He paused, his brows dipping, “What?” “Don’t do this to me.” I whispered, my emotions overflowing as I stared into his eyes. “What are you talking about?” He leaned over, gripping my face in his palms. And I knew it, I was leaning to his touch. His eyes were filled with concern and disbelief as he searched my eyes. “This.” I pointed around, my eyes watering, “You’re making me get used to you. To this light you bring with you. To this freedom you introduce me to.” A tear rolled down. I didn’t know why I was feeling so emotional suddenly. “Did I hurt you, ocean eyes?” He asked, eyes brimming with concern. Concern for me. A woman he barely knew about. A woman who was married to another.
The King of Beasts Chapter 99
ARIA “Come on, ocean eyes.” I scoffed, “I am not going inside. God knows where it leads to.” He rolled his eyes, “You said it yourself before. I’ve been using it. There’s nothing wrong.” “How did you even know this thing,” I pointed to the door, “was here?” I arched my brow. He smirked, playfulness swimming in his eyes before he stepped out and came close to me. Really, really close. And he leaned down, his face a few inches away from me. I licked my lips, nervously. Playfulness vanished from his eyes as he glanced down at my lips, his eyes darkened before he glanced into my eyes, his lips brushing against my ears, sending shivers of unknown feelings over my skin. “Nothing will harm you, my goddess.” With that, he pulled my arm and pushed me into the darkness, his laugh following my scream. “I thought you were different than other men.” He let out a laugh behind me. I looked over my shoulder, glaring at him but he only poked out his tongue at me. Despite all my attempts, my l
The King of Beasts Chapter 98
ARIA He didn’t move. One minute passed. Then two… Then three… Hesitantly, I threaded my fingers through his black locks, feeling their softness on my palm and enjoying it. It felt foreign. Fabiano never let me touch him except…on some certain occasions. But with him…this man I knew nothing about, with Damon Xanthos whatever-his-last-name-might-be everything felt new, light and…good. After a few moments, my moves were more confident. My strokes firmer as I ran my fingers through his head, tugging lightly. I felt so…normal. I didn’t know my lips had moved because it was him who informed me about that when he murmured without looking at me; “You have a beautiful smile, my goddess.” **** One night, Fabiano came into my room, covered in blood. His steel eyes were darkened with a maniac energy that made my skin pop with goosebumps. His body, his eyes, everything about him was screaming danger, different than his usual kind. He placed his hands on my face and I flinched when I
The King of Beasts Chapter 97
FABIANO She was his. She might have jumped from the cliff to escape him but that wouldn’t happen in this life. His wife. The mother of his children. His lioness. His Queen. Fucking his. And he’d fight the fucking Gods to keep her with him. They might be Gods, but he was the one who fucking ruled over Hell. *** The doctor said Aria's condition was critical; he fucking knew that but his lioness hadn't opened her eyes in three days. He stared at her pale figure, silently questioning her. Why? But he knew why. Because of him. He had driven her to a point where she chased death; begged for it and was ready to jump into its arms even if it meant being away from him. Why? To escape the cage he kept her in. To fly even though he had cut her wings. He tortured her. He did. It wasn’t her fault. It was his. He couldn’t rein his demons. He couldn’t control himself. He always gave into their demands. He always let hem control him. They were worse. And they wanted to destro
The King of Beasts Chapter 96
FABIANOThe rain had slowed down, turned to drizzle but still, the clouds were rumbling and lightening was illuminating the sky when he rushed with an unconscious and bleeding Aria. He and his men had pulled her body out luckily but she was as close to death as one could be.He swore he could feel the Gods above there, partying and laughing down at her, celebrating their victory.But fuck Gods!Fuck them and fuck their plans!He wouldn’t let them take her away.She wasn’t theirs.She was his.She might have jumped from the cliff to escape him but that wouldn’t happen in this life.His wife.The mother of his children.His lioness.His Queen.Fucking his.And he’d fight the fucking Gods to keep her with him.They might be Gods, but he was the one who fucking ruled over Hell.***The doctor said Aria's condition was critical; he fucking knew that but his lioness hadn't opened her eyes in three days. He stared at her pale figure, silently questioning her. Why?But he knew why.Because
