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All Chapters of Fallen From Grace [Married to the Mafia Novel]: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90
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Chapter 81
Never in my life had I thought I’d be running away from my savior, but here I am running away from Dante.“So, it’s just us?” I ask Adeline after a while of spending the car ride in comfortable silence. I realize that it’s nice like this, that somehow, I could pretend that Adeline and I are just two friends going on a road trip. That for a moment, I could forget about what awaited me.Adeline offers me a sheepish smile. “For now, Miss,” she replies softly. “The boss needs more security, and we have the boys back at the estate.”Right. The men we left behind. I still feel iffy about that. When we escaped in the dark of the night, we left eight men—eight! Had our enemies launched an attack, they would have all perished. That has never sat right with me, but maybe I can at least make amends.“Adeline,” I start, not knowing how to impose more work onto Adeline. She’s done so much for me already. But there are things regarding the research that I cannot do on my own. “I need your help with
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Two weeks pass like that. With Adeline and I passing information back and forth, with her on the outside, I operate from within the walls of the estate.Every person Adeline needs to contact, I was on it. Every reservation she needed, every resource, I was there to provide it for her.Because as much as I want to be out in the field with her, it’s still too dangerous. With the estate being closely monitored by Serafino, there’s not really an option but to stay here. Despite our lack of guards, the estate itself is a stronghold with accessible escape routes—something that Adeline and I discussed with the men before we decided to camp out here while Dante’s recovering.“I think we have everything we need, Miss Jean,” Adeline tells me over the phone, “With this confirmation, the only thing left to do is go there and talk to them personally.”“That’s true, come back to the estate, Adeline. It’s time to figure out our next step.”But I already know what my next step is going to be and it’s
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It takes me two days to finalize my plan before deciding to have my long overdue talk with Dante. Even on the drive up here to the safe house, I knew this could only go one way, and that is not going to end well. And that fact weighs heavily on my shoulders.I took Luca’s advice. I thought about it, slept on it, and weighed all of my options before deciding. And this is the best-case scenario for everyone.It’s the first time that I’ve seen Dante since we rescued him and he looks much better. The bruises on his face are starting to fade. Gone are the dark blue and purple patches of skin, replaced with the yellowish hue of healing skin.He’s out of the bed now, sitting on one of the stools on the kitchen counter, but instead of breakfast, there are documents spread all over the counter. Nothing has changed about him since his near-death experience. Still the hard worker. One would think that after an event like that he’d be resting, but getting beat up to within an inch of your life mu
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Dante“What do you mean ‘He’s gone?” I’m barely hanging on to my last piece of insanity and I find myself surrounded by morons. “Who’s gone?”Daveed takes a step forward, asserting himself before speaking. “Richard, one of the men Miss Jean had problems with before, he’s gone AWOL since early today. We’re trying to track him down but he’s gone completely rogue.”“And no one thought to report about it until now?” I say through gritted teeth. Daveed visibly shrinks, this time it’s Luca who speaks. “That lack of foresight was mine. Adeline was the one keeping tabs on him, but since Jean started to work on her father’s case more actively, Adeline’s hands have been full of extra work.” Ah. I’ve truly lost Adeline’s loyalty. She serves Jean now. I won’t say I’m surprised. I should have predicted this given how close they’ve grown over the past couple of weeks.“I should have let someone else keep watch. I’m sorry. This one’s on me.”Damnright you should have. But tossing the blame around
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Dante“Are you sure?” I manage to ask Adeline but she can only make a small noise in response. Her injuries might not be grave on the outside but we’ll only know more once a doctor has properly examined her. Between Luca and I, there’s only so much first aid could do.Luca and I exchange one look before he’s tossing me his revolver and I’m dashing toward the edge of the road where the railing had been bent and broken out of place. The drop isn’t too bad. Before I could second-guess it, I jump.With my forearms bent close to my head and chest, protecting my head and ribs, I’m able to ease my fall by rolling over to my side. But it doesn’t do much for my injured arm so, I don’t fight the groan that tears out of me. But I don’t have time to think about my injuries right now. Jean is somewhere in this forest, scared and possibly injured. I need to find her and bring her home.A rolling thunder erupts loudly above us, as the sky dims with dark clouds. If that’s not foreboding I don’t know
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JeanTremors overtake my whole body, and I don’t know why. Is it because Richard is dead at my feet or because it was Dante who had killed him? What even is he doing here?This wasn’t supposed to happen. Dante’s not supposed to be here. He should be back at the safe house, resting for fuck’s sake! But with him here, forcing all my bottled-up emotions to the surface is the last thing I want. I wanted to finish this cleanly. The plan was solid. Head to the island, prove that Serafino has been using it as a stop-over point for human trafficking, then let the police do the rest. He would have gone down so easily with all the evidence Adeline and I found against him. I was so close too if it weren’t for Dick showing up when he did.Adeline and I had the scare of our lives when all of a sudden, our car is being pelted by bullets. Had Dick had backup, we would be dead now. And as to how he had so eloquently put it, my corpse would be missing a hand for Dante to jack off with. How fucking d
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DanteThe drive back to the estate was by far the longest and numbest trip I’ve taken. With Adeline and Jean properly strapped into the back seat, we make good time.“Shit, Dante. You could have killed her.” Luca commented when I appeared with Jean flung over my shoulder unconscious from the swift chop I did to the back of her head. “Thank God you’re injured. If not, we could be dealing with more than a slight concussion.”I have no energy for Luca’s reprimanding. I just want to go home and get this shit sorted out. Jean now obviously knows more than necessary and I have to fix that. She’s in more danger now than she has ever been before and I will die before I allow her to be in the same position as she has been these past few days.“I panicked, okay?” I whine, letting my head fall back into the headrest. “She was injured and was insisting on staying on that damned mountain. Anything to get away from me. I wasn’t thinking.”Luca scoffs and spares a glance toward Jean in the backseat.
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Jean He can’t be serious. This has to be some kind of a sick joke. “What are you talking about?” I hadn’t meant to whisper, but I can’t find it in me to make my voice louder. The fight had left me before it could even begin. That’s how intimidated I am by this Dante standing in front of me. It’s like he’s a different person. It’s not just with the way he talks or the fact that he won’t come close to me. But his eyes. His eyes are a different story. Dante’s eyes may contain a violent storm in those gray orbs but it’s never coldness. He had never directed cold eyes toward me. And just like that, I am no better than those men Dante had tortured and disposed of. Impossible. What is he even saying? Learn to obey? What am I a dog? I wrack my brain for a memory in case I agreed to this somehow, in the middle of crying in the rain in the middle of nowhere. But no matter how hard I try, I can’t remember agreeing to be his prisoner. “Explain yourself, Dante,” I emphasize, making my tone
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JeanThe following days aren’t any better. More and more, Dante deprives me of my needs. But at least he still feeds me on the designated schedule. Today marks the fifth day that I’ve been a prisoner, and the day Dante decided to pay me a visit, the first one since he announced I’m to stay here until I learn to obey.Dante looks and feels the same, cold, ruthless, and unfeeling. I’m worried that the Dante I started to fall for is gone forever, but I keep a small window in my heart for the opposite. But for now, I need to play his game in order to survive.I was so close to discovering the truth about the island that my father bought, so close to getting evidence that Serafino is trafficking humans using it. I can’t let this deter me.“I see you’ve learned something at least.” His tone is neutral as he glances toward the plates and cutlery placed neatly on top of the tray, ready to be picked up by the kitchen staff. For some reason, it was never Hana who delivered my food and took away
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Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying my work so far. I just want to inform you that the next chapter and some of the succeeding chapters will tackle several topics and experiences that may be triggering to some. I would like to apologize in advance to anyone who might be offended or triggered by them. I understand that these are serious matters and must be handled delicately. Please remember that this is a work of fiction and in no way do I encourage these destructive behaviors. I will list the possible trigger warnings below (I will edit this if there are any changes), if any of them make you uncomfortable, please proceed with caution or skip the chapters altogether. Thank you for understanding, and for supporting my work until now. I hope we can all be together till the end. WARNINGS: - eating disorders - self-harm - blackmailing - suicidal thoughts - mentions of rape (nothing explicit, I promise) - human rights violations (human trafficking, physical abuse, etc.)
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