Lahat ng Kabanata ng Claiming The Archduchess: Kabanata 51 - Kabanata 60

Chapter 51RAYANA POVThe conference was utterly unlike anything I have ever been to before. The topics were long dragged, the arguments never ended, people called out each other with horrible names and the shit hit the fan way sooner than one would expect. But at the end of the day, everything was brushed off in such a formal manner I failed to understand how these people functioned. It was during this conference I realized that my life had really pivoted. And I am talking real ass change. From drafting the budgets for the archduchy to representing the whole of the UK and the crown was something I never dared to even fathom in my entire life. And it looked like it was just the beginning. Just as Alejandro had said.I knew there were many more conferences like this one I would attend, and I wish my aunt, the queen was here for a quick hug. This was such an eye-opener. I smiled from where I sat, alone and assessing everything before my eyes. Ambassadors smiled and chatted about ho

Chapter 53RAYANA POVIt has been a whole week since the UNDP conference wrapped up and came to an end. But the memory of all the happenstances that went down in Russia was running rampant and fresh in my mind like it was all yesterday. There was nothing I did or held without that little voice in my mind screaming at me when I remembered what had transpired.Every time I thought of all that, a shin of cold sweat ran down my spine; because there is no way in a thousand years I would have ever dreamed of doing what I did. But I just remember standing there after that phone call and thinking Alejandro was dead. That was the worst feeling in my entire life. And the way I reacted… Heck! Who knew I was capable of that? Negotiating with The President of Russia about dispatching the Mossad to aid me in the criminal aid? But then again, any woman would move mountains for the man she loved. That was just it. “Rayana.” My aunt- the queen- called out as soon as I stepped into her lounge room

Chapter 55RAYANA POVI remained curled up and under a warm fleece blanket as Kaito and Alejandro paced the space in front of me while I stared blankly into space. I couldn't hear anything passed the angry raw of my blood that rushed within my veins, making me feverish. My mind was a loud incoherent mess of what ifs, chunk a mix of Italian slurs and curses; I felt like I was going crazy. The sound of something colliding with the wooden floor had me jumping out of my skin, my heart thumping uncontrollably in my chest.What if I hadn’t left in that car? What if I hadn't heard those beeps and then..."Rayana..." rough hands clutched me by my arms, bringing me back to reality. Alejandro was staring at me with black, dark, and dangerous eyes. I could see the darkness ins

~~~CONT~~~ “About six guards climbed the ring and tied him down, one even put his boot on his head. They cuffed him, took him out of the ring and that building… “I remember Boos ringing, new recruits wanting to fight for their fellow peer; only to be silenced by gunshots.  Many died that night, and that was the last time I ever saw him with my own eyes.” I paused to catch my breath, the memory causing something dark and dangerous to slither inside of my veins.  He had already avenged himself and all others who were wrong in that place; yet if I could be given a chance; I would fucking go torch that place to ground, turn it into the real that is! “What happened?” Rayan

Chapter 59RAYANA POV‘In today’s top stories, we have shocking developments in the ongoing investigation into the attempted assassination of the royal Archduchess Rayana Elizabeth Mountbatten, shortly after her return from the official assignment in Russia. The media descended upon her residence and office, eager to get into the depth of the story with no luck, as the archduchess has barely shown her face in public this past week. Some even suspected…’I couldn’t let her finish, I knew whatever was going to come out next was going to be a complete BS and I was so not ready!I angrily yanked the remote from where it sat and flipped through a few channels. An advert played as I waited patiently t