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WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK CHAPTER 61
WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK/MIKS DELOSO
The air between them was heavy—a silence war, a war zone of tension and breath.Lily's chest heaved and fell with rough gasps, but her eyes—Ina's eyes—seethed with suppressed anger.And Vandaulf? He took a slow step forward.She didn't move. He took another.And yet, she didn't move.And then without warning—he pinched her chin and made her meet his gaze. His hand was merciless, but not strong enough to smash her, but hard enough to stifle her breath."I should break you for this."* He spoke low, his voice thick with something ugly, something to abhor. "Play games with me? Lie to me?"Lily's eyes spat, lips twisting into a wicked smile. "Oh, poor Vandaulf." She leaned forward; her breath against his lips. "Did I hurt your pride?" Her skin was pale, her nails pressed into his palms. "I should kill you." She laughed again: gentler, but just as deadly. "You already have." Vandaulf's breath faltered. For the first time-he saw it. The mask slipping away. The cracks in her armor. Th
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Vandaulf, A big guy,ebony and inscrutable, stood over her, his taut body vibrating with some strange mix of fury and an unholy obsession. She hadn't witnessed him this angry in years."You find this game amusing, Lily?" he drawled in a wickedly chilly tone, as if savoring each syllable himself. "Let me show you what losing feels like."She swallowed hard, her heart thudding at the back of her throat."I never agreed to your game, Vandaulf," she stated with some confidence. His mouth curled into a phony smile. "Oh, but you did."He took one step closer.She moved back. One step. Another step back. Until—Her back was against the wall.Vandaulf had her cornered, his arms at her sides, his body pushed into hers—too close."Where were you going, sweetheart?" He sounded mocking, deadly. "Out to look for another man?" Lily's fists rested on her hips. "Let me go."He did not budge."Why?" He slanted his head to the side. "So you can escape back onto the streets? Vanish once more?" His jaw
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WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK/MIKS DELOSO
Lily stood in the desolation of her room, her body still shaking from Vandaulf's touch, from the manner he had trapped her in like an animal playing with his quarry.Her heart was still racing uselessly, her head reeling.She should have been intimidated.She should have been defeated.But all she could feel—a slow grin spreading to her lips.This was not ending.And she was not going to lose without fighting.As she calmed her breathing, her phone rang on the bedside table.She picked it up.Brenna James.Her grandmother.The only living creature left in this world who cared.She accepted the call and held the phone to her ear."Lily." Brenna's strained voice cut through the silence. "We don't have much time Lily."Lily sat up stiffly, shoving aside the whirlpool of feelings Vandaulf had left her with."What is it?" she demanded, her voice harsh, all vestige of Ina gone."Brigs Carlston has returned."Lily's belly knotted up.Brigs Carlston.The man who had destroyed her family.The
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Her heart pounded against the cage of her ribcage like a hammer, but she restrained herself from flinching, from moving.Because if she let herself be afraid, then she was already lost.Vandaulf's hand still clasped around her wrist, his fingers curled as if attempting to hold onto her in place. His face remained static, but his eyes—those dark, storm-worn eyes—contained a pleading something.A warning.A threat.A plea."Let me go, Vandaulf." Her voice was sharp, tight, but the thud of her pulse betrayed her.Vandaulf did not budge."You have no idea what you've done Lily." Vandaulf's voice was menacing and low.Lily pulled her hand free from his, defiance dancing in her eyes. "And you don't have an idea that I don't care."A cold, cruel laugh burst out of him. "Of course you don't." One step he took forward, slow. "Because you believe you can win at this game. But you're playing with a man who has no rules to play by, Lily."She stood firm."And what of you, Vandaulf?" she flung at
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WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK/MIKS DELOSO
Lily would not allow her terror to be expressed. She locked eyes with him, her backbone stiff, face unyielding.If a power game this was, it was not her that would concede."I have lived through more," she countered, her words suave with veiled provocation.Brigs laughed again, his head wagging with the motion before he took yet another deliberate gulp of his liquid. "They all say so, my darling." Lily battled to keep her hands from forming into fists. Condescension dripped from his voice; he was speaking as though he were already had won-and that made her furious."I've heard you and my father were friends," Lily-Ina said, cocking her head. "You must be missing him terribly."Brigs' sneer failed by a moment.Then he sat back in his chair. "Roosevelt was a genial man." His fingers drummed against his glass. "He and I shared a vision. The James and Carlston empires becoming one? It was destiny.""Destiny?" Lily echoed, her lips twisting into something cold. "Or compelled to be?"Brigs
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WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK/MIKS DELOSO
The soft click of Lily's heels measured her leave from the vanity of the study as she placed step by conscientious step- steady, despite the mutiny raging in her mind. She could still feel the ghost of Vandaulf's gaze searing into the back of her neck, still hear the low-throated menace of his voice ringing in her mind. "Watch where you tread."But she would not stumble.Not now.Not when she was so close.The letter concealed beneath her sleeve weighed more than gold. The fears of her father, penned in ink, the affirmation that he had always suspected Brigs Carlston.It was the chink in the armor she had been seeking.But she knew this was just the start.Brigs was bad news.Vandaulf was bad news.And both of them were now watching her. She crept into her room and locked the door.Her breath left in a shudder, and for a moment, her mask cracked. With quaking hands, she slipped the letter out of her sleeve. She read it again, again scanning every word with her eye as if to catch t
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WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK/MIKS DELOSO
The night had descended deep and still over the Carlston estate. Lily sat before the gilded mirror in the serenity of her opulent bedroom. The woman who thought there was not only Lily.It was Ina.The almost imperceptible change in her eyes, the curve of her lips into rebellion—this was not the submissive daughter of the Jameses, nor the compliant bride-to-be of Vandaulf Carlston.This was the fire that her enemies could not put out."I said don't leave the house tonight," Lily hissed to her own face.Ina smiled, however. "I can take him. He is blinded by his own ego. He'll never notice me when I come up behind him."Lily panted hard, resting her flat palms on the vanity. Her phone buzzed gently on the counter.Grandma Brenna.She jerked it to life and replied in a subdued voice. "Grandma?"Brenna's voice was even but tight with steel. "Lily… no screw-ups tonight. Do you hear me? Brigs is sneakier than we ever thought possible. He already suspects.""I know," Lily breathed. Her t
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WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK/MIKS DELOSO
The Carlston estate bore more weight that night.The grand hallways echoed with whispers—of secrets, of obsessions, of things that would not lie still.Vandaulf brooded at his desk, staring into the burning fireplace, whiskey untouched in his hand. His mind reeled wildly. Weeks. Weeks that he'd thought it was she. Lily. The woman who consumed his nights and inspired his madness.A light knock interrupted his storm of thoughts."Enter."The private investigator moved forward, tension betraying the flick of his lip."Speak," Vandaulf ordered.The man swallowed. "We've…we've verified something, sir."Vandaulf's gaze clouded. "And?""It's not her."A silence fell between them like a blade."Not…her?" Vandaulf said again, his voice dreadfully soft."No, sir." The investigator shifted uncomfortably. "We've reviewed surveillance footage, spoken with guests at the Halloween masquerade ball. The woman you spent the evening with…wasn't Mrs. Carlston."Vandaulf's knuckles whitened around the glas
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Lily sat in her room, gazing into the mirror. But staring back wasn't Lily.It was Ina."Stop pushing him," Lily muttered under her breath, fear eating at her. "You're going to get us both ruined."Ina sneered in the mirror. "I'm not the one lying to his face. You are."Her phone beeped on the vanity table.Grandmother Brenna.Lily grabbed it. "Grandma?"Brenna's tone was quiet but insistent. "Lily, you have to be careful. Brigs Carlston won't remain quiet for much longer. He feels the walls closing in on him.""I know." Lily's voice shook, then stabilized. "I've been careful."Careful isn't enough." Brenna's tone grew firmer. "Get proof. And when you get it — you leave that house. Do you get me?""I do.""And Lily…" "Yes?""Don't let hate use you up. It makes you reckless."Lily exhaled shakily. "I’ll be fine.""Just remember why you’re there.""I won’t forget."The line went dead.She closed her eyes — only for a moment.And then the door burst open.Vandaulf stood there.His eyes
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-21WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK CHAPTER 70
WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK/MIKS DELOSO
The night was thick with silence, but inside Lily’s heart, chaos thundered.She sat stiffly in the grand study, pretending to read, but her mind was elsewhere — on the phone call she had overheard.Vandaulf’s private investigator.Zeroing in.“She’s not Lily,” the man had said.“She’s someone else. A different name. But we’re close.”Her blood ran cold.Ina.They were getting too close.Too fast.She leapt at the sound of footsteps. Her breath caught when the door opened. Vandaulf stood in the entrance, his face impassive."Good evening," he spoke smoothly, but there was steel under it."Evening," Lily replied, straining to get her voice to be bored, her heart racing.He took the seat opposite her, never looking away from her face."I received an interesting call today," he whispered.She feigned turning a page."Oh?"Vandaulf leaned forward, putting elbows on his knees."My investigator made progress." His voice was perilously gentle.Lily swallowed."Oh, that's… good.""Good?" His t
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