CHAPTER 216: THE ILLUSION OF RETRACTION
“I apologize to the citizens of Città Nera for pushing the syndicate elements into an aggressive posture,” Alexandro stated smoothly, looking directly into the primary news lenses at the airport terminal.
Flashbulbs exploded in a frantic, blinding rhythm across the private departure lounge. A w...
Login and Continue Reading
Continue Reading in App
Discover Endless Tales in One Place
Journey into Ad-Free Literary Bliss
Escape to Your Personal Reading Haven
Unmatched Reading Pleasure Awaits You
Chapters
1. CHAPTER ONE: NIGHTCLAW
2. CHAPTER TWO: STEEL
3. CHAPTER THREE: THE GALA
4. CHAPTER FOUR: DANCING WITH THE DEVIL
5. CHAPTER FIVE: ONE NIGHT STAND (R18+ NC SCENE)
6. CHAPTER SIX: THE MISSION
7. CHAPTER SEVEN: PORTO SICURIO
8. CHAPTER EIGHT: ACCIAIO FAMILY
9. CHAPTER NINE: A FAMILIAR FACE
10. CHAPTER TEN: THE DAY SHE DIED
11. CHAPTER ELEVEN: BELLISSMA, WHO ARE YOU?
12. CHAPTER TWELVE: SLIPPING ON THE MASK
13. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE FIRE RETURNS
14. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: FIRST TEMPTATION
15. CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE DINNER GAME
16. CHAPTER SIXTEEN: UNDER THE SURFACE
17. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: INTO THE LION’S MAW
18. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: SERAFINA MORETTI
19. CHAPTER NINETEEN: YOU CAN'T JUST CLAIM ME
20. CHAPTER TWENTY: THE FEVER IN HER BLOOD
21. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: SUIT UP
22. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: PLAY TIME
23. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: VIGILANTE INTERRUPTS
24. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: OFFICE HEAT
25. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: TASTE OF HUNGER
26. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: FEVER (+18)
27. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: HOLDING SAFE (+18 NC SCENE)
28. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: DANGEROUS MAN
29. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: BEGINNING OF AN ADDICTION
30. CHAPTER THIRTY: SHADOWS OF THE PAST
31. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: RESET
32. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: BLOODLINES
33. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: PAST COMES KNOCKING
34. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: Famiglia Ombra
35. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: MEMORIES (ptI)
36. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: ESCAPE FROM THE LIONS
37. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: BATTLE-LINE
38. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: GALLERY GAZE
39. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: POKING THE BEAST
40. CHAPTER FORTY: JEALOUS HEAT
41. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE: CLAIMED (R+18)
42. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO A QUIET COLLAPSE
43. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE: PLAY WITH FIRE
44. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR: ECHOES IN THE QUIET
45. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE: GHOSTS & SHADOWS
46. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX: SHADOWS BEHIND THE GLASS
47. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN—BLOODSHED
48. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT—BLOODLINES AND BLOODSHED PtII
49. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE: THE DEVIL'S BACKYARD
50. CHAPTER FIFTY: WEB OF LIES
51. CHAPTER FIFTY- ONE: SNIFFING WOLVES
52. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO: GHOSTS IN THE SUNROOM
53. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE — THE WEIGHT OF MEMORIES
54. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR: WHEN SHADOWS KNOCK
55. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE — THE BABYSITTER’S BULLET
56. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX - BLOOD ON THE FOUNDATIONS
57. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN — WHISPERS OF DOUBT
58. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT: HIDDEN VENDETTA
59. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE — GHOSTS OF LOYALTY
60. CHAPTER SIXTY — SOFT CONFESSIONS
61. CHAPTER SIXTY — SOFT CONFESSIONS (ptII)
62. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE: FEVERED RELEASE
63. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO - SHADOWED THREAD
64. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE — REMINDER OF WHO HE WAS
65. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR: WRONG PLACE, WORST TIME
66. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE: GHOSTS IN THE WALLS
67. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX: BETWEEN FATHERS AND BROTHERS
68. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN: GHOSTS OF THE BROKEN
69. CHAPTER SIXTY- EIGHT: THE BROTHER’S SHADOW
70. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE: PUBLIC CLAIMS
71. CHAPTER SEVENTY: MINE
72. CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE: PRIVATE SURRENDER
73. CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO: PERSONAL MISSION
74. CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE: SUSPICIOUS FONDNESS
75. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR: GHOST IN HIS WALLS
76. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE: PAPA'S SECRET
77. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX: CRACKS OF HEART
78. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN: GEEKY GIRL IN GLASSES
79. CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT: UNDER THE CITY LIGHTS
80. CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE: THE DEVOTION HE HIDES
81. CHAPTER EIGHTY: EDGE OF SURRENDER
82. CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE: THE WHISPERS OF STEEL
83. CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO: THE SLIP
84. CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE: THE CHILDREN
85. EIGHTY-FOUR: WEIGHT OF LOYALTY
86. EIGHTY-FIVE: SMILE AND LIES
87. CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX: BLOOD REMEMBERED
88. CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN: THE DEVIL’S INVITATION
89. CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHT: SECRETS BEHIND THE FRAME
90. CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE:GHOSTS IN HER PAST
91. CHAPTER NINETY: IMAGES OF THE PAST
92. CHAPTER NINETY-ONE: THE COUNCIL'S ORDER
93. CHAPTER NINTEY-TWO: WIRED DESIRES
94. CHAPTER NINTEY-THREE: THREADS OF THE SAME THREAD
95. CHAPTER NINTEY-FOUR: THREADS OF THE SAME THREAD II
96. CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE: GHOST’S MISTAKE
97. CHAPTER NINETY-SIX: LINES CONNECTING
98. CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN: THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY
99. CHAPTER NINETY-EIGHT: WEB OF FIRE
100. CHAPTER NINETY-NINE — FIRE AT DOCK 17
101. CHAPTER HUNDRED: THE GOD OF WAR
102. CHAPTER 101: STEEL MEETS WAR
103. CHAPTER 102: ICE BOX
104. CHAPTER 103: AFTERMATH
105. CHAPTER 104: THE DISAPPEARANCE
106. CHAPTER 105: LEAKS
107. CHAPTER 106: SEED OF DOUBT
108. CHAPTER 107: THE TRUTH IN THE DARK
109. CHAPTER 108: THE HUMMING THAT HAUNTS HIM
110. CHAPTER 109: THE HUNGER OF WATCHING
111. CHAPTER 110: HUNGER TO SEE WHAT’S UNDERNEATH
112. CHAPTER 111: THE LEASH
113. CHAPTER 112: FRAYING EDGES
114. CHAPTER 113: SHADOWS IN THE PAST
115. CHAPTER 114: THE COST OF LOYALTY
116. CHAPTER 115: GHOST AND A MOUSE
117. CHAPTER 116: ENCOUNTER
118. CHAPTER 117: STALLING
119. CHAPTER 118: THE BOTTOM-FEEDER
120. CHAPTER 119: THE PRICE OF SILENCE
121. CHAPTER 120: THE WRECKING BALL
122. CHAPTER 121: PRESSURE LINES
123. CHAPTER 122: A DANGEROUS KIND OF SOFT
124. CHAPTER 123: THE THIRD APEX
125. CHAPTER 124: THE THIRD APEX II
126. CHAPTER 125: THE ANCHOR IN THE DARK
127. CHAPTER 126: THE TRUTH HE ALREADY KNOWS
128. CHAPTER 127: FRACTURED SANCTUARY I
129. CHAPTER 128: FRACTURED SANCTUARY II
130. CHAPTER 129: THE PREDATOR’S PATIENCE
131. CHAPTER 129: THE LAST SUPPER
132. CHAPTER 130: ALL ROADS LEAD TO PORTO SICURO
133. CHAPTER 131: THE CALM BEFORE THE TRIGGER
134. CHAPTER 132: THE TRUTH
135. CHAPTER 133: SILENT CROSSHAIRS
136. CHAPTER 134: THE TRIGGER
137. CHAPTER 135: THE PRICE OF LIGHT
138. CHAPTER 136: A DIFFICULT CHOICE
139. CHAPTER 137: THE RUINS OF HOPE
140. CHAPTER 138: FALLOUT
141. CHAPTER 139: THE SERPENT’S COMMUNION
142. CHAPTER 140: SWEET TO SOUR
143. CHAPTER 141: THE VANISHING POINT
144. CHAPTER 142: TROUBLING SUSPICION
145. CHAPTER 143: THE HOUSE OF CARDS
146. CHAPTER 144: THE ALTAR OF RUIN
147. CHAPTER 145: THE ALTAR OF RUIN II
148. CHAPTER 146: FLIPPING THE NARRATIVE
149. CHAPTER 147: FLIPPING THE NARRATIVE II
150. CHAPTER 148: SLIPPERY SLOPE
151. CHAPTER 149: SLIPPERY SLOPE II
152. CHAPTER 150: TEARING THE VEIL
153. CHAPTER 151: THE FAILING MASK
154. CHAPTER 152: CRACKS IN THE CROWN
155. CHAPTER 153: THE TRUE KING
156. CHAPTER 154: ANATOMY OF A LIE
157. CHAPTER 155: PUPPET
158. CHAPTER 156: ENDING AN ERA
159. CHAPTER 157: SECRET OBSERVER
160. CHAPTER 158: PRESSURE POINT
161. CHAPTER 159: THE GHOSTS BETWEEN THEM
162. CHAPTER 160: KINGDOM OF RATS
163. CHAPTER 161: THE BLOOD OF THE LION
164. CHAPTER 162: THE BLOOD OF THE LION ii
165. CHAPTER 163: THE PRODIGAL SON
166. CHAPTER 164: THE POISON OF ENVY
167. CHAPTER 165: THE SILENT VIGIL
168. CHAPTER 166: THE SILENT VIGIL ii
169. CHAPTER 167: THE PURGE OF THE LION
170. CHAPTER 168: THE SYMPHONY OF THE MAD
171. CHAPTER 169: THE SYMPHONY OF THE MAD
172. CHAPTER 170: THE ARCHITECTURE OF A MONSTER
173. CHAPTER 171: THE ARCHITECTURE OF A MONSTER ii
174. CHAPTER 172: THE FRAY OF FAITH
175. CHAPTER 173: TO KILL OR NOT TO
176. CHAPTER 174: TO KILL OR NOT TO ii
177. CHAPTER 175: PICK A SIDE
178. CHAPTER 176: THE WRONG PRIORITY
179. CHAPTER 177: THE LAST RESORT
180. CHAPTER 178: MARINE RECKONING
181. CHAPTER 179: MARINE RECKONING ii
182. CHAPTER 180: THE FALLEN DON
183. CHAPTER 181: A CLUMSY INVASION
184. CHAPTER 182: A VERY STUPID GUN
185. CHAPTER 183: THE CAGE OF STARVED WOLVES
186. CHAPTER 184: SLAUGHTER?
187. CHAPTER 185: THE HIDDEN CASTLE
188. CHAPTER 186: THE NEXT STEP
189. CHAPTER 187: THE BLOOD OF THE LION
190. CHAPTER 188: THE INSTINCT OF THE STEEL
191. CHAPTER 189: THE OTHER HAND
192. CHAPTER 190: HER NAME IS BELLA
193. CHAPTER 191: THE FRAGILITY OF TREASON
194. CHAPTER 191(ii): THE FRAGILITY OF TREASON
195. CHAPTER 192: MEMORIES AT THE TERMINAL
196. CHAPTER 193: THE LAST SIGHTING
197. CHAPTER 194: THE GATHERING OF RIVALS
198. CHAPTER 195: THE DEATH OF SERAFINA
199. CHAPTER 196: A SUBORDINATE'S PANIC
200. CHAPTER 197: NO PYRE FOR A KING
201. CHAPTER 198: A SISTER’S PRICE
202. CHAPTER 199: THE OLD LION
203. CHAPTER 200: CINDERS OF OVERSIGHT
204. CHAPTER 201: VOICE OF THE QUEEN
205. CHAPTER 202: HOW STRONG IS YOUR PRIDE?
206. CHAPTER 203: THE STRATEGY OF THE COUNCIL
207. CHAPTER 204: THE LOCKED THRESHOLD
208. CHAPTER 205: ASHES OF SUCCESSION
209. CHAPTER 206: THE NETWORK OF SHADOWS
210. CHAPTER 207: THE FIERY SIGNAL
211. CHAPTER 208: THE BOARDROOM SMILE
212. CHAPTER 209: THE MARTYR'S LEDGER
213. CHAPTER 210: THE OBSESSION OF THE LAW
214. CHAPTER 211: THE UNINTENDED COMPASS
215. CHAPTER 212: THE BACKUP PLAN
216. CHAPTER 213: THE IRON CIRCLE CLEARS
217. CHAPTER 214: THE MOBILIZATION OF IRON
218. CHAPTER 215: THE UNBENDING SIREN
219. CHAPTER 216: THE ILLUSION OF RETRACTION
220. CHAPTER 217: THE QUEEN IN CHAINS (i)
221. CHAPTER 218: THE QUEEN IN CHAINS (ii)
222. CHAPTER 219: THE SIDE-ALLEY TAG
Zoom out
Zoom in