Chapter 97 The King Awakens
COSTA
The room smelled like antiseptic and silence.
I stood at the edge of the bed, staring at him like if I looked long enough, he would finally open his eyes.
Eight months. Eight long, empty months, and tonight I failed.
My fist slammed into the table beside me, the sharp sound echoing too lou...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 SYNOPSIS & AUTHOR’S NOTE
2. Chapter 2 Painful Goodbye
3. Chapter 3 The Return of Alessandro
4. Chapter 4 Shackled
5. Chapter 5 He Is a Psycho
6. Chapter 6 He is a monster
7. Chapter 7 The Game Begins
8. Chapter 8 Under His Rule
9. Chapter 9 Under His Control
10. Chapter 10 A Psycho’s Demand
11. Chapter 11 Terms I Never Agreed To
12. Chapter 12 Mine Alone
13. Chapter 13 Three… Two… One
14. Chapter 14 Silent Surrender
15. Chapter 15 Did You Miss Me?
16. Chapter 16 The Price of Saying Her Name
17. Chapter 17 A Guest with an Agenda
18. Chapter 18 Two Brothers, One Woman
19. Chapter 19 Possession
20. Chapter 20 Fucked by the Psycho
21. Chapter 21 Playing Sandro’s Game
22. Chapter 22 Only Mine
23. Chapter 23 No Way Out
24. Chapter 24 Run, Cupcake
25. Chapter 25 Run or Obey
26. Chapter 26 Humiliation
27. Chapter 27 Under Siege
28. Chapter 28 Claiming What’s Mine
29. Chapter 29 A Pact in Darkness
30. Chapter 30 Wrong Answer
31. Chapter 31 Territory
32. Chapter 32 Shadows in the Hall
33. Chapter 33 Watching Eyes
34. Chapter 34 The Paper Trap
35. Chapter 35 On the Psycho’s Trail
36. Chapter 36 Property of the Devil
37. Chapter 37 Rules of the De Luca
38. Chapter 38 In the Devil’s Name
39. Chapter 39 The Saint’s Mask
40. Chapter 40 The Saint of Malice
41. Chapter 41 The Devil’s Smile
42. Chapter 42 Nothing to Lose
43. Chapter 43 Throne of Enemies
44. Chapter 44 Taming the Beast
45. Chapter 45 The Kill Order
46. Chapter 46 The Breed
47. Chapter 47 Fuck Me
48. Chapter 48 The Shift
49. Chapter 49 Prepare to Die
50. Chapter 50 Waiting Hurts More
51. Chapter 51 No One Is Coming
52. Chapter 52 Drowned in Silence
53. Chapter 53 No One Touches What’s Mine
54. Chapter 54 Blood and Retribution
55. Chapter 55 When the Volkovs Strike
56. Chapter 56 When the Trap Is Set
57. Chapter 57 A Dangerous Game
58. Chapter 58 Dante’s Challenge
59. Chapter 59 The Mastermind
60. Chapter 60 Web of Deceit
61. Chapter 61 No One Is Untouchable
62. Chapter 62 The Price of Defiance
63. Chapter 63 The Weakest Link
64. Chapter 64 The Devil’s Choice
65. Chapter 65 A Warning Written in Blood.
66. Chapter 66 The Hidden Plan
67. Chapter 67 A Dangerous Promise
68. Chapter 68 A Secret Worth Killing For
69. Chapter 69 Buried Truths
70. Chapter 70 The Devil’s Bait
71. Chapter 71 The Trap Is Set
72. Chapter 72 The Hunt Begins
73. Chapter 73 No One Leaves Alive
74. Chapter 74 A Secret Worth Killing For
75. Chapter 75 No Bodies, No Truth
76. Chapter 76 Dragged Back In
77. Chapter 77 I Make the Rules
78. Chapter 78 A Truth That Can Kill
79. Chapter 79 One Target
80. Chapter 80 We Found Her
81. Chapter 81 Twenty-Four Hours
82. Chapter 82 Blood for Blood
83. Chapter 83 No Way Out
84. Chapter 84 Mine to Kill
85. Chapter 85 The Man Behind It All
86. Chapter 86 Before He Wakes
87. Chapter 87 Marked for Death
88. Chapter 88 Elara De Luca
89. Chapter 89 Crossing Lines
90. Chapter 90 Territory and Threats
91. Chapter 91 Not His Bride
92. Chapter 92 Cornered at the Church
93. Chapter 93 A Bride Claimed by War
94. Chapter 94 A Choice Between Kings
95. Chapter 95 A Choice Denied
96. Chapter 96 Vows in Chains
97. Chapter 97 The King Awakens
98. Chapter 98 His Mercy
99. Chapter 99 The Calm Before Retribution
100. Chapter 100 Resurrection of a Killer
101. Chapter 101 The Wrong Question
102. Chapter 102 Seconds Before Death
103. Chapter 103 Mia’s Last Stand
104. Chapter 104 Ten Hours of Silence
105. Chapter 105 A Face Too Familiar
106. Chapter 106 The Secret I Can’t Tell
107. Chapter 107 I Saw Him Alive
108. Chapter 108 Proof of the Impossible
109. Chapter 109 I Had to Let You Go
110. Chapter 110 The Grave Was Empty
111. Chapter 111 Face to Face with Death
112. Chapter 112 Before It’s Too Late
113. Chapter 113 What Mia Revealed
114. Chapter 114 Tied by Blood, Torn by Hate
115. Chapter 115 When Mercy Bleeds
116. Chapter 116 Unspoken Threats
117. Chapter 117 The Truth
118. Chapter 118 Father and Son
119. Chapter 119 A Seat at the Enemy’s Table
120. Chapter 120 Too Gentle to Trust
121. Chapter 121 A Gun Between Us
122. Chapter 122 His Sister, His Command
123. Chapter 123 Checkmate Before Midnight
124. Chapter 124 The Escape
125. Chapter 125 The Choice Is Mine
126. Chapter 126 His Brother’s Seed
127. Chapter 127 No Escape, No Mercy
128. Chapter 128 Trapped Again
129. Chapter 129 He Never Let Me Go
130. Chapter 130 Trapped in His Shadow
131. Chapter 131 Where Silence Answers
132. Chapter 132 What He’s Hiding
133. Chapter 133 Haunted Even in Silence
134. Chapter 134 He Never Left
135. Chapter 135 Dancing on Fire
136. Chapter 136 Dance On Fire
137. Chapter 137 Don’t You Miss Me?
138. Chapter 138 The Past Isn’t Finished
139. Chapter 139 A Clean Lie
140. Chapter 140 He Was Never Gone
141. Chapter 141 Right Behind Me
142. Chapter 142 Now or Never
143. Chapter 143 THE MESSAGE
144. Chapter 144 Wrong Message, Right War
145. Chapter 145 The Return to Naples
146. Chapter 146 The Spark of War
147. Chapter 147 No Turning Back
148. Chapter 148 When the King Fell
149. Chapter 149 The Empty Grave
150. Chapter 150 WRONG TIMING
151. Chapter 151 Who Is Her Boss?
152. Chapter 152 One Week to War
153. Chapter 153 The King Returns to Naples
154. Chapter 154 Enzo’s Confession
155. Chapter 155 The Boss Is Alive
156. Chapter 156 Home Again
157. Chapter 157 Back Off… Unless You Want to Die
158. Chapter 158 Mia Williams
159. Chapter 159 When Brothers Collide
160. Chapter 160 Long Time No See, Brother
161. Chapter 161 Face Me, Brother
162. Chapter 162 His Last Breath
163. Chapter 163 Territory
164. Chapter 164 The Rules She Set in Blood
165. Chapter 165 The Fear Behind Silence
166. Chapter 166 Buried Secrets
167. Chapter 167 She Was Never Fine
168. Chapter 168 A Dangerous Desire
169. Chapter 169 The Beginning of War
170. Chapter 170 Secrets In The Room
171. Chapter 171 Three Faces, One Secret
172. Chapter 172 The Enemy With My Face
173. Chapter 173 The Twins’ Target
174. Chapter 174 Where Mira Waited
175. Chapter 175 The Ghost I Saw
176. Chapter 176 Born From the Same Blood
177. Chapter 177 When a Monster Loves
178. Chapter 178 I Saw Him
179. Chapter 179 The Twins Are Gone
180. Chapter 180 The Assassin Beside Them
181. Chapter 181 The Secret Hideout
182. Chapter 182 Helpless
183. Chapter 183 My Son, My Reflection
184. Chapter 184 Right Behind You
185. Chapter 185 The Day of Reckoning
186. Chapter 186 Buried Truths
187. Chapter 187 Uncle’s Burden
188. Chapter 188 WHEN THE NIGHTMARE WAS REAL
189. Chapter 189 The Truth in My Hands
190. Chapter 190 A Father in All But Blood
191. Chapter 191 A Debt Paid in Blood
192. Chapter 192 The Roadblock
193. Chapter 193 The First Shock
194. Chapter 194 No One Touches My Children
195. Chapter 195 The Line She Shouldn’t Have Crossed
196. Chapter 196 Dante Volkov Returns
197. Chapter 197 One Question, One Truth
198. Chapter 198 No One Is Safe Inside
199. Chapter 199 Crossing the Line
200. Chapter 200 The Mansion Door Was a Mistake
201. Chapter 201 Her Little Prisoner
202. Chapter 202 A Father’s Worst Fear
203. Chapter 203 Powerless
204. Chapter 204 Where Is My Daughter
205. Chapter 205 Bring Elara to Me
206. Chapter 206 She Chose Her Child
207. Chapter 207 Let’s End This
208. Chapter 208 Nowhere to Be Found
209. Chapter 209 A Deal With Death
210. Chapter 210 Expecting Alessandro
211. Chapter 211 Her or Her
212. Chapter 212 The Impossible Choice
213. Chapter 213 Beyond Repair
214. Chapter 214 If She Survives
215. Chapter 215 Between Life and Silence
216. Chapter 216 The Man I Hate
217. Chapter 217 My Cupcake
218. Chapter 218 Mine and Mine Alone
219. Chapter 219 Between Life and Lies
220. Chapter 220 THEY WANT HER AWAY
221. Chapter 221 We Can’t Go Back
222. Chapter 222 Elara’s Silence
223. Chapter 223 Do You Still Love Him?
224. Chapter 224 When Silence Spoke Louder
225. Chapter 225 The Prison Of Love
226. Chapter 226 The Price of Protecting Her
227. Chapter 227 Against My Own Family
228. Chapter 228 My Own Home, My Prison
229. Chapter 229 The Order Code
230. Chapter 230 The Choice I Might Regret
231. Chapter 231 The Fear Of Losing Her
232. Chapter 232 The Last Night in Naples
233. Chapter 233 The Line I Was Willing to Cross
234. Chapter 234 Old Feelings, New Confessions
235. Chapter 235 Crossed Lines, Broken Control
236. Chapter 236 The Moment I Let Her Choose
237. Chapter 237 I Won’t Let You Forget Me
238. Chapter 238 Six Months Later
239. Chapter 239 EPILOGUE
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