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[SALVATORE]If he had to be honest, he was avoiding Lily as much as he could, and it seemed she had noticed, for she also gave him his space.Salvatore ran his hand over the bandage Adler had made him wrap around his ankle. He sighed; the Boss was going out of his way to make his lie genuine.That he had been limping around Lily for three days straight was proof of it. Most of the times he met her, she was being brought back from work by Rune, for Adler had been so busy he was rarely at the manor.One could even say everything had returned to normal, Boss Domenico seemed to have forgotten about Lily, and Eva only came out in the evenings; there was no more confrontation.But today, he stood up from the bed, putting on his crucifix and running his fingers through his hair; he was ready to see her again. His apologies were in a brown wrapper, a result of spending hours in the Library.If she forgave him, she might be sharing his private spot again. He slipped his cell phone into his poc
Claiming His Queen Chapter 34
AUTHOR'S POV [ADLER]Climbing down the car, his first action was to raise his head, scanning the house, precisely her room window.It was a habit he couldn't do without, wanting to find out if she was home, even though he knew he couldn't tell by just looking at the always wide-opened glass.With the back of his palm, he wiped the blood rolling down the side of his head. He needed a hot shower; he smelled of rubber and burning flesh.What could he say? His day had gone rough.He slammed the door shut and went to the booth; pulling out a black bag, he moved straight into the house. And standing at the entrance, he couldn't shake off the feeling that something was wrong.The last time he had this feeling, his world had gone through a significant change, and not the good kind. It had been a turning point in his life, a moment that shattered his sense of security and innocence. As he stepped into the dimly lit hallway, memories of that fateful day resurfaced, and a shiver ran down his spi
Claiming His Queen Chapter 35
The idea of waiting when one was in danger had to hold one of the most thorough fears. The terror seemed to be eating me from inside, my breath wavered, and each time I tried to whisper prayers, I busted into tears.Sitting with my arms around my knee, my chin pressed against it, my eyes wide open in the darkness, waiting and hoping for something, anything.I could hear Salvatores phone continuously ringing in the car, and I prayed in my head for it to just stay silent.When the sound of another car stopped close to mine, I covered my mouth with my palm. To make matters worse, the stench of the boot was getting to me; it smelled of blood and rotting pieces of flesh."Shit," I heard my pursuer curse, I knew his head was poked into the opened window of the car, but his footsteps couldn't be heard again. I blinked in the car, was he gone? Was he not?It's been more than twenty minutes being in the place, and my clothes were drenched from the sweat, and each sound I heard against the car,
Claiming His Queen Chapter 36
AUTHOR'S POV [ADLER]He felt her fear, her trembling, but it didn't surpass his when he called repeatedly, and nobody picked.It didn't surpass his when he had let Kyra find Salvatore while he and Rune searched for her, tracking Salvatores landline while struggling not to cause a major accident on the road as he drove past red lights and incoming trucks.The terror he felt when he came to the sight of the car, in the middle of nowhere, shut with no one in it, the urge to yell into the air, was so evident. Had they gotten her? Was she dead?Until he heard the silent sniffle coming from the car trunk, knocking against the windows, hoping to listen to it again, hoping it wasn't his hallucinations playing tricks on him.Now that he held her in his arms, breathing in her scent, it was hard to explain the feelings. They seemed to cascade out from him; when he thought he could explain one out, it became stronger.Only her mattered right now, this human, wetting his shirt with her tears, her
Claiming His Queen Chapter 37
[ADLER]Nothing gave him a thrill like hunting alone, and that the hunt had a reason was just satisfactory, like the reason for the stench filling the car he rolled into the Bratva's domain.Although the rage hadn't yet subsided, especially when the thought that if he was a few more minutes late, something would have happened to her had his hands tightened around the steering wheel harder than was needed.It was her voice, filtering from the speaker, that had him temporarily paralyzed, unable to move for seconds, but then like everything that had to do with her, the next minute, had him jumping into the car on a highway to either hell or her.He reached her, yet the anxiety of what might have occurred continued to strike him unexpectedly.He stopped the car, in the den he was in, there were fewer men in the compound than he had hoped there would be; surprised and on alert, he stepped out of the car, looking up and around him, seeing the figures in the dark, he smiled _Thought so_He
Claiming His Queen Chapter 38
AUTHORS NOTE.DUE TO GOODNOVEL NOT SUPPORTING THE ITALIC AND BOLD FEATURES, TO WHICH I USE IN DIFFERENTIATING FLASHBACKS AND THOUGHTS, HERE'S THIS PUNCTUATION — —.THANK YOU.***LILY'S POV.—When things get dark, you know.It's in the pain, the heaviness of the heart. It's in the first raindrop and the tears. It's in the fear of the night. It's in the terror of the phone ringing."I'll protect you, Lily, I promise." he kissed me, full on the lips, his fingers caressing my hair, "Just trust me, that's all you have to 𝒅𝒐, 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 me..."Ha, big mistake."You think you're fucking better than me, Lily." the blood, more blood seeping from the cut, drenching my panties. With each thrust he made, the pain...Intensified. I felt foolish. I trusted. Again.—Knock"Lily?"Knock knock"Lily, are you in?"***I sprang onto my bed, chest heaving as I struggled to catch my breath. I pushed my hair off my face, staring at the blue sheeted bed I was in. I touched my face and cotton shirt. Go
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[ADLER]—"Adler," He heard Priest's voice behind him, and he frowned; what did one need to give to get alone time in the damn Manor, "Your father has been looking for you,"His added pressure to the little blue orb he was working on on the paper; seeing he had created smudges, he glared at Priest, only to see Rune behind him too.He ignored them, focusing on the grotesque image."Adler, what are you doing?" Priest's voice cut in, "Are you drawing?""No," he snapped just so they left; how could he have forgotten to lock the door, slammed with another full memorial image of her? That was it.When the hand got thrown across his shoulder, he fumed."Oh my my," Rune crooned, "Look who suddenly decided to take on art, Addie, that's who,"He turned to them to find Priest's face filled with worry, the crucifix he just began wearing resting against his chest, "What are you two doing here? I don't even care," he began to roll up the paper.But Rune stepped before him, leaning down and peering i
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LILY'S POV.I didn't sleep that night. Instead, standing in front of my mirror, I stared at my reflection, struggling not to let the memory hit, but in seconds I was wincing at the sudden jolt of it slamming into me.What was wrong with me? What had I done?I would rather have remembered my near-death experience with the Bratvas than the memories with Don Adler, but then my brain cells had their way of making me go through the worst time of my life."Goddamnit, Lily, I tattooed your name on my fucking chest!"Well, not like I expected him to spit it out like that, but still, it was no answer to my question. But did I even ask a question? I was more like accusing.Walking to bed, I fell face-first into it, screaming my frustration into the sheets. I had to be going crazy.But still...I sat up, staring at the far end of the wall, it was the way he had kissed me, drawing me in, like he was bent on giving me instead of taking, and when I tried to push him to go hard, he had...Pinned me
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