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Claiming His Queen Chapter 81
AUTHORS POV [ADLER.]It took him a whole day to finally leave Salvatore alone in the small condo he escaped into when he needed time apart from them. Which sincerely wasn't a lot of times.It didn't stop Rune from crashing there; if he was ever restricted, they heard the same warning, 'Don't get disgusted when you're left listening to the result of one of my special talents.'That always did the trick; Salvatore handed him the keys in seconds.Leaving the condo, he had driven straight to the beach house, and surprisingly, they weren't there. Asking the housekeepers, who had informed him, she overheard them discussing a yacht event.It didn't take him long to figure out they were on the coastline with his brother, and that news didn't go well with him. The agreement with Victor was to shelter her, not invite them out to his infamous parties.But then he realized keeping her indoors for so long was the vilest thing he could do; besides, she wasn't his prisoner, just one stubborn human
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With strength on play, Adler swam back to the yacht, every stroke propelling them closer to the surface. The commotion on the yacht's deck grew louder, and he could hear Victor's voice barking orders.The feel of her skin against his was cold, and the shoes on his feet restricted his speed in reaching the yacht.Kyra came in handy, and finally, they were able to hoist her onto the deck, where Rune was waiting, his alarm evident on his stricken face as he took her from their hands and onto the surface of the yacht.Adler scaled the steps with a house until he was by her side, pushing Rune out of the way, giving him access to gape fully into her face."Lily." He held her hands, raising his head, and shouted, "Call the fucking 911!"Kyra dashed off, open-eyed in the wake of Lily's imminent danger.Damnit, he was losing his mind. What to do? What to fucking do? Rather than watch her pale, wet face, he placed his ears close to her nose, no breath. No fucking breath.Not another scare. Lily
Claiming His Queen Chapter 83
…Everything he ever needed.The door was pushed open, interrupting the moment.She dropped her lash,hands back on her sides, already clutching the gown. Besides that, was that a shade of red he saw on her cheek?So he let his gaze trail the top of her head, the silence in her ward suddenly overwhelming. He couldn't still believe his eyes; he couldn't believe she was right before him. Not when he had been minutes short of losing her."Boss, did I enter....""You didn't. What's the matter?""Uhh, ti stanno aspettando, capo." _They're waiting on you, boss_Adler veered to the door, and the goon, whose discomfort was palpable in his slanted posture, straightened immediately."I'll be there in a minute," he responded, then added, "Anche bussare è una cosa, lo sai." _knocking is also a thing you know_"My apologies, boss." I guess he had to thank the girl for saving his miserable skin. The boss rarely gave second chances.Adler kissed her forehead, "Give me a sec to settle some scores; I'll
Claiming His Queen Chapter 84
LILYS POV.He didn't return in a minute like he said he would, nor was he present the following hours. Instead of him, there were a couple of his soldiers at the door of my ward. Although their voices were low, their chatter made sleeping even harder, coupled with the thought of where Adler was.Three hours later, I was debating whether to muster the courage to walk up to the goons and inquire about his whereabouts, but being a chicken was a characteristic I had grown to accept, so slowly and quietly, I sprawled myself on the bed and stared in the darkness, missing the warmth he brought with him.I smiled, remembering Rune's nickname for him. It defined him right; for a year of my life, he was there. Each time I lost hope in staying alive, he was the first face I saw and arguably the first cologne I smelled, and each time he wrapped his arms around me, I saw my terrors fading.Although my mind kept drifting back to the thought that this same man had been the victim of my father's mis
Claiming His Queen Chapter 85
[ADLER]The stream of smoke blown out by Victor, who stood by the window behind the godfather, holding the curtain aside and looking outside, created the fog in the spacy office. Adler would still bet all of his attention was on their father's conversation with him.Waiting to see his reaction to the massive explosion thrown at him.“You made up your mind so suddenly.” He averted his gaze to his brother's back. “Or is there something involved?” Even if there were, Domenico would not admit it. When his father called him to grace the Rome manor urgently, Adler was not expecting anything less horrifying than getting engaged in two days. What was his father thinking?Domenico’s face was stoic when he fixed his gaze on Adler’s dictating his words, which were almost law.With Victor around, they couldn't display their indifference for the sake of the hierarchy. "There’s been a shift in plan, Adler. Besides that, Athena is a lady; time passes while she waits for you to put a ring on her fi
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It sucked when the brain replayed the negative aspects of life repeatedly, so you spent your nights trying to figure out how to react and feel. Worse, my favorite form of escapism, denial, proved ineffective. I could not trick my mind into thinking I did not care, so I kept telling myself it was all a dream."The boss's engagement."It could not possibly be Adler's engagement. He happened to be in my ward one day, and the following day, he was getting engaged? The only plausible explanation was that I was still at the hospital in my gown, waiting to be checked out by him, Rune, or Kyra.However, when morning came and I saw the pictures of myself on the wall staring back at me, I could accept it. Adler was getting engaged. I laughed as I rose from the bed and brushed my hair away from my face. Where did I get that idea? That he would settle for me. Enough of a reason he shouldn't was his family's dislike for me. Not to speak about his position in public. Next, class?I could list a
Claiming His Queen Chapter 87
SALVATORE.The last time he stood before this sight, his heart didn't want to fall out of his chest; instead, the next day, he found himself in front of Father Martin, confessing how he had felt butterflies at the burial of his oppressor: His Father.Of course, the penance was a long one, so long he had taken days off training to fulfill them, but since it was all mistaken for his grief, there had been no fuse.Now he stood a distance under a tree, watching the white and gold coffin that held the dead, slain body of the only human that had made him desperately hold on to life since he was fifteen.The scores of priests present followed the coffin as it was carried to the hole that would serve as an everlasting resting place.Salvatore pulled off the shades and massaged the bridge of his nose, kicking against the urge to look away. He needed to see this to understand that Father Martin was never coming back.But he could follow him down there; paradise wasn't the goal. He lowered the b
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AUTHOR’S POV [ADLER]“This is the happiest day of my life." Athena whispered, so only he heard as he pushed the ring into her finger, "Would have been so if all of this isn't a fake."He fitted the band before kissing her knuckles. Another round of applause from their audience interrupted his thoughts."You could at least smile, you know." She continued, as they turned to face the crowd slowly surrounding them, “You said to make this believable, but here you are doing the bare minimum.”He sighed in exhaustion, letting his eyes sweep over the faces of the guests, people who had a link to the underworld. But cover that with an ironed-out suit and a pleasant, restful countenance, and one had judges, politicians, and sometimes even governors.But also, he could begin to see the discomfort in their faces as they noticed the supposed 'groom' who made all of this up, creating distance. Distance that didn't have to be physical before it was noticeable. He needed to play this right. It was t
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