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Sold To The Mafia Lord ( Mafia obsession)

Chapter 4 The Wound Beneath The Suit

Word Count: 1029    |    Released on: 08/05/2025

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sh. This on

ft against the marble floor. The house was dark, eerily so.

was

the edge of the desk. The other was bloodied, dripping slo

rgot h

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not no

argue, grabbing a cloth from th

dn't

er eyes to hi

he might refuse. But then, without a

ront of him, gentl

nough to sting. She cleaned it in s

watch

ressed together when she was nervous. The way her touc

fraid of me,"

p, startled.

dn't a

she

ke this. Not when you're bleedi

hung bet

ma

like gravel. "No one's call

ill in her hand. "Then maybe t

rd suddenly, his fa

know what I

't nee

u sh

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angerous to care

were soft

pered back, "Then maybe the monst

t followed was h

breath

s still

second, he alm

. The chair scraped bac

aid, voice hard again. Col

a hes

he bloodied cloth still

r, she loo

orrow," she said gently

n't re

't m

the spot where she had knelt, her warmth st

way his chest ache

*

ning, Emilia

raight to the study with clean bandages and a q

nswer when

the door slowl

wasn't

rom yesterday, the one who'd touched her. The other looked old

the older man said.

, his fingers steepled. Hi

not just

raitor, isn't she? Her father tried to run with you

breath

, cold and final. "She

like you, Lucien. You don't keep the chil

g sil

k to be part of any of this. And because there a

s lev

e's

ring. "Too soft. You'll get yourself kill

who should be wor

cien's voice mad

ain. They left, boots heavy

they could see her. She pressed a hand to

r of a t

had a name for him. He'd died when she was

no

n't sure of

ound Lucien alone i

g on the bench, head tilted back, eyes clos

t opening his eyes,

fr

't mean

kno

r now. "How much

oug

tened. "I suppose

closer. "W

e you didn't choose. Because I let dangerous men talk ab

you're the only one in this house wh

t her then,

is voice softened. "You re

him, careful not

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. Just stared at

sked, "If I let you go.

"You want t

" His voice was dist

ds. "I don't know. I don't kn

retched be

whispered, "N

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1 Chapter 1 Sold Like Property2 Chapter 2 Quiet Rules and Cracked cups3 Chapter 3 Something He shouldn't Feel4 Chapter 4 The Wound Beneath The Suit5 Chapter 5 A Warning and A Whisper6 Chapter 6 A Cage With a View7 Chapter 7 Know Your Place8 Chapter 8 Reality Begins9 Chapter 9 Colder Than Winter10 Chapter 10 The Girl in Red11 Chapter 11 The Monster Beneath The Silk12 Chapter 12 Blood in the Walls13 Chapter 13 A Strange Kind of Safe14 Chapter 14 The Pieces Beneath the Surface15 Chapter 15 Whispers of War16 Chapter 16 Chains of Smoke17 Chapter 17 The Ashes She Left Behind18 Chapter 18 The Silence Between Shadows19 Chapter 19 Blood At The Gate20 Chapter 20 The Devil Doesn't Knock21 Chapter 21 A Weakness Or A Weapon22 Chapter 22 The Queen23 Chapter 23 Another Queen in her Cage24 Chapter 24 The king's Wraith25 Chapter 25 The Silence Before The Storms26 Chapter 26 His Weakness27 Chapter 27 Blood and Obsession28 Chapter 28 The Enemy Revealed29 Chapter 29 Blood for Blood30 Chapter 30 Fire in His Veins31 Chapter 31 Marked32 Chapter 32 Hunted33 Chapter 33 The Storms Incoming34 Chapter 34 The Watcher35 Chapter 35 Low Altitude, High Voltage36 Chapter 36 The Vulture37 Chapter 37 Hideaway38 Chapter 38 The Right Hand39 Chapter 39 Unsaid Things40 Chapter 40 Beneath The Heat41 Chapter 41 The Edge of Something Else42 Chapter 42 The Space Between Breath43 Chapter 43 Stay Away,Come Closer44 Chapter 44 Something Like Hunger45 Chapter 45 Fever46 Chapter 46 Collision47 Chapter 47 All That I Am48 Chapter 48 Aftermath49 Chapter 49 Beneath The Scar50 Chapter 50 The World Outside51 Chapter 51 The Vulture and The Watcher52 Chapter 52 The Art Of Survival53 Chapter 53 Patience And Poison54 Chapter 54 Triggers And Temptations55 Chapter 55 The Man Who Never Bleed56 Chapter 56 The Last Quiet Days57 Chapter 57 The Long Road Home58 Chapter 58 The King Returns