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Just then, Bella’s voice breaks through, asking for my help with something Mateo’s building. I set the concerns for Adrian aside for now, giving Vera a reassuring squeeze. I join Bella and Mateo, kneeling down to help them piece together their new puzzle. Mateo hesitates, watching me carefully, and then, he offers me a shy smile as I hand him a piece. It’s small, but it’s trust.

“You’re getting good at this, Mateo,” I say, catching his quiet pride as he straightens up, chin lifting just a fraction. Bella chimes in, boasting about her own “masterpieces” from earlier, and they fall into a natural sibling banter that fills the room with laughter. Vera moves to sit beside me, her warmth and presence steadying me.

Moments like these make me remember why I’m here, why I’ve fought as hard as I have. Whatever is waiting for us outside these walls—whether it’s the storm or the battles we still have to fight—I know we’ll face it together.

Today, I focus on the here and now. And for the first time in a long time, I feel ready for whatever comes next.

THE END

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Kidnappingmy enemy’s daughter just before Christmas? Just another day in the life of a mafia prince.

But lockingher up in a cabin during a snowstorm... and watching her tremble, not from the cold but from the way I make her burn? Now that’s my kind of holiday cheer.

She was supposedto be a bargaining chip, nothing more.

Too bad for her,every time she defies me, all I can think about is how hard I get.

I wantto press her against the wall and feel her body melt under mine.

She fights like fire,her lips begging for things her mouth will never say.

She thinksshe can resist me. That she can win her freedom.

She’s wrong.

By the timeChristmas morning comes, she won’t just surrender.

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She didn’t screamwhen my men grabbed her.

Not that Iexpected her to. Mia Vitale’s got more fight in her than most of the men I’ve come up against. Instead of panicking, she fought back—furious, wild—her movements sharp and tactical. Took both Ryan and Salvi a couple of tries to subdue her, but eventually, they got her here to me, wrists bound, fire blazing in her eyes.

Even now,as she kneels on the dusty floor of the cabin’s living room, her silence is louder than any scream would have been. And it unsettles me more than I’d like to admit.

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