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00:00it starts with the sound of gunfire and shattered glass i don't even remember screaming just the metallic taste of fear on my tongue and the strange muffled hum in my ears like the world had gone under water the bullet hits the wall inches from my face
00:16white dust explodes i drop to the marble floor clutching the tray that should have held champagne flutes not blood the crystal shatters against my wrist slicing deep somewhere in the chaos i hear him
00:28a voice low cold commanding get her out i look up he's standing at the end of the corridor framed in broken light tall dark suit torn at the shoulder a gun in his gloved hand eyes black as sin scanning the hallway the kind of man you recognize even if you've never met him power distilled into human form for a second our eyes lock
00:51he doesn't flinch doesn't blink that's the moment my life splits in two before him and after
00:58my name is elena russo 26 waitress at a high-end catering company in downtown chicago
01:05or i was until tonight we'd been hired for a private engagement party at the deluca hotel top floor
01:12i didn't know whose it was only that the guests arrived in black cars with tinted windows
01:18and every man wore a suit like armor when the shooting started i hid behind the bar
01:24my hands were shaking so badly i nearly dropped my phone trying to dial 911
01:28then he appeared adrian moretti i didn't know his name yet
01:33just that everyone else seemed to move around him like gravity bent differently in his orbit
01:38the staff obeyed him the men with guns obeyed him
01:42even the air felt heavier when he spoke
01:44who are you he demands when one of his men drags me toward him his voice is silk wrapped around steel
01:50elena
01:51i manage breathless
01:53i i just work here
01:54blood trickles from my wrist
01:56his gaze drops to it
01:57he takes my hand without asking
01:59his fingers firm
02:00his palm warm despite the chill between us
02:03she's hurt
02:05he mutters
02:06then to his man
02:07take care of it
02:09no
02:10i blurt out
02:11don't
02:12please i can handle it
02:14he studies me
02:15sharp jaw
02:16scar running from temple to cheekbone like a history he doesn't talk about
02:20then softly
02:21too softly
02:22then handle it bella
02:23but don't run
02:25i'll find you if you do
02:26by the time the police arrive
02:28i've already slipped out a back stairwell
02:30i don't stop until i reach my tiny apartment three blocks from the river
02:33my wrist throbs
02:35my uniforms ruined
02:36and the adrenaline's turning to nausea
02:39i don't sleep
02:40because his eyes follow me even in the dark
02:42two days later
02:45he walks into the bookstore cafe where i work mornings
02:48he doesn't belong here
02:50among paperbacks and spilled lattes
02:52but somehow he fits too perfectly
02:54like the universe decided to test me
02:57black coat
02:59white shirt
03:00faint bruise at his jaw
03:02he orders espresso
03:03doesn't drink it
03:04you left before i could thank you
03:06he says finally
03:07for what
03:08for not screaming
03:09i laugh
03:10short and nervous
03:11that's your standard for gratitude
03:13he leans forward on the counter
03:15in my world silence is survival
03:17i should walk away
03:19instead
03:20i ask the question that's been burning me alive since that night
03:23what happened there
03:24he studies me
03:26like he's weighing how much truth i can take
03:28an ambush
03:29wrong place
03:30wrong time
03:31you saw something you shouldn't have
03:32my stomach drops
03:34so what now
03:35now
03:36he says
03:37sliding a business card toward me
03:39you let me keep you safe
03:41i don't touch the card
03:43but i memorize the number before he leaves
03:46that night
03:48someone breaks into my apartment
03:50not a robbery
03:51nothing's stolen
03:53nothing's stolen
03:53just my drawers opened
03:55my phone missing
03:56my photos flipped face down
03:58i find a single bullet casing on my pillow
04:00no note
04:01just a message in silence
04:03i call the number
04:04he answers on the first ring
04:06elena
04:08my voice shakes
04:09someone was in my place
04:11i know
04:12you
04:12what do you mean you know
04:13i had men watching you
04:15the words should scare me
04:17they don't
04:18they feel inevitable
04:19he exhales
04:21a sound heavy with something close to regret
04:23you're not safe here
04:25pack a bag
04:26i'm not
04:27elena
04:27his tone cuts through protest
04:29do it
04:30his car arrives within fifteen minutes
04:32black mercedes
04:33tinted windows
04:35the driver doesn't speak
04:37we drive through the industrial district to the meretti estate
04:40a mansion set behind iron gates and armed guards
04:44the kind of place that looks like it belongs in another century
04:48marble columns
04:49glass chandeliers
04:51and silence so thick it feels dangerous
04:54he's waiting at the door
04:56welcome to my home
04:58he says
04:59you'll stay here until i decide it's safe
05:02i don't move
05:03i can't just disappear
05:04i have work
05:06rent
05:06you won't need any of that
05:08he says stepping closer
05:10his cologne
05:11cedar and smoke
05:12fills the air
05:13this is temporary
05:14define temporary
05:15until they stop hunting you
05:17who's they
05:19he looks away
05:20jaw tight
05:20someone who thought you were me
05:22he shows me to a guest room bigger than my whole apartment
05:26floor to ceiling windows
05:28white sheets
05:29a view of the city like it's his personal kingdom
05:32when he leaves
05:34i sink onto the bed
05:36hands trembling
05:37it hits me
05:39this isn't protection
05:41it's captivity dressed as mercy
05:43but i stay
05:44because fear makes liars out of pride
05:47the next morning i wander into the kitchen
05:50drawn by the smell of coffee
05:52he's already there
05:54shirt sleeves rolled up
05:55tattoos wrapping his forearms
05:57black ink coiled like secrets
05:59you shouldn't be walking around alone
06:02he says without looking up
06:04i'm in your house
06:05who's going to kill me the butler
06:07he almost smiles
06:09depends how annoying you get
06:11i roll my eyes pouring coffee
06:13you really think someone's after me
06:15i don't think he says
06:16i know
06:17he sets down his tablet
06:19eyes locking on mine
06:20they killed the man who took the bullet meant for you
06:23if you'd stayed one more minute that night
06:25you'd be dead
06:26the cup slips in my hand
06:28spilling coffee across the counter
06:30he moves fast
06:32catches my wrist
06:33his thumb brushing the old wound
06:35like he's memorizing the proof i'm still alive
06:37next time you see blood
06:39he murmurs
06:40make sure it's not yours
06:41i swallow hard
06:43why are you doing this for me
06:44a pause
06:45then quietly
06:46because someone once saved me
06:49when i didn't deserve it
06:50maybe this is me trying to even the score
06:52that night
06:54i dream of his voice
06:56low
06:57rough
06:57protective
06:58when i wake
07:00there's a storm outside
07:01rain thrashing against the windows
07:03i hear footsteps in the hall
07:05the door opens
07:07it's just me
07:08he says
07:09he's holding a glass of whiskey
07:11no jacket
07:12shirt half unbuttoned
07:13the lightning flashes across his scar
07:15i couldn't sleep
07:16i admit
07:17he crosses the room
07:19sits on the edge of the bed
07:21you shouldn't be afraid
07:22i'm not afraid
07:24he leans closer
07:26his breath ghosting against my cheek
07:28then why are you shaking
07:29i don't answer
07:31he doesn't press
07:32instead he drapes his jacket over my shoulders
07:35tomorrow i'll take you somewhere safer
07:37safer than this
07:39he smirks faintly
07:41someplace no one would dare touch what's mine
07:44before i can react
07:46glass shatters downstairs
07:47voices
07:48shouting
07:49foreign accents
07:50boots pounding marble
07:52adrian's expression turns to steel
07:54he pulls the gun from his holster
07:56and glances at me once
07:57the calm before the storm
07:59stay here bella
08:01lock the door
08:02and no matter what you hear
08:04don't come out
08:05then he's gone
08:06gunfire echoes through the halls
08:09and as i press my back to the door
08:11i realize the truth
08:13whatever world he lives in
08:15i'm already part of it now
08:17the sound of gunfire fades into silence
08:26for a minute
08:27i think maybe it's over
08:28then the door bursts open
08:30adrian's there
08:31blood spattered across his sleeve
08:33eyes wild
08:34chest heaving
08:35it's clear
08:37he says
08:38come with me
08:39he grips my wrist
08:40and pulls me down the hall
08:42the smell of gunpowder
08:43and smoke burns my throat
08:44we pass two of his men
08:47sprawled across the marble
08:48one groaning
08:49one not moving at all
08:50he doesn't look at them
08:52doesn't slow
08:54just tightens his grip
08:55when i stumble
08:56outside
08:57rain lashes the courtyard
08:59black suvs idle by the gate
09:01he shoves me into the back seat
09:03and climbs in after
09:04barking orders in italian
09:05the car jerks forward
09:07who were they
09:08i ask voice shaking
09:09he wipes a streak of blood
09:11from his jaw
09:11rival family
09:13someone tipped them off
09:14tipped them off to what
09:15he looks at me then
09:17eyes sharp as a blade
09:18to you
09:19the drive ends at a safe house
09:22brick exterior
09:23gated driveway
09:24no neighbors in sight
09:26inside it's minimal
09:28leather furniture
09:29steel
09:30silence
09:31he leads me to the bathroom
09:33gestures toward the counter
09:34sit
09:36i obey
09:36too tired to argue
09:37my knees are scraped
09:39my palms raw
09:40he crouches in front of me
09:41cleans the cut on my hand
09:43with slow deliberate movements
09:44you're bleeding again
09:47he says quietly
09:48i try to sound strong
09:50you don't have to play doctor
09:52his mouth twitches
09:53you keep getting hurt around me
09:55maybe it's my penance
09:57he presses a bandage over the cut
10:00his fingers lingering
10:01against my skin
10:02heat curls low in my stomach
10:04i pull back
10:05i don't even know
10:06who you really are
10:07he stands meeting my gaze
10:09then listen carefully
10:11my name is adrian moretti
10:12i run the moretti family
10:14what's left of it
10:15i stare
10:15you mean the mafia
10:17he doesn't blink
10:18if that's what people
10:20choose to call it
10:21you kill people
10:23i protect my people
10:24his tone sharpens
10:26and right now
10:28that includes you
10:28i shake my head
10:30i shouldn't be here
10:31he steps closer
10:33you'd rather be dead
10:34silence
10:35his cologne fills the air
10:37smoke
10:38rain
10:38danger
10:39i can't think
10:40can't move
10:41you're not my prisoner elena
10:43he says softly
10:45you're under my protection
10:46there's a difference
10:47does it feel different
10:49he smirks
10:50only when i stop
10:51pretending it should
10:52days blur
10:54i try to keep distance
10:56but proximity
10:57is its own kind of gravity
10:58he works in the study
11:01phone pressed to his ear
11:03voice low and lethal
11:04every time i walk by
11:06his eyes follow me
11:07not possession
11:08calculation
11:10like he's constantly
11:11assessing the threat
11:12the world poses to me
11:14and the threat i pose
11:15to his control
11:16he brings me food
11:18keeps his distance mostly
11:21until night falls
11:22it's storming again
11:23when the power cuts out
11:24i fumble through the dark
11:26heart racing
11:27adrian
11:29here
11:30his voice comes from behind me
11:33close enough to feel
11:34the heat of him
11:35a match flares
11:36he lights a single candle
11:38the flame flickers over his face
11:40sharp planes
11:42tired eyes
11:43the ghost of something human
11:44beneath all the control
11:45he notices me staring
11:48you're afraid of the dark
11:50i'm afraid of being trapped
11:52in it
11:52he steps closer
11:54his tone softer
11:55you're not trapped
11:57bella
11:57you're protected
11:58by a criminal
12:00by a man who would
12:02kill for you
12:03i don't know whether
12:04to be terrified
12:05or moved
12:06maybe both
12:07the storm rattles
12:08the windows
12:09i sit on the couch
12:10hugging my knees
12:11he sits beside me
12:12silent
12:13minutes pass
12:15before i whisper
12:16how did you end up
12:18like this
12:19he exhales slowly
12:20my father was killed
12:22when i was 22
12:22left me the business
12:24and a list of enemies
12:25i learned fast
12:26or i died
12:27do you regret it
12:28his jaw tightens
12:29regret is a weakness
12:31but sometimes yes
12:32when i look at someone
12:34who still believes
12:34in good things
12:35the air between us
12:37tightens
12:38i look away
12:39you don't know me
12:41i know you walked back
12:43into a burning building
12:44that night to help strangers
12:45i know you're terrified
12:47but still standing
12:48that's enough
12:49he leans in
12:50close enough that i feel
12:51his breath
12:52then he stops
12:53inches away
12:54voice rough
12:55if i touch you now
12:56i won't stop
12:58the words hit like a current
13:00i whisper
13:01then don't
13:03he closes his eyes
13:06inhales sharply
13:07and pulls back
13:08you deserve more
13:10than what i can give
13:11he stands and walks out
13:13leaving the candle
13:15to burn between us
13:16the next morning
13:18i wake to raised voices
13:20downstairs
13:20i creep toward
13:22the study door
13:23adrian's arguing
13:25with a man
13:25in a tailored suit
13:26older
13:27with a scarred lip
13:28and eyes like ice
13:30she's a liability
13:31the man snaps
13:33she saw too much
13:35the council won't allow it
13:37she's under my protection
13:38adrian growls
13:40this isn't about your feelings
13:42adrian
13:42she's not one of us
13:43i'll handle the council
13:46handle it or defy it
13:48adrian slams his hand
13:49on the desk
13:50both if i have to
13:51the man leaves
13:52adrian's breathing hard
13:54when he sees me in the doorway
13:56his expression softens
13:57you heard
13:59he says
14:00enough
14:01then you understand
14:03why you can't leave
14:04you mean why you won't
14:06let me leave
14:07he runs a hand
14:08through his hair
14:09if you step outside
14:10they'll kill you
14:11i cross my arms
14:12so i'm your secret now
14:14he steps forward
14:15voice low
14:16you're my responsibility
14:17your responsibility
14:19or your weakness
14:20something flickers
14:21in his eyes
14:22danger
14:23restraint
14:24something breaking
14:25he turns away
14:27both
14:28that night
14:29i can't sleep again
14:30i wander to the balcony
14:31barefoot
14:32the city lights
14:33blur against the dark
14:34below
14:36a car pulls into the driveway
14:38headlights cutting through the rain
14:40it's not one of adrian's
14:42three men step out
14:44armed
14:45moving fast
14:46i run back inside
14:48adrian
14:50he's already there
14:51gun drawn
14:52voice calm
14:52get down
14:53glass shatters
14:54shots echo through the room
14:56he fires back
14:57each movement precise
14:59lethal
14:59one of the attackers
15:01makes it through the door
15:02adrian tackles him
15:04disarms him
15:05snaps his neck in one motion
15:06the sound freezes me in place
15:08when it's over
15:09i'm shaking
15:10he drops the gun
15:12turns to me
15:13you okay
15:14i nod
15:15though my lips tremble
15:17he steps closer
15:18wiping blood from his cheek
15:20you shouldn't have come out
15:22you'd be dead if i didn't
15:24his mouth curves faintly
15:26then i owe you my life
15:28you can pay me back
15:30by explaining what's happening
15:31he sighs
15:33someone in my own family
15:34betrayed me
15:35they're working with the de lucas
15:37they think you're leverage
15:38leverage
15:39they believe you're my fiance
15:41i blink
15:42why would they think that
15:44he hesitates
15:45then says
15:46because you were supposed to
15:48marry my brother
15:48i laugh in disbelief
15:50what
15:52his eyes darken
15:53my brother luca was set to
15:55marry isabella russo
15:56your cousin
15:57you look like her elena
15:58enough that in the chaos
16:00they mistook you for her
16:02that's why they're after you
16:03my heart stutters
16:05so she took my place in the wedding
16:06and i took her husband
16:08he nods slowly
16:09in their eyes yes
16:11silence stretches between us
16:13so what now
16:15i whisper
16:16he steps closer
16:18voice a low growl
16:19now i protect what's mine
16:21for the next few days
16:23he keeps me close
16:24too close
16:25every time i try to create distance
16:28something happens
16:29a threat
16:30a meeting
16:31a message that drags me deeper
16:33into his orbit
16:34he trains me to shoot
16:36makes me memorize escape routes
16:38every lesson ends the same way
16:40his hand guiding mine
16:42his breath against my ear
16:44both of us pretending not to feel it
16:46one evening
16:47after a particularly close call
16:49with a car tailing us
16:51he grabs me by the shoulders
16:52furious
16:53do you have any idea
16:54what they'd do
16:55if they caught you
16:56i glare back
16:57i didn't ask for this
16:59he leans in
17:00voice raw
17:01neither did i
17:02but here we are
17:03something in me snaps
17:04i shove him
17:06then stop treating me
17:07like a burden
17:08he catches my wrist
17:09mid-motion
17:10you're not a burden
17:11bella
17:11you're the only thing
17:13keeping me human
17:14the words hit too hard
17:16too deep
17:17his gaze drops to my lips
17:19the moment stretches
17:21heat
17:22tension
17:22everything unsaid between us
17:24burning alive
17:25then the phone rings
17:27he answers
17:29voice clipped
17:30i hear a man on the other end
17:32panic
17:33chaos
17:34when he hangs up
17:35his expression is grim
17:36they found the safe house
17:38we have to move
17:39we barely make it to the car
17:41before gunfire erupts
17:42from the trees
17:43his men return fire
17:44one of them goes down
17:46adrian shoves me behind the wheel
17:47drive
17:48he commands
17:49what about you
17:50he smirks cold and calm
17:52i'll be right behind you
17:54he isn't
17:55when i reach the next roadblock
17:57he's gone
17:58all i have is his blood on my sleeve
18:01and the echo of his last words
18:03don't stop until you're safe
18:05i park in an abandoned warehouse
18:08and sit in the dark
18:09shaking
18:10then the headlights flare behind me
18:12the door opens
18:13it's not adrian
18:15it's his brother
18:16and the gun in luca's hand
18:17is aimed at my heart
18:18the muzzle of luca moretti's gun
18:25glints under the warehouse lights
18:27he looks like adrian
18:28but colder
18:29same dark eyes
18:30different soul
18:31don't move
18:33he says
18:33my pulse hammers
18:34you're supposed to be dead
18:36he smiles thinly
18:37that makes two of us
18:39rain hisses through the broken windows
18:41he circles me slowly
18:43studying every flinch
18:44you're elena russo
18:45my fiance's cousin
18:47the one who ruined everything
18:48i didn't ruin anything
18:50i didn't even know
18:51didn't you
18:52he steps closer
18:53voice soft but venomous
18:54they came for isabella
18:56but found you instead
18:57my wedding was supposed to unite two families
19:00now it's war
19:01i keep my voice steady
19:02then why point the gun at me
19:04i'm not your enemy
19:05he cocks his head
19:06no but you're his weakness
19:08the word cuts
19:10before i can speak
19:12headlights slice through the dark
19:14another car pulling up fast
19:16tires screech
19:18luca's grip tightens on the gun
19:19looks like your protector
19:21finally found you
19:22adrian burst through the door
19:24rain soaked
19:24weapon raised
19:25luca
19:27he says
19:27calm lethal
19:28put the gun down
19:30his brother laughs
19:31still playing hero brother
19:32you should have died
19:33in your father's chair
19:34not behind it
19:36adrian steps forward
19:38eyes locked on him
19:39this isn't about father
19:41let her go
19:42luca's voice sharpens
19:43she's the reason
19:44the de lucas came for us
19:45she's the reason
19:47we lost three men last week
19:48she's innocent
19:49no one's innocent adrian
19:51the room hums with silence
19:54both men
19:55guns ready
19:56the air tastes like gunpowder
19:57and betrayal
19:58then luca aims at me
20:00if you won't end this
20:02i will
20:02the shot echoes
20:03i flinch
20:04fall back
20:05but it isn't me
20:07who hits the floor
20:08adrian stands in front of me
20:10blood blooming
20:11blood blooming through his shirt
20:12adrian
20:14he staggers
20:15raises his weapon
20:16fires once
20:17luca drops
20:18i catch adrian
20:19before he falls
20:20his blood is hot
20:21too real
20:22staining my hands
20:23no no
20:24stay with me
20:25he looks at me
20:26eyes fading
20:27but focused
20:27you okay
20:29you got shot
20:30you idiot
20:31his mouth curves faintly
20:32worth it
20:33i don't remember driving
20:35don't remember the men
20:36who met us halfway
20:37who dragged him into the car
20:39who followed my shaking hands
20:41as i pressed against the wound
20:42we end up in one of his safe properties
20:45a private clinic that smells of bleach and fear
20:48he's unconscious
20:50tubes monitors
20:52whispers in the hall
20:53when the doctor leaves
20:55i sit by his bed
20:57fingers brushing his hand
20:58he looks peaceful
21:00too peaceful for a man who's killed to survive
21:03i whisper
21:04you keep saving me adrian
21:07maybe it's time i return the favor
21:09he wakes three days later
21:11still here
21:13he rasps
21:14where else would i go
21:15he tries to sit up
21:17i press a hand against his chest
21:19don't move
21:20he smirks weakly
21:21giving orders now
21:23someone has to
21:24he catches my wrist
21:25his skin is warm again
21:27you didn't leave
21:28i couldn't
21:29he studies me
21:30you could have run
21:32you should have
21:33i shake my head
21:34you think i can go back to lattes and paperbacks after this
21:37after you
21:38he's silent a long time
21:40then softly
21:41you deserve better than a man who bleeds for a living
21:44maybe
21:46but i don't want better
21:48i want you
21:50his eyes close briefly
21:52as if the words hurt and heal him at once
21:55days pass
21:57he recovers slowly
21:58though the doctor warns him against stress
22:01advice he ignores instantly
22:02the family's in chaos
22:04luca's death leaves a vacuum
22:07rivals circle like wolves
22:08adrian's counsel demands he prove control
22:11he does
22:12brutally
22:12i see it firsthand when a traitor is brought to the estate
22:16adrian's expression doesn't change as he delivers judgment
22:19cold absolute
22:21afterward
22:21his hands shake when he thinks no one's looking
22:24that night
22:26i find him on the balcony
22:27staring out at the city
22:29you hate what you saw
22:31he says without turning
22:32i hate what it costs you
22:35he exhales smoke
22:36eyes on the skyline
22:38every time i do what i must i lose a piece of myself
22:41then you look at me like there's something left worth saving
22:44there is
22:46he turns
22:47closes the distance between us
22:49then stop looking at me that way or i won't stop
22:52i whisper
22:53maybe i don't want you to stop
22:55he moves before thought can catch up
22:58one hand in my hair
22:59the other at my waist
23:00pulling me against him
23:02the kiss is raw
23:03restrained too long
23:04every brush of his lips carries every near death
23:08every lie
23:09every truth we've buried
23:11when he pulls back
23:13his forehead rests against mine
23:15this is madness
23:17he murmurs
23:18maybe
23:19but it's ours
23:21his breath catches
23:22you have no idea what it means being mine
23:24then show me
23:26he does
23:27the night is a blur of heat
23:29whispered names
23:31and the sound of rain against the glass
23:33nothing soft
23:35nothing polite
23:36just two broken pieces
23:38finally fitting where they never should have
23:39when it's over
23:41he holds me as if the world outside might vanish
23:44by morning
23:45the world tries
23:47the de lucas strike again
23:49an assault on his convoy
23:51a message carved in blood
23:53you're next
23:54he's at the desk
23:55phone pressed to his ear
23:57fury cold and contained
23:59no one touches her
24:00no one
24:00find out who leaked the location
24:02when he hangs up i ask
24:04what if this never ends
24:06it will
24:07how
24:08because i'll end it
24:09he looks at me
24:10not the dangerous man
24:12not the boss
24:13but the man who's already chosen me over everything
24:16adrian
24:17you can't keep killing for me
24:19i'm not killing for you
24:21he says
24:21i'm killing because without you
24:23i have nothing left to lose
24:24that night
24:26the attack comes to us
24:28they breach the outer gate
24:29overwhelm his men
24:31adrian grabs my hand
24:32pulls me toward the hidden stairwell
24:34stay behind me
24:35i'm not running again
24:36he stops
24:38eyes fierce
24:38you'll do what i say
24:40not this time
24:41i grab a gun from the shelf
24:43my hands shake
24:44but i steady them
24:45you taught me remember
24:46he stares
24:47then nods once
24:48stay close
24:50the gunfire echoes through the halls
24:52smoke
24:53chaos
24:54screams
24:55we fight side by side
24:57him
24:58methodical
24:59me terrified but moving anyway
25:01i hit one man in the shoulder
25:03another grazes my arm
25:05when the last of them falls
25:07adrian's covered in blood
25:08breathing hard
25:10then
25:11from the shadows
25:12the final attacker emerges
25:14gun aimed straight at me
25:16adrian sees it first
25:17no
25:18he lunges
25:20shoving me aside
25:21the shot fires
25:22this time i don't freeze
25:24i aim
25:25i shoot back
25:26the man collapses
25:27adrian's down
25:29bleeding again
25:29i drop beside him
25:31pressing my hands over the wound
25:33you're not dying
25:34not again
25:34he grips my wrist
25:36his voice is weak
25:37but steady
25:38you listen to me for once
25:40i never listen
25:41he laughs
25:42a rough broken sound
25:44that's why i love you
25:46the sirens fade hours later
25:48his men clean the aftermath
25:50the doctor says he'll live
25:51when he wakes
25:52he finds me beside him again
25:53he studies my face
25:55you save my life
25:56i smirk
25:57we're even now
25:59he shakes his head
26:00no elena
26:01you don't understand
26:02in this world
26:03debts don't cancel
26:04they bind
26:05then i'm bound to you
26:07he pulls me closer
26:08voice a whisper
26:10you were from the moment
26:11you looked at me
26:12like i wasn't a monster
26:13weeks later
26:15the estate is quiet again
26:16the war's over
26:18the delucas scattered
26:19i walk the gardens at dusk
26:21the sky bruised purple
26:23he joins me
26:24black suit
26:25healed but still carrying
26:26the weight of everything lost
26:28i spoke to the council
26:30he says
26:31they accepted lucas death
26:33as justified
26:34the family's mine now
26:35yours
26:36ours i blink
26:37ours
26:38he reaches into his pocket
26:39pulls out a small velvet box
26:42inside
26:43not a diamond
26:44but a plain gold band
26:46heavy
26:46real
26:47i don't do fairy tales bella
26:50just promises
26:51my voice barely works
26:52and what promise is that
26:54he slides the ring onto my finger
26:56that no one ever takes your place again
26:59i look up at him
27:00heart unsteady
27:01what does that make me
27:03he smiles faintly
27:05my wife eventually
27:07my equal
27:08always
27:09months later
27:10people whisper when they see me beside
27:12him at gatherings
27:13the girl who took the place
27:15meant for another
27:16and somehow survived it
27:17they say adrian
27:19moretti changed after that night
27:21softer
27:22smarter
27:23deadlier
27:24when he must be
27:25they don't know what i know
27:27that behind every order
27:28every silence
27:29there's still the man
27:31who once bled on a warehouse floor
27:32to save me
27:33sometimes i wake before him
27:34and just watch
27:35the scar on his shoulder
27:37the faint crease
27:38between his brows
27:39the man who owns the city
27:41but lets me hold his heart
27:42he stirs
27:44opens his eyes
27:46pulls me closer
27:47you're thinking too loud
27:49he murmurs
27:50just remembering
27:52then remember this
27:55he whispers
27:56lips at my ear
27:57you took her place in the wedding
27:59but you took my soul too
28:01and when he kisses me
28:03slow
28:04claiming
28:04final
28:05i know there's no escape left
28:07only love
28:08dark
28:10dangerous
28:10unbreakable
28:11lines
28:13that
28:14you're
28:16and
28:16i know there's no escape
28:16and that's why we are
28:17we love
28:17to have a lot of
28:31you
28:31always
28:32disable
28:33i know there's no escape
28:34when he sees me
28:36in the morning
28:37i know there's no escape
28:39i know there's no escape
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