Velvet and Steel
Luca was quiet on the drive home. Not tense. Not distant. Just… soft.
Worn at the edges.
By the time they got inside, Marco could see the signs: the slow blinks. The way Luca’s thumb rubbed circles into his palm. The little sighs that slipped out when he thought Marco wasn’t listening. He didn’t s...
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Chapters
1. The Don and His Shadows
2. The Don’s Fragility
3. 🧸 Flashback: The Worst Birthday Ever
4. 🐺 Flashback: Marco’s POV – The Day He Saw the Bunny again
5. Daddy Instincts
6. Honey and Softness
7. Wolves at the Door
8. Don’t Lie to Me
9. Under the Don’s Eye
10. Rewarded
11. Always You
12. The Soft Landing
13. Morning, and the Murmurs Beyond
14. The Table and the Trigger
15. Flashback the last Family Dinner
16. Flashback- The Quiet Between Them
17. The Snake
18. The Don's Declaration
19. A Dance of Eyes and Daggers
20. Velvet and Steel
21. The Birthday Without a Party but with a Present
22. Shadows of the Compound
23. Shattered Night
24. Blueprint for Blood
25. Chapter 22- knife in the back
26. Chapter 23- the failed Ambush
27. Chapter 24: The Hound Finds His Prey
28. Chapter 25: Blood in the Cellar
29. Chapter 26: The Butcher’s Mercy
30. Flashback: The Man Who Makes Bad People Go Away
31. Chapter 27: the weight of Silence
32. Chapter 28: Pancakes and Promises
33. Flashback: A Father’s Lesson
34. Chapter 29: The War Room
35. Flashback- Roots in Blood and Promise
36. Chapter 30: Daddy Before the Storm
37. Chapter 31: Eyes in the Dark
38. Chapter 32: Cracks in the Scarpelli Empire
39. Chapter 33: A Kingdom in Cracks
40. Flashback- The Days the Villa Went Quiet
41. Flashback- The Last Family Dinner before everything went to shit
42. The Quiet Between Them
43. Shadows in the Halls
44. Shadows Over the War Room
45. Blood in the Shadows
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