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Sophia never imagined her life would spiral into a waking nightmare. What began as strange phone calls and shadowy figures watching from the distance quickly turned into something far worse—being abducted by Matteo DeLuca, a man whose obsession ran deeper than love. Under his control, Sophia suffered in silence, enduring pain and humiliation she dares not speak of. When he finally lets her go, it isn’t freedom that greets her—but another captor.

Aleksandr Volkov, powerful, cold, and emotionally damaged, sees in Sophia a mirror of the woman he lost. Desperate to keep his daughter believing her mother is alive, he forces Sophia to take on her identity. Through manipulation, subtle control, and emotional coercion, Aleksandr begins to unravel Sophia’s reality—softening her resistance and luring her into the illusion of a perfect family.

Now, with her will slowly crumbling, Matteo must do the unthinkable: save the very woman he once destroyed. But is it redemption he’s after—or revenge? As dark secrets unravel and twisted games are played, Sophia must face a brutal truth: sometimes the greatest threats are the ones that wear a familiar face.

HUNTED BY DESIRE

 The night was quiet, but my mind wasn’t. 


I sat out on the balcony of my mansion, the marble beneath my feet chilled by the evening air. A glass of whiskey rested untouched beside me, its amber reflection flickering with the soft lights spilling from inside. Beyond the railing, the city stretched out, alive in the distance—but here, in the solitude of my estate, there was only silence. And her memory. 


She haunted me, not in the way ghosts did, with fright and shadows—but in the way a song did, one you couldn't stop humming, even when you hated the lyrics. She was in the taste of my coffee, in the ache behind my eyes, in the tightness at the base of my throat when I closed my eyes and remembered. 


It was the look on her parents’ faces that I couldn’t get out of my mind. 


CHAPTER 84