Claimed By The Mafia Rogue King (Snow and Cupid) novel Chapter 242

Chapter 242

Ares

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I sat in the garage for a long time, engine still ticking as it cooled, eyes fixed on the lighted porch like it might burn me if I looked away too long.

Snow used to wait there.

Every single time.

The second she heard my car, she’d come running, grinning wide, arms already open, kisses ready before I even shut the door. Warm. Soft. Home.

Now the porch was empty.

Swallowing the ache, I glanced down at my phone. My thumb hovered over her name, debating, for the thousandth time, whether to call. I could use the charity event as an excuse. Something safe. Neutral.

My finger trembled.

Then I saw the second car.

Viviana’s.

Sleek red coupe parked beside mine like it belonged there. Goosebumps crawled up my arms.

She was inside. Waiting.

I exhaled roughly, killed the engine, and stepped out.

Ana met me in the hall, smile faltering when she saw my face. I didn’t acknowledge her. Didn’t slow. I walked straight into the living

room.

Viviana lounged on the sofa, head bandaged, champagne flute in hand, lips curved in that slow, victorious smile she wore like

armor.

The television glowed behind her, muted, some meaningless news crawl but she wasn’t watching it.

She was watching the doorway.

Waiting for me.

My stomach turned.

I’d seen that exact look before.

The night we stood in the shadows of the alley, watching Snow get destroyed. Viviana had smiled then too. Slow, satisfied, victorious, as though every scream, every tear, every plea was a personal gift.

I walked further in.

She rose fluidly, grin widening, and crossed to me. Her arms slid around my neck. She pressed a kiss to my cheek soft, proprietary,

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Then she pulled back, giggling like we were sharing some delicious secret.

“Let me pour you a drink. This calls for a celebration.”

She turned toward the bar cart.

“What happened to your head?” I asked, voice flat.

She paused only for a heartbeat then continued pouring, unfazed.

“My head?” She laughed lightly, handing me the glass. “Snow pushed me into the wall. I hit my head. That’s all.”

I didn’t take the drink.

“I told you not to harm Snowflakes. In any way.”

“I didn’t touch a hair on her head, Ares.” She rolled her eyes. “Don’t look at me like that.”

“Like what?”

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“Like I’m evil.” She stepped closer, voice dropping. “You’re as evil as I am. Stop taking her side as if you love her. Because you don’t.”

“Viviana.”

“You don’t love Snow!”

The glass shattered at my feet, shards scattering like ice.

She began to pace, fists clenched, breathing hard.

“This morning she bragged. You’ve been calling her. Why? Why call her? She means nothing to you. It was always me you were obsessed with. But you won’t pick up my calls. Why Snow?”

I watched her calm, detached, marveling at how toxic she could be when cornered.

She slowed. Smiled that cold, dangerous smile that never reached her eyes.

“Her biological father already made his decision to disown her. And now her human father is about to do the same.”

Ice flooded my veins.

I scoffed low, disbelieving.

“Grant Frost’s children are his life. He won’t disown any of them.”

“Only Snow isn’t one of his children.” Her whisper was venomous. “You seem to have forgotten who carries the true Frost blood.”

Dizziness hit me hard.

She was right. We both knew it.

“We had a fight today at the house,” she continued, almost conversational. “Blood gushed from my head. Father was furious. He’s preparing the documents now. Making the arrangements. I came to give you a heads–up. Because you’re her ex. Once tomorrow,

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ends, Snowflakes will have no last name left. You’ll hear it on the news.”

I grabbed her arm hard.

“You won’t dare. We both know Snow doesn’t have the heart to slam your head against a wall. Not in the Frost home. Not where everyone she loves lives. I’ll tell them you did it to yourself.”

Before the threat could land, she countered slow, lethal.

“And I’ll tell Snow you drugged her into infertility.”

My grip loosened.

Shock, cold, electric shot through me.

She smiled wider.

“Loose ends, Ares. Doctor Catina was terrified when Kim was taken from the asylum. She thought H.O.W.L. would come for her. So she ran to Feroz. Told him everything. Every deal. Every poison. I wonder how Snow will feel when she learns you were the one who made sure she could never have children. That you helped shrink her brain. That you helped break her. She’ll see you as nothing less than pure evil.”

Tension coiled, vicious, suffocating.

My blood roared.

Her phone rang.

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