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The Blood Rose Contract
The rain fell like whispers of the dead.
Elena never believed in ghosts — until the night she married one.
Everyone feared the man known as The Black Don. No one spoke his real name. No one dared. They said he ruled the city's underworld with cold precision. They also said no one had ever seen him smile.
But Elena didn't marry him for love.
She married him to survive.
Her father's debts had piled higher than graves in a forgotten cemetery. The mafia offered only one solution — a contract sealed with marriage.
And so Elena became the Don's wife.
The mansion stood far from the city, surrounded by dead trees twisted like skeletal fingers. The servants never spoke above whispers. Doors closed by themselves.
At night, she heard footsteps in empty halls.
Slow.
Dragging.
Waiting.
Night One
Elena woke to the sound of breathing.
Not hers.
Someone stood near the bed.
She opened her eyes and saw only darkness.
Then—
A hand touched her ankle.
Cold as ice.
She screamed and turned on the lamp.
No one was there.
Except muddy footprints leading to the door.
Bare human footprints.
But they stopped halfway.
As if whoever made them had vanished.
The Don
Her husband returned three days later.
Tall. Silent. Dangerous.
His eyes were darker than midnight storms.
"You're afraid," he said quietly.
It wasn't a question.
Elena swallowed.
"This house… something is wrong."
He stared at her longer than comfort allowed.
Then said:
"I know."
Her heart stopped.
"You… know?"
He loosened his gloves slowly.
"My first wife died here."
Silence filled the room.
"People say she killed herself," he continued.
"They're wrong."
Elena whispered:
"What happened?"
The Don looked toward the hallway.
"She never left."
The Locked Room
There was one door always locked.
End of the corridor.
Third floor.
Every servant avoided it.
Every night Elena heard scratching from inside.
Scratch.
Scratch.
Scratch.
One evening curiosity overcame fear.
She stole the key from the Don's desk.
Her hands trembled as she climbed the stairs.
The door opened with a long dying creak.
Inside—
Nothing.
Just dust.
Broken furniture.
And a mirror.
Tall.
Cracked.
Waiting.
She stepped closer.
Her reflection stared back.
Then—
It smiled.
But Elena wasn't smiling.
The Truth
That night the Don found her shaking.
"I saw her," Elena whispered.
He looked exhausted.
"Then it's too late."
"What do you mean?"
He sat beside her.
"My first wife made a pact."
Elena's voice trembled.
"With who?"
The Don answered quietly:
"Not who."
"What?"
"What lives in this house."
Love
Days passed.
Fear turned into something stranger.
The Don began protecting her.
Walking with her at night.
Holding her hand.
Standing between her and the dark.
He was gentle in ways no one believed possible.
And Elena began to love him.
Which made it worse.
Because love meant staying.
The Horror
One night she woke again.
Breathing.
Close.
Right beside her ear.
A voice whispered:
"He was mine first."
Elena froze.
Slowly—
Very slowly—
She turned her head.
A woman lay beside her.
Skin gray.
Eyes black.
Smiling too wide.
Teeth too sharp.
The dead wife.
The Ending
Morning came.
The Don sat alone in the dining room.
A servant approached nervously.
"Sir… your wife is asking for you."
The Don went upstairs.
Elena sat on the bed.
Perfectly still.
Perfectly calm.
She smiled.
But not like Elena.
Too wide.
Too knowing.
"You're back," she said softly.
The Don's face went pale.
"Elena?"
She tilted her head.
"No.