Chapter: TWENTYHarry paced the length of his room when he got back to his house. His hands were tucked into his pockets, his shirt and vest long discarded. His hair had been combed back with his fingers, the length of it pricking the back of his neck.He stopped in front of the large mirror at a corner of the room and looked at himself. He didn’t need any telling to know that his worry was visible on his face. He could see it, he saw how sunken his eyes looked and how deep his frown lines were.Sighing, he blew air into his cheeks and slowly released it to ease off some tension just as the door to the room opened.A lady in a blue robe with bright red hair walked in carrying a tray. Harry watched her movement in the mirror as she dropped the tray on the vanity.She came up behind him and wound her arms around his waist and pressed a kiss along his spine.“Hi, Princess,” he said softly, cupping the arms holding him.“A little birdie told me you are a little grumpy and that you refused to eat tonight
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Chapter: NINETEENKael carried Elara through the hallway without any other word despite her protest. Her hand hung loosely around his neck, she refused to look at him so she forced her eyes on his chest. Something she learnt to regret immediately.The first two buttons of his shirt were undone, showing off his hard chest. She buried her chin in her neck.With every step Kael took, Elara’s body jerked with a small shiver. He hated it -the little huffs of breath she passed out as he walked. He ducked to the other wing of the house and headed straight for his bedroom.He pushed the door open with his shoulder and walked to the bed. He laid her down carefully on the mattress. “Hmm,” Elara moaned painfully the moment her legs touched the sheets.His brows tightened as he lifted her pyjama legs again. “How far did you go, Elara?” It was more of a statement than a question but Elara responded anyway.“The borders. Or across, rather.”He let go of her cloth and drew back to look at her well. “You came back
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Chapter: EIGHTEENElara woke up to the sound of rain. Not the gentle patter against the roof but the violent drumming of rain against the earth.Her eyes fluttered open. The raindrops on her lashes fell into her eyes and she blinked them away.I’m alive. Elara thought. Her eyes stared into the sky above her. It was still dark but the early morning light was beginning to find its way in it. Rain soaked through her clothes, plastering them against her skin. Mud covered where the clothes didn’t reach. Her muscles screamed when she tried to move.She felt the tears before it came. Shaking her head to keep them off, she propped herself up by her elbows.Her eyes darted to the large mass of land across Amarok Hegemony. She had crossed the borders. She had left Amarok, she remembered that. She was just a foot away from it but she had left. So why was she still here?Elara pushed herself to sit up. Her eyes searched around.Asides the dead bodies across from her, there was nobody else there. The soldiers a
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Chapter: SEVENTEENThe robotic movement in Elara’s step remained as she stalked back into the building. Her feet moved just like her brain instructed her to, ‘keep walking,’ and walk she did till she got to the front of the large building she managed to escape barely ten hours ago. Her eyes scanned the front house, only one of the soldiers stood at the entrance, unlike the gate where there were three of them. She entered the house, her eyes searching around. She took a deep breath when she saw that the person she was avoiding was not in sight; Harry. He was the last person she wanted to see at that time. Just as she moved onward, Cassian poked out his head through the railing of the stairs. She looked up and her eyes met his. His brows narrowed immediately on seeing her. He retracted his head and ran back upstairs. Elara followed him up but as Cassian opened the door to Kael’s room, she ducked to the left wing of the house and began searching for the room she stumbled upon a week ago when she was
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Chapter: SIXTEEN“I find it hard to believe that not one, one of those rogue Outcasts were captured after everything they did to our people last night.” One of the elders’ hard voice filtered through the council room. His eyes darted between the other men gathered in the room and stopped at Kael who was seated at the head of the table.Kael’s fingers pressed hard against his temples, almost digging into them. His eyes were squeezed shut, it was the only way he knew to curtail the pain. The pain he had been nursing since the middle of the night.“Has she been found yet?” Kael asked through the mindlink.Harry, who was seated at Kael’s right hand, whipped his head to Kael immediately, his brows narrowed in irritation. “The slave? Is that what is on your mind right now?”Kael growled. “That does not answer my question, Harry.”Harry turned his face away. “Not yet, Alpha. We have searched through two sectors of the pack, the men are still searching.”“Expand the search to Grimblood pack, I doubt she kno
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Chapter: FIFTEENA loud howl sounded in the distance. Kael grabbed Elara immediately by her arm and stirred her into her room.The howl came again, this time, a bit closer than the last time.Hurried footsteps came running through the hall and a man carrying a flashlight rushed inside the room. Elara recognized him as the other man that took her from her home.It had been a while since she saw him. What was he doing there? And why was he in a hurry? The rays from the flashlight fell on Kael’s body. Splashes of blood covered his body.Elara’s eyes widened as she looked up at him. She saw his face clearly now. Streaks of blood lined his face. His eyes, sharp orange.“Alpha, I have alerted the men. They have gathered around the fountain.”A drop of blood rolled down Kael’s cheek. Elara reached out to him but he tilted his head back, away from her reach. His face looked like it had been clawed through. “What’s going on?” Her face was twisted in worry.“Stay here.” Kael thundered. His voice, gruff. He
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The Marriage Game: love in a lie.
Amara
I have always known my parents would sell me off for their political careers but I would never allow that
Now, I am engaged to James McKenna, the most eligible bachelor in the country and the feared billionaire just to spite my parents.
But he looks at me like I’m the worst mistake he’s made, he thinks I am reckless and impulsive, I think he is insufferable.
We can’t stand each other but every news outlet in the country believes we are hopelessly in love!
James
I built my empire by staying in control.
Love had no place in my life and marriage was never the plan, until the past I buried threatened to destroy everything I’ve worked hard for. Now, I am blackmailed to marry the Mayor’s impulsive daughter.
Amara Livingston; the well known rebellious daughter.
She was meant to be a temporary solution.
A pawn in my new game.
Instead, she became the only woman capable of bringing me to my knees. But now, I don’t know what to do without her.
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Chapter: 53. Forever and Always.AmaraIt was finally the time for the election results to be announced. The election ended an hour before.Everyone was tense, our little family gathered in the dim lit study that was crowded with campaign materials and posters.We’d done interviews, appeared in shows as a family. This time we weren’t reciting the words that my mother’s publicist had written down for us.Everything that was said, all the laughter that was shared, came from a place of warmth deep in our hearts. One of the show hosts had commented on how lifely we seemed, had called it an election miracle and we’d all laughed over it.My mum said we’d celebrate, whether she won Mayor or not. But I knew deep down that she wanted that seat, and without being biased I knew she was the right person for the job. I listened with all focus, at the edge of my seat as the announcement started. We all waited, a sword could’ve cut through the tension in the room with ease.And that hell broke loose when mum was declared the winner
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Chapter: 52. Start to Finish.AmaraI was pretty sure anyone within a mile from me could hear how hard my heart was beating against my chest. It’s been forever since I had James near me. The feel of his lips warm against my cold skin sent my senses into a frenzy.Even as I waved him goodbye and watched him pull out of the curb, I could still feel him on me. I stood there longer than I should have, rooted to the spot, because I couldn’t quieten down my own heart or get my feet to move.I heard the door open before Ife’s shrill voice followed. “What are you doing outside in the cold? I didn’t think you were going to come back.”That snapped me out of my reverie and I followed her inside. “Why did you think that?” I hung up my coat and sat down on the couch. I wasn’t quite ready to call it a night.“I thought you’d be too busy making up in his sheets.”The image flashed through my head. I put my palms over my eyes. “Ife!”“I saw the way you were looking at him Amara, like you want to tear his shirt off and mask him
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Chapter: 51. A New Dawn.JamesWe had our dinner in complete silence, each of us consumed by their own thoughts. I wish Amara would just tell me what was going through her mind so I would know how to fix the problem between us.I drank all of my wine, and so did she. I could tell she was warming up to me from the way her gaze lingered too long on me, or how her eyes drifted to my lips when she thought I wasn’t looking.“Thank you for having dinner with me,” I told her when we were done.“I only agreed because of my mother, I don’t want to ruin the new relationship I have with her.”I wanted to call her bluff. Amara wasn’t the type to do something just because others asked. I’ll let her get away with the excuse because it brought her closer to me.“You can drop me off at Ife’s house, I haven’t cleaned my apartment yet so I’ll be staying there longer than planned.”I helped her with her coat. “The night is still young, and there’s somewhere I’ve been dying to take you to.”Her eyes narrowed at me. “You’re not t
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Chapter: 50. HopeJames“Alright.”For a complete ten seconds I stood there without registering her response. I’d been so sure she was going to turn down my suggestion that I found it hard to believe that I was hearing right. “You’re going to give me a chance to talk things over?”“I just said yes James, don’t make me change my mind.”It’s a good thing I’d kept the reservation I made in anticipation for tonight. Cayden and Henry had tried to talk me out of it, that she’d clearly rejected me many times and I needed to give up.But I’d held onto the hope that I had. That she would remember the good times we had and give me a chance. Looks like luck was on my side. I wish I could flip my middle finger in their faces.“I made a reservation at a restaurant, just the two of us. If that’s okay with you.” I needed to play my cards right so I don’t upset her and have her banging the door in my face again. “I’m already having dinner with my family, we can just talk in your car. I think—”“Oh, Amara.” My mother
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Chapter: 49. The Revelation.AmaraIt was finally here; the day of my grand reveal. I was well within my rights to be nervous, everybody else would.I’d been worried that people would not show up for the exhibition, why would they for an artist they didn’t even know what she looked like. But boy, was I wrong? The gallery was fully packed save for the small makeshift stage that was situated at the far corner where my name was put up in a banner.Ife was with me, but the more she tried to calm my nerves, the more nervous I grew.My family was not here yet and it made me worried. What if mum changed her mind about supporting me and saw the exhibition as a waste of her time?It was unfair doubting her like this. But, when you’ve been burned many times in the past, it becomes hard not to grow weary that it could happen all over again.“What if she didn’t get the invite?” I asked Ife.“Who?”“My mum, they’re not here yet. Do you think she bailed?”“You need to have more faith in the people around you, Amara. I’m sure
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Chapter: 48. Ready!AmaraSpending time with my family helped me get out of the mental dump I’d found myself in. It was nice to sit down in complete laughter, enjoying the laughter and the food the cook had put her magic touch in. I slept over and went back the next morning to Ife’s place, only to find her sitting through a couple letters.“Have a secret admirer?” I teased, hanging up my jacket.“As if. These are for you?”I looked over her shoulder at the pink flowered envelopes she was holding. “I can’t think of a single person on this damn planet that’ll be sending me letters.”“Well, I can. They’re from James, maybe it’s time you give him a listening ear. I’m beginning to feel bad for him.”“You can do whatever you want with the letters.” I walked straight to the door and shut it after me. I sat on the floor, head hung between my knees. Why was he making it so difficult to move on from him? It wasn’t that I couldn’t forgive him, I just wouldn’t be able to trust him again. Going back to him would be
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