Chapter: CHAPTER 105ABIGEALI HAD to admit, leaving the country wasn't such a bad idea. It had been an impulsive decision, sure, but as I sipped a cocktail on a balcony while gazing at the stars, I couldn't bring myself to regret it.I couldn't remember the last time I hadn't been weighted down by one obligation or another. Whether it was finding justice for my brother, or trying to assassinate Blaine without him catching a clue.No. We're not thinking about him. Not today, not ever.The one thing I regretted though, was letting Anna have her way when she insisted on helping me pack because I didn't have the energy to argue. She'd taken out all my usual everyday clothes and put in their place flirty sundresses and cocktail gowns and bikinis that left little to the imagination, with a little note that said ‘Now you're ready for the other kind of smashing’ with a little winky face.I shook my head as I recalled. Not that the new wardrobe had done me much good. Every man that had approached me so far either
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Chapter: CHAPTER 104BLAINEEACH DAY, I wondered why I bothered coming into this office when all I did was drink and stare into space. I had a pounding headache and a hazy memory of the night before. Where had I gone?I remembered heading into a bar. I remembered talking to a blonde who looked vaguely like the girl I was trying to forget. It got hazy from there.Did I take her home? She wasn't there when I woke up and the disapproving glances from my aunts weren't more intense than usual, so no. I chugged Advil down with whiskey and almost laughed at the irony.I leaned back in my chair trying to piece my night together but I'd barely started when a voice interrupted me. “It’s a bit early for happy hour.”I tensed and tightened my grip on the glass. “It's happy hour somewhere,” I said casually.Footsteps walked further into the room. “I hear you've been terrorizing our employees in my absence," Jordan said.“If terrorizing means making sure they do their jobs and do it well, then yes, I've been terrorizin
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Chapter: CHAPTER 113ABIGEALTHERE WAS a knock on my bedroom door, but I didn't move an inch from where I was and just hoped the noise would go away. But it didn't. Instead, the handle turned and the door opened. I still gave no reaction, as from the voices I knew it was Anna and Melanie standing in the doorway. Melanie took one look at my ramrod straight figure sitting in a chair close to the window and turned to Anna. “How long has she been like this?”“I don't know. Sometimes she'd be up and about and talking, then she'd be back here. I'm not sure what to do,” Anna whispered.“You realize I can hear every word, right?” I said without looking back.“You were meant to.” Melanie walked further into my room and stopped beside me. “What do you think you're doing?” She snapped.I looked up at her and smiled vaguely. “Hi. When did you get back? You look great.” She and Jordan had taken a vacation to a country I didn't remember, since things were still tense with Blaine.As soon as his name came up in my th
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Chapter: CHAPTER 112BLAINE“WHAT IS wrong with you? What's wrong with all of you?” I snapped, flinging the pieces of paper that my employee just handed me in the air so they scattered and fluttered around. “All the fucking numbers are wrong. I do not pay you huge amounts of money to be met with such incompetence?”“But sir, we worked with the data you got from your office.” One of the workers squeaked, trying to hide behind the files she was holding. “I'm sorry sir, she's new to this department.” The one who was still trying to pick up the papers said. “We'll fix it, sir.”“Better do, if not you and Goldilocks over there are fired. In fact, all of you.” The whole department looked at me in shock before averting their eyes. None of them wanted to be the focus of my attention.I swiveled around and stalked away, my admin Chris walking behind me. “Did you get the analysis done for the Wexler acquisition?” I asked.“No sir, I-”“Damn it, Chris. When did everyone become so lazy? What kind of business are we
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Chapter: CHAPTER 111ABIGEALTHIS PART was one of the hardest. Kat and Melanie had done most of the cleanup while Anna rested against a wall. I walked up to them and surveyed the space.“Is this everyone?” I asked.“Everyone who resisted. Under those cloaks, some of them were children, some barely old enough to drink. And one of them came at me with a knife.” Kat rubbed her eyes like doing so would erase the image.I looked at the bodies scattered around the floor. “Did you…?”“Of course not. Jesus, do I look like a monster?” Kat looked offended.I held up my hands, then let out a sigh. The plan was to wipe everyone out, but I couldn't do that with a clear conscience. The girl I'd seen was about Juan's age.Perhaps if they became problems a few years later, I could deal with them then. “Got the gasoline?” I asked.Melanie held up the two kegs. I took one and helped her spread it around while Kat supported Anna's weight and helped her outside. When we'd exhausted the kegs, we went out the back exit throug
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Chapter: CHAPTER 100ABIGEALI WAS stripped of my weapons and pushed into the main hall. The red cloaked people formed a circle with me, Anna, Morgan and his father in the middle. I refused to call him my father, as he'd never been one to me.I knelt beside Anna and took out a strip of clothing, using it to bind her leg. “How did this go so wrong?” I whispered.Her face was pale from the blood loss. “They were on me so fast, I didn't see them coming?” She groaned as I tightened the bind. “The others are safe though.”“Then we might still have a chance," I said lowly. A gunshot made me flinch.“Any more whispering and I'll put the poor girl out of her misery," Soliz said. I glanced back to glare at him. “Stop threatening her. I already gave you what you wanted. I surrendered.”I squeezed her arm lightly and rose. “What exactly do you want from me?” I asked him.“I want you to join us.”I shook my head. “Not happening. Next.”“You are a Soliz, whether you like it or not. I am not leaving my organization in
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Chapter: Chapter 5Rafael’s POV It hasn't even been twenty-four hours since the signing, and I’m already regretting agreeing to the damn press exposure.I hate these things. Charity galas, ribbon cuttings, fake smiles plastered on painted faces. All of them whispering about money and motives while pretending it’s all about the ‘greater good.’Tonight, it’s a black-tie benefit for some luxury housing project. Boring. Predictable. And now made worse by the fact that I have to show up hand-in-hand with a woman who looked like she’d rather jump off a bridge than marry me.Alana is quiet in the car, looking out the window like the city offends her. The silence between us feels heavy, stretched thin like a thread about to snap. I should say something. Maybe even try to make this easier. But I don’t. I just sit back and watch her profile under the dim lights.She’s wearing a silver satin dress tonight. It has a cowl neckline and high slit cut perfectly to her body. Her hair is swept up again, leaving her nec
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Chapter: Chapter 4Alana’s POVIf anyone had told me I’d be signing a marriage contract in my grandmother’s rosewood-panelled study with three people watching me like hawks, I’d have laughed in their faces.“Three years.” Lucia says “No scandals, No public fallout. You’ll act like a real couple.”“Act.” I say under my breath.Rafael sits beside me, legs crossed the calm like this is just another business deal. His jacket is off and his shirt sleeves are rolled back, one arm casually resting on the armrest as if he doesn’t have a care in the world. I can feel his eyes on me, studying my every breath.There are five clauses.Clause one: We live together.Clause two: We attend all public events together.Clause three: No romantic involvements outside the marriage.Clause four: Divorce at the end of three years, no strings attached.Clause five: Whoever breaches the contract is going to provide the sum of five hundred million and may be sued to court.I sign my name with trembling hands when I notice a sent
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Chapter: Chapter 3Alana’s POVI should keep walking. One foot in front of the other.Yet the second my eyes meet his, I hesitate. Just long enough to make it obvious and attract a disapproving eye from my grandmother.I definitely didn’t expect to see that. Lucia did mention that there were two guests coming, but he is not what I expected.I thought I’d meet some arrogant heir with way too much gel in his hair and an even bigger ego. However, this man standing in Lucia’s dining area dressed in a sleek black suit and wearing a look of calculated boredom is not what I expected. At all.Tall. A chiseled jaw. Dark hair that falls just enough over his brow to look effortless. And those eyes; deep, cool and unreadable.He doesn’t smile. Doesn’t smirk.Just watches me like I’m some kind of puzzle he didn’t expect to find in this house. I force myself to move again, my hands tightening across the railing as I reach the last step.Lucia’s voice echoes. “There you are, meet Renald and his nephew, Rafael.”We ex
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Chapter: CHAPTER 2Rafael’s POVI could hear my uncle's voice long before he neared my study. He was ranting about something, a usual occurrence especially since Mom traveled and left him in charge.“Do you know how much we’ve lost in the last quarter alone?” My uncle barks, barging in like he owns the place. He doesn’t even wait for a response. “Fifteen percent down. Fifteen!”I don’t flinch. I just stare at him expressionless while sipping my scotch.“The investors are complaining. Stocks are dipping. Sales are down across our Asian market and our PR team just keep doing sh-”“The next time you barge in my study,” I interrupt him. “I’ll start charging you rent.”He growls under his breath. “This isn’t the time to joke Rafael.”“Well then you should have thought of that before barging in here and screaming my walls down.” He throws a folder on the wooden desk in front of me. The contents slide out- charts, press clippings, numbers dipped in red ink.“This is what happens when people think the D’Angel
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Chapter: CHAPTER 1Alana’s POV ‘Your scent still lingers, cruel and sweet, like promises you never kept.’I turn the worn-out note over, half expecting some dramatic signature that might explain the sender or the receiver. But it's blank on the other side. No signature. Nothing.I probably shouldn’t even be reading it, but how can I not?Initially, I went to the attic to look for an old journal of mine and then I got distracted with many other things here. I was in the mood for nostalgia.I found some of my things that I had totally forgotten about: my mom’s charm bracelet, my baby shoes and then a velvet box. A deep burgundy velvet box with a golden clasp. It looked like a mini treasure chest.Inside, were the letters.Not one. Dozens. Maybe more.All written on quality cream paper, now faded at the edges. Some lines were smudged like someone had cried when writing or reading them.I’ve read five so far, and I still couldn’t understand it. They were all written in a poetic way with perfume references.
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Chapter: THE BEGINNING AFTER THE END*****Flashback*****“Don't tell me you've gotten attached to her, Jack. Remember she's not your daughter and never will be.” The voice snaps. “I'll come for Brooklyn tomorrow. You have more than twelve hours to prepare her. Until then.” Quiet. Everywhere is quiet in the house, so silent that it's almost disturbing. The call ended? Oh. Shrugging, I take a step closer, suddenly remembering what mom said to do when the conversation that I just heard registers in my brain.Mine. Work for me. Eighteen. Bride. Real parents. Brooklyn.Me.Me.Me. I am Brooklyn. I am the bride. They are not my real..parents?I take a step back. And another. Then an— the sound of a vase crashing in the hallway alerts him. I freeze as I hear the sound of shuffling before his door opens.“Brooklyn?” My eyes snaps up at him. He watches me in confusion before walking towards me. I'm coming for Brooklyn tomorrow.I swiftly turn around and run. “Shit.” As if just realizing why I'm running, he's on my tail.I ru
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Chapter: CHAPTER 148Brooklyn.I don't know how long I sit on the floor.My knees are to my chest, my hand wraps around them, hugging it to my chest. With my head rested on my kneecaps, I gaze at the dead bodies before me.I don't even bother to clean up myself or try to find my way out. The fear of having no idea where I am and endangering myself has me in here.For Landon to be sure that Sara will be with Viktor, he must have some sort of plan, right?He'll find me. Landon will find me, I just have to wait.I make the mistake of breathing in. The horrid scent of Viktor's blood glides into my nostrils which has me uncurling from my position and puking out my guts beside me.A pressure on my back has me freezing for a moment. In a flash, I lurch off the floor and swirl around, my hand ready to take a swing. For a few seconds, the world wobbles around me.“Woah,”I blink. And for the second time, I freeze, “Billie?”“One and only,” she grins, spreading her arms wide.“Billie!” I embrace her in a flash. The
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Chapter: CHAPTER 147Brooklyn.Viktor has her neck in a tight grip and it tightens more at her words. He growls at her, fangs exposed. I sit on the floor, watching them. “You had one fucking job, you plastic.”I almost snort.At least, I'm not the only one who thinks that she's indeed a plastic.“To watch over her and keep me updated on your findings,” he hisses at her, hand cutting off her oxygen supply. Sara eyes widen in realization and it takes me nothing to know that she forgot, but she can't speak because of how tight his hold is. She gags, slapping his hand but that doesn't help, instead, he worsens the hold. “Why the fuck am I just finding out about her witch power activation, Sara?”He releases her for a bit. Sara breathes in greedily and tries to step out of his hold, but he isn't letting that happen.“I forgot, okay?” She defends pathetically.“Why? Busy chasing that pussy mate of hers? Tell me why I shouldn't kill you right now.” He asks, eyes squinting at her.Sara, as if assured that he isn'
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Chapter: CHAPTER 146Brooklyn.Viktor's left eye twitches.Before his raised hand can meet me, I jolt out of the chair I'm on. The wooden item hits the floor with a loud thud as I put distance between Viktor and I.I chuckle, “what? Did I hit a nerve?”“I'll kill you.” He sneers, his hand tightening on the edge of the table. Right at the spot where I took off from.I nod. “Good. At least I won't have to be under you.”Like a bulb switch, his anger dissolves and he releases his grip from the table. Viktor takes a few steps back, putting more space between us. Glancing at me, he grins. Then chuckles.My body straightens at the sound and sudden emotion. His calmness unnerves me and I have a feeling it has something to do with what I said.Viktor howls in loud laughter, slapping his thighs. His gaze goes down my body and he chuckles. Shaking his head, he sobers up.It's as if there's something he knows that I don't.And I don't like the disadvantage that puts me in.Narrowing my eyes on the male before me, I
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Chapter: CHAPTER 145Brooklyn.Viktor sent me back to ‘my room' as he put it, to get ready for the meal. He won't specify.And I wonder what the time is.And now, I'm starting to think that he may end up staying here for long after all.Peace wash over me as hot water cascades down my body. With my eyes opened, I watch Mike Ross’ blood go down the drain. An image of his blood polling around him draws me in and I swallow back the large lump in my throat.Shaking my head, I force everything that has to do with Mike and his death down into a chest and lock it up. Not now.For now, I have to make it out of here. Complete.I look down at the barely bump on my stomach. It looks like I just ate rather than being two months gone. And for a werewolf, it's five months.I encircle my stomach, “hold on little bean, daddy is coming for us.”I don't know how or when, but I know Landon is coming and before then, I have to fight my way out of this place.Sighing, I quickly wash my body and step out of the shower after wa
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Chapter: CHAPTER 144Brooklyn.My brain drums steadily.Groaning, I peel my eyes open and become appreciative when I see that the room is dark. Landon really never forgets that I don't like the light immediately I just wake up.His scent isn't here. Frowning, I reach beside me and my stomach rolls when all I feel is air.Like lightning, my body tenses before sitting up. I scan the room —from the cemented cold floor to the brick wall and moldy smell, to the gated entrance— my heart stops, literally when everything that happened starts to play in my head.I gasp.I've been kidnapped!My breath hitches when I realize something that I'll never be ready to accept. Mike Ross is dead. And he died right in my arms.Salty fluids gather in my eyes as they begin to fall in silent tears. Memories after memories of Mike and I play on a loop.“Not my Mike, please. Not my Mike.” I sob, covering my mouth so whoever watching me can't hear me cry. A metallic taste hits my tongue and I push my hands away to see it dried wit
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