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~099~ THE MOTHER HE NEEDED
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100 Days With My Nemesis ~102~ RECOGNITION
MARCELLUS His expression changes, tension creeping into his figure. Then he sits across from me. He lowers his gaze, releasing a sigh. I stare at his ringed finger for a few seconds, my gaze darting back to his face. Then I recall the damage I'd wreaked on his company. And the fact that he'd been unwell. A strange twinge of guilt settles in my chest. Just as I'm about to apologize, he speaks."I didn't want to believe it. But after everything that happened lately, I realize I'd been lying to myself. I saw you," he says.Hayden's throat moves. "Years ago."My hands become cold. "No."Shit.I didn't think he would really mention it. Maybe he really wasn't as cowardly as I thought."I didn't know it was you," he tells me, and my stomach churns."Don't.""Marcellus—""You saw me," I grit out.Hayden closes his eyes briefly. "Yes."The memory hits me with a brutal clarity. I am small, on my hands and my knees, my pants gone. My ankle had been chained. And there was a line of men wa
100 Days With My Nemesis ~101~ THE FOUNDERS
MARCELLUS The villa grows louder before they even come inside. Nora sits beside me on the edge of the bed, pretending she isn't watching my face. I pretend I don't notice. Neither of us is particularly convincing."You can still tell them you're too tired," she says."I'm fine."Her eyebrows rise and I smile weakly.My body feels as though someone hollowed it out and poured wet concrete into the empty spaces. The migraine has settled into a steady pulse behind my right eye. My ribs ache whenever I breathe too deeply, and a sick heaviness sits under my skin that has nothing to do with the medication.Somewhere out there, someone has spent years pulling strings around my life while I congratulated myself for seeing every threat before it arrived. Apparently I am very good at noticing exits and spectacularly bad at noticing when my entire existence is being manipulated.Wonderful.Nora squeezes my hand. "They're here."The bedroom door opens before I can answer. Eden Wolfe enter
100 Days With My Nemesis ~100~ BLOOD TIES
NORA His expression changes. Just enough for the old calculating sharpness to return beneath the exhaustion. "Answer me." Celine's lips part. Mars shifts weakly against me, trying to lift his head. Pain flashes across his face, and I press one hand gently to his shoulder. "Stay down." He ignores me. “I saw you," he says. Celine's face loses all colour. "Where?" I ask. Mars' gaze remains fixed on her. "At the hospital." Her fingers clutch the fabric over her knees. “I don't know what you mean." "Yes, you do." His voice is still weak, but it has hardened. "You wore a cream coat and sunglasses." Celine looks towards the door. My stomach knots. "When was this?" I ask. Mars answers without looking at me. “When we paid Josh a visit." Celine closes her eyes. "The sign above the corridor said Oncology,” he continues. Celine says nothing. Mars' face drains further. "You went into the cancer department." "It wasn't—" "What kind?" His voice cracks. Celine presses both
100 Days With My Nemesis ~099~ THE MOTHER HE NEEDED
NORA It's Celine. My arms tighten around Mars instinctively. He remains asleep against my chest, his cheek pressed beneath my collarbone. I stare at the closed door.He said he didn't want to see her today. That should be the end of it."No," I say.Silence follows. Then Celine whispers through the door, "I only want to know if he's all right."I look down at him. His lashes rest peacefully against his cheeks."He's sleeping," I answer."Please, Nora."There is no demand in her voice now. I close my eyes. I should send her away. But what if… there’s more we don’t know."Come in," I say. "Quietly."The handle turns slowly. Celine slips through the narrow opening and closes the door behind her.Her face is swollen from crying. The knot at the back of her head has nearly fallen apart, and her coat is gone. She looks smaller without it.Her gaze lands on Mars. For several seconds, she does nothing but stare."What happened to him?" she whispers."You happened."Her eyes close brie
100 Days With My Nemesis ~098~ RELAPSE
NORA Mars' fingers stop clutching my dress. Even the tremors seem to vanish all at once."Mars?"He doesn't answer. Celine takes a desperate step towards us before one of the guards catches her arm."He showed me photographs," she continues. "Every year. He wanted me to understand that they were watching you."I look down at Mars. His eyes are open, but he is no longer looking at me. His gaze is fixed somewhere over my shoulder. Empty."He told me you would die if I approached," Celine sobs. "He said the people who had you would make it slow."Mars' lips part. No sound comes out. I place one hand against his cheek. His skin is cold and damp."Kitten, look at me."His eyes move towards mine, but they don't focus properly. Something about his expression makes my heart lurch. He looks frightened."Did he tell her not to come?" he asks.His voice is so soft I almost don't hear it. Celine breaks down behind me."Yes," she cries. "Yes, sweetheart. He did."Mars flinches at the endea
100 Days With My Nemesis ~097~ GOOSEBUMPS
MARCELLUS Celine purses her lips, a tear rolling down her cheek. Her lower lip wobbles as she clutches the fabric of her dress."They told me you were dead."A laugh tears out of me. It sounds wrong."They told you your husband died. Then they told you your child died. And you simply believed them?" I hiss, an ugly emotion crawling up my throat."No!"Celine surges forward, then stops herself when the guards move."I saw a body."My mouth goes dry.Nora whispers, "What?"Celine presses one hand to her chest."They showed me a baby wrapped in the blanket I had chosen for you. I was sedated. I could barely see. But the child had the same dark hair."My stomach churns. Bile threatens to push up my throat."They gave me ashes afterward," she adds.I stare at her in horror."You buried someone else's child.""Yes.""And then?"Her face goes blank. There it is. The part she does not want to say."Then what, Celine?""My family forced my marriage to Theodore."Nora inhales sharply.
100 Days With My Nemesis ~001~ A FACE FROM THE PAST
EVERMONT UNIVERSITY GRAND HALL 30TH OF JUNE, 2025 08:25 PM. NORA “Tell me you didn’t,” I say to my boyfriend, trembling from the shock of what I just discovered.His brows pull together. “What are you talking about?”“The Taste of Tomorrow deal.”He just stares at me in silence, and su
100 Days With My Nemesis ~000~ PROLOGUE
EVERMONT UNIVERSITY, OFF-CAMPUS 30TH OF JUNE, 2022 08:45PM. ~~~~~ NORA I can't believe I'm making out with my mortal enemy three days after breaking up with my boyfriend. Marcellus Gregory has me pinned against the wall of his off-campus apartment, his mouth devouring mine. His hands ar
100 Days With My Nemesis ~005~ TRICK OR TREATS
NORA I finally collapse onto my bed, the familiar scent of my childhood room doing nothing to calm the storm in my head. Two Tylenol and a glass of water later, and my skull is still spinning like a broken carousel. I refuse to think about the fact that I might or might not be legally marr
100 Days With My Nemesis ~004~ FACE-OFF
NORA I stare at him, my pulse roaring in my ears. I feel sick to my stomach. But I curl my fists, refusing to show it. "Start from the beginning. Tell me everything," I spit, my voice unsteady. "We're married, Nora," he says flatly. "That's all you need to know." A wild laugh bubbles out of
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