I couldnt breathe. I physically could not breath or even do any of those things that human beings did. I just stood at one spot, frozen and unable to move. I could not think of anything else and I had no idea when I slumped to the floor. How could she do that to me? My own blood. My twin. The woman who once braided my hair and whispered secrets to me in the dark had come for my throne. How could she do something like that to her own blood? How could she betray me like that?I spent years building this thing and now, she just wanted to swoop in and take everything that she didnt contribute anything to? I wasnt going to let her do that to me. I wasnt going to allow her win. She may think that she is being very clever but I was not going to allow this woman to ruin everything I had worked so hard to gain. I stood up from the floor in blazing anger, wiped the imaginary dust off my clothes and stormed into the boardroom, heels echoing against the polished floors. Alyra sat at the head of
Alyra POVThat same night, I met with Cassian in the underground parking garage. I had always thought that he looked like a god with his perfect facial features and now that I saw him under the moonlight, I was convinced that he looked simply beautiful. I could not believe the way I was drawn to him. I thought I would feel that way about his own brother but as it turned out, he was the one who truly caught my attention. Something about being a bad boy just always made me smile more than I should. It made me more happier than I normally should be and even when I tried to convince myself that I didnt feel that way, I honestly could not help feeling very drawn to him. He walked towards the car scarp that I stood next to, tall, mighty and in all his glory. At that point, nothing seemed to have stopped him. It looked so much like he was a towering man who could take down anything and anyone that stood before him. I loved how much he looked perfect for what was about to happen. And when
Alyra POVI needed justice. I needed to tell the whole world the truth about what my own sister did to me. She was not a saint like everyone else believed her to be. I was one of the few people who could see her for who she truly was. I could see behind the lies and fake smiles that she used to walk around with. So I had no remorse in me when I made a plan with someone I believed to be her worse enemy just to taunt her. I needed her to know that she was never going to get away with being a terrible person and I was going to be the one to destroy her and even bring an end to her existence. In the shadows of a dimly lit private room at a downtown lounge, I met with three board members from her company. Wine flowed. Promises dripped from my lips like honey laced with poison.I needed them to see her as the evil person that she was and not the saint and savior that she had painted herself to be to them. I needed them to see that she was not to be trusted and most especially that no one
I didnt know what to say. How was I going to tell him that I met his brother after I had left town? That his brother helped me to build my business up? That he did it by using the prototype of his own company? Liam would never believe that I did all of that with an innocent mind. He would not believe that when I found out what Cassian was doing, I brought an end to it and it caused my company to go down and lose some clients. He wont believe that I could be that dumb as to not figure out what was happening for so long. I couldnt believe myself either so when the options were presented before me, I knew more than anyone that I could not afford to do any of the things that I was in my head to do. I could not tell him the truth, cause it most definitely wont end well for me. "I asked you a question Mara," he said, walking close to me. I could still see the anger in his eyes and I knew more than ever that he was not going to just let this go. The Liam that I knew was going to drag this
I left a message for Nancy on the fridge telling what to make for breakfast and when to take my son to school. I included Steven number and asked her to call him immediately before going to school and thankfully, she did.I sped to the location Cassian had given to me, hoping that somehow this man would only be a figment of my imagination. But I was wrong because the man who stepped out from the shadows at the dockyard was very much alive."Hello, Amara," he drawled, pulling off the mask. Time had not softened him. If anything, he looked more dangerous, like someone who’d lived through war and returned sharper for it. His eyes glittered with venomous calm.I kept my chin high. "So it's true. You're alive." I tried to not stutter or sallow too loudly because I just knew who I was messing with and I knew that any little problem would erupt a volcano so big, it would destroy my entire family."Alive, and royally screwed over by your family. Your lover. Your choices.""They are not my fam
I had been a fool to think for one second that things could actually go back to being normal for me. Now that the war with Liam had ended, I had believed that everything else would die down and I would be able to stay in the world without more drama coming my way but it was beginning to seem like when ond trouble ended in my life, another one would just spring up from nowhere. I went back home that day with my son and I called Nancy to come over immediately. I sat with Micah, slowing rubbing his hair and wondering why everyone seemed to be out to get me through my son. Why couldnt they go after the company? Why did they all have to target the one person I loved the most? As I almost got lost in my thoughts, I heard my doorbell ringing and I yelled, "its open," hoping that it was Nancy, but when the door opened wide, I perceived Liam scent. I really needed to tell him to stop barging into my house anytime he wanted to. "Is there a reason why you are here?" I asked without even loo