“Are you…did you just call me a rat?” Dominic asked the scowl across his beautiful face leaving no room for me to imagine that he had taken that as a joke.
“I- n-n-,”
-What was I supposed to say?-
‘No I was just nervous about meeting you’ or ‘no, you are so sexy up close that my brain needs time??’
-I am his enemy. I am not here to play teenag
Vivanna-Agreements? -The blank look I gave him must have clued him in on the level of information I had because Sebastian rolled his eyes. "Okay, I am starting to feel offended, I mean I get that you are the Dutchess and that you are busy, but don't forget about me. Seriously, I will go on a bender like Neiwei!" Sebastian pouted, and as a waiter passed by, he grabbed two glasses of white wine from his tray, then tried to hand one to me, to which I rejected.
READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED, SOME MATURE THEMES ARE DISCUSSED REGARDING DEPRESSION, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.Neiwei.The room was blurry, and again, he wasn’t sure which day it was and who was around him, all he knew was that he was at the Marquis’s castle and that was only due to the numerous amounts of ‘red liquid’ being escorted by the servants of the castle. The noises around him felt like faded echoes in the distance as he relaxed deeper into the black and gold lounge chair.
“Let us start from the beginning because I am confused,” Dominic said, as he pulled me back into his arms his grip tighter than before and it was beginning to hurt.“Vivanna, are you actually deluded enough to believe that you have the upper hand in this conversation?” he whispered painfully close to my ears, and a chill crept up my back. “I think that you will pay more attention to your surroundings if-”.
READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED, SOME MATURE THEMES ARE DISCUSSED.I had assumed that ‘casino’ had only represented wealth and perhaps even an acceptance of human nature. Because of that blunder, I had been ill-prepared for a conversation with the Count, let alone an entire blackmail strategy.-But I can't fail. I cannot afford to fail! -To m
My eyes widened as I watched the scene unfold before me. The man in red slid from his helper’s grip. “NEIWEI!!” The failed helper at the top of the balcony yelled desperately and loudly enough to halt the music in the hall, startling the crowd below. -Neiwei?-
The carriage rattled on the bumpy road filling up the pungent silence that surrounded the both of us, neither Vincent nor I had spoken a word since our fight by the door.But even as we sat opposite each other, his eyes never left my frame.I was curious as to what exactly he was looking for, perhaps more proof that I was on drugs because of the un-Vivanna like reaction? I wasn’t sure, but whatever it was, I was too tired, too tired to pretend, to ache, to think!There were more reasons for me to cry, but, what if, just what if, unlike the painful scene that I had just witnessed that tried to convince me otherwise, what if Neiwei was still alive? What if…
I could feel my heart’s beat rise steadily, but I could not let my self cave into my primal instincts of coiling up into a corner and waiting for the boogie man to flee. I needed more information on what it was that was going on out there, contrary to what Vincent thought.-Gods, I hope its not like giant snakes or…giant wasps or something!-I hated that I was not as sleek as Vincent in sneaking out, because the second I touched the doorknob, it squealed.-The hell?!-I cringed as I turned the ungreased knob slowly, but each time I turned it, it squeaked slightly heckling my top nonexisting ninja ski
Kassian.It had taken Kassian days to plan and fix his schedule so that he could fit in an impromptu visit to Portburgh and still, the earliest that he could manage had left him reaching the Pursioe manor at dead hours of the night.It was too late for him to join the ball without breaking the festivities' flow and too early to find Vivanna indoors during a ball. He had intended to meet with the Marquess during the gala as she had been requesting his presence. Still, he would have to schedule another date for their meeting because he only intended to stay the night in Portburgh. Come morn, and he was set to leave with Vivanna to Envia, where