Absolute Power Novels & Stories

They shone with ecstasy when I was deep inside her, and the effect was absolutely stunning. “With great power comes great responsibility. If you’re a man worthy of that power, you will rule without consequence. I’m the biggest shark in the ocean, the top of the hierarchy. I control this world, down to every last detail. Men look over my shoulder for me, but my power is untouchable. I’m the most powerful man in this world—and no one can ever take that away from me. Perhaps my station makes me a target, but it also makes me untouchable. If a woman were ever by my side, she would never have to be afraid of anything—because the world serves me.” Her father had a respectable empire with plenty of

He said with distaste as he remembered Chiara throwing a knife at her dad during the dinner. "Her family has power, territory and great connections." "Yeah, we have that too." "You are really shortsighted." Carlos scoffed at him. "Il potere è buono, ma il potere assoluto è ancora migliore. Se possiamo assumere i Marianos, saremmo i re dello Stato, nessuno potrebbe sconfiggerci. Immagina molto che poteva molto." (Power is good, but absolute power is even better. If we can take over the Marianos, we would be the kings of the state, no one could defeat us. Just imagine that much power.)

“Let’s hope he doesn’t start early and overthrow you by naptime.” Alexander grins. “He can try. I’ll still win. He may have your stubbornness, but he’s got my obsession.” I narrow my eyes at him. “You’re obsessed?” “You and him?” His voice drops to a rumble. “I’m fucking ruined.” Alexander’s POV They say power makes a man untouchable. That if you own enough, rule enough, kill enough—you’ll never need anything. Liars. I didn’t know what real power was until I held my son in one arm and Ivy in the other.

About honour. But they were fools to think that way. Thinking like that would only tie one back. Power was all about leverage. It was about creating fear in the heart of the weak. It was about uncovering the secrets of the mighty and using it to your own advantage. That is what power has always been. That was what power was about. Not what people made it to be.

No fear. “Your forefathers learned something you seem to have forgotten.” A pause. “We are not to be underestimated.” My jaw tightened. “If the world allows only three superpowers…” Her voice sharpened. “Then we will become the fourth.” Bold. Dangerous. Accurate. “We have more oil,” she continued. “More control.” “More leverage than you are willing to admit.” I didn’t interrupt. Because interrupting now— Would only weaken my position. “Let me ask you something, Mr. President,” she said.

For the most part, nothing beat telling uniformed officers and their prim and proper fleets what to do. “When I say people,” ze said, “I mean normal people. Anyone else I’ve ever interacted with were… people of power.” “You say that like no-one in the Republic has power,” Freya replied. “Not like that. It’s a different kind of power, I guess. Not like a personal power kind of thing. But a kind of powerful influence. The kind that pulls other people along with it.” “Kings and queens. Like that?” “Yeah. Emperors and admirals and ministers.”

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” — Lord Acton. VORATH The bitter scent of burnt espresso filled my lungs, sharper than the ache in my chest. I did everything he asked. From when I was just a boy, small enough to be crushed by his palm, to now, a man with hands permanently blood-stained by his commands. It was never enough. I won him favors, silenced his enemies, even took the fall when the council demanded blood.

Whole. I thought about power, how I had once sought it externally, in offices, in contracts, in the gaze of men who measured value by control. I had learned the hard way that power is not taken; it is claimed within. True authority comes from clarity of self and the courage to exist fully, unapologetically. And I claimed it.

A statement, not a question. "It will. Because you built it to. I have watched you. You do not rule by fear alone. You rule by making fear unnecessary. You make loyalty profitable, and betrayal unimaginable. It is a more durable form of power." He let out a slow, careful breath. "There will be a moment, soon after. A moment of testing. Some will see weakness. You must be ready to be… absolute." "I am ready," Jay said, and it was the truest thing he had ever spoken.

she said. "Yes. But that is a difficult thing to know about power when you have just discovered you possess it." He looked at the fire. "In my four centuries, I have seen thirteen individuals come into significant power. Seven of them used it immediately and broadly, which resolved some short-term problems and created permanent ones. Four used it surgically, which was better but still reduced them in the long run. Two never used it at all, which made them ultimately irrelevant." He turned back to her. "You are the first one I have observed who understood, instinctively, that the highest use of power is to make its use unnecessary." She sat with this. "I understand it because I grew up withou