Breaking The Cardinal Rule Novels & Stories

"But you lie to yourself. You broke your own rules. The rules you set for yourself. You declared war against women. Never kiss a woman. Never sleep with a woman in your bed. Never give your heart to any woman. But, you allow Bexley to sleep in your bed. You laughed with her. You kissed her. And you say nothing has changed? Listen to yourself. Stop lying to yourself, Blake. She has gotten you. You have feelings for her. Admit it, Blake. YOU ARE IN LOVE!!! " No, never. You lied. You are crazy. Get out of my head and stop feeding me lies. I am Blake. I hate women. And it will not stop. Kissing Bexley was a mistake. I will never allow her to come close to me again. I know my rules. And I will ne

When she applied the stencil, her fingers smoothed over my ribs, pressing the design of wild roses and thorns into my flesh. “Look in the mirror,” she ordered. I turned. The purple lines curved beautifully along my side, following the line of my breast down toward my hip. It looked bold and dangerous. Maybe this could add an identity that had been missing from my body. Raven picked up her machine. The buzz filled the room like an angry wasp. “First rule,” she said, one hand firmly bracing my hip. “You don’t apologize for your reactions. Pain is honest. If you need to cry, cry. If you need to scream, scream. Your safeword is ‘red.’ Say it.”

But his voice made me halt in my steps. “Also, don’t forget rule No. 3. I won’t forgive you if you break it. Go” he warned. I nodded, my mind racing as I swallowed hard. As I walked down the hallway towards the stairs, rule No. 3 kept on repeating itself in my head. “Never fall in love” that was the rule. But little did my father know that I had long broken the rule and the fear of what he might do once he found out, gripped me.

a more elderly man agreed until they were all talking angrily amongst themselves. “Gentleman, Gentleman!" I called. “Edric was a cruel man indeed, but does that mean we repay him with the same cruelty? He has been merciless to me among many during his rule, but I will NOT allow any man to starve into a slow and painful death, no matter his crimes. That is not who we are, and we will not respond to ruthlessness with that of our own! We WILL be better than that. Better than the example he led by.” I waited a moment before I continued to allow what I said to sink in and to watch the response on their faces. But so far, it seemed they all understood my reasoning.

Pink said. "Infinite, do you understand the significance of the mark in your pulse?" Lucy asked. "No, I don't," I admitted. "Broken mark signify breaking the pack's rules, which can impact the health of our Alpha," Lucy clarified. I had been completely unaware of these rules. "What are these rules?" I questioned. "Acts betrayal to Kappa is considered rule violations," Pink responded. I now understood the rules, and I vowed not to break it. "I'm getting tired. Can we continue this conversation tomorrow?" Pink yawned.

That's when we made the three rules. Rule One: Always come when the other calls, no matter what. Rule Two: Always tell the truth and never keep secrets. Rule Three: Never fall in love with each other and never confess such. We were eight years old and we thought we were so smart making rules that would keep our friendship safe forever. But the thing is no rule can protect you from the inevitable so I ended up breaking two of them.

Georgia’s POV The banging on the door was so loud it shook the walls. I froze mid-step, my coffee cup slipping from my hand and breaking on the marble floor. My heart thudded so hard I could hear it in my ears. “Open up! Police!” The words cut through the air like a blade. I swallowed hard, muttering to myself, No… this can’t be happening. Not now. When the door burst open, men in dark uniforms stormed in, their faces stone cold. They surrounded me before I could even breathe.

when I can not sleep. But this feels like winning. This feels like a man in scrubs, in a hallway, in a hospital, bumping my shoulder, in the small, specific, very specific way that is the entire thing. I think: Discreet is going to be the hardest rule we have ever broken. I think: we are going to break it constantly. I think: I am going to be a person who breaks rules. I am going to be a person who breaks rules with this man. To be continued...

It sets you free. She prayed she and Beau and her siblings and friends stayed happy and loving in their relationships. They had been through a lot together. They broke each other yes, but they fixed those cracks with gold and it was beautiful. There was wonder in destructionand they had each other to get through the rubble of brokenness. *BREAKING YOU* *ThE end*

His jaw tightened, not with judgment but with understanding. That was the moment I realized the second rule wasn’t broken by accident. He’d been aiming for it from the start. The Third Rule Trembles Rule three was the most sacred: No falling in love. It was written in ink, underlined twice, like we could actually control it. The night it started to crumble, the rain had been falling for hours, tracing frantic rivers down the windows of his penthouse. We were supposed to be going over the final revisions, but the power went out plunging us into a silence so thick I could hear my own heartbeat.