Brokedown Palace Book Novels & Stories

When he heard the news, the crystal glass slipped from his hand and shattered on the floor. A violent rush of joy, tangled with regret, struck him all at once. To him, Noah was his only redemption and the last bridge that could reconnect us. Immediately, in the name of the Alpha, he sent an endless procession of gifts. A magnificent gold-trimmed cradle, the softest animal furs, and a dazzling array of jewels and ornaments. The convoy stopped outside my door in grand formation. I didn't go out, and I couldn't even be bothered to look.

I wasn't completely successful in that area as it is the Internet, you can't completely erase something that once existed. “Mr Knight, Mr Miller is here to see you.” My secretary Lexi says opening the door wider for my soon to be business partner. “Adam. Hope the suit is up to your taste. I would've given you the penthouse but it is preoccupied by a very important guest at the moment. I'm sure you do understand.” He says smiling at me. He has a very friendly demeanor. He looks like those grandpas who are everyone's favorite. Looking into his eyes, I can see a hidden darkness. Sad to find out he doesn't have anyone to inherit his business.

’ I thought to myself as I closed the car door. My chest stiffened as I walked into the room and saw the mess Rick made last night. The blue lamp that sat on my nightstand was on the floor in pieces. It looked as if it had been thrown across the room and hit the wall. At a second glance, I could see marks on the wall where the lamp must have made contact. A picture. No correction. The only picture I had in my room was also on the floor. The frame was in two pieces and there was glass everywhere.

You forget to interact with people and you forget to feel anything except the pain that you had kept in for so long. And then she came into my life. She eclipsed my every hurt and pain because hers was greater than mine. She is afraid but hides it well behinds her beauty. She is strong but doesn't let people see that side of her. And she is broken but I fell for the cracks, wanting to fill them up with the pieces of my own broken heart. I would do anything for her, except... (This book is a dark tragedy. Contains dubious content that might not be for sensitive readers. Proceed with caution.)

The perpetual sadness never left her face since the day Amor discovered the truth as if she was fighting with herself, but was too helpless to let us know about it. Soon we reached a ruin which would have been a grand castle once, but now it was a colossal mess of broken and burnt walls, ashes still afresh on the ground, cracked window glasses, shattered shards still scattered on the windowsill and floor. “Ah!” I hissed. As soon as I stepped into the premises of the ruined palace, a sharp pain ran through my head like an electric current. I held my head and stepped away from the castle.

It comes with a great price. And this is the price I need to pay. "Crown Princess! The palace barrier is broken!" I stood from my seat abruptly when a palace guard hurried to the hall. What? Broken? But it was built by the king himself! It's an invisible protective barrier that surrounds the whole palace, forbidding the outsiders to go inside without permission. "What do you mean? Who broke-" My jaw dropped when the next moment, the palace guard I was talking to fell in the floor with a sharp blade pierced through his chest.

Each room, each corridor held a story, and his words wove a tapestry of understanding, deepening my connection to this place that would soon be my home. As the day wore on, the palace had revealed As the day wore on, the palace had revealed its secrets to me, and with each step, my appreciation for its grandeur grew. Captain Rodgers led me to the library, a haven of knowledge and wisdom. The shelves were lined with ancient tomes, their worn spines carrying the weight of countless stories and forgotten lore. It was a sanctuary of learning, a place where the past intertwined with the present.

It broke me like hell. I was dragged unkindly out of the carriage. They brought me inside the palace and with the first sight of it, the palace seemed so big and Royal. It was made of Red hard rocks and fully decorated because of the victory of the prince over our empire, I guessed. They signaled me and other ladies of our empire to follow them. I walked through the huge entrance of the palace after the grand welcome of the king and prince in the palace. I looked at my feet touching the ground of the enemy place which Just pierced my heart into pieces. I knew where my life would go from there. I was the Princess of our empire, never got defeated in any fight, and most of all considered as th

The best for someone like me who loves to research through books, histories and ancient recipes. Time went by in a blur and I'd checked out more than thirty different books before deciding to take a harmless stroll around the palace— permission granted or not. The palace was so darn big. With each turn at a corner, I couldn't help but come to a conclusion that it was very easy for me to lose my way around here. But that wasn't enough to keep me rooted to a spot. I kept walking around, gasping at every mesmerizing sight and cringing anytime I sighted a few maids getting the so-called teachings they deserved.

No, this was something important, something significant. I reached for it with trembling hands, pulling it from the shelf and setting it down on the floor before me. The dust that had settled on top of it made me cough as I flipped open the cover, the pages brittle with age, the words printed in an elegant script I almost couldn’t read. I didn’t understand why, but something told me this book held the key to everything—the key to the secrets buried in this palace, to the lies I had been told. I started reading.