By Sin I Rise Cora Reilly Novels & Stories

That was why she'd given up everything to stay in this unfamiliar world with him. Their promises and unbridled love for each other were now knives that stabbed her deep. Suddenly, Fiona wanted to meet Lorraine. She wanted to meet the person who'd made Michael change so thoroughly. … Fiona stood in an unnoticeable corner of Fallwind Chapel. She immediately saw Michael, who was accompanying Lorraine as she prayed. The woman beside him was slender and gentle. She wore a long, green dress, and it wasn't an exaggeration to say she was gorgeous. She was an orphan, but that hadn't taken a toll on her demeanor.

I could see her getting weary of me, or so my imagination tells me, as she has withdrawn from me, and I hated it. “Good morning...” A nice-looking woman walked into the room where all the rescued boys had been lodged. “I am Queen Iris, I am the queen of Central City,” she said, and I gasped. She was gorgeous, and I could sense she was powerful. “I am a healer, and I am here to help you through the pain you have endured,” she said, and I scoffed. I could see she was powerful, but no one can erase from our souls all those days of torture and confinement.

One small move and he would see Adrian. At that moment, someone shouted from outside. "Fire! Fire!" Logan jumped up and left in a hurry. Before I could even breathe, he came back and grabbed me. "Anna, come with me." By the time we arrived, the arsonist had already been caught. It was Sophie. She glared at me with madness in her eyes. "Anna, you filthy liar. You're the one with impure blood! Last life and this one, it's always been you. You're the one who deserves to die!"

This wasn’t me. This wasn’t Sofia Chris, the quiet, devout girl who spent Sundays in church and her free moments volunteering. Sofia Chris didn’t feel a jolt of something akin to desire when a man’s eyes lingered on her, didn’t feel her pulse quicken when his voice dropped to a husky whisper. I wasn’t supposed to feel this way. It was wrong. It was… a sin.

There was no Father John to taunt me and no one to look at me with that knowing gaze. I curled myself up in my bed. My eyes lingered longer than usual on the Ceiling until they became blurry. The faint sound of children laughing outside, the faded echoes of footsteps, bells chiming. Each time I closed my eyes, I was there again. Standing helplessly, his hands gripping the back of my neck, his breath fanning my cheeks as he whispered. “You were born in sin Simon, but I will cleanse you of that sin.” I turned my face burying it into the pillow, trying to shake off the memory.

It was painful, sending sharp pricks of pain through my scalp but it only fueled the need for me to bury myself inside her. Condom," I stated, lowering my hands to squeeze her ass cheeks as she straddled me. It was thick, soft and big. The perfect fucking size. She reached over to the nightstand, opening it roughly and quickly rummaged through the items. Nova pulled out an aluminium foil square. I was impatient, grinding my dick through her slit while she opened the wrapper.The yearning to sink myself into her started to hit full force. I never wanted anything more.

His voice dropped to a menacing growl, "…I pull the trigger." He started counting, slow and deliberate: "One… two…" Sofia's legs moved before he could reach three. Every instinct screamed at her to resist, but her loyalty and fear won. With trembling steps, she returned to the altar, feeling every eye on her, the weight of the vows she had no choice but to speak pressing down like chains. The applause still echoed in Sofia Cortez's ears long after the priest declared them husband and wife. Mrs. Romano. The name felt heavy. Not beautiful. Not romantic. Heavy.

"Seize them!" The hall erupted into chaos. Northern peacekeepers drew their blades, and Southern guards vaulted over the tables. Killian stood up, his face a mask of shock and horror. "Cora? What have you done?" "I did what you were too weak to do!" Cora screamed, backing away as the Southern guards closed in. "She is a monster, Killian! She’s the reason the North is dying! If she won't give us her blood, I’ll take it from her corpse!"