Cigarette Daydreams Lyrics

He called me disposable. The Tribunal called me property. They both forgot what Lunaris does to cages. I was the Alpha’s kept woman for five years—his secret, his softness, his sin. Then, the night his missing Luna returned, Alpha Daire Vhaloren stood on the balcony with a cigarette dangling from his fingers and told me, without even looking, “You should go” So I did. Obedient. Quiet. Disposable. I left with his gifts, a deed to a house… and a secret I never planned to carry. Three months later, headlines screamed that Daire’s empire had collapsed. Frostveil Manor sealed. Nightmoor Covenant assets set for auction. The woman he “chose” over me, Calista Dravenne, smiled for the cameras like she hadn’t just burned his world to the ground. I tried to stay gone. Until the High Howl Tribunal branded me a recoverable asset and announced a “live appraisal” of Lot One—the pregnant omega they swore belonged to them. I went back for answers. What I found wasn’t the untouchable Alpha who dismissed me. It was a man with stubble on his jaw, a hunted kind of murder in his eyes… and a voice that made my knees weak when he said, “Why are you here, Elowen?” Because he rejected me once. Because he replaced me. Because he doesn’t know the truth. And because the bond he tried to throw away is coming for us both—along with the child he never knew I was carrying. Now Daire wants a contract marriage to save what’s left of his pack. I want revenge… and protection. But when an Alpha realizes the woman he discarded is his fated mate—and the lost heir of House Lunaris—he doesn’t beg politely. He hunts. ---

I gulped "What do you want from me?" I asked already shaking. "Don't be scared babygirl" A second man said. I flinched when he called me that. "We won't hurt you" A third man responded chuckling at his statement. Just as I was about to protest, the chubby man pulled me down making me lie down from my once sitting position "Please I beg you. Don't" I pleaded tears streaming down my eyes. "SHUT THE HELL UP" the second man said as he slapped me making my head snap to the other side. I closed my mouth whimpering. "Good girl" the third man cooed. The chubby man stood up ready to pull off his trousers when I began to squirm, the two other men held my arms and my legs which prevented me from protecting myself so I decided to scream. That was bad idea. The man above me, the chubby one, brought out a gun from his pocket bringing it close to my head, I winced as the cold metal made contact with my head "One more word from your mouth and I blow your fucking head up. OK?" He threatened, his mouth smelling of cigarette, I nodded vigorously as he grinned dropping his gun. Owning a well known company, Riele found it hard to find true love. Men either date her then dump her or dupe her for the money she has Through these complications she came across Jace but not in her right senses either. Follow them through the problems the world throws at them to see if they would escape its brutal beatings or not

Aurora Sinclair a tout sacrifié par amour, jusqu'à son propre corps. Elle a donné un rein pour sauver son mari, pour n'être remerciée que par la trahison. Piégée, rejetée, divorcée et ruinée. Mais elle n'était pas seule. Portant l'enfant dont Adrian Kingston ignorait l'existence, Aurora a disparu dans l'ombre, pour se réveiller aux côtés d'un inconnu, un homme aussi brisé qu'elle. Zane Carter. Impétueux. Intouchable. Cachant des secrets plus sombres que ses tatouages. Un homme qui l'a demandée en mariage dans un brouillard d'alcool et de chagrin, et elle a dit oui. Des années plus tard, Aurora est de retour. Non plus comme la femme qu'ils ont détruite, mais comme celle qu'ils devraient craindre. Mais le destin n'en a pas fini avec elle. Adrian est sur le point de se remarier, avec la femme qui a ruiné sa vie. La vérité sur sa trahison se dévoile peu à peu. Et Zane ? Il ne la laissera pas partir. « Tu veux te venger, ma belle ? » Les lèvres de Zane se tordent en un sourire narquois, tandis qu’il fait tourner une cigarette éteinte autour de son doigt. « Réduisons-les en cendres ensemble. » Mais dans ce jeu de mensonges, de pouvoir et de tromperie, qui est le chasseur et qui est la proie ? Car la véritable guerre ne fait que commencer.

When Tessa Shoreman read Henry Jennings' cancer report, she immediately paid her hard-earned money of sixty thousand to the hospital. She had saved the money from working part-time while she was in university. However, she was worried the money was not enough, so she held back her fear as she sold a kidney to the black market to get more. As she walked to the ward door with a heavy bag filled with cash, she heard shrill laughter coming from inside. "That cheap woman, Tessa Shoreman, got tricked by us again. Haha!" Tessa's hand gave pause right when she was about to push the door open. What did he mean by saying she was tricked? Tessa looked through the glass on the door to see inside the ward. When she left, the man looked extremely weak, but he was now sitting up lazily in bed. Henry had a cigarette in his mouth, and he was blowing smoke rings nonchalantly. He did not look like a cancer patient at all. "It's been two years, and that woman still has no idea." "If she hadn't beaten Serene to first place, Henry would never have left behind his life as a rich heir and planned such an elaborate scheme to become a working-class man living in a cheap rental home. The way that cheap, penniless woman looks at Henry is so amusing." "We agreed that the punishment ends when Henry and Serene get engaged. It looks like time is almost up. We've probably punished her 108 times in the past two years." "The first time was lying to her that Henry didn't have a suit for a job interview. She worked tirelessly for 72 hours straight before she earned enough money for one, but that suit was given to the domestic help to use as a cleaning cloth. The second time was tricking her into believing Henry had a high fever. She forfeited during the finals of a scientific research competition to race home and take care of Henry in the hospital…" "Sigh. Too bad it's coming to an end. I'm going to miss entertaining myself with her."

Le jour où mes parents avaient divorcé, la pluie tombait à verse. Sur la table, il y avait deux accords. L'un disait qu'on resterait dans le vieux quartier avec notre père, endetté à cause de son addiction au jeu. L'autre disait qu'on partirait vers la côte avec notre mère qui allait se remarier avec un riche homme d'affaires. Dans ma vie précédente, ma sœur pleurait et insistait pour suivre notre mère, tandis que j'avais préparé mes bagages en silence et j'avais suivi notre père. Plus tard, papa avait arrêté de jouer, il était devenu riche grâce aux démolitions et il m'avait comblée de soins et d'affection. Mais chez son beau-père, ma sœur subissait une froide indifférence et on ne la laissait pas sortir. Elle avait fini par mourir de dépression. Cette fois, quand tout a recommencé, ma sœur a arraché la cigarette de la main de papa et s'est accrochée à lui sans le lâcher. « Clara, j'ai pitié de papa. Toi, va avec maman profiter d'une belle vie. Je te laisse les bons jours. » Papa est resté un instant stupéfait, puis il a caressé la tête de ma sœur avec soulagement. Je n'ai rien dit et j'ai pris le billet pour la côte. Mais elle ne savait pas que, dans ma vie précédente, mon père avait réussi à arrêter de jouer parce que moi, atteinte d'une tumeur au cerveau, j'avais travaillé pour rembourser ses dettes jusqu'à cracher du sang, et j'avais presque donné ma vie pour le ramener sur le droit chemin.

My husband, Luca, had a childhood sweetheart named Sophia. Years ago, during a brutal gang shootout, Sophia shielded him from the worst of the bloodshed, and since then, she had suffered from severe PTSD. Because of that, Luca would push aside family business every year and fly to our estate on a secluded island off the coast of Sicily to spend three months “helping her recover.” “Victoria, she lost her mind because of me,” he told me. “I’m responsible for her. I hope you can be magnanimous.” So, I nodded. And eventually, I got used to the fact that every year, my husband would disappear for three months to fulfill what he called a moral obligation. That was until the day I flew in without warning to inspect the family’s money-laundering network on that island and saw him. In the town square, under the bright Mediterranean sun, Luca was standing there with a five-year-old boy by his side. “Papa, how long do we have to hide on this island?” the child asked. “I want to go to New York. I want to see the Empire State Building.” Luca laughed gently and scooped him up in his arms. With his other hand, he held Sophia’s. “Antonio, be good,” he said affectionately. “Papa’s position is… complicated. When you turn eighteen and pass the family’s initiation ceremony, I’ll kill that woman and her dead old man. Then, I’ll take you back to New York to inherit the entire Corleone family.” I stood in the shadows, unseen. Slowly, I lit a cigarette. The smoke curled around me as their voices drifted over, the conversation getting more vicious as it went. Sophia leaned into his chest, her tone sweet and coy. “Luca, I’ve been with you for seven years without a name or a title. How much longer are our son and I supposed to live like ghosts?” Luca sighed. “I don’t have a choice. The old man in the Corleone family is still alive. I married Victoria just to get her territory. Don’t worry. I’ve been adding something to her milk every day. She’ll never get pregnant in this lifetime. My family bloodline will only continue through you.” The last thread of reason in my mind snapped. In the six years of marriage we shared, I had been infertile. I’d taken countless hormone injections to stimulate ovulation. I’d knelt in church and prayed more times than I could count. Yet, all along, the devil poisoning me was my own husband. The initial shock faded quickly into rage. I crushed out my cigarette and pulled out my phone. Then, I dialed my uncle, the family’s clean-up man. “Uncle Rocco,” I said calmly, “Luca betrayed me. He betrayed the family. Order a coffin in the finest black walnut for me, and make it large, large enough to fit a family of three.”