Collateral Damage Book Novels & Stories

| AVERYN | The title 'Shield of the Prince' sounds honourable, but it feels more suffocating than the palace. The marble floors gleamed, everywhere polished to perfection, yet all he could see when he looked down was blood. All that kept echoing in his head was her scream, her cries. Caleb clenched his fist as it played over and over in his head. He gritted his teeth and refused to swallow. They had become phantom stains that refused to wash away.

"Why? Why is this happening? I was reborn. I got everything I wanted. So, why did it still end like this?" I froze for a second. I never expected that Janet had been reborn, too. No wonder she had been so desperate in this life, so determined to chase everything she wanted. However, the darkness inside her had already sealed her fate. Watching as the officers forced her down and restrained her completely, I gave a small shrug and answered lightly, "Maybe you can figure that out in prison." The ambulances arrived quickly and carried the two injured people away. They survived. However, both of them had been blinded by shattered glass, and their faces were severely disfigured. What Janet had do

I thought of the world that was currently waking up to a silence it didn’t understand. But as I felt that tiny, second heartbeat pulse against my palm, I didn’t feel like a fugitive. I didn’t feel like a victim of a global conspiracy. I felt like an Architect. The first book was about the blood. It was about the betrayal and the breaking of the old world. It was about the trauma of the glass and the roar of the mountain. But the second book? The one we were starting right now, in this quiet French valley? That book was going to be about the Home.

A man I didn't even know existed until five minutes ago. "You destroyed my home," I choke out, my voice trembling with fury. "You traumatized my children. You almost killed us." "Collateral damage," he says, shrugging it off like it bores him. "What are you planning to do with me now?" I bite out, hating how my voice cracks. “Kill me?"

Silence lingered between them. The rest of the flight was quiet as Kevin sat in another seat at the back busy signing documents and discussing business matters while Emma read a book and intermittently looked out the window watching the scenery below and sometimes stealing a glance back at him and caught him looking at her. After an hour, Kevin walked to her, checking on her as she drifted off to sleep. The leather-bound book she was reading lay open on her lap, the words written on its open page clearly visible; “If I know what love is, it is because of you!" Kevin smiled and then put the book aside. There was no lie in it.

I never thought I would ever go emotional for a man who held me captive as a collateral to my dad’s loan. He shuts his eyes and I held his hand, I held his face in my hand and tears began to drip down in my face. I rush to the window side to peep if Alfredo’s attackers has taken their leave. I could see that most of Greg men are down while Greg has also been shot but not yet dead,his men drove out with speed. As I see them drove out in speed, I rush out of the room and go to his men. “He has collapsed, where is the first aid box? I asked.

“How-?” “I took it off,” Damion holds up what looks like a crushed piece of metal. “I also made sure to destroy whatever other collars they had in there. This pack was selling these collars. If you want, I can track down all those who bought those collars and kill them too.” He words the offer to commit further massacre so calmly that it shakes me. “I – I don’t think that’s necessary,” I stammer. However, I let out a deep breath of relief, “Thank you.”

They follow Carl and whoever is with him for about five minutes, and then Carl says, “Here it is. Stand a little back.” They hear the sound of something being wrenched open and then the sound of shoes on metal. “I say,” whispers Damion, “we let him get the book and attack him when he comes out. What do you think?” “Okay.” They creep closer. Now, through the trees, they can see two men standing there. Although, neither of them is Carl. He must have gone down into the trapdoor. One of them is Garrit, and the other with long hair Damion does not recognize. About five minutes later, they see Carl coming out of the trapdoor with something brown in his hand. That must be the book. Damion looks at

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Sure enough, a sleek, limited-edition luxury car pulled in right behind us. Carmen shook with glee at the sight. "That's my ticket!" She hit the brakes hard. In a flash, the luxury car smashed into my car. This time, everyone lost it, pointing at Carmen through their tears, asking, "Why does tonight have to be such a disaster?" "Seriously! If you can't drive, stop showing off with other people's wheels, will you?" "Let us out! I'm done with this deathtrap!" "Carmen, you did that on purpose, didn't you?!"