Deception 4 Blood Ties の小説・ストーリー

"We grew up together. Been friends since we were kids. It was the perfect solution to both our family's demands." "Then why did she leave?" "Because she fell in love." He turns to face me fully. "With someone else. She begged me to call it off, but our families... there's too much at stake." My mind spins. All this time, I thought Hattie was just another spoiled rich girl. But she ran for love. "So what now?" Declan's smirk is back. "Going to have her arrested for fraud?" "Shut up, Declan." Henry's voice is tired. He looks at me, really looks at me, and I can't read what's in his eyes. "How much is the debt?"

“She’s the reason we’re here! He accused me of adultery because he’s been doing it this whole time.” Myron doesn’t blink. Doesn’t flinch. Doesn’t care. I glance at Eli. He looks just as stunned as I feel, his brows knitted together in disbelief. “I lost two babies in that man’s house,” I say, my voice cracking. “And now he brings this—” I gesture toward Selene and the child, “—in front of the elders like it's nothing? That boy has his name, his blood. And still he wanted me punished?” “Emerald Golden,” the white-haired elder with the jowls leans forward, his deep voice coated in skepticism. “Are you accusing your mate—your Alpha—of deception before this council?”

"Ohh, I'm so sorry. I understand. But you can't put all the blame on your father, he was left with no other option." She nodded and swallowed back another wave of tears. "Rose, I'm not happy about my father's decision to accept such a ridiculous offer without my consent. I tried my best not to accept the marriage, but my father insisted. He said Williams promised to call off the marriage once he'd be able to repay the loan of $5 billion."

It was blood in the water, and the sharks—employees, board members, assistants—were circling with whispers that would soon spiral into gossip storms. I felt my knees weaken. I tried to step in between them, my voice cracking. “Stop this. Both of you. Please.” But Damien’s fury was volcanic. He ripped free from Richard’s grip and thrust a finger at me, his tone wrathful. “You. You’ve been seduced. Manipulated by him. Don’t you see? He’s not who you think he is. He’s using you to get back at me.” I flinched, my chest tightening. “That’s not true.”

I felt like I needed it right now. Finally, my nerves calmed to normal. I offered him a nervous smile, and he responded with a flirty eyebrow raise. “Misunderstandings, um, Alpha, they are at the very base of all deception. No deceiver can be queen,” Elder Sybil added in a measured tone, setting her palms flat on the table. “The red wolf…” Elder Victor raised, shifting in his chair. “She is th…” Connery cut in adamantly, rising from his chair. “I am,” I stopped Connery, glaring at him. I lifted my chin a fraction, and then I swayed my gaze at Victor and corrected, “I was.”

" The end of DECEPTION... Find out what happens next in ENTRAPMENT

“What kind of game is this?” “It’s not a game,” he finally said. That did it. I stepped closer to him. “Then explain it to me,” I snapped. “Explain why my father is dead and you’re standing here acting like you have the right to offer me anything.” He looked down at me. If he was affected, he was doing a good job of hiding it. “I didn’t kill him.” The words affected me, but instead of relief, they sparked anger. I laughed humorlessly, backing away. “Do you hear yourself?” I asked. “You expect me to just take your word for it?”

Each item placed on her desk with the precision of a woman who had rehearsed this presentation in her head a hundred times and was now performing it live. "Let me walk you through the structure," I said. And I did. From the beginning. Victor and Sera. The manufactured blood debt. The phantom invoices draining Moretti accounts through shell companies. The pattern replicated across four families. The young women traded through honor contracts that functioned as financial enslavement. Hana, isolated in Connecticut. Delia, hiding under a false name. Raquel, dead at twenty-three in a cleaned apartment. My mother, dead in a car accident with bruises on her wrists that nobody questioned.

That wasn’t who I was, and it was apparently not what Seth wanted in a woman. “What did you want to talk to me about that you couldn’t wait until tomorrow?” He asked. “Seth has ties to the mafia. He’s a part of that life. He might be dangerous, and if he finds out that I am deceiving him, what will happen to me?”

“Yes, what’s wrong?” Dexie said. Tara didn’t understand, so she laughed and casually said, “Your blood type differs from ours. No wonder you’re much prettier than Eric.” “Eh?” Tara’s blunt comment stunned Dexie. She only came back to reality a while later. “What is your blood type and Dad’s?” She had a terrible feeling in her heart. Thinking about Eric’s expression at that moment, she still felt that something was wrong. “I am type O, your father is type B, and your brother is the same as me.” Tara didn’t realize how shocking her words were to Dexie. She didn’t understand and thought that everyone’s blood type was different. With that said, she turned around and went to the bathroom.