Deception 4 Blood Ties Novels & Stories

“he’s a sick son of a bitch. But I’ll give him this, he knows how to put on a show.” Eli blinked, confused. “This,” I said, gesturing around the kitchen, “this is the kind of twisted theatrics only the Moretti bloodline could dream up. Give the boy his lovers, give him two kingdoms, then hand him the gun and make him pick who gets the bullet.” Eli winced. “It’s not like that—” “The hell it isn’t,” I snapped. “He’s not just making you choose, Eli. He’s making you guilty. Doesn’t matter who dies, you’ll carry the blood.”

“It does. But Draeger is a billionaire. This probably feels like a hundred-dollar expense to him.” They fell into silence as the car drove on. Eventually, the roads got narrower and the trees arched over them in leafy canopies. Then the tall and ornate iron gates appeared, flanked by hedges and an ivory stonewall on each side. The two girls glanced at each other. “I still think we’re getting kidnapped”, Zaria half-joked. “If we are”, Sienna said as she smoothed her blouse, “at least they are classy.” The car turned up a long winding driveway until the Draeger Institute appeared. It looked more like a gothic fortress than a research lab. They rolled to a stop at the base of a long staircase w

Now, he was just a man in a suit too expensive for grief, staring at a city too fast to notice that he’d come undone. Each time he’d written a variation of the truth: about Alexei, about the job offer, about Moscow, about Irina’s manipulation. About how he’d seen her before they ever met. He had fallen in love before he knew he was capable of continuing the execution of his vengeance. His finger hovered above the “send” button now. It shook. But he didn’t press it. A coward’s tactic. Not yet. Because truth wasn’t enough anymore. It had to come with repentance.

The bloody man knelt on the ground and repeatedly begged for mercy, "No one asked me to do it; it was all because I was drunk, Mr. Brooks. Please, believe me. I'm so sorry for your brother. I was wrong. Please spare my life, please." Jared squinted at Zeth, the man before him, with darkness in his eyes, without a hint of human warmth. "I have had someone check that you are just an ordinary taxi driver, but just two days before the accident, you suddenly received a transfer of half a million dollars in your account." Upon hearing this, Zeth's heart suddenly thumped, and his whole body trembled. "My, my - my friend - transferred it to me." As soon as Zeth finished speaking, Jared kicked onto h

It was justice well served to see them rot in their misery. “Thank you, Lily. This is the best mating gift ever.” Six months later, Lily sent me a news link. Lying on the sunbed, I clicked on the link lazily. The photo showed a gory, brutal image of a car crash. According to Lily, Anna and Joey, descending to rogues, somehow ended back together. They had been surviving on scams until their lives ended under the car tires one night. Gale and Mollie were beside themselves with grief.

I rolled my eyes, "I don't believe you, jerk. You're powerless." He rushed forward, hands wrapping around my throat. He bared his teeth at me, "I showed you the videos, and trust me, I have copies. So unless you want me to share our sex tape to your new husband and every bloody person in the mafia, you'll do as I say." Holy shit. "And we both know what Roman will do to you once he finds out you're not the innocent bride he was promised." I shrugged his hands off me, glaring at him, "Fine, I'll play your stupid games." I tried to act unaffected on the outside, but on the inside my stomach was tumbling.

She closed her eyes, awaiting the knife to cut into her skin, and just as she expected, a sting surged through her body and she clenched her hands by her side, her lips pressed tightly together. She felt Jacob's palm on her cheek for the second time and wondered what he was doing but she didn't dare to open her eyes. Jacob placed his cut over hers, their blood mixing. “ With this, we are bound together as master and slave. This is our blood ties,” His words were solemn and Ava snapped her eyes open to meet his deep ones. Bound by blood together as master and slave? “ From now on, you are mine. Mine to break and mend, mine to kill and save. Your name is now Felicia. Felicia, Slave to Jacob St

“We’re going to go through this.” One thing he understood about blood ties; no matter how much control someone had on themselves, they would cave in to the blood ties. In order to help Mira to ease her transformation and gained better control of herself, severing the blood ties was her only option. Cohen knew that one day Damien would use the blood ties on her if she shifted before she severed the blood ties. Blood dies were created solely for the purpose to control the subordinate. That was how the master often controlled their slaves. It was time to expand the search for Damien Kincaid.

The way she’d thrown herself into Wade’s bed while carrying another man’s child. The room spun. I gripped the armrest of my chair, trying to process. Wade had been so certain. So proud. He’d thrown away everything – our marriage, his honor, his pack – for a lie. For a child that wasn’t his. “She used him,” I said, the words coming out hollow. “From the very beginning. The bond, the pregnancy, everything –” “Everything had been planned from the very beginning. Even after my arrival here.” Tristan’s eyes were hollow. “To her father, we are just tools. Morgan. Me. Even Wade. Just tools to be used and discarded.”

“You should’ve kept running, Nancy.” Nancy smirked. “And miss the finale? Oh, darling, no. You’ve always been so predictable.” Damian moved to stand between them, his gun trained on her. “Enough games. It’s over.” Nancy’s smile didn’t waver. “You think you’ve won, Damian? You’ve only cut one thread. There are more you can’t see. Threads even your precious wife is tangled in.” Amaya froze. “What are you talking about?” Nancy tilted her head, eyes gleaming with cruel amusement. “Ask your brothers, Amaya. Ask them where the first deal was made. Ask them who signed the contract that started all of this.”