Novel & Cerita Deception Point Author

She paused, fingers tightening around the hem of her tunic. “I came to love history because in it, people are remembered for what they did, not who they resembled. I wanted to be that. Someone undeniable.” There was silence, warm and thick and understanding. “You’re not a second draft,” Tobias said finally, voice rough with emotion. “You’re the original story they never had the courage to read.” Her eyes found his, and something passed between them. And then, later, maybe a week or two, came a moment of his own honesty.

It was supposed to change everything. Instead, everything changed. His name was dragged through the mud, on every headline like he was some lowlife criminal. What little friends he had left disappeared. The shame was like a heavy coat I couldn’t take off. I remembered sitting by his side in court, watching helplessly as they tossed around allegations of embezzlement and fraud like they knew the truth. Like they knew him. But they didn’t. My father was framed. And the man behind it? Victor Devereux.

After all, the person he loved since his leg injury that year was only me. He had not expected that I had learned Italian. I had understood that conversation, and I had discovered everything! Even so, he wondered how I could be so heartless. He was just obsessed with the past, just pitying Nina. How could I erase my identity and completely disappear from his world? At this moment, Andrew called again, but this time his voice carried a sense of hesitation. "Don Pierce, I think you need to see this surveillance footage... You need to brace yourself."

"What's the formula for this medicine? Tell us! Do you dare?" I smiled and pulled an image-recording crystal from my sleeve. Kade and his rogues had found it on the body of a dead assassin in the wilderness. A low hum filled the air. A huge screen of light instantly projected into the sky. On it, Selena's pretty, vicious face was clearly visible, her voice echoing in the ears of every pack member. "I have the manuscript. As long as that bitch dies in the wilderness, the position of Chief Healer is mine."

I was also having a hard time understanding what Dean’s motive was behind all this. “I know your truth, Celine. I know why you confessed your love to Gavin at that young age.” “Really, what’s that?” “You fell in love with Jamie Astor, your father’s friend, who was thirty years older than you.” “What sort of rubbish is that?” “I heard and saw everything with my own eyes, Celine. You can’t play a game with me, and I don’t believe any of your nonsense. During our summer vacation, I noticed you in the Astor Mansions study room. You were yanking on Jamie’s tie as he tried to flee from you. You told him you loved him and wished to have a relationship with him, which he refused. He yelled at you an

Hatred was in my heart that he used my mother. “No, darling. The world has evolved. Technology has gotten better. I only had to access my lab which your dumbass couldn't notice that I was always using. Is it just me or you're just stupid to the call? You didn’t suspect that someone had access to that lab for it to have been that neat and all equipment perfectly preserved? You didn’t even flinch or take steps to find out the reason everything was functioning properly. You thought our ghosts were taking care of it?” He laughed. “No, I was creating an army inside there. I was always there. I heard you each time you came. I led you there. I planted the duplicated USB with the edited and fabricat

"Do you still doubt that this was written by Spencer?" Deloris pursed her lips. "I don't think he, the Montagues, nor the Fitzgeralds have the ability to circumvent my security. Did he write it? I can't answer that. Did he put it in here? I can answer that unequivocally no. I need to take these and dust them first. I should also dust the apartment...if we haven't already done too much damage." "You want me to leave?" "I turned off the stove. Your dinner is a tad overcooked."

she asked painfully. "Because I’ve learned not to trust you. My love didn’t stop you the last time. So now, I need something stronger to keep you from leaving again." "You’re unbelievable..." she said, voice trembling with unshed tears. "You loved me because you thought I was Julia. Don’t include that here. What we had was bound to end the way it did. I knew from the start you'd hate me once you found out the truth—" "Because you deceived me!" "You never let me explain!" she shouted. "You know nothing, Sake! And yet you hated me like I was the worst person alive! You judged me without even hearing me out!"

 ~AUTHOR'S POV~

However, thinking back to the words I heard on my deathbed, I suspected that Asher had betrayed me, too. This time around, though, Asher would never have the chance to be born. I picked up my painting and headed straight for the door. I could still hear them as I left. They were completely indifferent to my movements. That suited me fine. After all, I had no interest in dealing with them anymore. Pretending that I was still deaf, I made my way to the post office to submit my artwork to the Young Artists Competition. This was my only chance to change my fate.