Dukes Of Ruin Novels & Stories

I need to find it before the blood moon. Silence falls for a beat. Dax rubs his jaw, frowning. “Ruins are a day’s run north,” he says gruffly, “deep in rogue territory now. Dangerous as hell—traps, old wards, maybe worse.” His eyes flick toward the doorway, where Kael has appeared, leaning casually against the frame, arms crossed, amber eyes glinting with interest. “You know those woods, rogue girl,” Dax adds, a touch of challenge in his voice. “Any truth to this dagger legend?”

“Duke, I’m not here to play games. Your company is on the edge. A single misstep could cost you everything—your shareholders, your reputation… even your position as CEO.” Duke’s lips pressed into a thin line. “I built that empire. I don’t need charity from the Harpers.” Alexandra’s smile widened, just enough to be dangerous. “Charity?” she echoed, voice silk over steel. “I think you’ll find that pride has a very short shelf life when your empire is crumbling.”

He’d attempt to reach out in a few days to see which of his sons survived. His priority, however, would be his own safety. I told you! Duke growled. He was furious at Kane. “Shut up! Focus on detecting approaching attacks. We aren’t in the clear yet.” Kane growled back. It’s too late. You allowed too many loose ends, and now it has all caught up to us. You have ruined everything we were building. You stupid human! Duke was rabid at the idea of everything they'd just lost. It would be impossible to advance their decade-long build plans now.

David Duke looked bleakly into his cup of hot chocolate, which Blue made, as Trent seemed to be spitting nails and scribbling furiously before standing. “I’m going to nail those fuckers to a wall and throw knives at them,” he turned. “Hito, if you could do a full work up on him. I’ll run a lineage trace.” “There’s no need to,” Duke said softly. “You… know where your family is?” I asked. “The-They…. They’re dead.” Duke let out a shuddering breath. “I-I saw their bodies wh-while they were trying to get us out.”

“I hate him for that.” Harry stayed quiet for a while before speaking again. “This is the time to beat him at his own game.” I frowned slightly and looked at him properly. There was something calculated in his eyes. “You are beautiful, Ann. Men like Duke always come back when they realise they no longer have control.” He leaned back slowly. “We position you back into his life. We make him obsessed again. Then we destroy him the same way he destroyed you.” I almost laughed. “What makes you think Duke will fall for me again?”

he said that made my world stop for a moment. No. He'll ruin me for the third time.

"I couldn't possibly let you go home on the tube with a baby in the rush hour, it's dangerous. Now come on." "Well, if you're sure." "It's ok Kylie you can trust him. He's not an axe murderer. He works in a stuffy bank." Jasper said, not telling her that Richie's family owned it." She looked across at Jasper. He was leaning against the worktop, his arms folded, and the way he held his head, slightly to one side. He was so familiar. Was that why Grant was hanging around here? Was Jasper the duke? Grant's half brother Suki's uncle. Kylie laughed, "Well, I've never seen an axe murderer in a suit like that," she said quickly covering any nerves that might be showing.

IRIS LOU POV 4 YEARS LATER “ELIAS DUKE EPHRAIM !! STOP RUNNING WOULD YOU !! ”I shouted at my naughty four years old son. "But mother, you're going to squeeze me in case you capture me, which is why I'm not aiming to stop running." He continued to let me chase him here in the palace, I stopped since I was also exhausted. “Okay! Run until you're exhausted because I'm sick of following you; you're so mischievous; I don't know where you got your insidiousness," I yelled in irritation.

“I’m currently staring at Ruin and Blight. Why did he say he’s there?” Two ruins; what the fuck is going on? “Apparently, he found out a few things and said you wouldn’t believe him - something to do with the Euro-Five wanting to start a war between the five of us this side,” I say, watching the fake Ruin squirm in Andreas’ arms. “That should have been a tell in itself since Ruin is my most trusted,” Ryker says, then makes a sound at the back of his throat. “Try silver to see if it does anything to him.”

For real. Ryder’s hand found the small of my back...steady, grounding... but I still felt like I was spinning. “How would Marcus even know where to find me?” I asked. Duke looked at me then, no sugarcoating in his tone. “Guy’s got money and no morals. That’s a dangerous combo. Bribes the right mouth, you’d be surprised what leaks.” Ryder cursed again. “He’s running scared. That’s what this is. He knows he’s about to get exposed, and he’s scrambling to take control back.”