Empire Of Storms Free Audiobook Novels & Stories

“I can’t. I have a job interview this afternoon.” “That won’t be happening.” “Don’t say that,” I stammer. “I really want this job.” “Good evening, passengers. This is your captain speaking.” A voice comes through the speakers, and I close my eyes. Damn. “Due to a snowstorm in New York, we’ll be continuing to Boston tonight and staying there. We’ll return to New York early tomorrow morning. We apologize for any inconvenience, but passenger safety remains our top priority.” My eyes meet Bash’s.

He had never been able to bear storms and how they made him feel as if he was drowning within one. Emmet didn’t feel like he had a place on the planet during storms, as if he was some outsider with no attachment points to the world and was cursed to be tossed about in the dark screams of the chaos. His fate was completely dependent on the whimsies of nature and the laws of physics, his defences stripped away from him to leave his skin exposed and open. All his hurts were plain and visible, begging to be mocked, infected, dug into and widened. He was powerless against the storms.

A shower and change of clothing are in order before I pick up Ava. I fight the urge to send multiple apologetic texts to Ava’s phone as the day passes. I make a quick stop at the condo, Ellie lets me in and then I swing by the book emporium for something special. Ellie had informed me there is a new murder mystery book out that Ava is dying to get her hands on. It just released a week ago, and she hasn’t had a payday to splurge. The shopkeeper is happy to see me, as he apparently doesn’t get a whole lot of new faces in his building. I ask for the book and wait. “I have one last copy, but it’s a hardcover and signed by the author, so it’ isn’t cheap,” he says, locating the book in question be

“Keep your eyes on me, Emory. Only listen to my voice. You can do it. Slow breaths.” His hands cupped her face and whispered soothingly, “It’s just me and you here. Let everything else fade away.” Only my voice, Emory. As the carriage sped through the streets, the thunderous sound of the storm filled their ears. Emory closed her eyes and focused on Rahl as everything faded away. Reaching deep into her core, she searched for the light that guided her before. Slowly, the voices faded, leaving only Rahl’s touch and voice like a glimmer of hope amidst the tempest.

Even as he slammed into her at last, plunging her into whimpering ecstasy, even as he pushed her toward the limit again and again, as his teeth bore into her bottom lip and he pounded every scrap of thought and fear out of her, she felt the difference. This was lovemaking. Rough, dominating. Real. “You’re mine, Raven,” he hissed, exploding through her with another hard thrust. His hot balls squeezed against her as he bottomed out, filling her, Owning her. She knew what that meant now, fully: she was part of his empire. And what was his was precious to him. Not simple possession—but value. “I’m yours,” she gasped, almost crying around the need to cum. “I’m—arghh—yours…”

I began hopefully. “I can’t let you leave. If you leave, you’ll be branded as a traitor to the empire. You will be hunted, humiliated in public before being burnt alive. After that, everyone from your town will be executed and then your town will be burnt to the ground. That is the law of this empire. Still want to leave?” Ren asked mockingly after his horrid explanation. The laws of this empire are clearly barbaric. I’ll leave after I kill you, I thought bitterly to myself.

Not the river. A different body of water. Still. Reflective. “You don’t visit the old skyline anymore,” Pierce said. “I don’t need to,” I replied. “Why?” “Because it’s inside me now.” He nodded. Understanding without explanation. Back home, I opened a new notebook. Blank pages. Not for memoir. Not for legacy documentation. For reflection. I wrote one sentence at the top: An empire is not what you build around you. It’s what you refuse to let collapse within you.

They all scattered on the dark floor. The Emperor took one notebook, opened it, and read. “The Way of Dragons,” he skimmed the pages. “Fascinating …” Then he handed it to Quarth. “Please … spare my drafts …” Tears started fall on the floor, right under Estevan’s bloodshot eyes. “What’s this?” the Emperor picked another and read. “The Chronicles of Drava …” “No … Not that … please …” Estevan begged. “Not that … Your Eminence …”

"I'm an orphan. Then what does that make you, the one who raised me?" For a moment, he had no response. "Search her!" Anna screamed. "Make her hand it over!" "Yeah, search her!" "Thief! Give Miss Costa's crown back!" Clutching my suitcase, I dodged their hands as best as I could. In the chaos, someone kicked me hard in the stomach. I stumbled back and slammed into the wall. Pain exploded through me, and the suitcase flew from my hand. Anna lunged forward immediately and flipped it open.