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No matter what others thought, he had always defended me, trusted me without question. Now, he doubted me and raised his voice for Vivian and Sean. All I had for him was complete despair. Seeing my expression change, he quickly softened his tone. "Lia, I'm not blaming you. The boy is missing, and everyone's worried. If you know where he is, just tell us." I straightened and replied coldly, "I don't know. Don't ask me. Go to the police." Rudolf still did not believe me, difficulty all over his expression. "Lia…"

Nobody is. The messages kept coming, light and easy, like two people getting to know each other in the quiet hours. Anonymous asked about his favorite scenes in the books, shared a funny story about rereading one during a boring family trip, teased Leon gently when he gave short answers. Leon found himself replying with slightly longer messages, the shared interest pulling him in despite his skepticism. **Anonymous:** That captain’s choices in the third book… man, the moral dilemmas hit different. The way he questions everything. You ever feel like that? Like the world expects one thing from you but you’re not sure it’s right?

Is the girl always beside Sophie an impostor? I was wide awake then after reading the headline. I opened the link. The post had gone up on the university's message board at three that morning. [Does everyone remember Eve? The girl who follows Sophie everywhere and even made her bed on the first day of the semester?] [You thought she was just Sophie's roommate? How naive.] [Her father is actually a servant for the Lane family whose job is to serve them.] [So, she really is the Lane family's pet. Mystery solved.]

"What, came to laugh at me? All that talk about being a united couple—seeing me like this must make you pretty happy." I stared at him for a long time before speaking evenly, "Didn't you bring all this on yourself? It was your greed and shamelessness that led you here. You got exactly what you asked for. What is there for me to be happy about?" He let out a bitter laugh. "You won—for now. But don't think you'll keep winning forever. It's not over, Ariana. One day I'll make a comeback. And when that day comes, even if you beg me to remarry you, you won't get the chance."

Piero's pupils shrank, and his body shook. I watched his reaction, my chest heavy, like a stone was crushing it. Five years of love were hard to let go of. I still clung to a shred of hope. Maybe it was Vivian's one-sided story; maybe the photos were fake. But Piero's reaction confirmed it. He and Vivian were married. He forced a stiff smile, his voice shaky. "What are you talking about? I..." I cut him off, pointing out, "You may not know, but you touch your earlobe when you lie."

“She messaged me. Told me like it was some noble act. Like I should be proud of her for not hiding it.” Lena walked in slowly, sitting beside her on the bed. “Do you believe her?” Alli nodded. “Yeah. I do. The tone. The timing. It wasn’t about getting me to fight. It was about finishing me off.” “She’s trying to win.” “She already did.” “No.” Lena’s voice was sharp now. “She didn’t. Because people like Layla? They only win when you stay silent. When you let them take the narrative and make it gospel.”

"Then what's stopping you?" END OF BOOK FIVE

“Yes. I was worried about you, but, well, I am not anymore; you seemed to be more than fine.” “That’s not why you are mad, is it?” “My book. You said if…” “I lied.” “You know what, you can keep it; you don’t seem like much of a reader; you will return it soon.” I said, picking up another book, he stole it from my hands once again. “I don’t think it’s right for a soldier to be this close to the Chosen.” “Would you prefer me to stand by the door?” “Yes.” “Liar,” he said, a smile curling on his lips. For a moment, I just watched him, then Julia’s words hit me, and I snapped out of it. “Answer, and I’ll return your books.”

“I didn’t know Werewolves had brides either, but here am I, trying to keep the Shark from destroying Farok’s bride before he gets a chance to meet her – what do you think of Shira?” Leywin turned sharply after the question was asked, so that he could see Liam’s first reaction, caught unawares. The younger make remained calm. It was a practiced kind of calm that proved he had come prepared to lie, had been lying already for some time. “It depends on what you mean by that question Sir.” Leywin got up from where he stands walked over to place a hand on Liam’s shoulder. Don’t be like that Liam. You are free to give any answers. There are no wrong answers to this question.”

He has her head chopped off, and Vivanna's execution ends with the cheering fans as her people. I was among the cheering townspeople, I mean not physically but spiritually, that woman was god awful! But the most important scenes for me in the book were the sex scenes between Daisy and the first prince, as he is trying to win her love from the Knight. From their dialogues! To the intensity of craving each other, the author of the book, lets you see poor village girl Daisy get more than she had bargained for. He kept on rocking her world then forcing her to look at him so that she would remember her love for him. Of course, the prince hadn't bargained that Vivanna's former butler and one of he