Iliad Novels & Stories

the boy got back up on his feet "What did you just say?" This random stranger just doesn't learn. William took Summer to a chair and walked back to the boy; "Repeat what you just said, I dare you" that boy was in for a treat "I said you just want her for yourself" He actually had the heart to repeat himself. Stupid move. William threw another punch and him and a fight broke out, he made sure he damaged the boy's face before letting him go and then carried Summer to her room.

Rivera's behavior is grating on my last nerve, and this disrespect is pushing the boundaries of what I can endure. Isabella chuckles softly, her eyes sparkling with admiration. "Aren't you the formidable Nadia Volkova, the Iron Orchid?" My grip tighten against my core as frustration fills my voice. " Of course I am. It's just almost impossible to believe that the Japanese would threaten me with those lives."

Chapter 5 Hannah's POV Manila is nothing like the island. On the island, you can hear the breath of the ocean; here, all you hear is the suffocating roar of engines and the impatient honking of jeepneys. The air doesn't smell like salt and roasting corn; it smells like exhaust and old rain. ​It has been three months since the black helicopters took Luke away. Three months of silence. ​I smoothed out my blazer—the most professional thing I owned—and looked up at the glass giant standing in the heart of Makati. CROMWELL LEGACY. The name was embossed in silver, gleaming under the harsh midday sun. It looked untouchable.

Mercile Industries was a drug research and development company that would do anything to make a buck. She watched 416 cautiously as she allowed her gaze to roam over his naked body. His back rose and fell with his breathing but besides blinking, he didn’t otherwise move. She noticed a red mark on his side. With his arms stretched upward she could see it clearly. Ellie hesitated. He could kill her if he broke a chain.

I ran through a forest, then a crop field, then a highway. "I slept in the wild, ate leaves, and drank rainwater. If I was lucky, I'd come across a garbage dump and eat some food that went bad. "And so, after walking for days and nights, I came back to you. But you said to me I was dirty. "Funny." Jeffrey could no longer support himself and knelt on the ground. His eyes were extremely red, looking at me. He was in pain, "Audrey, I'm sorry. I had no idea what you had been through. No one referred to the ransom..."

But she was ready to act, to do whatever it took to protect her father and keep her secrets safe. The darkness outside seemed to press in around them, but Miriam felt a sense of determination rising up within her. She would do whatever it took to protect her father, even if it meant putting herself in harm's way. And as she looked at Ben, she knew that she would do whatever it took to keep him safe too. He was innocent, unaware of the danger that lurked in the shadows. But Miriam knew, and she would do everything in her power to protect him. The game was on, and Miriam was ready to play. She would do whatever it took to win, to protect her father and keep her secrets safe. And she would star

Opened the laptop. The final confirmation came through at eleven nineteen. I read it twice. Closed the laptop. Sat in the quiet of the kitchen for a moment, both hands around the warm cup. Somewhere across the city, a board was sweating. They did not know yet who was holding the match. But they were beginning to understand, in the way you understand things before you can name them, that something was coming. That whoever was out there was not stopping. That the ground beneath the empire was shifting in ways they could not yet measure or map.

Duncan roared; his voice barely audible over the apocalypse. Makil climbed, his muscles burning, his world reduced to the rope in his hands and the raining debris. A chunk of rock glanced off his shoulder, nearly breaking his grip. He looked up. Leigh was at the top, reaching down for him. He grabbed her hand. She pulled, her strength astonishing, hauling him onto the ledge as the world disintegrated below. The chasm was a lake of blue fire and collapsing stone. The Shattered Wheel, their digging, their fanaticism, was being consumed by the very earth they sought to break.

Alanna hurriedly covered his mouth with her hand. “Don’t say such things.” Yet, I saw the look in her eyes. Jack grinned, still holding her hand. “Then I’ll take that as your agreement.” Alanna was about to reply when her phone suddenly rang. As soon as she answered, the anxious voice of my former teammate, Lionel Schumacher, came through. “Where are you? Lewis is in trouble! The driver who crashed into the sea during this rally? It’s him!”

She completed her statement and turned around dramatically making the end of her green gown flow gracefully in the air. Williams landed into deep thought. What in the world would allow his father to ask for him? He had never had a personal meeting with the king in years. Three years to be precise. They had been in a war, a war where both enemies considered the other unworthy of their presence and attention. Now his father was breaking the system. Williams could with every drop of his blood say that he hated this man. He was a huge part of the reason why his laughter never lasted a minute.