Lecter Clarice Novels & Stories

But fate had a way of testing your pride right when you least expected it. The second I turned the corner, I saw her, Lysandra. Standing by the reception area, speaking to one of the interns like she owned the building. Her perfectly manicured fingers trailed lazily along the glass surface of the desk, and the second she spotted me, her lips curled into a smile that didn’t reach her eyes.

lucas's Pov “No,” Ryker said, stepping closer. “It’s about power. And you, Clara, are the most powerful weapon I’ve seen in a long time.”I didn't flinch at his words. I had no illusions about what I was to him—a chess piece. But for now, we shared the same enemy. And if being his queen gave me the throne I needed to burn Lucas’s world to ash?Then I’d wear the crown and smile while doing it.Ryker offered me his arm. “Shall we begin planning the wedding?”I looked down at it, then back up into his waiting eyes.“Yes,” I said. “Let’s give them something they’ll never forget.”The flames in the hearth crackled, but I felt no warmth.I stared at the parchment in my hand, its edges trembling with the

l arrived in the living roonm; she had all those items that she had taken us shopping for before, prepared on a small table, along with many other things, each one stranger than the last in this place. Clarice: Can't sleep, Devon?-she continues to call me by that name. "I want to talk to you." Clarice: Really? I got the impression you wanted anything but to talk to me, or rather you didn't want to talk about Augusta, your mother. -and she's not wrong; I'm only here because Miley believes it's for the best, but I think differently. Besides what's going on with my daughter, nothing else should occupy my mind, but there is so much now,and half of it makes me feel like trash.