Mark Manio Novels & Stories

She gritted her teeth, tried to take a deep breath, and encouraged herself to stay calm, to try to complete the task only once. "Hello, General Mark, I'm... Edna, a reporter for the newspaper..." Edna didn't finish speaking when Mark cut her off in a cold voice. "I'm not blind, nor am I amnesiac." Edna froze then she found it difficult to understand his meaningful sentence. He wanted to repeat the old story or did he mean this interview, he wanted to say even if she disguised herself he would still recognize it. She or he wants to say, he has read all of her information before coming here, she really wants to ask for clarification but she did not have that courage, she sat silently waiting f

I belatedly realised that we were the object of curiosity for a lot of passersby. I hesitated, but picked it up after giving the brooch back. “Who are you?” I asked as I lifted the cup to my mouth. “By the way, you can sit. It’s a bit…awkward,” I added, my gaze darting about. He smiled faintly, the kind of smile that didn’t quite reach his eyes. “It’s alright. I’m Vladimir Romero.” That name…I’d heard it before... somewhere. Then it clicked. Vladimir Romero. CEO of Blackstone Enterprises. A name that often popped up in business magazines and newspaper headlines.

It was the mark carved into his chest, deep, deliberate, unmistakable. A sigil. And I knew exactly who it belonged to. Alessandro glanced at me, his mouth set in a grim line. “Well,” he murmured, “looks like someone wants to send a message. He didn't even try to hide it this time. He chose to send his men to die. It's only a matter of time before he starts reacting himself if we don't put a stop to him, Alpha.”

but it didn’t. "I can’t feel my wolf," I said, looking into his dark eyes under that condescending look of his. "Just tell me what I have." "It’s a very unusual case, but everything points to a forced or incomplete mark... the process severely injured your wolf." "But he didn’t force me, I wanted it!" I blurted out right away. Lorenzo hadn’t marked me by force. I’d wanted him to. "Calm down, Mrs. Greco. I’m only saying those are the symptoms, but the whole clinical picture is very unusual. How do you feel in response to Patriarch Greco’s pheromones?"

came a stern female voice which had Luciano turning around only to see a woman. “Who the fuck are you, how dare you come here?” Luciano growled and nearly pounced on the woman when another figure entered, catching his attention. This one was a tall man dressed in all black, he was wearing a black cap and had only one eye. Luciano's eyes narrowed suspiciously seeing the man “Is this what you do, mistreat a woman?” The none man other than Marcos said with a dark, frightening expression and stood before Luciano. Corina, on the other hand, smirked evilly and walked away, heading to the table to see down

He hurriedly approached Fabian. “Look at this, Mr. Romano. Quickly!” Fabian’s brow furrowed at his secretary’s behavior. This was unlike him; he was usually reserved and formal. Markus showed him his phone. A video was playing on the screen. He pressed the screen to replay it from the beginning. It was a recorded audio with no background noise. The laughter of two men could be heard. There was clinking of glasses, indicating they were drinking. “That stupid Romano thinks he can outsmart me.” It was McIntosh’s voice. His demonic laughter echoed. “I’m just a step away from claiming his company. That fool will wake up one day to find himself bankrupt. He was so sure of himself that he never not

Stressy morning, Graves? Killian's expression was stone. "You've got ten seconds to tell me why I shouldn't blast you out of my eyes." Marco laughed. "Relax. I ain't here to fight. I'm here to make an offer. a trade." Killian's fingers slid toward the gun in the desk drawer. "I don't mess with rats." Marco shed his slim suit. "Then you need to hear this one. Dante Romano is brewing something big. Something bigger than you're thinking."

"Who wants to know?" The man took a hesitant step forward, his eyes darting nervously around the alley as if expecting an ambush at any moment. "My name is Marco," he said, his voice barely above a whisper. "I used to work for Vito Valencio, but I've seen things – things that have made me question everything I thought I knew." Amari and Antonio exchanged a meaningful glance, silently communicating their skepticism. They had learned the hard way that trust was a rare commodity in their line of work, and they were not about to take this man at his word without proof.

Javier asked as he stared at me. “Inventory is low right now,” Marco replied. Javier stared a beat longer, then was gone. “I didn’t…I didn’t…” The sniveling man quivered on the ground. Domenico’s eyes narrowed on the man, his body rigid, muscles coiled tight. “Oh, but Elio, you did.” Without warning, a wave of energy burst through him and his fist connected with Elio’s face, sending him down to the ground. I jumped and pressed back into the bars of my cage. While I’d always felt the alarm of danger in his presence, that he was a beast about to pounce, I hadn’t seen it.

The guy is convulsing, saliva and bile spilling from his mouth as he grins maniacally at us all. "You'll never see it coming. You've got no chance." He spits out painfully before coughing up more bile, shaking violently in Levi's arms and then going limp. "Fuck." Levi yells, checking the mans pulse and Harrison, the Beta from Summer Valley screams something unintelligible while punching the cell wall. "What happened?" I look from the dead rogue on the floor, to the other one, equally as dead, blood and foamy green spit falling from his mouth as he hangs from his chains on the wall.