Mark Of The Fool Novels & Stories

To him, It wasn't any different from declaring himself a liar and a failure of a man. Kaitlyn watched this with apprehension evident in her gaze. What was this? " My Pleasure, Mr Hawkins!" Val nodded her head with a quirky eyebrow raise, intending to taunt Mark. As if to say; ' It burns, doesn't it?' There was no denying it, Mark felt like a fool. However, he tried to play it off as cool... " Hehe!-- Yes ma'am!" He froze on his chuckle when he saw the frown on Val's face. Maggie couldn't help but shake her head at Mark's failed attempts. He still hasn't realized what was going on?

"You better take a good look at it. It's something amazing. Otherwise, this guy wouldn't have been staring at them the whole time. The deal with the Soul Nourishing Pills was done to trick you." Mark's words were all true, but Fane could not admit it at that moment. If he did, he would not be able to get the Shattered Soul Stones. Everything he had done before would be ruined. At that moment, Fane was already looking at Mark in a completely different way. He had never been like that. He had gotten the urge to kill someone plenty of times before, but Fane had never taken it too seriously. This time, he was already dead-set on killing Mark.

Because aside from that, he was also a good secret keeper. Sol, whose full name was actually Solomon, hated to be called by his full name. He’s a bit touchy and the hardest to please among the three. He will test your patience to see how far you are willing to go and know what can make you explode. As I spend more time with him, I see Sol as a territorial dog. He is someone who doesn’t trust easily. But once he has proven that you are worthy of his trust, you will have his loyalty. Marko is the tallest and the bulkiest of them all, which suits the bouncer role for the bar. He may look ruthless and all but he is really a softy. I watch how he would just stay quiet as he listens to Jericho’s u

She asked as she sat. “Oh,” Marks ejaculated, scratching and hitting his head, “I forgot. I... I forgot to ask her.” “And when I call you an empty fool, you'll claim I'm harsh and merciless.” Marks couldn't say anything else in his defense. All he could do was stand stock-still and hang his head in shame. He knew from experience that saying or doing anything would invite bitter consequences which he didn't want. “So, we still don't know the identity of the young one's boyfriend, right?”

“No Mark, never. I was kinda drunk earlier, so I mistakenly dialed him. He rushed over to me, he was just there to pick me up, nothing more.” “Ouuu that was one hell of a lie.” The small voice loving rent free at the back of my head mocked me. Well I learnt from the best. “Does it look like I have ‘FOOL’ stamped on my forehead!” He asked, using his index finger to point to his forehead. “Mark, what are you talking about? Of course it's not like that, do not read it the wrong way.” “Am I supposed to believe what you're telling me? That he's just here to pick you up? You're not even drunk!”

I have to know if she's starting to remember. Then I see her reach for her shoulder, and I know. The mark. The one from her dream. It's real, and it's hurting her. My fault. Everything is my fault. "Does it hurt?" I ask before I can stop myself. The fear in her eyes when she realizes I know about it nearly breaks me. I've scared her. The last thing I ever wanted to do was scare her. I leave before I can make it worse, but not before telling her I'll see her tonight. At the party. Because Marcus is right—contact means consequences. But I've already made contact. The damage is done.

“You know what, Collins? This is it. I’m so tired. Tired of all this… this world, this life, this constant cycle of lies. Why… why? His voice broke beside me, desperate and trembling. “Selene, I’m so sorry. Please… I’m sorry. I never meant for it to be like this. I swear.” But I couldn’t even look at him. The weight of everything pressed down, suffocating. And his apologies, no matter how sincere they sounded, felt too little, too late. My throat burned as I forced out a laugh, the kind that wasn’t from amusement but from something jagged clawing inside me. I tilted my head back, clutching my chest as the words spilled out of me. I bit down on my lip so hard I tasted blood. My laugh turned b

Makeups or any cosmetics that they put in their body cannot hide the truth about their age. Sullivan always wanted to arrest Aguilar because of what he does to those young girls, but their captain won't allow it. Aguilar has a powerful connection in the city that makes him untouchable. It allowed him to continue his illegal activity without any trouble. Fred and Marvin went out of the mansion after taking the statements of all the workers in the brothel. They both sighed when they saw the media outside. But Marvin noticed someone who caught his attention. It was the woman he talked to in the cemetery.

The screen pinged again, displaying a message from an encrypted source. I clicked it open. It was a photo of Jeffery unconscious and tied to a chair. And below it, a single line of text: “You disavowed the crown. So now we wear it.”

"Mom, what's the elite school you mentioned before? Yeah, I'm going alone." The wind chimes rang out, crisp and joyful, like they were cheering me on. I closed my eyes, and for the first time in years, Shane's face didn't haunt me. Instead, I saw a guy who looked a little like him. Sharper and more striking, he flashed a cocky grin, just like he did two years ago. "Mark my words, Alice. You'll ditch Shane for me." Back then, I thought he was just messing around. Now I was done with Shane.