Novel & Cerita Maya Banks Series

“Because you’re half the reason she’s in this mess to begin with.” A heavy, suffocating silence washed over the call. Maya’s bravado flickered for a split second and a rare shadow of guilt crossed her face before she masked it with her usual sneer. Benny’s face crumbled. “Fuck, Maya, I didn’t mean it like—” “Whatever,” she snapped. “Have fun in the lion’s den, Corinne and try not to get caught. I am not hacking a billionaire’s firewall or wiping the police database to rescue you.”

CHAPTER 1 PART 1: “I Saw Him…” “I don’t believe this is how I met Ethan again after so many years.” The words formed in my head before I could stop them. They hovered there, heavy and unreal, like I’d said them out loud to an empty room. Did he see me? Did he not? I still didn’t know the answer, and that scared me more than I cared to admit. Oh sorry. My name is Maya Lancaster. I’m twenty-six years old. I’m the daughter of a billionaire. I’m the CEO of a beauty brand people call fast-rising, unstoppable, visionary.

Instead, Maya walked in. She wasn't wearing the short skirt from the library. She wore a charcoal pencil skirt that hit just below the knee and a crisp white blouse buttoned to the throat. Her hair was pulled back into a severe, professional bun, and a pair of black-rimmed glasses sat on the bridge of her nose. She held a manila folder with Roman's name on it. "Sit down, Mr. Vance," Maya said, her voice a cool, authoritative clip that sent a jolt of terror and arousal straight to Roman's gut.

It’s was A sunny Afternoon, Maya had just came back from her 2nd shift where she worked as a waitress in a restaurant when she over heard her step Mother and father talking about a marriage arrangement between their family and The Smith family. Maya Adams a 20 years old girl who lived with her father and stepmother in the big city of Atlanta, her stepmother had a daughter whose name was Mira. Maya’s Mother has been in coma for over 6 months. A month after Maya’s mother went into coma her husband Gavin Adams married another woman whose name was Doris which was Mira’s mother after marrying her she made Gavin stopped paying for Maya’s mother hospital bills. So Maya had to take 3 jobs and stoppe

they glanced at each other, "Look, Jacob, Rain, we're really exhausted and I'm having a migraine, so if you want your answers, you need to start asking questions" "Then who are you? both of you, and why did you come to my town?" Rain rolled his eyes at the frustrated Alpha. "I'm Maya Evans, I've been Maya Evans for more than fifteen years, before that,....I had another name, another life, that has nothing to do with you or with your... community in general. I walked away from all of it when I was twenty years old and never looked back. I started over my life and I've been moving from one place to another for years"

She hissed silently. After the weekdays, the long awaited weekend finally arrived and Maya stood in the stranded building with the details of her next prey and his face engraved in her head. This guy wasn't quite a big shot person but he worked at the government office and was responsible for a lot of corruption and owned a lot of black money. The government officials who were supposed to remain loyal to their duty, this one openly raped the rules and no one could do anything of him. No one, but a cleaner.

And when their fingers brushed by accident, neither of them pulled away too quickly. It wasn’t perfect. But it was something. --- Meanwhile: Maya Stark’s Quiet Plans Maya Stark stood at the edge of a rooftop overlooking the financial district. The wind teased her sleek black coat, her heels clicking softly as she stepped closer to the ledge. Below, the city pulsed with life. Businessmen. Lovers. Innocents. Pawns. She’d waited long enough. Alex Banks had shown his weakness—again and again—for that woman. Clara was his tether. His vulnerability. And Maya had no interest in mercy.

MAYA Priya walked me halfway there without knowing it. She had a lecture in the building two blocks from Greystone and we had the same route for most of it, which meant I spent twelve minutes navigating her observations with the focused energy she usually reserved for exam season. "So you have a meeting," she said. "I have a meeting." "Near Greystone." "Near there, yes." "Maya." She looked at me with those careful eyes. "It's him, isn't it."

No blood debt. But who was standing beside her anyway. "Thank you," she said. "For what?" Marcus asked. "For believing me," Maya said. "When I did not even believe myself." The sun had finished setting. Night had come. And somewhere in the darkness, Catherine Wei was planning. Preparing. Building something that would make everything they had fought so far look small. But now Maya knew who she was hunting. Now she had a name. And she would not stop until Catherine Wei was stopped.

Mark's POV Seeing Maya drives me crazy. It makes my blood boil like a vulcano. It's always very hard to resist her when I am with her. But since our little encounter at the balcony and how embarrased I made her feel, I decided not to put her in that situation anymore. At the office today, she looked stunning. I mean, she always had this angelic look but there was some kind of innocence with sexiness I have never seen in her. Her new style of dressing was perfect. I knew that we would face a lot of challenges after I broke up with Tilda but with every challenge, I was ready to go through with her by my side.