Morally Ambiguous Veronica Lancet Novels & Stories

indicator appeared on the screen, showing that thousands of people were now watching. Veronica looked directly into the camera, and even through the exhaustion and defeat, I could see the intelligence in her eyes. The calculation. She was planning something... but what? "My name is Veronica Whitmore," she began. "And I need to confess something." "No, no, no," Theo was muttering beside me, already grabbing his jacket. "We need to stop this. Now." "I am a woman who has made terrible choices," Veronica continued, reading from the tablet. "I became involved with both of the Ashford brothers. They..."

“Why would you kill Aunt Nancy? Why would you hurt Veronica and Ursula? Why?” “Oh, Veronica wasn’t hurt,” Lena said dismissively. “She only pretended.” Veronica’s lips curled. “I drank the Oil of Black Henbane,” she confessed. “It slowed my pulse and mimicked neural shutdown. A perfect, convincing coma.” Rowan felt the world tilt. “And Ursula?” he whispered. “We intended to kill Ursula,” Veronica replied without flinching. “She wasn’t supposed to survive. I don’t know how she did. The strike was swift. She shouldn’t even remember the shadow that touched her.”

He placed his hand against the door behind her and leaned closer to her. "I just heard that Bernard Anworth crossed his boundaries with you" as much his voice was confident, it drained out her energy all at once and she just wanted to sink herself deep down in water. She lifted her head up, her lashes up and eyes wide open. What am I suppose to answer? She asked herself mentally when she found herself in a tight spot. "Iiii...III" She couldn't form words any further. "Say it Miss Veronica! I want to hear where I crossed my boundaries and did something unethical" he was pressurizing her and she was letting him do so because she was one of a coward and lost her voice somewhere.

“Poor thing. She actually thought she could go up against me. Now she’s lost her ballerina career and her husband to me.” For years, I had thought that maybe if I were still the beautiful ballerina Caleb once loved, none of this would have happened. But now it dawned on me he had never loved me from the start. “Because you deserve everything good, not some riffraff your parents found in a drug house.” I couldn’t listen anymore. I turned to leave, but I ran into Avery instead. “Veronica, what are you doing here?” she asked with distaste as she crossed her arms.

The murmurs of the crowd grew louder. Then Zander's phone rang. A moment later, he hung up, his face grim. "The baby... didn't make it." When Veronica heard that Melinda had lost the baby, she staggered back, nearly losing her balance. Cyrus was too shocked to speak. "Murderer! Vanya, you're a murderer!" Under pressure, Denis walked over to Vanya. "Ms. Dalton, do you have any evidence to prove you didn't do this?" Veronica immediately snapped. "Denis! What is the meaning of this? Are you taking Vanya's side?"

“Help me how? “June asked with an aggravated tone. “By setting me up with a bracelet and telling everyone that I stole it from you? Or letting your homophobic boyfriend and his friends throw garbage on me? “ “Listen. I am sorry for all the crap I put you through. But now we can be together. Vic is in a coma after what you did to him. Now that he is out of the picture, we can be together, “ “I put him in a coma. That is awful. But even if I did not, I still cannot trust you, “ Veronica caressed June's hands as her eyes began to glow red. “Yes, you can, “ “Listen, Veronica,” June sad. “We have been down this road before, and I am always getting the short stick of it. No matter how much I like

The day the exam rankings are released and I claim the top spot is also my older sister's birthday. During the birthday party, everyone asks what she wishes for. She turns her head and looks straight at my fiance, her red lips curving into a smile. "I want first place. Can you give it to me, Professor Howard?" The man lowers his eyes, saying nothing. The next day, my name disappears from the top of the rankings. After that, I fail to place five times in a row. When I confront my fiance, he simply hands me a slice of sponge cake and says, "Your sister has it hard. If she can't place first at Imperial Academy five consecutive times, she'll be forced into an arranged marriage with that cri

"They're people, Veronica. They think, they feel, they suffer!" "Semantics." She waved a dismissive hand. "Progress requires sacrifice. A few tortured souls are a small price to pay for the secrets their bodies hold." I stared at her, revulsion curdling my stomach. "If you have to destroy lives to get your answers, maybe they're not worth knowing." "Spare me the morality lesson." Veronica rolled her eyes. "You'd rather I put them down like dogs? Slit their throats and toss them in a ditch?" "Yes!" The word tore out of me, raw and ragged. "Anything is better than this! What you're doing...it's vile. Cruel."

Then, he looked up, his gaze sweeping past Jason and locking onto his nephew. “Charlie, what is this garbage?” Lance’s voice was low, but it cut through the room. Charlie stiffened. Lance who looked to be on his side earlier was now mad at him? “It’s proof! It’s what that parasite has been doing behind Vanessa’s back!” “Proof?” Lance let out a short, incredulous laugh. He tossed the photo back onto the table. “This isn’t proof. It’s a cheap fake.” The family stared at him, stunned. Even Seraphina, who was already defending Jason, froze with a gasp. “Lance, what are you talking about?”

Vero said getting to her feet "Why? Something tells me not to" "Well, you better tell that stupid feeling to keep shut. Lena. This is a breakthrough for you. You don't have to work or pay for this crappy apartment anymore. You finally have the man you want." "Even though it's a contract?" "What? Both of you would fall in love with each other within the space of a year" "Uh... Veronica, I don't know" "Listen, I know what's best for you. Your cousin must be very stupid to let go of this kind of offer"