Playing For Keeps Book Novels & Stories

In other words, before Ruby realized I was talking to Austin. "No. Not now. I can talk to your mother later." I said. "Before that, let's play the game." Okay. It wasn't the right time. But it suddenly came to my mind. "What game?" "It's called 'Let's keep a secret'. Whoever can keep secrets longer will win." I didn't know if there was such a game. But whatever. I only wanted to keep talking to Austin and leave a pleasant memory, though we didn't see each other in person. "Do you want to play this?"

Leo’s POV I held my breath so tightly my lungs burned. Dust and forgotten socks tickled my nose under Lyra’s bed, but I didn’t dare move a muscle. My heart was racing so fast. “Ken?” Lyra’s voice was soft, laced with confusion. The bedroom light flicked on, casting long shadows that barely missed my hiding spot. "Why does it smell like…?” Oh god! It was definitely the smell of sex. The sheets above me were ruined, stained with the evidence of how hard Ken had pounded me earlier. His low, convincingly sleepy voice rumbled from the bed cutting her words short.“Hey babe… you’re back early”

FREDERICK pov As I got to my study room, I picked up my favorite book, "How to win in the sport of business" by Mark Cuban. I had already gotten to the third chapter and figured I should go on with it if I wanted to sign off on the business deal with Giveon Ventures. After reading for one hour, I realized I had not heard Ma Cleopatra's voice after my parents and Ivy had left. I dropped the book and headed downstairs to search for Ma Cleopatra. I found her cleaning up the dishes and moved forward to ask what I was having for dinner.

The words weren’t loud. They didn’t have to be. Corvin flinched, almost imperceptibly. Jax’s fingers drummed once on the seat back behind me, a restless, defensive rhythm. I sat there, heart pounding, the Game’s label still burning above the windshield, and realized: This wasn’t just another round. From now on, every world, every rule, every pair of eyes on this bus would be calibrated around one fact. Willa Roane. Key Author. Storyteller. Target. And the Game had just told everyone else: Keep her alive. Or watch what happens when she shatters.

"I like resting. I like being still." "Me too," I said. "Me too." The years passed, and the book continued to grow. It recorded everything. The births of new keepers. The deaths of old ones. The moments of joy and the moments of sorrow. "We need to make sure this book never stops being written," Kaela said. "We need to make sure someone is always there to read it." "We will," I said. "The circle will continue. The book will continue." "And us?" she asked. "Will we continue?"

But of course, we ran into a few hiccups while video calling at home. For example, we nearly got discovered by his mom. "Are you done with your homework, or are you reading comics again?" I looked at him in the video and saw that he was staring off into space. Upon closer inspection, there was an open comic book lying on the table next to him. However, when I yelled at him, Austin immediately whipped his head around and buried his nose into the revision books again. A short while later, he peeked at me again and gave me the saddest puppy-dog eyes.

Her devilish smile, that I knew she was about to do some thing really crazy. “Yeah, I know. I don’t plan on going for him. I might be a party girl but I'm still a hopeless romantic. He kinda played with one of my friends so I just want to get back at him. Oh. And speaking of the devil.” I followed her gaze and there he was, walking into the cafeteria with a couple more buff dudes, that I recognized as his teammates. Char stood up and she started walking towards them, sending me in panic. “Charlotte Grey! Where are you going?!”

"Pim! Pim!! Pim!!!" The phone beeped indicating a message. I clicked it and it read "Be ready, the game begins in 5 minutes." Immediately I read that my heart skipped and literally stopped beating for a few seconds and it took me seconds to regain myself. My lids patted, I let out a huge sigh as I prepared for the worst with confidence. The game; Can you keep a secret? Appeared on the screen.

There was a Secret Keeper sheet pinned to the cork board, along with a piece of paper with names, dates, amounts and… theories. “What’s this?” She asked Diana. Diana glanced over her shoulder. “It’s the Secret Keeper pool.” “The Secret Keeper pool?” “Yeah, nearly every business has one going. Customers with theories place bets. Whoever gets it right, wins the pool. Do you want to enter?” “Oh, no,” Aislen shook her head. She read through the theories. “These are interesting.” “Yeah, it’s become a town hobby,” Diana brought the coffee to her. “They’ve nominated the Secret Keeper, too.”

Like me, he also has no idea and he only answers me with a finished contract thing. "Ashley's gone too. He's resigned as a keeper. Who will be with me later at the center?" "That's what your mommy called. Your official keeper has arrived at the mansion." I didn't pay attention to what Arnal said because there was nothing I could do. If only I had to choose, Aikee and Felix would still be the ones I wanted to be my personal keepers. We finally got home. When I came out of the pegasus, I immediately felt the silence inside.