Playing Queen Of Hearts Novels & Stories

I move the chips even though there are quite a few, so I lean in and the gaze of the three men falls on my breasts Noah clicks his tongue inconvenience. You have two seconds to stop looking at her breasts or it will be the last thing you will look at, and I will give the blonde a nice necklace with all your eyes, he said. They look away immediately, their eyes shining with horror, which makes me laugh and Noah winks at me. The last card arrives, the dealer turns it over slowly, the guy from the bottom lets out a curse and he falls defeated into the chair. A king. Noah wins with a Four of Kings against a Full house type.

My breath is taken from me as I watch Bella, the woman I rejected six years ago, walk past me after being crowned Queen. I could not take my eyes off of her through the ceremony. Not when the doors open, and that scent of moon flowers that I could never forget came wafting in. Not when she first walked past me, looking ahead at the dais where King Jonathan stood, ready to help crown her Queen. Not when she turned to face us with the crown on her head as the King proclaimed her as Alpha Queen Isabella Nightlock, ruler of wolves.

Thump, thump, thump. She touched her face—it was burning hot, as red as a ripe apple. The crimson blush spread across her face and seeped into her heart; everything revolved around this man. This man, Adrian, seemed quite different from the one she had originally imagined. She placed her hand over her heart, which was throbbing for no apparent reason. It was a frantic pounding, like a moth that, knowing full well the blazing fire ahead, was still bewitched and lured into fluttering toward it.

"It's building something and asking someone to keep it with you. I'm not collecting anything tonight, Zariah. Debts are dead. Your hand is your own. I'm on my knees in front of everyone who ever wanted you gone, asking for the one thing that can't be taken, or bought, or collected." The box opened. The whole ballroom made a sound. "Marry me," I said. "Be my queen because you choose to. Say yes, and say no, and I'll still build you a hundred clinics and stand behind them where I scare the clients. But God help me, woman-" and my voice cracked, once, in front of four hundred people, my voice, cracking "-please say yes." Zariah’s POV

"Magnificent! A sudden-death final game! The winner takes everything!" I sat back in my chair, my heart pounding violently against my ribs, my breathing ragged. I looked over at Daniel. He was standing at the edge of the stage, looking at me with eyes full of fierce, unshakeable devotion. He raised his left hand and pressed it against his heart. Don't listen to him, Daniel’s eyes said. You are the Queen. I took a deep breath, letting the cold air clear the fog from my brain. I wiped my hands on my skirt, looked across the green obsidian board, and locked my eyes onto Arthur Vance.

She commenced enjoining her hands together in a clap, “I admire that you think your emotional and mind games can work on me, Zoraida. Since your other daughter is blind... you need a replacement which is me, isn’t it? Aren’t you ashamed? When would you ever learn?” In total confidence, the Queen walked over where her daughter spat. She folded her hands, displaying her tattoos and black paint which was embedded on her nails vividly. “Idiot.” The Queen spat. “You should be grateful I’m given you this spot finally. Do you have any idea of how many people are dying to be this? Have this power? Do you, huh?!”

Brandon lowered his head, pressing his lips against the warm skin behind Robin’s ear, his voice loud enough to echo in the private box: "The necklace is fifty million, Robin. But the queen wearing it is priceless." Up on the balcony, framed by diamonds and draped in emerald fire, Robin rested her hand over Brandon’s forearm, looking down at the ruined, terrified faces of Dane and Nicole below with a chilling, victorious smile.

But lately, especially since I met Mandy, I realized that was far from the truth, because my heart was beating like crazy for her each time, I saw her. She was the true queen of frozen heart. But not the way you might take it. She was the queen of my heart, and since we already established my heart was frozen, she was the queen of frozen heart. My queen of frozen heart. She just had not idea yet, but that would change tonight. Once and for always.

she deviates. "They are on their way," Queen Mother responds. "Okay, we can talk," she breathes out. Everyone leaves the room and they close the door. Once they are out, the first thing I do is take her hand and place my forehand on the back of her hand. "You remember this right?" I ask, grinning like a babe, my heart beating out my chest. "Yes, your fast-paced heart is reminding me of what it means," she smiles. Quin doesn't have two heartbeats as per normal now, hers has three.

“Once you destroy the heart that feeds his powers. You will defeat him once and for all.” “How do we do that, Madam Calliope?” Sebastian asked. “What do we need to destroy the heart?” “A tool,” she said. “A tool that you do not have yet, but you will get. It is being held at the palace by the king and the queen.” “Jack and Amy?” I asked. “Of course, they have the tool.” “I didn’t say it was Amy,” she said, shooting me a look. “I said the queen. It’s an emblem that she holds dear to her heart.”