Pride Goes Before A Fall Novels & Stories

CHAPTER 31 PART 1 LOVE, OBSERVED Maya had never known love could feel this silent. Not the soft silence of comfort, but the heavy kind that pressed against the chest and made breathing feel deliberate. Measured. As if one wrong inhale might expose everything she was hiding. She stood in front of the mirror again, adjusting the sleeve of her dress, smoothing fabric that didn’t need smoothing. Her reflection stared back at her, flawless and composed. The girl everyone admired. The woman everyone thought had everything.

I order my usual drink and settle in. I don’t have to wait long. The light dims gradually and a new track starts, slower than the last. The men don’t waste any time coming out, with Theodore being last. Once he steps onto the stage, everyone disappears. He’s wearing a crisp black tie that hangs loosely around his neck, paired with sheer black pants that leaves nothing to the imagination. That fabric clings to every part of that lower body, especially the curve of his ass as he moves. He has on a full face mask, but I will recognize that posture, that walk, and those shoulders anywhere.

under my leadership took the world by storm, and I finally felt like I was conquering the world. I have heard that old cliché “pride comes before the fall” I guess that proved to be more true than I would have thought possible. I never wanted the “soul-mate, happily ever after jargon” I love who I was, loved being me, loved knowing I could get any man I wanted. I never wanted to settle down, work was my first love, and guys were just sexual releases every night. So why did the universe curse me with what some bullshit called “Mate!”

Fly higher because soon you will fall to the ground. . #TBC

You make not falling for you harder. ****

It was a fail mission *** Graham admired the beautiful view from his office on the third floor. His eyes caught a glimpse of someone, a familiar figure. Surprised, Graham fixed his gaze on the figure. The coffee mug he held slipped from his hands, shattering completely and loudly on the floor. Still, his gaze never left the figure. Was he dreaming? No? This couldn't be true. How?

She pulled from their grip and stomped out. "Iris, you getting too much, you should learn how to control your words, the walls as ears." Sally doesn't seem to approve of this action of mine. "I could take all of them, no one could defeat me." I snarled. "That is pride, you should know that pride goes before a fall." She scoffed. "What are you saying, are you by chance saying, I will fall?" I growled at my wolf. "You are being a brat, can you open your mind link?"

I didn't know why but out of all the boys in school, my heart decided to fall for The Decadence of The Fallen's "Ice Prince" and lead vocalist. A nobody falling for the most popular boy in school had to be the greatest cliché of the century. A sort of cosmic joke that the universe decided to play on a mere mortal like me. And everyone in the whole universe seems to be laughing but me...

His wings still out, tensed, and ready, the rest of us holding our weapons. He moved so fast I didn’t even see him. Sliding past the others as fluid as water going around rocks in a stream he came for me, I felt his arm snag my waist and my feet left the Earth. I heard Devon’s shots fire and Kenneth soared into the air in pursuit. Cassi let out a scream and I heard the others calling my name as we ascended, until they were just specks. Kenneth closing in, aiming his crossbow at Shamshiel’s wings, his purple wings beating as he tried desperately to keep up, his face contorted in anguish as he realized he would not be able to help me. In the blink of an eye Shamshiel closed his wings around us

He turned on the radio softly and the soft voice of Cristina Perry began to sound, singing For a thousand years. Without realizing it, he was humming along: The accelerated heart Colors and promises how to be brave How can I love when I'm afraid to fall in love? But when I see you alone All my doubt disappears