Say You Swear Book Novels & Stories

I let it remind me who I had been and what had been done to me. I breathed in, slow and shallow. The air filled my lungs and burned the way truth does when it wakes you up from a safer, stupid sleep. I said the words out loud because if I only told myself the vow it might be a secret that quietly died. If I shouted it at the moon, maybe the world would have to answer for the promise I made in my own throat. “I swear,” I said—first soft, then louder—“I swear I will not be broken into pieces for someone else’s comfort ever again.”

I said, “I burnt the book.” After I had said my last word, it was like I swore to God or something worse than that. His eyes went wide open and started shaking, it was like he just saw a ghost or heard the bad news. He even wanted to cry. “What?!” he shouted, “You have made the worst move of your life. In everything you have done in your life, this takes the trophy.” “What do you mean?” I asked, shaking, “You are making me scared.” “By the time you burnt the book, you had declared that you know the book and are ready to obey its laws and order.” He said, “Meaning you are literally the member of the Autocratic Family now.”

"Do you not speak the same language? I already said, even if she let me go, I still wouldn't get together with you!" His tone carried undisguised contempt, and I instinctively glanced at him. It was odd—at this point in time, he should not have known Sadie very well. Before I could dwell on it, Sadie stomped off in frustration. Quinn turned back to me. "Don't even think about letting her have me, got it?" I nodded. "Alright." I carried the books home, but I was struck on the back of my head before I could set them down.

The man continued to announce while stepping back to retrieve the large book which holds all of the passages for this and stands directly in front of me, before this would have been an issue as I didn’t speak but now, I was able to repeat the passage with ease. “And I swear to lead alongside my mate with dignity, love and respect from this day forward, putting those I reign over before anything else until I am taken from his world.” I repeated the last part of the paragraph, something I had said in my head over and over again that I didn’t even need him to read it first.

Laila’s POV “If it's forbidden, why is it in your book?” I asked and earned a glare from her. “There are no spells like that in this book.” I looked down at the book and the page was still blank. “It was right here,” I said quietly. “I swear it was here. I didn’t imagine it.” “You’re telling me,” the seer said slowly, leaning forward, “that the spell appeared and vanished before your eyes?” “Yes.” I flipped the pages, growing frustrated. “It had three words. It looked easy to say. Every other page in the book is filled with spells but this one is blank. That should be enough proof I'm not lying.”

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Everything will go in your favor. Walking to the witness box, I stood with a calm, innocent expression. Mrs. Jane picked up a Bible and approached. “Place your hand on it,” she instructed. I did. Then she spoke, loud and clear. “Mrs. Ash Collins, in the presence of God, the judge, jury, and everyone here, do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth?” I hesitated for a moment. “Yes,” I finally said. “I swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth.”

The contact steadied Nero in my chest as I felt him settle low with a watchful hum. "Repeat after me." Savannah's throat bobbed before mischief flashed behind her eyes. "Repeat after me." I felt Nero surge at her bratty comment. I exhaled, speaking slowly, each word deliberately chosen for weight. "I, Savannah..." Her eyes stayed on mine. "I, Savannah..." "Swear," I continued, "by ash and memory..." A flicker crossed her face, confusion, then curiosity, then she echoed, "Swear... by ash and memory...

The gemstone pulsed with energy. “I, Vlad Davis, swear that I will not harm anyone in this village as long as Colin Smith surrenders to us and comes with us,” He removed his hand from the book. “In that enough for you boy?” Colin nodded. No one could break an oath made through an oath book, even if they wanted to. Colin cancelled all of his spells. As soon as he did that all the villagers rushed towards him screaming protests. The vampire made a wall between him and the villagers, so the villagers could do nothing.

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