Shatter Me Parents Guide Novels & Stories

I went ahead and put the word 'love' out there on the world stage knowing exactly how they were going to spin it. I wasn't embarrassed. He swept his arm over the charred penthouse, the broken glass that reflected their shattered images. "This? This is a shame. This is you, in the dark, destroying what you love because you can't stand being out of control. That's what your father did. Not me."

A vase shattered against the wall behind me, missing my head by an inch. Shards of crystal rained down, slicing my bare arms as I flinched. A razor sharp shard grazed my cheekbone, warm blood trickling down like tears I refused to shed. I didn’t scream. I never screamed anymore. Breathe. Just breathe. “Useless,” Father spat, his voice dripping with venom. “Can’t even stand where I tell you to without trembling.” My father’s laced snarl curled through the air. “Look at me when I’m speaking to you, girl.”

My heart fractured, love warring with fear, the weight of being his weakness crushing me. I wanted to say yes, to fall into his arms, to promise forever. But the thought of Cliff and Garrett using me to destroy him, of my love costing him his father’s legacy, was a blade I couldn’t dodge. My eyes burned, my throat closing as I shook my head, my voice barely a whisper. “I’m so sorry, Shawn,” I said, my words trembling, breaking. “I can’t. This… it won’t work.”

Like they are in the storyline. - Again: I would like to warn everyone that this book is about AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP, mentally and physically. So that means that I will be going into depth about all the manipulation and grooming that comes along with situations like these. At times you may hate Amber, or you may even relate to her if you have been in a similar situation as her. But again, PROCEED WITH CAUTION. ~ Prologue: My whole life, I never really knew what it meant to lose yourself.

Before I could even answer, all those memories came rushing back. I couldn't help but let out a cold, bitter smile. Wasn't he the one who crushed all my hopes in the first place? But there he stood, refusing to back down with his eyes full of pleading and desperation. "You can hate me, you can even kill me if you want. But please… For the people who love you, leave just a little bit of hope." From the corner of my eye, I saw my parents turn away, shoulders shaking as they tried to hide their tears.

He moved around the table to me in steps of measured anger, each one of them threatening. I should have retreated. Should have apologized. But I just stayed seated where I was, as he leaned over, putting his hands on the armrests, holding me in place. "You want to know what your family did?" His tone was low. Deadly. "Your father destroyed people. Destroyed lives. Left kids without parents and families in debt. He smiled while he did it, too. Charming Richard Ashford, everyone's buddy. And you…. " He moved forward, close enough that I could smell his cologne, dark and expensive. "You're his daughter. His legacy. And every time I look at you, I see him."

I came home so excited to share the news with my parents and my only brother. “Congratulations, OliOli. You’ve made us proud again,” Kelvin said, patting me on the shoulder lightly. We had that kind of sibling relationship where you didn’t have to say too much to feel close. “Thanks, big bro. The win is for the family,” I said with a proud smile. But just as I was still talking, Dad cut in sharply. “You keep smoking and following bad gangs, ruining this family’s name. When will you ever make us proud too, like your sister? Or do you want to stay the useless son forever?”

I notice a note inside the box and pick it up, I read through the contents and begin to cry. “My dear Alexa, I know you would be shocked and confused while reading this, but I want you to know everything is going to be fine. I know I have not been the best big brother and I have not treated you nicely but I want you to know that I have always loved you and I always will. I am not abandoning you now, I am just going to find myself, to know who I really am without the influence of our father. Mom has always been there to encourage and protect me, but I don’t think I can survive a day in this house without her any longer. Everything here reminds me of her and I can’t stand it. I know you are pr

Ever since the very founding of our colony world. Now that I know about it, I can't be allowed to talk to anyone else about it. They wanted to use their mind machine to wipe my memory, but after one of the scientists made the mistake that resulted in a drug interaction- that nearly killed both of us- it's no longer safe to even try it. As far as my family knows, I just vanished. Grandfather too... he can't go home, either. He will stay with me at the mountain, stay with the Ten... he will be one of the world's heroes that tries to keep them from completely falling apart.

He had a painful expression, which annoyed Vivian. “Don’t look at me with that painful look. Someone might think I am wicked. But I am not. I just participated in the race, and I won. The game had no rules and all it cared about was to win. And I did exactly that. "Please get out of my house. I have already filed for divorce. I don’t need you in my house," she said harshly. "Are you driving me out of your own house?" he asked. “Please get out. You are destroying our peace. Hey drive him away. I don’t want to see him near this house." Shadrach, who is her fiancé, said.