The Devil You Know Saying Novels & Stories

"See what you do to me?" Alessio moves closer, hovering an inch away from my lips like he's going to kiss me. His warm breath tickles my skin, making me entertain the thought of his lips on mine. Instinctively I lean in to receive the kiss, almost tasting him but he moves away, severing the connection. Then his eyes become guarded and he slips back into the devil I know. "We're done for tonight," he says, even sounding like the devil. "Consider this round one."

Chapter Thirty Four- The Devil She Doesn't Know Part Five I did not know what it was, but it was in pursuit and that was more than enough reason for me to scream for help hysterically and increase my pace. |||•••||•••||| I will not say that I regard my mother to be the wisest person I know, but she was extremely right about one thing; the Devil you do not know, is far worse than the Devil you know. "Okay, look, I am sorry, I just thought-"

"Who is this?" "Someone who knows how this game works. Someone who's watched others try to fight publicly and fail." A pause. "The headlines about you will peak today. By tomorrow, something else will dominate the news cycle. By next week, you'll be old news. But only if you stay silent." "How do you know..." "I know because I've seen this pattern before. Seraphina's pattern. She destroys, then moves on. But only if her target stays destroyed." The voice shifted slightly. "If you disappear now, completely, she'll think she won. She'll get careless."

the ones I never knew of. They are the angels I don't know of, just like the saying goes ' The devil you know is better than the angel you don't know'. I'm now starting to understand this phrase better. And I don't just understand it because it's easy to understand but because it's what has been happening to me and I can easily relate to it. I can relate to this fact and it has also taught me how to live my life from now on. To be wary of all those I dont know of and those I think are my friends.

“I’m going to bury myself inside of you until you collapse from exhaustion!” Inner Devil: ‘Ahhh! I want! I want!’ Inner Devil 2: ‘What? I guess it’s time to schedule my funeral. I’m dying a happy woman! Someone tell my parents, I lived a fruitful life!’

“No trace, I want it done perfectly " Another pause. Then, “Understood.” I ended the call. And smiled. A slow, venomous smile that curled at the edges of my lips. Let the world think what it wanted. Let them call me paranoid. Jealous. Even wicked. But I would not lose to a girl who crawled out of the gutter. Especially not if she carried the one thing that should’ve been mine.

’ ME: ‘Just go on dreaming because it won’t happen. My phone buzzes again. The Devil: ‘My dreams usually come true.’ The audacity of this man. ME: ‘I will be the one to break that trend.’ The Devil: ‘Trust me when I say that I always get what I want, Evelyn.’ Who the hell does he think he is? God?????? ME: ‘Don’t tell me you’re falling in love with me Vincent Beckett.’ The Devil: ‘I think you’re the one who’s falling in love with me. :)’

“Meet me alone or I’ll tell everyone including George what a fraud you are.”

I⁠ couldn't spea‍k, did he sen‍se anyt‍hing? Di⁠d he⁠ know? “I had col‍d feet,” I said softl‌y. He smiled. The pr⁠iest spoke, words‍ abou‌t love, words‌ ab⁠out l‍oyalty‌, wo‍rds abo‌ut forever. Forever s⁠ounded like a‍ locked‍ room. My mind raced. Wh⁠at if he found out? Fear pressed against pride, pride fought back.

"And what if you are?" His lips curved. Dark. Dangerous. "Then you should pray, Elena Rossi. Because the devil does not let go of what belongs to him." He turned and walked away. I stood there frozen, realizing I had walked into a cage made of gold and glass. And the devil held the only key.