The One By Kiera Cass Pdf Novels & Stories

The wine in her glass caught the light like blood. Rhea lounged nearby, filing her nails lazily. “She’s floundering. Her letter was intercepted. Her allies silenced. And there’s a rat inside Marino’s walls feeding us everything. You’ve practically won.” Cassidy traced a finger across her reflection’s cheek, her voice soft. “No. Not yet. Victory is when she breaks herself. When she stops fighting back.” Rhea smirked. “Then give her time.” “Oh, I will,” Cassidy said. “But time belongs to me.”

It feels like both forever and yesterday. Cass sits on a chair set up on the beach, barefoot, her hair pinned loosely but already fighting to come free. She’s holding a folded piece of paper in her hands, her voice steady but trembling at the edges. Everyone from the retreat is gathered around her. Survivors, writers, friends, the odd stranger who wandered in and never left. Joel’s somewhere behind me with the twins, but my eyes stay fixed on Cass. She clears her throat and looks at me, and for the briefest second she’s just my best friend, the same Cass who used to chat with me overnight and vent about Turkish male drama leads. But tonight she’s more than that. She’s my witness. My mirror.

I tried to grab it from his hand but he's 6’2, a tower compared to me who's 5’2. He knocked me off with his elbow and shoved me back. I tripped on my feet and fell on my butt, hard. He opened the diary whilst he stared down at me on the floor. A sinister smirk was plastered on his gorgeous face, his eyes cold as ever, “Everyone, listen to the creepy fantasy this loser has about Kade—and unfortunately, I as well.” The crowd snickered. “Another admirer? Leave some for us!” Someone jest. Cassian flipped through the pages and my hands trembled as he started to read out loud.

he took he hands and placed a kiss on the back and then Cassian seem to emit an aura cold as Texas Zara smiled within herself she was in control

But instead, I felt something uncomfortably close to guilt. She was so young. So damaged. And I was about to drag her through hell to get what I needed. After our conversation in the study, I left her with Alma, who was under strict instructions to keep her comfortable but watched. I trusted Alma with my life and with Isadora's but Cassie was different. She was leverage. Insurance. The key to everything I'd been searching for. I couldn't afford to be soft. In my office, Nicolas was waiting with updates. "Javin Klein is tearing the city apart looking for her," he reported. "He's called in every favor, activated every contact. He's desperate."

It was why she got things done in the first place. "Kiera Campbell..." Cristal's voice trailed off in a soft whisper, clenching her lass a bit tighter than intended. 'I'm going to deal you." ***** Kiera sat in front of the desk in the office, tending to some work documents. It was getting late, and she wanted to go home soon. She was tired after a day filled with work and meetings. She was glad she was able to finish everything today, but she was still unaware of Jace's secret investigation into the actual plan behind the plagiarised work.

“You know we’ve got to do this fast. I’m not doing this with you because I want you back in my life; I’m doing this because it needs to be done.” “That’s a risky statement. Withdrawing my support would get you into trouble. I wouldn’t let that happen anyway. But count yourself lucky,” she said as she grabbed a book and pulled it out from the many books atop the shelf. “I think this one contains a lot of information about Cassian and Camilla. It’s newly published. We need a lot of secrets to get them down from the seat of power,” she said, tossing the book to me. I grabbed it and quickly glanced through the pages.

Cassidy POV "How much does she know?" I asked, pointing at Lisa and ignoring her mother entirely. Kieran nodded. "Can we all just sit?" Lisa and Susan moved toward the sofa near the fireplace, keeping as much distance as possible between us. "We've reached the point where partial explanations are no longer useful," Kieran said, his eyes staying on Lisa until she finally looked back at him. She had handed him her trust already. That much was obvious. "This is Cassidy," Kieran told her, his hand reaching toward my side of the room. "The woman I told you about. The one connected to the people who helped me survive Meridian conditioning years ago.”

[ CASSANDRA ] After this statement of ANTOINE, I got angry. I then looked at him strangely and I said : -- Who are you to give me orders? I am not under your responsibility. You are not my family and I am not your prisoner. I'll go away and you won't be able to stop me. Afterwards, I wanted to slap him when Inès stopped me. -- ANTOINE and Cassandra please calm down. You're not going to fight because we're family now. (She says)

Kira wasn't in school to study like she said, she was there to minor her life and make her life a living hell in school. “Are you deaf?” Kira asked, her forehead squeezed with displeasure. “Told you.” Cassie curled her hair with her index finger, her hand resting on the other. “Stop it!” Karen barked at Cassie but she got ignored as all attention was on Aria and Kira. Aria reluctantly brought out the said books and handed it to Kira who stretched her hand, reaching for the book. “Please, can I have the book by tomorrow? I want to revise…” Aria was still speaking when Kira suddenly tore the book into half in one smooth move in front of everyone.