The Pact Carnival Row Novels & Stories

Started pulling down boxes from the top shelf. Old tournament trophies. Photos. Random stuff I'd shoved up there when I moved in. A napkin fell out of one of the boxes. White. Wrinkled. Writing in black pen. The Mel's Diner napkin. Our pact. I picked it up. Unfolded it carefully. The paper was soft from being folded and unfolded so many times. **THE HOLIDATE PACT** *Rules:* *1. Holidays only* *2. No feelings* *3. No expectations*

A DEAL WITH THE BILLIONAIRE (A Contract Marriage) EPISODE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN THEME: It was just a contract CONNECTICUT, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA CRAWFORD MANSION “Raven and Rowan are missing.” The whole room went silent as their eyes popped out in shock. Christopher wished he could turn back the hands of time and not say a word to them. He blamed himself for asking them to meet up, he should have waited to hear from the police. The looks on their faces made him want to run far away.

Cassian leans out the window like a carefree child while Kevin quietly explains the rules of neutral ground: no fighting, no challenges, no politics—at least not openly. The market sprawls in a clearing, colorful tents and stalls spilling over each other, the air thick with the smell of baked bread, roasting meat, herbs, and smoke. Men from different packs weave through the rows, bartering loudly. “This is…” I pause, eyes wide. “Lively.” “Overwhelming,” Rowan mutters. “Perfect,” Elias corrects. He’s already steering me toward the nearest stall.

There were lots of food and games booth set up and people were swamping over the place to buy the tickets. Watching all the people dressed in various costumes and masks, Kathy walked across the cavalcade, proceeding through the town, along with Ann and Laura. There were up to five hundred men and boys parading on the streets, wearing costumes and wooden shoes, dancing and breathing out fire from their mouth. Katherine was astonished as she had never been to such a grand carnival before. Every small thing caught her eyes and she was in aww. Hudson came back from a nearby stall holding few apple candies and handed it to his friends.

"Look, Gia sent me a video." He put the video on his phone screen. It was the carnival that Giovanna had wanted to include at the end of the kids' party. There was a band playing carnival march songs, lots of confetti and streamers, colorful hats, extravagant glasses, noisemakers, and everyone was doing a conga line through the hall, led by Salete in her wheelchair pushed by Boris, and the rhythm was lively with the classic "uuuuh" when they threw their arms up in the air.

Chapter 15: Axels Party 2 Patty who was still aware of her surroundings sat on a bar stool in Axel's mini-bar along with her friend Jenny who was talking to their classmates. Axel never leaves his eyes on them, a few minutes later he instructed Jimmy the man who was in charge of the bar. Patty was unaware that the bartender put party pills in her last shot, and drink it straightly. Until she was feeling uncomfortable, the feelings of hotness all over her body, Jenny who was near her noticed her un easiness… She became a little nervous when she saw her flushed face…

Keith sat in the driver's seat with Jim beside him and drove the van over to Giannos. Meanwhile, back at the carnival, newlyweds Nick Lopez and Madison Smith had just entered the carnival, looking to spend the day enjoying the festivities of the carnival. Madison had been feeling the stress of being the CEO of DreamSmith, especially with regards to working with QC Enterprise on the new mall and the orphanage school. Nick, being the understanding husband, decided to close NL Suits for the day and accompany his wife to help her relief some of her pent up stress. "Wow, look at the crowd here. The Townsville carnival never ceases to amaze me." said Madison. "Buckle up, Nicky. We are going to hav

I held my breath and the tears that threatened to fall, and I clutched my bag with a heavy force to ground me. Just when I thought everything was looking up and going well, this had to happen. Paxton just had to ruin it! Rowan stopped the car outside the building of his penthouse apartment, but he didn’t go into the underground parking lot. He turned off the ignition, and the car became dead silent. “Explain,” he stated calmly as his hand gripped the steering wheel until his knuckles turned white. “Rowan, it’s not what you think, I swear.” “Not what I think? Then tell me, Who the hell was that?” He asked me calmly.

Even Waqas had his men on watch around the area so the security was doubled. "Everything clear, boss," Karim said as Hamza nodded. "The brides are here," Batool said, walking up to them as the lights dimmed. Haniya and Shiza walked down the aisle adorned in beautiful wedding dresses looking gorgeous. Hooriya was beside Shiza and Hafsa was beside Haniya. Salaar looked at his sister and then at Haniya feeling so happy. All of the men goggled at their woman dreamily. Hooriya placed Shiza's hand in Farhan's and Hafsa placed Haniya's hand in Salaar's as they got on the stage and took their seats.

"Are you sure you are fine?. I can have Joanne check to see if something is wrong once she gets back to the palace.” "I’m fine. Besides, I need to be here to prepare for the carnival." He states, "I know how much this is important to you." We were hosting a carnival to celebrate the treaty and union between humans and wolves. We had thought to push it back a little, but doing that would only cause panic to the humans outside, who had already sought out their freedom, and no one except for the people in the palace knew about the attack.