The Second Act: Revenge Novels & Stories

“But one day, I’ll be back. And Jessica Kwok and her mother will pay for doing this to me and my mother! They killed my mother! They ruined my life! I’ll get my revenge on them someday! And…” I swear to the heavens who had given me only Hell…that someday, I will get my revenge!

I hurried to reassure him. When the call ended, Will and I exchanged a look. Revenge gleamed in both our eyes. Three days later, the city's first snow fell. The stage was set; the performance was about to begin.

“But then I heard about Topher’s big, stupid Halloween party. And it just… I snapped. It hit me so hard. Not because I felt left out or actually wanted to go or anything. But I was like, no. No fucking way is he going to get away with moving on, and throwing parties, and having a grand ol’ spiffy time after what he did to me. He put my entire future career at risk, Wick. That fucker doesn’t deserve a happy ending, so… So I’m going over there tonight and I’m leaving my stupid bra that he gave me along with a fake used condom in his room so he’ll think I moved on and had sex on his bed with someone else. And he’s going to feel my goddamn wrath. He’s going to see up close and personal just how

And with all the life in me, I will come back again! I will rise from the ashes. And when I do, the Andersson family watch out! Because you will not know what hit you until it’s too late. That’s my promise to you! When I take my seat on the airplane, I finally relax a bit and caress my belly. It’s you and me now! Your mommy got this. I will not cry a single tear for your dad again. He is not worth it! but one day I will come back and take revenge. That fucking jerk.

She made up her mind to go with them no matter what it takes. All through that night, she stood at the rooftop and prayed to God for divine intervention. "Dad, Mom… you guys can hear me, right? Please, help me out. I want that woman to trust me, she is the only person that can help me take revenge for your death" “What!? How can the boss behave so rashly and give you the position of the team leader?” Stella exclaimed. Sophia frowned and pouted. Why is Stella acting like it is a big deal?

“…acting is how I’ll start my vengeance on Raymond and Rachael.” The names tasted like poison, which made her lips curl with contempt.

Manufacturing her illness. From the very beginning, she had never been sick at all. She had used masterful acting and calculated deception to fool everyone. Even him. Even the pack doctors. And she had used this lie to push me toward death's door. Marcus's chest heaved violently. His wolf was howling inside his mind, demanding blood. The betrayal cut deeper than any silver blade. He grabbed his car keys and stormed out of his office, his face twisted with rage. In the main living room of the pack house, Celeste was still clinging to Mom's arm.

"DYING DECLARATION? ELARA VANCE'S SHOCKING CONFESSION." My first act of revenge was not a whisper in the dark. It was a scream from beyond, for the entire world to hear. Their gilded cage was now a glass box, and I had just thrown the first, very large, stone. And as I watched Liam pace the room, phone pressed to his ear, angrily denying everything, I knew this was only the beginning.

When their daughter, Debbie, begged for her life, he made her call her older brother, Dylan. She had lied to him—told him their parents had a fight and that he needed to come home immediately. Dylan, of course, didn’t suspect a thing. He rushed home. But the moment he stepped into the building, the elevator cable snapped, and it plunged from the 18th floor. At the same time, Debbie was thrown off the rooftop. All this because of one man’s twisted revenge.

“That’s Isolde.” Isolde’s spine stiffened. “No.” She stepped forward, staring. It wasn’t her. Not truly. But the dancer moved exactly like her Raven method. Pointe phrasing. Her abandoned routine. She was being mimicked. Marek whispered, “The Archive has your audition tapes, your Raven years. They used them to craft the second act. Vivienne was always the first. You were meant to be the finale.” Onscreen, the reel paused, flickered