Twisted Loyalties Novels & Stories

“I’ve been thinking about loyalty. About the families we’ve built these alliances with, and the ones we’ve had to silence.” Lysander’s gaze softened as he placed his hands on the edge of the desk, contemplating her words. “Loyalty is everything in this world. But it’s also the most fragile thing we have. People will bend, but they won’t break unless they see something they want more than loyalty.”

I snapped. He leaned on the edge of the vanity, too close. His cologne mixed with frustration. "Elena is another topic entirely, she was never a plan to get rid of him. She was just a ruse to make him think he got his revenge on you. Thorne has something we don’t. Loyalty. People who would die for him. But I think we have too, the Obsidian Sons." I raised a brow. "And what? You think saying his men are loyal is going to make me pity you? Reid chose his side. Thorne didn’t earn it by being noble, Raven. He earned it by making promises. I make threats. We’re not the same."

I nodded to Terrell, and she took her by her arm before directing her out the door, leaving me with the dick of a boy who was more proud that any other thing for what he had just done. “So…” He beamed, jumping on his feet, undoubtedly with the idea of going to spend those last bills his sister just sacrificed. Making me hate him even further. I was taught from a young age that loyalty comes before everything. Leave loyalty… Family fights for family. Family kills for family. That was etched deep inside me from a young age by two men I followed with all my heart! And Turantello Syndicate was my family; the one I would go straight to hell if I have to… and yet this motherfucker broke one code t

How can she blackmail me and make me choose between the two most important things in my life? On the one hand, It's Warren corporation will face major losses. I will lose my deals, many employees will lose their jobs, and on the other hand Winter. How can I break her heart? She just started to trust me, how can I break her trust? I know she will be broken if she sees me being intimate with Ave.

I am not like my mother in any case; I vowed not to be one by any means. Before our wedding, my friends arranged a bachelor party for me at a strip club with some strippers, prostitutes, alcohol. I didn’t even throw a glance at those naked women. Even glancing at them felt as if I was being dishonest with Inessa, so I stayed as low key as I could. I left the place the second I got the chance, and I believe I didn’t regret the bit of my decision. I felt it is important to stay loyal to the person to whom I was about to commit the rest of my life and devotion.

“I believe it didn’t end well. The werewolf didn’t love the witch with all his heart. He courted her, so he could revenge for all that had happened to him. They weren’t mates so it made it so much easier to destroy the bond that they could have built together.” Clarissa frowned. “I thought it was just humans who take advantage of human feelings.” Archer smiled. “There is always a bad breed in every creature on earth. You just have to look hard enough,” he said softly. Clarissa frowned as they passed a particular banana tree that shouldn’t have been there in the first place. “Clarissa.” She turned to Archer. “Yes, dear.” He looked at her a bit confused. “I didn’t call you, beloved.” Clarissa

Both ladies gasped. “ is there really any surprise to what I just said, don't worry Aisha, I forgive you for your betrayal, I know you just missed your friend, that was why you needed to escape but don't worry, she will be with you always, I'll make sure to keep her as your special pet, we are going to be happily married with kids and it will be the most lovely ever", he went on. “ she will never marry you, keep on dreaming", Daisy spat angrily.

We'll find Loretta. But even as he clung to that hope, he couldn't shake the feeling that every choice he made was pulling him deeper into some web of conflicting loyalties thread more tangled than the last. Somewhere, in the midst of it all, Tasha waited for a response he wasn't sure he could give.

Always play the long game. But even I had to admit I’d gotten…distracted these past few months. Ava had swept into my life like a sunrise after dark, awakening creatures within my soul that I thought had died a long time ago: guilt. Conscience. Remorse. Making me question whether the ends justified the means. Around her, my thirst for vengeance slaked, and I almost—almost—gave it up, if only so I could pretend to be the man she thought I was. You have a multilayered heart, Alex. A heart of gold encased in a heart of ice.

I pressed. He stepped closer. Close enough that I could see the tiny scar at the corner of his mouth. “Because some things deserve being burned.” He left me then, and I stood in the hush of the room with a pulse in my throat that sounded like a drumroll. The plan was set. Trapani’s night would hold its breath and then exhale metal and manifest. Some loyalties could be negotiated out of a map and a ledger. Some would require blood.