Who Has Power Novels & Stories

the most difficult explanation to understand, even though she had always been able to understand the material in her lectures. The power holder of this country? Hell, does anyone own a country? Or is there someone who... controls a country? As far as she knew, the president was the official leader of the United States. However, he did not make every decision alone. There was a group of people in charge of advising him before he made a decision. There were people in charge of making sure the country ran well, but they didn't have sole power over it. And Cassy had just said that Axel and his family were one of the holders of state power? Did Eve miss the news that she didn't know that Axel was

Blanca has the same powers as Blake. Only people from Escuro are capable of those powers. Only royalty. “Fuck,” I mumble. “Blanca, who are you?”

In the large hall, in addition to the main figures of the Hill Family, the real power figures of the collateral series were also there. "Did you see that? Did you all see that? It's not that he is relying on our Hill Family, but our Hill Family is relying on him. The Washington Family can't do anything to him. How is our Hill Family compared with the Washington Family? Each of you are shortsighted. You only see the little interest in front of you. Is the position of master very important?" "Who can say that you can lead the Hill Family to prosperity? If any, I give my power away, right?"

“That doesn’t explain anything.” “No,” he said. “But it gives context.” She stepped closer. Closing the distance between them. “Then give me more.” Kael’s jaw tightened slightly. But he didn’t step back. “There’s a power,” he said slowly, “that isn’t bound to individuals.” Arin frowned. “That doesn’t make sense.” “It isn’t supposed to.” Her frustration spiked. “Then explain it in a way that does.” He held her gaze. Unwavering. “It chooses.”

My eyes dart around, but everyone seems oblivious, or they just don’t care. “He had an emergency meeting,” the vice president says. Banks halts his movements. “Was I called here for y’all to serenade me with your requests?” Oh lord. He sounds even hotter. They shift. Every seat here is occupied by someone powerful enough to change lives with a signature. Governor. Industry owner. Financier. People whose faces appear on television. People whose names just do things. Yet, all of them shift and go quiet. For Banks. He's the power here. But how?

It’s a law The Council mandated to keep anyone from harassing them and I understand why. The Council is made up of ten council seats, one for each of the ten most powerful families in the country— the Caddels, the Whitlocks, the Vandenbergs, the Barringtons, the Hogwoods, the Hansleys, the Silvius, the Castellans, the Langstons, and the Albertines who stand at the very top of the hierarchy of power. To be a seat holder means you’re basically one of the powers who control the whole country, and who wouldn’t fight to be in that power?

Zachariah was the only one left. "Y-You… You can't have such power. Who exactly are you?"

I whispered. She opens her eyes and my car is on the ground again. "Yes," she said, trying to meet my eyes. "And I have power. I can move things without touching them." Powers? Likeability? Let's go! To my knowledge, Moonlight Jade and I are the only ones with power, even the member of the Council of Perpetual does not. Even older, they had no powers, just the three of us. I'm jealous now. I can't believe she did that, I think she has greater power than me. "When will you know you have power? And how?"

(*OK) “Now I’m going to ask you something. Who do you think holds the most power in a country?” Ryu asked. His question sounded like a random one with no clear direction. However, Kyoko responded. Ryu hadn’t been making small talk. “The President, Emperor, Prime Minister, King, Sultan.” Kyoko listed all the options, but Ryu shook his head. “Wrong. The answer is money. A lot of money. The person who has the most money holds the power. No matter the country, the answer will always be the same,” Ryu said with a smile, somewhat satisfied to see Kyoko’s subtle reaction of amazement.

“Because once you cross that line, you do not get to pretend things can go back to normal.” Dante sat up too, his bare feet hitting the floor. “Normal was an illusion,” he said. “I just did not know it yet.” He stood and walked to the window, pushing the curtain aside. The city was already awake, cars moving, people rushing into lives that felt simple compared to the mess unraveling inside his chest. “My uncle taught me everything about power,” he continued. “He always said information is currency. Control what people know, and you control what they do.”