Winning Her Back Novels & Stories

No matter how one looked at it, she was going to lose. Unless... "He knows how to fight and beat cowards. Even a lousy win is worth more than a loss" "You heard me, chicken!" Deanna heard the voice in the back of her head. Jacky raised his hand and rubbed his bright forehead. "What's wrong with you?" Should she fold or call his bluff? If she folded, then it would be a big problem. But she didn't do that. She didn't know what had happened before. Now that she knew, she didn't hesitate. She was going for it. She had three kings, a seven and an eight, so she could make it.

He called them, and my mom answered. The poor woman was blissfully unaware of my death as she asked Alexander if I was adjusting to life in the city or whether I had lost weight. He asked anxiously, "Laura, isn't Izzy there with you?" My mom replied, "No. She said she was going back to the city to do some shopping for the wedding. Why would she be back? Wait, shouldn't she be home at this hour?" Alexander quickly softened his tone to keep her from worrying. "Oh, she must have gone out to shop for candy for the goodie bags. I'll go pick her up in a bit."

I enunciated each word distinctly as I finished off the sentence, "That great of a great catch." Having said that, I stood up to leave. Dominic stubbornly followed behind me. He then produced the silver bracelet I had thrown away from one of his pockets. It gleamed blindingly under the light. "Violet, can't you leave me with some memento? Do you really think I could ever do anything to hurt you?" His furrowed brow made him appear utterly helpless, yet I suddenly found myself at a loss for words. Was it a universal truth that men only discovered their love for ex-girlfriends after the relationship had ended?

Now that he no longer mattered to me, I had no reason to stick around. The moment fell quiet. Zayden did not say anything for a while. Then he finally picked up the agreement and asked, “Are you sure about this? You do know what it means if I get this fifteen percent, right?” “I do. I am doing it to get back at Jason!” This time, I said it plainly without hiding it. It was not just the betrayal that hurt. It was the fact that he teamed up with my own sister, Tessa, to deceive me.

“Nikolai what, what are you talking about?, why wou, why would you“ my hands roughly going through my hair. He cut me off, his voice sharp. “Liora’s back.” For a second the name didn’t register. Then it did, my stomach twisted. Liora hale. His college sweetheart, His first love. “What, what do you mean she’s back?, back as in, back in belgrave?, or what” My voice cracked, trying to steady my laboured breathing, and bring the ringing in my head to stop, more tears streaming down my cheeks without permission. A stinging feeling of betrayal blossoming in my chest.

“Then what do you want?” She was quiet for a step. “I know how these pages work. I’ve run one before, which you know. I know how to trace them and I know how to counter them.” She looked at me steadily. “I can help you find out who is behind this. And I can help you build something that pushes back before it gets worse.” I stopped walking and turned to face her fully. “And what do you get out of that?” “I want back in.” She said it simply, without embarrassment. “The squad. My position. Everything I lost. I want it back and I think you can help me get there.”

"Just be careful. Don't make an unfixable mistake." I barely heard him cause my mind was already racing ahead. I walked him to the door, shaking his hand firmly. "Thank you. Hale. More than you know." When the door shut behind him, I leaned against it for a few seconds, breathing hard. Then I straightened, laughter bubbling up. I had lost Bella once. But now? Now I had the one thing that could bring her back. I spread my arms wide. "She's still mine," I whispered. "And now, with our baby, I can finally get her back."

“Hey, I just want to tell you they shouldn’t worry about it so much. We’re going to get her back.” She stares at me as if I’m speaking a strange language. “The only way to do that is for me to go back.” My eyes widens. “What? You can’t go back, he’s only trying to lure you in.” “Then I guess he has won,” pulling her hand, roughly out of my. I sigh in frustration. Understanding but still frustrated.

My mind was a blank canvas nothing. I managed to look up and found Rune holding me as we walked through a hallway. That was when everything came back. I’d bought Solana and she had won. She didn’t just win. She’d beaten the crap out of me. Something I never expected. Well, everybody had warned me to back down from the fight but I didn’t listen.

She looked out over the crowd at every face, every age, every expression. “I’ll come back,” she said with her voice carrying clear. “When I know how to fight them. When I know how to win. I’ll come back and we’ll take back what they tried to steal.” A few voices answered aye. More joined until the word echoed off the stone walls. I felt pride swell in my chest sharp enough to hurt. Anya turned to me with eyes searching. “Are you still sure?” I took her hand again and laced our fingers. “Never been more sure of anything.”