Chapter: XLXV. Colors of Heartbreak There are thousands of reasons to be sad, angry, and cry but there are millions of reasons to be happy, thankful, and trust again.It's what life taught me.We could always find a reason to run away. To never look back. Heartbreak does that to a person. Sometimes we focused too much on the hurt and pain we failed to see the positive things that surround us.Heartbreak made me see clearly what's in front of me. Yes, it made me doubt myself and everyone around me but it taught me to take a leap of faith.The moment I stepped a foot inside Killiad’s building memories rushed in like a swirl of colors and emotion.“Welcome home Mrs. Knight.” The head of security greeted me as I walked by his post in the entrance.“Good afternoon, Luis and thank you.”“Do you want me to escort you to the penthouse?” I shook my head, a grateful smile on my face.“I'll be fine but thank you for asking,&rd
Last Updated: 2021-09-11
Chapter: XLXIV. Loose EndsTurns out, Emily is not in Gavin or her brother's place, Ethan. Though as I thought over it I didn't remember Emily introducing Ethan to me or anyone of us in the office as her brother. I just assume given their brother-sister devotion to each other.And as I asked Ethan about Emily's whereabouts he seems unbothered about it. In fact he looks like he'd been expecting it.“Em? Where are you?” I asked, my voice tinged with panic and relief as I snatched my phone on the table the moment it rang, flashing Emily's name on the screen.She chuckled at the other side of the call. That's a good sign, right? “Relax, I'm fine, Elle.”“Is Grayson with you?” I inquired directly. After my call with Killiad, I've been stressing where was Emily. It's not like her to just take off like that. So, instead of finalizing my plans for the day, I opted on looking
Last Updated: 2021-09-07
Chapter: XLXIII. Almost Perfect Days passed in a blur of tears of forgiveness and happiness. My life is almost perfect. Almost.I hadn't officially moved out on Killiad's place. I didn't want to. I'm just waiting for him or his secretary to call me to get my things out of his place. But I know Killiad won't do anything of the sort even if his life depended on it. He's a good man, a really good man and I am very fortunate to know a man like him.I felt drain, I'm not sleeping well for the past month and it was slowly taking a toll on me. But today's Monday and Mondays were killer for all the people working from eight to five.I should be back in the office where I'm needed or I risk being late on my eight-thirty meeting on the divorce attorney Brad had recommended. But Emily hadn't gone out for grocery shopping for the cupboard supplies in the office plus I'm starving.For the last week, I had lived off of the food that my husband was sending me in the office. It never crossed my mind to
Last Updated: 2021-09-02
Chapter: XLXII. Mend BackHours later, I stood outside the gigantic gate of my parents' house, working up the courage to talk to them. It's been a week and they only have Sunday as a day-off that is, if they won't be called back to the hospital at the end of the day.My childhood home was still the same even the creaked and groaned of the gate as it opens, the sound of the soles on my shoes as it hits the brick walkway. I felt nostalgic as I looked around the place. This was the first place that held the memories of my childhood. Both happiness and sadness lay in every corner of the place that had held my young heart.A small sad smile curved up on my face. I made a lot of mistakes and I know I couldn't undo them but as I think my life through I realized it taught me the best lessons in life.I couldn't lose my parents again. They had sacrificed everything they had and I pushed them away. Not anymore.Trust is a brittle thing that should be enforced with love to make it stronger.
Last Updated: 2021-08-30
Chapter: XLXl. Gray“Woah! What is it this time?” Emily asked as a way of greeting as she sauntered inside my office without knocking. It was clear in her face that she's excited on my behalf.“Breakfast from my favorite restaurant,” I mumbled looking anywhere but my Secretary. I don't know why I felt embarrassed about eating it. It's food and on top of that, it is my favorite.Killiad has been sending me flowers, breakfast, lunch, dinner with notes raging from ‘I miss you, I've been thinking about you and ‘Please come home, we could fix this.No, I love you or I care for you. Nothing. I want to hope but I couldn't afford to. It'll hurt too much and I don't know if I could survive the pain.I wonder what he wanted to fix. Our marriage or his life. He probably wanted to rid of me.Emily scoffed, trying to stifle her laugh.“Please don't stop your obvious mirth on my account,” I rolled my eyes, picking my pen.
Last Updated: 2021-08-26
Chapter: XLX. The Gang“You look like sh*t,” Gavin commented just as I step on the rooftop of the bar where we usually hang out when the four of us– Gavin, Gustavo, Grayson, and I are in one city.“Gavin!” Gustavo hissed under his breath on his little corner.I tipped the bottle of beer in my hand in Gavin's direction, nodding my head. “I feel like one, bro.”He rolled his eyes, sitting on the small table. He had never taken his eyes off me as I stagger into the railing. “Can't you just call her?” I wish it was that simple.I shook my head like the thousand times I did when my finger hovers above her name on my phone screen. It feels like Mom all over again. Though I have everything money could buy I don't have the only person that I ever wanted.Space.She needed space. I ought to give her the space she wanted, after all, I had lied and hidden secrets from her. I broke the trust that she had given me. Ho
Last Updated: 2021-08-21
His Willing Captive
He leans his face close to mine, so close that I could feel his breath licks the skin of my face while his fingers wrapped around my chin. My skin tingles at the point of contact. Sparks of electricity traveled from his skin to mine, igniting a kind of hunger I've never felt before.
I hold my breath. Unable to move or think, other than let him sucked me deep in his hypnotizing stormy orbs. “One of these days your stupid dreams will get you killed.” I heard him say.
And then he's gone and so was the bubble of that brief magical moment.
Funny, he is one of those stupid dreams.
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Meet Victoria Lyn de Cordova a.k.a Sarah Brewer a 24-year-old, hopeless romantic runaway princess from a small hidden Kingdom of Terra. Fueled with fear of marrying a man who was rumored to be an a merciless assassin, she runs away from the place she called home.
Meet Alaric Mendez a Hispanic rogue assassin that has only one mission and that was getting his revenge from an unknown enemy that killed his family.
A runaway Princess and a broken anger-driven Assassin in a story of love, hope, and healing. Will their newfound love would be enough to heal the wounds from the past or will they let the past hunt them down to wound them apart?
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Chapter: Chapter Forty-TwoAlaricIt's hard seeing Victoria change. The sweet, kind, and caring woman that I've known weeks ago has been jaded, and… she hates me. I can’t blame her, I did her wrong and by gods, it's killing me inside to see her go through hell. I know what happened back in her room was still bothering her. No one could recover that easily from that kind of trauma. But I don't have a choice or I'll risk endangering her life more than it already did.And it’s all my fault.I've been played a fool by Mona. Maybe because I remember my mother on her that I let my guard down and let her claws sink into my back. I hate myself probably more than Victoria hates me. Turns out, Mona was one of Enrico's local spies around the palace. I should have known better, but I was so blinded by Victoria's beauty that I failed to see the red flags. Even the fact that Mona practically told me that she killed the king had been swept aside; shoved at the back of my mind because my whole fixation was set on Victoria an
Last Updated: 2022-06-13
Chapter: Chapter Forty-One“Roman's mother. Enrico killed her,” He said watching me like a hawk. “In front of Roman.” I don't know what happened, but I felt like a bomb had gone off inside my chest. My mind went blank and the only thing I could hear was the grating sound of static and crumbling stones. For a moment I don't know where illusions ended and the reality begins. It was as if the whole place was shaking from its foundation and I am drifting away farther and farther from the ground as the taste of the air around me changes into a suffocating fog of smoke and fire. “Victoria!” it was as if someone was catching me as the intensity of hatred that started to bloom within me was staggering, to say the least. I don't even know that I'm capable of such hatred and how my heart could withstand such feelings for a single person.The vindictive part of me simmers as it grows into an overwhelming vortex of bitterness and darkness. Yet, even inside my head, I could still feel the ground shaking just as Alaric tig
Last Updated: 2022-05-26
Chapter: Chapter Forty“Well, I heard I have a brother, guess I got more than I had bargained for, coming here.” I wanted to scream at Roman to save me and take me away from Enrico and Alaric and in all the madness going around us, but I cannot put him at risk, my heart couldn't handle losing another person close to my heart once again.I smiled, the expression not reaching my eyes while my hand balled into fists at the small of my back, trying to control the trembling. “I'm glad you finally have each other,” I said in a small voice. Roman scoffed, throwing Alaric a venomous glare. “I'm sure the feeling is mutual.” Though I have a distinct feeling that he meant the opposite. Neither Alaric nor Roman found their reunion pleasant. I smiled thinly as I looked away, my sight darting to the door, thinking if fleeing from the awkward and tense interaction would be worth it. “Right, Mendez?” Alaric only gave Roman a smug smile as he drew me close to his body quite possessively, I might add, once again. I stumb
Last Updated: 2022-05-10
Chapter: Chapter Thirty-NineNever in my life, I had ever thought to have my engagement party or attend any party inside a casino or in a den full of corrupt foreign dignitaries and criminals. Though it shouldn't had had surprised me. Enrico was a criminal after all. I walked in on Alaric's arm. The scenario I've been in could have been taken from a bad Mafia movie. A girl pretending to be in love with the big and bad Mafia boss while forced to smile in the sea of criminals with her bareback on her family's enemies. I swallowed hard as the crowd parted to let our group through, Enrico being the leader of it. If I've been talked with Enrico's guest positively it could have been attributed to the fact that I was one of the few women at the casino wearing a dress that doesn't show any of my private feminine parts. All the lingering and approving gaze didn't matter anyway, there's no other gaze that could make the small hair on my arms rise deliciously other than Roman's. In front of us, I saw Enrico being swallo
Last Updated: 2022-05-01
Chapter: Chapter Thirty-Eight A gentle rapped on the door woke me up from a restless sleep that has me scrambling to the wall. Slowly, the door creaked open and a familiar friendly face peeked through the gap. Mei-hua beamed at me when her sight rested on my curled body pressing the wall. A frown etched on her gentle face before it softened. She immediately presented the tray of food in her hand and a duffel bag in the other as she walked closer to me. “When you sleep, I clean bathroom and change light,” she said in broken english in her heavily accented voice. “I help you okay, cannot help escape. Sorry.” She shook her head as she said somberly. She could make my stay bearable but couldn't help me escape. I translated it in my head. I can't judge her and make her endanger her life for helping me escape if that was even possible. Whatever her reasons for working under Enrico, that's all her. And to be honest she's already risking plenty by giving me beyond what's necessary. She could just give me food
Last Updated: 2022-04-22
Chapter: Chapter Thirty-SevenEvery time I close my eyes I could smell the stink of the man's breath fanning on my face just as vivid as his unwelcome touch. I could feel him, his fingers painfully rubbing the sensitive spot at the juncture of my thighs. Instinctively, I close my legs while writhing and fighting, trying to break free from the invisible claws of the man violating me. My eyes snapped open from an unexpected rapped on my prison door. A rush of rancid air filled my lungs in one go, making me gasp. I should have been thankful for the reprieve. But instead of relief, I trembled, my body coming alive as fear flooded through my veins. My heart thumped hard and fast against my chest. Wide eyes and jaw locked, I readied myself to flee. Seconds ticked by and the door creaked open, a silver mop of hair of an elderly Asian woman peered through the door, opening it with wariness. I watched as her eyes roamed around the dimly lit room. I could see the horrified look on her face as she stare
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Chapter: 18 || Burned Down I walked blindly, my body shaking as I tried to find my way back towards the boutique where I purchased the three pairs of expensive shoes. The moment I saw the stranger that has my father’s face I felt like I was choking on the air I breathed. I wish I could feel anything other than the torture and pain I had gone through in his hands, but as I continue to walk, the more morbid my mind went through.I killed him. I know I do. His remains remained untouched in the old mansion and yet I saw him conniving with one of Vincenzo’s men.Then who the heck did I see?Father is dead. I made sure of it. It can't be him. There's no way in hell that that was my father. It can't be true. Or maybe I'm just hallucinating and seeing things I wanted so badly to forget. Probably, a price I needed to pay for refusing to bend down and succumb to everything I have been through. And no, I refuse to be in his shadow again. Or maybe all this time I am still in his shadow only I did not walk behind him I was
Last Updated: 2023-04-03
Chapter: Chapter 17 || Dark SecretsNow, if you ask me where I would be ten years after killing my father I would enthusiastically say prison or six feet below the ground. Hitting the streets was a suicidal move especially because I didn't know a thing about living outside the basement of my father's mansion. But like a shadow in the dark, I blend in easily with minimal setbacks. You probably know the story of why I let a woman con me into living in an orphanage so I won't tell anymore.Last night while visiting the attic I stumble on a box full of old pictures and certifications. You wouldn't probably believe what a treasure it was. They said to know your enemy you must retrace their past and I did just that. By looking through the old photographs and early certifications on the legal business side of the organization I uncover secrets worth keeping.The woman wearing red lipstick, (sorry but I did not know her name would be relevant to the story), yes the one who fooled me into joining the orphans was
Last Updated: 2022-01-19
Chapter: Chapter 16 | My Uncle's NieceNow I'm torn between selling Rose's house or keeping it since I sort of moved in with Vincenzo. Vincenzo, of course, wanted me to sell it, ensuring that I would be totally and completely dependent on him in the remaining weeks before our graduation.Gosh, what I have created?It had been three days since that night when I killed Bill and Vincenzo brought me to his home. It had been a dream come true. Later that day I realized, making Vincenzo trust me and infiltrating the organization had been the only easiest parts. The real challenge is to become one of them and to be able to hold a spot within their circle aside from being Vincenzo's fúckbuddy.Maybe if I kill Matias…I let the thought trail off. It would be a fantastic move but a terrible addition to my plan. I can't have two of their assassins die in my hands. I've been lucky the first time, I don't know if I could hitchhike through the second death within their circle especially if the
Last Updated: 2021-12-29
Chapter: Chapter 15 | Sebastian GreyMy first live torture show happened at two in the morning while Vincenzo was sound asleep. It wasn't my intention to watch such a show but as I snoop around their freaking palace the first thing I stumbled was a bloody man slumped on the floor while a menacing-looking man, maniacally laughing while he cut and punch the poor man.To some, it might sound serious and life-changing, but to me, it just makes me curious and excited. It's different when I'm the one doing the deed or I'm on the receiving end of such brutality rather than just being a voyeur reaping the benefits of it. I know I'm being hypocritical, prancing around with my imaginary sword, pretending to be noble but the moment the curtain closed my soul's true color bleeds its true nature.Nicholas had been right and I've been too angry to see the truth.The agonizing cry snapped me out of my internal monologue. Immediately, I felt giddy I could not almost suppress it. It feels like there's a bubble grow
Last Updated: 2021-12-18
Chapter: Chapter 14 || Hook, Line, and SinkerI may not believe in an omnipotent being, fate, or destiny but I understood the mind's will to survive even if the body could barely stand. It's human nature and that's what I did and will always do.I fought and I survive.I had told myself countless of times that an enemy is always what they are—enemy. But as I stared at Vincenzo's frantic and worried eyes always darting on me I realize it's hard to have a firm grip on my version of reality when the world is showing me a different version of it. It was almost like walking on a cloud of dreams; surreal and vibrant without meaning it too.In my head, I imagined Vincenzo's cool and indifferent face with contempt and distrust swimming in the depths of his eyes as he stared at me. I imagine him throwing Bill a look of pity. But none of those were in his eyes.He almost looked human with a soul.When the vengeful part of me can't take the picture of his troubled face anymore, that part of me was
Last Updated: 2021-12-07
Chapter: Chapter 13 || Killer Instinct “Vince,” a familiar-looking guy immediately greeted Vince, slightly bowing his head as we exited the house.“Bill, Ryan I'd like you to meet my girlfriend Laura. Laura this is Bill and that guy in the car is Ryan, they're my friends and also my bodyguards.“Hi, it's nice to meet the two of you,” I murmured politely, tucking my hair behind my ear.“Laura,” Bill said like his testing my name on his mouth, intently staring at me while Ryan just gave me a non-commental nod.While Ryan is a new face, I knew Bill. He's one of the boys in the orphanage. It had been eight years since we last saw each other but I knew, without my makeup, he'll immediately recognize me.When Bill continue to stare at me, Vince snapped at him with a snarl. “Bill, she's my girlfriend not one of your wh*res.”“My apologies,” He turned, his eyes troubled.After introducing me to his friends doubled a
Last Updated: 2021-11-19
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