In Sin City, it is an unspoken rule to never meddle in the business of the Carsons.
The action leads to the following:
- Torture
- Abduction of familial relations
- Defamation
- Arson
- Blackmail
And most prevalent of all, death.
The Carsons have long-lived and reined over the city, and their power reaches no extent.
You can't call the police; they own them.
You can't plead to the government; they're one of them.
And you most certainly can't ask for mercy; they've diminished that word into nothing.
Today, the Carson family consists of the four most feared members with its head: Tristan Carson, the CEO of Carson Industries, the husband of Melanie Carson and father to heirs Sarah and Benedict Carson.
However, it hadn't always been like that.
There was a rumored fifth member-a daughter, they say. Her identity and whereabouts remain unknown. Even after fifteen years, people still lean closer to each other to whisper and gossip about her whenever they saw the Carsons.
Some say they killed her, some say she was given away and is currently living among the commoners. Some say she was a bastard child. Some even say she's in a different country, building another family empire to dominate.
Wherever or whomever she may be, the threat of her existence remains.
Her birthright, her namesake, and the blood in her. It was what she carries around along with the bounty on her head.
Again, she did not exist. Just a rumor, nothing more.
But one day, she just might decide to be. To be real. To no longer be the myth she once was.
And when she is known, she will come to take all.
And she will be relentless and determined.
And she will be merciless and serpentine.
And above all, she will be brutal.
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Romansa"What do you want?" he whispered. I knew I should've stopped then. A part of me wanted him so bad, which was why I knew I shouldn't let myself have him. The rational side of me was begging for me to stop. "You," I whispered. It was too bad my desire...
