𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦. | "we speak in blood. we don't play nice. this unruly thing that sings in our veins is more than just treachery and ruthlessness, it's the promise of mutually-assured destruction."
- in which two ruthless, feral minds collide again...
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❝ HE'LL BURN YOU DOWN LIKE WAX IF YOU LET HIM. YOU'LL THINK IT'S LOVE, WHEN HE DINES ON YOUR HEART. AND MAYBE IT WILL BE. ❞
❝ BUT THIS ISN'T LOVE. THIS IS A RUINATION. ❞
I. DELIRIUM athena steele is no fool. as one of the brightest engineers of MIT, and among the youngest, the woman knows how to manipulate a power-play, how to scrounge her way to the top; although her pleasant smile and innocent laugh allude otherwise. she wears a mask better than her own skin, and the sharp objects she is accustomed to come in the form of calculated words and deceiving exteriors. it is how the world works; if you want to win, you must play the game at its dirtiest.
it is not a matter of integrity or perseverance, it is a matter of how badly you want it. and athena wants it bad. her ambition and desire to be respected and known makes her blood sing and spine tingle. so, learning to eat glass and love the feeling, she becomes enveloped in the visionary division of stark industries after being introduced to the man himself at the annual stark gala.
a position on the most innovative division in the world, athena is overjoyed. but in the midst of it all, she is met with someone who is a mirror of herself, a crack forms in her cool exterior. quentin beck, the head engineer of her new team, the only one who can see right through her.
this thing that breathes between them is nuclear.
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