Ruina's eyes lifted to the platform, where the necklace rested beneath a single glass case. The thought for being separated from it for a decade made her blood boil. It shimmered like a relic from a forgotten age-bones bleached and gold-wrapped, twisted into a shape that made her skin crawl and her heart race all at once. Ruina reached the final step when a voice-not a real one, but something older-brushed against the edge of her mind: "You've returned." She froze. The air thickened, like spoiled cream. The chandeliers above flickered. Her reflection in the glass casing shimmered... but it didn't move with her. It smiled. Ruina stared at her reflection-at the smile that wasn't hers. She snarled, "No, no, no, I can't-". Her words got caught in her throat as the room vanished around her. The chandelier light dissolved into stars. The polished floor turned to grass soaked in dew and moonlight. She was barefoot, breathless, seventeen again. Athea stood before her, wild as ever. Her hair was a tangle of midnight waves, her eyes glowing with laughter and rebellion. "You're going to get us killed," Ruina whispered, half laughing, half terrified. Athea only grinned and held up the necklace. The same one that now sat caged behind glass-except back then, it hung warm between her fingers, pulsing with a faint gold light. "I'd die a hundred times," Athea said, her fingers unsteady as she brushed Ruina's hair aside, like she needed to feel it one last time. "If it meant we got just one night like this". The necklace slipped over Ruina's neck, cold metal against skin gone too warm with yearning. Her voice cracked halfway through, but she didn't look away. She couldn't. Her eyes were glowing that deep, haunted purple-like the sky before a storm. Ruina remembered how cold the bone had felt against her skin. How it hummed when Athea kissed her, slow and certain, like she was claiming something....Like she knew it would end too soon. And it did.

COMPLETED. "Look, if you're-" "Shut up." I was taken back at the sudden manner in which he spoke to me. "Let's get something straight Miss Greene, I don't appreciate people talking back at me. And quite frankly, you're crossing your limit with me and my patience with you. So from now on, as long as you're with me you'll do as I say. Understood?" _____________________________________________ Mystery. Romance. Deception. You know what they say, hate is a strong emotion- so is love. You can only hate someone you place in high esteem since you care about what they think. When Juliet Greene secures an internship position at the Empire Heights hotel, and things seem to be finally going her way, a brief encounter causes her life to turn upside down. Getting in the way of the hostile, unfeeling, yet wickedly magnetic billionaire Adrian Vandermir, Julie suddenly gets thrown into a situation that's too much for her to handle. Wanting to have little to do with this and the infuriating Vandermir, she none the less convinces herself that his decisions would be best for her family's own safety. But when things begin to get out of hand, she discovers that she has more to do with the dangerous situation Adrian is involved in than she or anyone else could ever imagine. In the hopes of ending the matter, both must endure each other's company as they take a trip together which reveals unbearable past secrets and irresistible desires. Desires that Julie fears would only deepen her wounds, but somehow heal Adrian's. BONUS CHAPTERS available on my blog (link in my bio)

Emerald did not want anything to do with Harry Allen again. He broke her heart when she was young. But, when he offered her to make a crown for the Queen of England, she immediately accepted. The Queen's crown would be the highlight in her first jewellery exhibit. But things did not turn out according to her plan. Her life turned upside down when she went with Harry in England. The more it became chaotic when she met Prince Philip, the next in line King. **Fall in love in this funny love story of our favorite drama queen, Emerald Petrakis. Let's travel with her to England to meet the Royal family. **