Checkmate (#Wattys2018)
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"If you left me there and I died, your conscience would've killed you, even ten years later. "
He stared back at me with cold, rigid, hurt eyes through the eerie silence.
"You didn't do it because you wanted to save me. You did it to comfort your own mind conscience."
I tried to hold back any tears trying to shed, but it was hard when he stared with so much pain. He was right.
"Now you see the selfishness behind what you call kindness, Little Em?"
****
Back in 1927 , gypsies were still known for their shows and gather an audience.
Amelia Carpenter, daughter of Duke Benjamin Carpenter , was turning eighteen. Despite the dark atmosphere and strict rules her father made her live out, she still had ambitions of love and what the outside world looked like.
It all started with a gypsy show.
A gypsy boy.
A necklace
Uncovered secrets.
Lies.
And death.
Will Amelia be able to survive her father's rules? Or let the dazzling gypsy boy consume her heart?
Under the dark sun, lies all the undiscovered truths with the deepest secrets that only the lover can reveal.
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He stared down at me with those cold dark eye's. Backing me up against the wall with his hand pressed against my throat he growled out. "Do you know the ways I could kill you? The things I could do to you babydoll? I'll ask you again, what did you see in my black bag?" Through tears, I stammered out. "N-nnothing. I saw nothing" Giving me that malicious smile of his, he spoke in that deep Italian accented voice "Good answer Laney, good answer". Finally letting me go, I placed my hand to my throat where his hand had burned into my skin, and watched him leave me standing there. Little did I know that when I robbed him as a prank it would change my life forever. LIttle did I know he harbored dark secrets and was the rising Italian mafia boss. Little did I know he would become so important to me. Little did I know that London Harper would own me heart, body, and soul. What the hell was I thinking. I came to this small southern town strictly for business, yet managed to get robbed by some college girl. If it had been anyone eles, they would be dead before the sun set, but I can't bring myself to harm her. She has become my obsession. I eat, breath, sleep Laney Valor. Wanting so bad to whisk her back to New York with me,to live the normal life for once, but how can I corrupt the soul of this innocent beautiful girl. She knows nothing of my darkness, nothing of the mafia lifestyle. Torn between what's right and what's wrong, I leave her behind, but this wicked women seems to keep popping up in my life in the most unexpected ways. Laney simply won't disappear. Let the corruption begin..... 🚫 Warning: This is a dark romance. Intended for mature reader's.
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