Checkmate (#Wattys2018)
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Last published Sat, Jun 2, 2018
"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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