On January ninth, 1996, a boy with an odd skeleton was unfortunately born into existence. With his homeless mother in need of cash, and too terrified to look at the child she gave birth too, she sold him to 'Mr. Father's Family of Freaks'; a popular circus show that obsesses over real-born monsters. This boy, born with no worth, sold into labor, and raised as a show, was taught that he was the mis-creation of man. He gives children nightmares, and make women scream, and never once was he told that it wasn't his fault.
His name, is Cousin Ignominy. The clown with a deformed body.
Bexley Valentino, an innocent seventeen year old, who doesn't believe in monsters, realizes just how important of a man Cousin Ignominy is. After seeing his show, and wallowing in her broken heart for the clown, she soon finds herself trying to break him out.
She wants to show him how important it is to feel. How important it is to admire the world, but it doesn't take long for her to realize maybe he was locked up for a reason.
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"You don't kill. You don't kill. You don't kill. If you learn that, you will remember where your morals stand. Hit them, bite them, burn them alive, but don't kill. Don't you ever go that low."
ARRANGED MARRIAGE
"I will not marry anyone. I don't care if it's for alliance, because we both know we don't need it!" I hissed back. Our mafia was one of the most feared, if not the most. No one dared touch us, so why marry a man who cannot give us anything.
Before I got to speak up again my father slapped me right across the face. I gasped and put a hand to my cheek. My mouth stayed shut and I sat down in silence.
Neither my mother or my brother did or said anything. I wouldn't except them to, since they never did.
"I am your father and you will show me respect!" He demanded and sat back down.
My cheek ached and I knew it would leave a mark. One I would have to cover up later.
"But father, if you just tell me why," I tried and he cut me off again by picking up a fork and throwing it in my direction. He missed by a few inches only.
My mother stared blankly down at her plate, not wanting to show my father a reaction.
"Do not question me Katherine. You're leaving tomorrow" He said at last.
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What happens when the stubborn and independent Katherine Lopez is forced into marriage?
Was it all for alliance between two mafias like her father said?
And how far will she go to break the arrangement before the wedding date?
Will she kill to get what she wants?
Read the story to find out;)