The Art of Deception
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  • Reads 15
  • Votes 3
  • Parts 4
  • Time 22m
Ongoing, First published Nov 05, 2019
They played by a certain set of rules, rules that garantee their survival. Because in a game of pawns, Kings and Queens you can't risk making a rookie mistake. Because when you're gambling with your life nobody wants to pay in blood.

Rule 1 - Five go in five come out.

Rule 2 - Don't get attached to anything.

Rule 3 - Beauty can be even more lethal than poison in the right hands.

Rule 4 - Never make a blood oath.

Rule 5 - Know when to keep your mouth shut.

Rule 6 - Keep your personal and professional life apart. 

Rule 7 - Everything comes at a price.

Rule 8 - Listen to what is being said in between the lines.

Rule 9 - In order to defeat your enemy you must become your enemy.

Rule 10 - Deception is deadly.


Is the heist of a lifetime really worth risking everything you believe in? And what happens when they make a mistake, a mistake that could very well cost them their life's. There is after all a reason why you don't make a blood oath. 

Follow Octavia Knight, Chloé Jones, Felicity Parker, Amelia Scott and Everly Clarkson as they discover a system they build their world on, has flaws that might just ask more from them than what they are willing to give.
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