(BOOK ONE)
The foam stirs, creating a whirlpool-like effect - which, in a way, matched the way the man had been feeling. The snowfall somewhat made him feel worse.
A breeze blew through their slicked-back hair, blowing the masculine scent of soft cologne to others sitting close by, wanting to enjoy the sight of snowfall than be inside the warm cafe. It had only been a few days since it started, after all. All the man felt, though, weren't the chills, shivering, or a teeth gritting freeze encasing his fingertips.
Instead, it was a sense of fleeting warmth; swishing past him with the cold wind. For that split second, he could feel how his heart calmed. The storm brewing within him had seized momentarily.
His head craned upwards from the warm cup; desperate to follow the warmth that had just passed. His body twisted to follow his head, eyes landing on the back of a girl, watching as she walked further from him - down the street.
He barely blinks, unable to take his eyes off of her.
Ain't that just a lovely way to end his year? Finally finding the one thing he'd always thought - but didn't know - he needed so badly?
So now he had to have you.
You were meant to be, and he swears he'll prove it to you.
Will she ever forgive them for abandoning her?
Will they ever be able to unveil her secrets?
Where was she for all those years?
This is story of a girl who was abandoned by her brothers when she was seven. Now, after 9 years, her brothers brought her back home. How will she deal with them, simultaneously dealing with the terrors that haunt her every night?
Sneak Peak-
Once we were out, I stopped and turned to face my blood relatives and said, "Okay, now that I am out you don't need to act anymore. Now, you guys can go back to your house and pretend that this never happened. I will go to my house and will make sure that we will not cross each other's path, even by accident."
I was about to turn back when Ezekiel held my elbow, stopping me on my track. I immediately snatched my hand back glaring at him and said,
"Do not ever touch me again." His eyes showed an emotion of hurt that I am sure I read incorrectly because one thing that Kensington brothers are incapable of was getting hurt by any outsider. And that was what I was. An outsider.
Sensing the tension in the atmosphere Aldric took it upon himself to say whatever his brother was about to.
"You are going with us." He spoke.
One thing about Aldric Kensington was that once he has made his mind, there is nothing in this world that can change his decision. This is the very quality of his that made my life a living nightmare, and this is exactly why I hate him more than any of my brothers.
"Let's go Athaliah," Ezekiel said this time.
That name. No one has called me by that name in six years. "My name is Zahra," I corrected and continued, "And I am not going with you."
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