The Notorious (The Deceived Series) Sequel to Cloaked Beauty
Celeste Edulici and Derek Loredo are on the run after Radeskian, the enemy country of Lorendian, have invaded their country. There's a lot hanging on what Celeste can do, since getting their country back and saving as many people as she can seems to be in her hands. But being on the run isn't so easy, not that anybody thought it would be.
Francesca La Rosetta - or actually Francesca Lockheart, the princess of Radeskian who had pretended to be the princess of Serenia, has been able to keep the fact that Radeskian has taken over Lorendian and Serenia a secret, though her ability to do so is unknown. Those in Lorendian who don't live near the city, aren't always informed about the goings on in the castle and marketplace. So they believe that everything in Lorendian is right, that it's at peace, and that the royal family is still in power. But they couldn't be more wrong.
What's worse, everyone thinks that Celeste is a criminal, a traitor. There's a high price for her head, because apparently, she had tried to kill the queen, and now she's on the loose. It makes running away that much harder. Oh, and she's not wanted dead or alive. She's wanted alive. Which sounds better, but really isn't.
Francesca wants her found, and the Radeskians are always right on their trail, so Derek and Celeste must be careful.
But to take down this empire that Francesca intends to create, they need more information. They need to know more about the Radeskians plans. But they find something else entirely.
This story will take you on a thrill ride of romance, action, and more secrets than you ever thought possible.
[ THE MIDNIGHT CLUB 2022]
CELESTE PARK was admitted into Brightcliffe Hospice just because she was crazy.
That's what the other kids in her neighborhood used to say.
Her doctor said it was Schizophrenia. A brain disorder as all the adults had agreed on.
For Celeste, she'd believed it was neither yet she had no choice but to oblige. Because no one would believe her if she'd said there were shadowed people walking down the hallway of her home through the gap of her doorway in the dark. If she'd said there was a small kid whose mouth sealed tight, standing in the corner of her bedroom holding a china doll. If she'd said she'd been hearing voices in the dead of night that not even her parents or any of her friends could.
Celeste grew up in a family loved by many, and that automatically made her popular at her own school. She was a healthy normal girl since kindergarten, leading up to her highschool year; Junior. Where it all went downhill that led to a car accident, all thanks to her seeing a bent neck lady at the backseat of her car.
There's nothing more than a popular girl gone crazy.
Because of Park's reputation, to save it, her parents sent her to the Hospice randomly in hopes for her to recover. But months have passed, instead of getting better, she became worse. She was secluded from the rest of her friends, she wasn't allowed to leave the building unless she had an escort. Her parents had given up on her and had stopped visiting her on family day.
Celeste lost all hope.
That was until Ilonka came.