Devil You Know
- Reads 72,712
- Votes 3,679
- Parts 11
MatureOngoing1h 14m
Last published Mon, Jun 12, 2017
THIS STORY IS PUBLISHED IN FULL ON AMAZON AND FREE WITH A KINDLE UNLIMITED SUBSCRIPTION.
I should never have jumped that fence, and I most definitely should never have kissed her.
Living on the streets, I had to make some hard decisions to stay alive. I signed a contract with the devil, and because of that, I choose to live alone.
But after listening to my neighbors fight every night for years, it's finally gotten to me. Now I've gone and done it - I've broken my only rule-never get involved.
I want to save the beautiful woman next door with the sad eyes from his abuse. I want to take her away from all of this, but what do I have to offer when my hands are stained with the sins I've committed?
How can I offer a broken woman peace and safety when those two things don't exist in my world?
SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT DEVIL YOU KNOW:
"It was dark and gritty and I just couldn't help but be addicted to each page, desperate to find out everything as quick as possible." - Louise, Seraphim Reviews
"When it comes to real subjects that we all deal with every day I don't want it to be sugar coated - I want to be able to feel what the character is feeling and Henry does that without flaw...." - Michelle Slagan
"A gripping, intense story that will take you on an emotional ride of self discovery and finding true happiness in the strangest of places." - Bel Burgess
All Rights Reserved
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
Avni : His Silent Light
He held up his hands, trying to sound casual, but the sight stopped her cold-blood smeared across his fingers, dark and fresh. "Relax, it's nothing," he said smoothly, his voice trying to soothe, but her heart pounded in stark disbelief. Her eyes widened, fixed on the crimson stains, a silent scream caught in her throat. Horror dripped from every glance. "Nothing? You killed him," she whispered, voice barely steady, trembling with a mixture of fear and accusation. "You're a murderer." He scoffed, a cold shadow flickering in his unreadable eyes. "Don't insult me wifey. I'm above that." The weight of his words pressed down like a guillotine as she steadied herself, voice sharp with defiance. "I'll tell everyone. I won't marry you." A slow, cruel smile curved his lips as he leaned in, his breath ghosting against her ear like a deadly promise. "Will you? Go ahead-tell everyone. I'll destroy everything you hold dear, just like your telling would destroy mine. We'll go down together." He leaned closer, his voice dropping to a chilling whisper. "And as for not marrying me... oh wifey , you don't get to choose. You'll be mine-whether it's in a wedding dress, or buried in a legend". He wasn't supposed to pull her in-didn't even understand why he was drawn to her. She wasn't the most beautiful, but something beneath the surface called to him. A ruthless heir haunted by betrayal, he never let strangers close... yet he craved to keep her. ☆☆☆☆
Innocent ✔️
"I am one of them, baby and I will protect you with my life!" Was the sentence that made me fall down my knees and believe him, give him all I could give but it wasn't easy. I didn't choose this life. I don't want it but when I saw him I just thought that maybe, just maybe, he'd be the one who'd take all the pain of my past away with a small kiss of his kissable lips. At least that was what I expected. Perhaps, the devil that pushed me in hell, got sick of me enjoying it there and he sent me someone that looks so angelic when he smiles to make me feel like I'm in heaven. But sadly, as soon as I leaned in to kiss his lips, I realized that just looking in his eyes, I'd feel in heaven but looking around and seeing all those demons, my demons, smirking at me, knowing they won because I let him in but he was just one of them when I thought he was different. At the end of the day, I was just a maid in his father's house but I didn't look at it that way when I fell for him and that was how I lost myself. -Read to know how she lost herself, who is the angle and the devil, how did her demons won when she was trying so hard to run away from them. Find out in INNOCENT. Enjoy :)Complete
Nexus book two ** little Monster**
From the first page, you know this isn't just another story. But here's the thing - I'm not going to tell you why. Some books deserve to be experienced with fresh eyes, untainted by expectations, predictions, or well-meaning reviews. This is one of them. What I will say is this: Clear your schedule. Silence your phone. Find a comfortable spot where no one will disturb you. Then open to page one and let yourself fall. You'll know within the first chapter if this book is for you. If it is, you'll thank me later for not saying more. If it isn't... well, at least I didn't waste your time with false promises. For those brave enough to dive into uncharted waters - for readers who still believe in the pure magic of discovery - this book awaits. Just remember: once you start, there's no turning back.Complete
Stuck on Edge COMPLETED
***The book is already published on Amazon if you want to own it*** Trying to outrun your demons might just cost you your future. Trying to block out the pain of everyone you've lost in the past might blind you to the one person who's still here in the present. Kathryn is facing the hardest decision of her life: take someone else's life, or stay trapped in her personal hell forever. In just a few months, a complete stranger accepts her more than her family ever did in a lifetime. But... Trust doesn't exist. And being alone? That's where real strength lies. Right?Complete
The Last Victim #JustWriteIt
"Real monsters exist within the human mind alone." Carmela Avery Linton never really understood the meaning of these words, her mother would softly whisper in her ear while caressing her in order to help her overcome her fear of the Unknown. But then, it didn't really matter, did it? Until one night when a horrible accident brings everything in her to shocking stop. Carmela finds her life thrown in the turmoil of pain and controversy which she has to escape at every cost.... Jay Aston lives a life anyone would want. In fact people would hate him for being so rich, independent, and wonderful and...pretty good looking. He knows his place, watches his step. He notices what most people would overlook and loves adventure. Unfortunately, for once he doesn't know where he's headed. Because this adventure......Is going to have a great impact on his life...... Eight years later, Carmela has it settled down. She has moved from the place that had caused her so much pain, concealed herself behind a mask of someone she barely knows herself. It isn't her. She's terrified of the world. But is it so? Or is there more than just that story in those big blue eyes? Will love be strong enough to relinquish the heavy burden of her RELENTLESS past Carmela carries? OR WILL IT HAUNT HER FOR all eternity? Two stories.... One ending.... Love, friendship, romance and hatred.... An intertwining tale of never ending mystery, passion, pain, horror, friendship, deceit, and above all, love!Complete
The Sinister's Obsession
#𝟑 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 Have you ever wanted something so destructive that it feels like your insides are burning with hatred? Yet, ironically, you long to fall apart and be shattered by this destruction. But is it really destruction, or the beginning of something inevitable? Something specially designed to be a your ruin. He broke me, shattered my soul, and then just sat by, letting me ruin him. He was satisfied, and so was I. We healed, only to break again. We understood it, we are meant to be each other's, an obsession. I am his obsession and so is he mine. We are together until we will be buried dead inside the heaven of sins. ✮⋆˙ 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 ✮ ⋆˙ ~Amani x Zeeshan [all of my books can be read in any order, even though they mention the characters from other stories, but they are not linked]Complete
The Envoy of Darkness
"Everyone loves a good fantasy, but my life was turned upside down by one." What would you do if you had the ability to control the air? How about if you were suddenly brought to a world where, despite your powers, you're at the bottom of the food chain? On a fateful night, Max Walker finds himself summoned to Asterisk and contracted to Liliana Lockwood as her familiar. Forced to leave behind his life on Earth, Max begins a precarious journey into the unknown world of magic. Training as a knight, learning to control mana, battling rogue necromancers and even being mistaken for Duke Walker's son... it's just one thing after the next. But as if that wasn't bad enough, Asterisk, a world which subverts reality as you know it, may just have something to do with Max's own heaven-defying origin... and a secret that could leave the universe hanging by a thread. By the way, this entire book is available on AMAZON KINDLE. If you like what you read, please consider buying it. Your support would mean a lot. Plus, you will get to read all the way to the end weeks before the last chapter gets posted here. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08816QJND https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08816QJND This is Book 1 of a projected Trilogy titled "The Legacy". Schedule - Chapters will be published once a week, around Sunday. Bonus chapters might come in occasionally now that I have a stockpile. P.S - Feel free to comment, especially if you have any advice or criticism to offer. On that note, if you could leave a review/rating or state your thoughts about the novel as a whole that would be awesome too. Finally got the cover designed!Complete
Reckless Games
Her All I ever wanted was to become a surgeon. But life had other plans, thrusting me into a war zone-quite literally. Instead of being saved by a prince charming, I ended up saving a certain silver-eyed devil. What I didn't anticipate was getting so entangled in his life that I forgot my own. Every action carries its own price. And now it was time for me to settle mine. Him I never knew I needed saving until I met her. Who would've thought even a devil like me would need a guardian angel? But there she was, barreling into my life with a force that turned my world upside down. Now, there is no way in hell that I can let her go. In a world where trust is a deadly gamble, Angela's decision to play the game with the Don of the Sicilian Mafia, Lorenzo Martinez, comes with dire consequences. When their worlds collide; passions ignite, and danger lurks around every corner. With every heartbeat, every bullet, and every secret, the stakes rise higher. The question is: who will win? _________________ P.S. This book is officially published on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Unlimited (read for free). Here is only the first few chapters, or in other words, the sample. You can visit the link in my bio or check out my Instagram to read the book!Complete
The Lost Script (Horry Story Version)
¡Currently on hold! *This story involves many events that some people may find vulgar. These events are not based on a true story. The characters and the plot of this story are purely fictional and made for reader enjoyment only. Reader discretion is advised.* Stalking A girl named Sienna Dyllan recently started her first year at Middletown East High. Living only with her brother and sister, her life seemed to be going considerably well. That is until that one night when she started to hear footsteps when no one else was around. Kidnapping No one expected that a human trafficking rink was located so close to their homes. There were stories of girls young as 8 years old disappearing from the state capitol, Raleigh and a few towns surrounding it; Garner and Louisburg. Yet not one person was able to connect it to a single house in the little town of Zebulon. That is until they made the mistake of kidnapping the sister of their only rival. Murder Members of a very old society have held their families together over the years. Doing whatever they deemed necessary to protect their own. Even if it meant committing murder. After loosing their sanctuary to a traitor, hatred burned through their veins. They bid their time and grew even stronger as as they waited for the right moment to retaliate. Upon the discovery of the murder of the leader's sister, the secret society wanted blood. The leader was pulled into two different directions. One to find the bastard who killed his sister. Another to find the girl who holds the key to either destroy all that they have worked for or win the deadliest of wars ever seen in history. Which in the end, the answer they need begins with one simple man.Complete
𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐧
#𝟐 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞 ✦ 𝐀 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𓂃⋆.˚ She was light-too blinding, too pure for a man like him. He was darkness-cursed, dangerous, and utterly obsessed. He was a man of power, feared and worshipped in the same breath, ruling over the world of shadows where morality was a myth and sin was the only language spoken. Love? That was for the weak. He didn't do love. He didn't believe in innocence. Until her. She was untouched by the darkness he thrived in-a vision of purity, a forbidden fruit he had no right to crave. But the devil had never been one to deny himself temptation. And she... she was his greatest one. She should have run. He told her to. Instead, she stayed, unaware that the moment she stepped into his world, she became his. His to ruin. His to cherish. His purest sin. And now, even if heaven came calling-he'd rather burn than let her go.
He held up his hands, trying to sound casual, but the sight stopped her cold-blood smeared across his fingers, dark and fresh. "Relax, it's nothing," he said smoothly, his voice trying to soothe, but her heart pounded in stark disbelief. Her eyes widened, fixed on the crimson stains, a silent scream caught in her throat. Horror dripped from every glance. "Nothing? You killed him," she whispered, voice barely steady, trembling with a mixture of fear and accusation. "You're a murderer." He scoffed, a cold shadow flickering in his unreadable eyes. "Don't insult me wifey. I'm above that." The weight of his words pressed down like a guillotine as she steadied herself, voice sharp with defiance. "I'll tell everyone. I won't marry you." A slow, cruel smile curved his lips as he leaned in, his breath ghosting against her ear like a deadly promise. "Will you? Go ahead-tell everyone. I'll destroy everything you hold dear, just like your telling would destroy mine. We'll go down together." He leaned closer, his voice dropping to a chilling whisper. "And as for not marrying me... oh wifey , you don't get to choose. You'll be mine-whether it's in a wedding dress, or buried in a legend". He wasn't supposed to pull her in-didn't even understand why he was drawn to her. She wasn't the most beautiful, but something beneath the surface called to him. A ruthless heir haunted by betrayal, he never let strangers close... yet he craved to keep her. ☆☆☆☆
More detailsContent Guidelines