Lennon Stryker who is on the run from her father, is willing to forget her past life and start a new one. She ends up falling in love a mythological creature, one of the 6 brothers of the bates empire. She unveils the secrets of her first love and is forced to chose between love and society. Book cover created by me. You can see my insta for the tattoos if you're not able to imagine them. Insta- iamfae13
"You can do it" I thought to myself as I knocked on the wooden door.
"Come in" scowled a voice from inside making my anxiety come rushing and my knees flimsy.
But I kept myself together and held onto the the door knob.
I had been standing there holding the knob for approximately 2 minutes debating whether to go in or not.
"Do we need a password or..." a deep voice asked from behind me. I flinched and turned around, only to be met by a tall figure towering me.
The guy was wearing a long overcoat reaching up to his mid thighs, he wore a black trouser under the coat. His ash blond hair reached his eyes. His neck was visible making the numerous tattoos evident as well. The one most hyped tattoo was the star shaped, it had an eye in between.
"Do you want to go in" he asked in his deep and raspy voice as I nodded.
He forward his hand for what I assume a handshake and so did I. I seized his hand, and wrapped my fingers around his giant Palm waiting for him to do the same, but he didn't he looked at me and arched a brow.
"What are you doing?" He asked in a flat tone.
I soon realised he must have been reaching out for the knob, I jabbed my hand back and put it in pocket, I quickly muttered an apology and he nodded coldly.
As soon as he opened the door, an aroma of weed and marijuana attacked my nostrils, smoke clouds lingered around in the air, rushing out as soon as the door was opened.
I heard someone inhaling a deep breath and relaxing from beside me. My eyes started to water and I coughed a bit trying to adjust to the smoke.
"You are the one who knocked earlier I suppose" a man stated as I looked in front of me. He had his back turned towards us he was looking out of the big ass window in front of him, giving a full view of his broad shoulders.
He turned around and my breath hitched in my throat.
He was wearing a suit, it's coat hung on the leather chair he must have been sitting on earlier. His tie, untied practically hanging off his neck, first 5 buttons of his shirt open giving me a view of his tattooed yet toned chest and neck.
His sleeves were rolled back revealing more of his tattoos and veiny arms.
His black raven locks pushed to the back of his forehead revealing his eyebrow piercing. his almond shaped doe eyes with dark brown orbs sitting proudly in between them were staring back at me. His nose was blunt yet sharp at the same time, his upper lip thinner than the bottom one with an adorable little mole on his lower.
His rounded sharp jawline cutting straight through my senses.
His neck had a similar kind of tattoo to the man I met before, a circle kind of a thing in the centre and arrows pointing out wards with the same eye in between the circle.
My lower Jaw weighing down and eyes looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets.
He was ethereal, he looked like an angel
"Holy shit" I muttered under my breath.
I soon realised I was practically drooling over The man, my cheeks burned up in embarrassment and shut my mouth gritting my teeth. I mentally cursed for embarrassing myself twice in row on my first day.
I saw the broad shouldered man smirk.
"Like what you see?" He asked with a devilish grin.
I looked at him and gave him a flustered smile.
He ignored me?
"This woman right here likes fantasising a lot" the man I met out exclaimed.
I looked at him in pure disbelief.
"Excuse me!" I said quite defensively.
"What are you here for?" Asked the broad shouldered man.
"I got the job here as your executive secretary." He eyed me up and down before nodding.
"I am Damien, Damien bates." He introduced himself as he walked to his leather chair grabbing his expensive chauffeur coat and wrapping it securely around his shoulders.
"You can start working from today go back home only when the work is completed I'll send somebody to show you around." He slammed the door shut as soon as he completed.
"You don't need any showing around just get used to being here." Said the man besides me checking his phone.
I huffed and walked out of the smoky room, that's when it hit me.
I've seen Damien before. But he wasn't covered in tattoos back then. He used to work under my father.
His aura had completely changed now. I decided to keep this to myself I couldn't risk being found.
I took out my phone and researched about the bates empire. There were long ass essays about it but rarely any pics. The essays we're arrivals from newspapers and magazines.
"The bates empire, owned by 6 brothers is accused 9th time for illegal activities of human Slavery. Case closed!
-Regina phalange 2016"
I clicked on the article but it read 'page not found'. I searched about the illegal activities the bates have been involved in. Most of it was drug dealing and human slavery.
The only known journalist who wrote about the cases had been missing for nearly 4 years now.
"You read all about us, I see"
Linsey was stood up by her groom to run off with another woman. Furious, she grabbed a random stranger and declared, "Let's get married!" She had acted on impulse, realizing too late that her new husband was the notorious rascal, Collin. The public laughed at her, and even her runaway ex offered to reconcile. But Linsey scoffed at him. "My husband and I are very much in love!" Everyone thought she was delusional. Then Collin was revealed to be the richest man in the world. In front of everyone, he got down on one knee and held up a stunning diamond ring. "I look forward to our forever, honey."
Once upon a time, there were two kingdoms once at peace. The kingdom of Salem and the kingdom of Mombana... Until the day, the king of Mombana passed away and a new monarch took over, Prince Cone. Prince Cone, has always been hungry for more power and more and more. After his coronation, he attacked Salem. The attack was so unexpected, Salem never prepared for it. They were caught off guard. The king and Queen was killed, the prince was taken into slavery. The people of Salem that survived the war was enslaved, their land taken from them. Their women were made sex slaves. They lost everything, including their land. Evil befall the land of Salem in form of Prince Cone, and the prince of Salem in his slavery was filled with so much rage. The prince of Salem, Prince Lucien swore revenge. 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 Ten years later, thirty-years old Lucien and his people raided a coup and escaped slavery. They went into hiding and recuperated. They trained day and night under the leadership of the fearless and cold Lucien who was driven with everything in him to get back their land, and take Mombana land too. It took them five years before they ambushed and attacked Mombana. They killed Prince Cone and reclaimed everything. As they screamed out their victory, Lucien's eyes found and pinned the proud princess of Mombana. Princess Danika. The daughter of Prince Cone. As Lucien stared at her with the coldest eyes anyone can ever possess, he felt victory for the first time. He walked to the princess with the slave collar he'd won for ten years rattling in his hand as he walked. He reached close to her and with a swift movement, he collared her neck. Then, he tilted her chin up, staring into the bluest eyes and the most beautiful face ever created, he gave her a cold smile. "You are my acquisition. My slave. My sex slave. My property. I will pay you in spades, everything you and your father ever did to me and my people." He stated curtly. Pure hatred, coldness and victory was the only emotion on his face. .
6 years ago, Lydia suffered a brutal betrayal orchestrated by her own husband and step-sister, who drugged her and framed her. In a twist of fate, she ended up having a one-night stand with a stranger. Don't even remember what he looked like. Later, in the throes of death, she discovered the truth about her mother's death all those years ago. In the blink of an eye, she lost everything. 6 years later, Lydia returned with her genius son, vowing to exact revenge on all her enemies! Little did she know, she encountered an incredibly familiar man at the airport! *** The man was briskly pushing open the door to the restroom, heading to the urinal. Even with such a mundane action, he did it with unparalleled elegance and grace. Lydia, following him in a daze, saw his fierce lower body and suddenly snapped back to reality. She let out a high-pitched scream, instinctively covering her eyes with her hands, her cheeks flushed, and stood there stiffly, unsure of what to do. Lambert furrowed his brows slightly but remained calm as he continued to relieve himself. The sound of water hitting the urinal made Lydia's face even redder. She angrily shouted, "You pervert!" Little did Lydia know that Lambert, seeing her in this state, had a flicker of recognition in his eyes. Memories from many years ago flashed through his mind, and his heart couldn't help but stir. It was her!
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