Viva La Vida Complete

Modern

The heavy iron gates of the Wilderness Correction Camp groaned as they released me after three years of state-sponsored hell. I stood on the dirt road, clutching a plastic bag that held my entire life, waiting for the family that claimed they sent me there for "rehab." My brother, Brady, picked me up in a luxury SUV only to throw me out onto a deserted highway in the middle of a brewing storm. He told me I was a "public relations nightmare" and that the rain might finally wash the "stink" of the camp off me. He drove away, leaving me to limp miles through the mud on a snapped ankle. When I finally dragged myself to our family estate, my mother didn't offer a hug; she gasped in horror because my muddy clothes were ruining her Italian marble. They didn't give me my old room back. Instead, they banished me to a moldy gardener’s shack and hired a "babysitter" to make sure I didn't embarrass them further. My sister, Kaleigh, stood there in white cashmere, pretending to cry while clinging to her fiancé, Ambrose—the man who had once been mine. They all treated me like a volatile junkie, refusing to acknowledge that Kaleigh was the one who planted the drugs in my bag three years ago. They wanted to believe I was broken so they wouldn't have to feel guilty about the "wellness retreat" that was actually a torture chamber. I sat in the dark of that shed, feeling the cooling gel on the cigarette burns that covered my arms, and realized they had made a fatal mistake. They thought they had erased me, but I had returned with a roadmap of scars and a hidden satellite phone. At dinner, I didn't beg for their love. I simply rolled up my sleeves and showed them the price of their silence. As the wine spilled and the lies crumbled, I sent a single text to the only person I trusted: "I'm in. Let them simmer." The hunt was finally on.

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Lucretia, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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First published 1892. Author was a soldier, composer and French dramatist who received the Legion of Honour.

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Coniston -- Complete by Winston Churchill

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George Meredith was both a novelist and poet. Born in Portsmouth, England , his work is used as a classic example of Victorian literature.

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Gerfaut -- Complete by Charles de Bernard

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Gerfaut, Complete by Charles de Bernard

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Pelham, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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Coniston, Complete by Winston Churchill

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Harold, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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You must often have felt, gentlemen, -- each and all of you, -- especially when sitting alone at night, a strange and unaccountable sensation of coldness and awe creep over you; your blood curdles, and the heart stands still; the limbs shiver, the hair bristles; you are afraid to look up, to turn yo

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No Defense, Complete by Gilbert Parker

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Ragged Lady, Complete by William Dean Howells

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The Caxtons, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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The Crisis, Complete by Winston Churchill

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The Red Lily, Complete by Anatole France

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The Wandering Jew, Complete by Eugene Sue

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Complete Project Gutenberg Oliv by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Gilbert Parker was a late 19th and early 20th century politician and novelist who wrote prodigiously. The British-Canadian's works are still popular in the 21st century.

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Extrait : "En mer, aux environs de deux heures du matin, par une nuit calme, sous un ciel plein d'étoiles. Yves se tenait sur la passerelle auprès de moi, et nous causions du pays, absolument nouveau pour nous deux, où nous conduisaient cette fois les hasards de notre destinée. C'était le lendemain

Romance

Malik and Isha's friendship since they were children ended in hostility due to a misunderstanding. One another away from each other. Especially when one day, Malik said that he loved Isha so Isha was angry and accused Malik of betraying their friendship by letting his feelings of love develop for Is