James Arks
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unbreakable
Adventure Unbreakable: A Story of Dynasty, Deception, and Dangerous Love
Elara Vance is the perfect daughter, a poised heiress, and the symbol of her family's billion-dollar legacy. Her world is a golden cage built on strategy and silence, where her life is planned out for power and meant to join with the next best asset.
She never intended for her perfect world to crash-literally-into Kai Reyes, a passionate, working-class musician who smelled of sawdust, rebellion, and downtown life. Their secret moments, like stolen kisses in Kai's dusty shop, laughing over salty chips, and whispered promises, became the only real things in Elara's life. warful man in the city, Marcus Vance, discovers their forbidden connection, the war begins. Her father doesn't threaten with violence; he uses economic annihilation, putting a target on Kai's struggling music shop and, worse, on the college future of his younger sister.
To save the man she loves from financial ruin, Elara must make an agonizing sacrifice: she orchestrates a devastating, public betrayal that forces Kai to believe she chose her comfortable future over him.
Two years of brutal, deliberate silence follow.
Elara commits herself to becoming the ultimate Metric Perfected, learning her father's empire from the inside out to find its single, fatal flaw. Kai channels his heartbreak into a relentless ambition, building his life into an unassailable fortress where no Vance can ever threaten him again.
The final clash is unavoidable. On her twenty-first birthday, Elara puts her last plan into action, giving up everything-her name, her comfort, and a big part of her father's fortune-to win the one thing that matters: Kai's lasting, unbreakable freedom.
Unbreakable is a story of love forged in the fire of deception, proving that the deepest connections are those you fight for, even if it means tearing down a dynasty.
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G.Gordon CRACK.
Daniel landed a clean punch right to Leo's jaw. I gasped, hand flying to my mouth, but internally? Oh god, that was satisfying to watch.
Ally and I latched onto each other, giggling like schoolgirls, and took this as our cue to GTFO.
We bolted from the VIP section, dodging security and weaving through the crowd until we reached the DJ stage. The bass rattled my bones, the lights flashing in dizzying neon colors.
Ally clutched my arm. "What the hell did you say to that guy, Daniel?"
I burst into laughter, now fully slurring. "I told him that Leo was my obsessive ex. That I had a restraining order against him, and he wouldn't leave me alone."
Ally's jaw hit the floor. "Celeste. YOU DIDN'T."
I grinned wickedly. "I did. And then I told him if he protected me, he could have me all night long."
Ally full-on SCREAMED, grabbing my shoulders. "You evil little genius."
We howled with laughter, ignoring the chaos happening behind us. The VIP section was in full-blown war mode, but us? We were thriving.
Dancing, spinning, arms in the air, riding the high of the night. We climbed onto one of the podiums, bodies moving with the music, our dresses clinging to our curves. We were reckless. We were untouchable.
Until we weren't.
One second, I was basking in my freedom. The next, a pair of strong hands gripped my thighs, and before I could react-I was THROWN over someone's shoulder.
Everything tilted. My stomach lurched. I shrieked, pounding my fists against a broad, muscular back.
"WHAT THE FUCK-PUT ME DOWN!"
I twisted my head, and even through my blurred, drunken vision, I knew exactly who had me.
Leo.
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Celeste never wanted this life. She never wanted the weight of her family's name, the blood-stained legacy, or the ruthless enemies lurking in the shadows. And she sure as hell never wanted to marry Leonidas Astor-the man who once meant everything to her as a child, until he turned her world into a nightmare.
Forced into a marriage neither of them wanted, Celeste and Leo are bound by an inescapable contract, tangled in a web of power, revenge, and deadly secrets. But when Celeste uncovers a chilling truth-one that shatters the foundation of their hatred-she realizes she's been fighting the wrong enemy all along.
The real monster has been hiding in plain sight. And now, both of them are running out of time.
With danger closing in and betrayals lurking around every corner, Celeste must decide: Can she trust the man who ruined her life? Or will this marriage be the beginning of her downfall?
Vows were made. Lies were told. And in a world where love and money are weapons, Celeste is about to find out just how deadly it can be. Wake Up, Dream Boy!
Mr. Ben Having some of the poems in the first edition of the poem collection, ‘The P.O.T (Poured Out Thoughts)’ published in several poetry magazines as High On Poems, Earthborne Magazine, Deadsnakes and so on, the author has ushered in the second, titled ‘The P.O.T (Poured Out Thoughts) ---The Reloaded.
It is said to be ‘reloaded’ because there are other poems to be added to make this edition slightly richer than the first. With poems as ‘Out of the Box’, ‘Dad Loves Me’, ‘Heralding God’s Magnificence’ being published in notable poetry journals and magazines, the sequel is hoped to make an impact to the entire world, beginning with the readers.
The Table of Contents has the additional poems that readers, who have read the first edition, would realize. They are intended to look into general issues, family, gender, parental, religious (Christian faith), children, love and personal/motivational.
The aim behind this piece is simple. As said in the first edition, it is about entertaining, enlightening, inspiring or motivating and enabling people think for themselves.
Worthy of Note: The author believes that subsequent edition(s) of the work would carry the above-stated aim.