Ergebnis für "The Darkest Path" in Literatur & Belletristik

Athena Edgeworth was raised by ruthless mercenaries, and she knows how to get what she wants. When ex-assassin Kon tries to seduce Athena and steal a magical manuscript for his boss, he sets in motion a rivalry that will push them both to their limits.

Lacey Daughtry's perfect weekend is interrupted by tragic news of her brother's murder in the line of duty. Plagued by a rash of mysterious phone calls, she turns to her brother's best friends and fellow officers for protection...and comfort. Spending time in close contact with Mason and Tyler, the two men she's dreamed of since her first girlhood crush, seems like the answer to a prayer. Especially when they begin to explore the desire she's harbored for so long.

In this 3,500 word short story, we learn the allure of power, greed, sex, and darkness...and how it can all make a good girl go bad. When Duvessa Doyle took the job in the little town of Winslet, she stumbled into a world beyond her greatest imaginations and experiences things few could ever understand. But her hunger for power brought the sensual darkness of the Aberration Order to her door. The Time Keeper Society aren't the only ones tasked to time, but the difference is that the Aberration Order disrupts it. Assassinations, kidnapping, and deliciously dark deeds.

On Earth, Peter is a financial wizard, the accountant that could make your monetary missteps disappear in a sea of numbers, but he's trapped in a thankless job...until the day he's shot dead in his apartment...only to wake up in a body that isn't his and a world he doesn't know. Part of the hated Gold clan, Peter is now a servant in a land of cultivating martial artists, strange fantastical races, and warring clans. And while he might start at the bottom, the Gold clan gains their power through the accumulation of wealth...and making money is what Peter does best.