I swallow hard, shaking my head, my chest rising and falling. “We had a deal.” "Okay, Cameron," he whispers. " I’ll play ball. But this, this isn't over." ** Cameron Waters is a woman who appears in New York with a bag full of secrets and a past too clean and too well hidden to be true. Yet when she is forced into marriage with the future Boss of the most powerful Mafia family in the country, she realizes that there are worlds far worse than anything she has ever known. Earl Salvatore, CEO, rake and billionaire playboy has only ever wanted one thing, to live a life completely different from his family, but when tragedy forces him back into the crime filled arms of the Mafia, he must get a wife or lose the seat of Don and watch his family’s empire crumble. From the day his elder brother turned his back on them, Nikolas Salvatore knew that he would have to be the twice the son his father wanted. He worked hard, the seat of the Don was his, until his brother came back. And now, there’s a woman in their life, his brother’s wife. Nikolas doesn’t trust her and yet when his arm brushes against her, his heart is set ablaze. One year, a non-disclosure agreement and the marriage contract is sealed. But someone else wants the seat of Boss of Bosses for himself. Someone who would do anything to get it. And is Earl’s new contract wife really who she claims to be. Or is she hiding a dangerous secret. One, that has the power to destroy them all. “Two brothers, one woman to bind or break them.”

“Don’t you ever speak to me like that again.” I try to slow my racing heart. My stupid heart that is reacting both to my anger and the nearness of him. I swallow around the lump in my throat and do my best to ignore everywhere his body touches mine. “Or what Tristen. Or…what?” “I can hurt you Moria…” His voice is cold. It always is when he speaks to me. And yet…yet the way he looks at me. The way he drags his gaze slowly from my mouth and back to my eyes. Like it is a physical effort that pains him. “….I can hurt you in ways beyond your wildest dreams.” I can feel my essence brimming to the surface. A mixture of anger and power. And my eyes narrow in response “Then give it your best shot Tristen. Because I swear by all the gods, that I will hurt you back. Even if it kills me. **Moria, torn violently from the only home she has ever known, is now forced to find her place in this strange, new world that claims to be her truth. But things are not as it seems .And not only does the man charged with her protection seem to utterly despise her, but someone else…something else… wants her gone and her powers for themselves and they will stop at nothing to take it. As son to the most powerful healer in the land and soon to be Alpha head of the council, Tristan knows that someday, he too will be forced, to sit in that seat and make decisions that will affect his people. But first, he must prove his worth. By capturing and bringing to his father the last of the monsters that put his mother to sleep and nearly wrecked their world so many years ago. He is ready, has trained for this his entire life. But nothing is black and white anymore. And the moment she steps into his world, everything collapses. #Stary writing Academy IV # Fantasy Romance #September update programme 2023

*Completed* "Take off your clothes" "M...my...Lord, can we...do this tomorrow?" Her voice is lower than he expected, a sultry candence that his body physically reacts to. His voice is gruff when he grabs her chin roughly, fingers digging into her cheeks, breaking the skin and drawing blood. "That will be the last and only time I will tolerate disobedience." "Am I clear?" She doesn't respond only nods, tears he does not understand rolling down her cheeks. "I said am.... I.... clear?" She raises her head and looks at him, chin lifted in silent defiance, her light blue eyes meeting his liquid gold. He isn't aware of when he pulls her against him, her softness pressing against the hardness of his bare chest but when he crushes his lips against hers, his want becomes need. The Kingdom of Averia, Long plagued by the dragon Ryders of the 5th realm and their fierce beasts will finally know peace. But it is peace that comes at a price too steep to pay. What the Dragon King demands is near impossible. And now the King of Averia has only two options, give out his only child, and heir to the throne to be wed to a monster in order to save his people or let them die at the hand of the cruel, heartless Midas. But could there be another way out? When Hera is forced into marrying the one responsible for all her pain, she vows to get revenge. Dragon King or not. Besides, the bigger they are, the harder the fall. She just has to not die first. #Dreame love story contest #Royal fantasy #Summer Update Programme #Romantic suspense #Daily updates