Jasper Quirk

"We need to get going," one said in a low growl as he came up beside me. "Not playing with some toy at the bath house. There's plenty of things to play with at the party."
"I don't know," the other one responded loud enough for everyone to hear. "This toy is nice to look at."
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Vasilia came from humble origins, and she craved to be more in life, what she never expected was, to climb so high, taken by four powerful and corrupted sinners.
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I couldn't help the smile that tugged at the corners of my lips. Perhaps I was finally losing my mind or maybe the heat was just getting to me. Crazy or not though, it didn’t matter. These men were nobles, powerful men with pull and sway. Getting close to them was my potential foot in the door to the life of the rich and the powerful.
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The 4 Faces of Corruption is the work of Jasper Quirk, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

The 4 Faces of Corruption

I rushed out onto an open balcony as a scream echoed through the room, coming from somewhere outside. I looked around until I saw a crumpled figure lying on the ground below a balcony that was a few doors down. I nearly vomited at the sight. 


If it was Eris and she was dead, I wasn't sure how it would go over with the authorities. It was our fault that she was here, it was our fault that she ran. No one would believe that it was an accident, no one would care to hear how the four men that lured a poor girl to a debauched party had nothing to do with her falling to her death.


Running as fast as my legs could carry me, I returned to the room that the others were in. They took in the state of me and immediately stood from where they'd each been sitting. 


"Where is she?" Heiro asked, his mask already off. I noticed that Deimos had also removed his mask in my absence. Play time was over.


Chapter 8: Keep Him Away