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

Breakfast was a tense affair. Something had clearly happened with Eris and Kyros with the way they refused to look at one another and the rest of us were stuck trying to puzzle it out. Once Eris had finished her bleak looking breakfast, she excused herself and went back to Kyros' bed to rest as he had instructed. 


"And they call me the devious one," I said more to myself than anyone.


Kyros cleared his throat. "What was that?"


I gave him a wide smile and shook my head. "Oh, nothing." 


Deimos and Atlas both cast me a curious glance but I wouldn't explain myself. It wasn't my business at the end of the day. Kyros simply glared at me. To Hades with him, though. 


"I'll send for her family shortly," Kyros said as he poured himself a cup of wine. "We should leave soon though for assembly."


“Her father will be here?” I asked rather absentmindedly. 


Kyros gave me a questioning look. “Is that a problem?” He asked.


Chapter 18: A Dinner Invitation