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

Messene rushed to me as I half-collapsed to the floor. I placed a hand to the wound and winced as she righted me with gentle hands. 


"Is everything okay?" She asked as she tucked a strand of brown hair behind my ear.


"Is it?" Kyros retorted as he stepped away from us and walked around the kitchen. "You come into my home and want for ‘nothing’. You dine on my food and wear clothes I gifted you of the finest materials my money can buy."


"You enjoy my hospitality and even my bed, yet stand there and sling accusations at my door like pig shit." He grabbed a plate from the table and shattered it against the wall, sending everyone slithering away to the shadows so that they might not have to bear any brunt of his wrath. And I did not fault them.


I didn't even fault Messene as she flinched and stepped away from me.


"Kyros, I didn't know," I said a bit louder.


Chapter 20: You Embarrassed Yourself