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

“You,” I grumbled as Klytia came into view. “What do you want?”


She gave me a sympathetic frown as she held out her hand to assist me. “I heard something strange and I came to make sure that everything was okay.”


I stood without taking her hand. “I’m fine,” I said dryly as my heart finally began to slow in its gallop. 


“You know, you can talk to me, right?” 


“I don’t need to speak to anyone – least of all, you,” I stated as I tried to step around her.


She moved into my path and took a step towards me, her hand coming to rest on my shoulder. “I saw him do it, you know.”


I came to a screeching halt as I glared down at her. “What did you say?” I felt the fires of Hades begin to ignite within me. 


“Your little friend, Atlas? I saw him that night. I watched him fight with that girl before pushing her from the balcony.”


“If you think there is a single world in which I believe that accusation, you’re hysterical.”


Chapter 28: Pressed Flowers