delyonworld

"I can't be pregnant for my uncle!" I muttered under my breath, staring at the results in a state of incredulity. 

Skylar has life's struggles all put into one burden on her young shoulders: the fight to balance school and work, to help with her mom under her uncle's hard rule. Life spirals right at the turn of one weird incident that humiliates her, costs her her job when it is discovered she is pregnant.

Then, when it feels like Skylar's world is falling apart, her mother remarries a very wealthy man whose twin sons immediately complicate her life. One has quietly watched her every move, while the other suddenly comes to her rescue, finding her torn between gratitude and suspicion.

As secrets unravel and hidden agendas finally surface, Skylar must manage a world of deceit, temptation, and betrayal. Can she find the way to retrieve her life, or is the danger too much to bear in this new family?

Lurk Color

One second, the skyline was lit up like a Christmas tree, all glittering lights and neon signs. The next? Nothing. Just this eerie, suffocating blackness that swallowed everything. I stood there, frozen, staring out the window of the council's headquarters. My reflection stared back at me, pale and wide-eyed, like I'd just seen a ghost.

"Skylar!" Jace's voice snapped me out of it. He was crouched behind an overturned table, his gun trained on the door. "Get down! They're coming!"

I dropped to the floor just as the door burst open. Council guards poured in, their weapons raised, their faces hidden behind those stupid black helmets. I hated those helmets. They made everyone look the same, like robots or something.

Jace! I hissed, crawling toward him. What's the plan?

He turned to me, his jaw clenched. Plan? You're asking me for a plan now?

"Well, yeah! You're the one with the gun!"

CHAPTER 68