Illicit Games by Simran

“She thinks she can ensnare me and walk away, but I’m a man who gets what he wants and there’s nothing more I want than Iris.”

Iris

They say the truth sets you free.

Mine made me a captive and shackled me in chains worse than ever.

Betrayed. Heartbroken. Alone.

I thought I was in control.

Turns out, I’m nothing but a pawn.

Caught in a war between two brothers.

Paying the ultimate price for my sin.

Bound to marry a man I don’t love.

While the one my heart beats for thinks I didn’t choose him.

When every decision I’ve ever made was to become his.

Just when I did, I had to let him go.

Because happily ever after doesn’t exist for someone living a lie.

Kian

The world believes I’m selfish, conceited, and vicious.

While all I’ve made are sacrifices in the dark.

The only one who ever saw the real me,

ruthlessly believed in the good in me,

breathed life back into me,

thinks she can give me a glimpse of a future I’m longing for the first time in my life

and walk away to live it with my brother by marrying him.

Even though I know her heart and soul lie with me.

She’s dead wrong to think I’ll ever allow it.

All this time, it was her fighting for me.

Now, it’s my turn.

The world will finally see how brutal and menacing I can be.

Because a king never sacrifices his queen.