House of Lies (THE MORDVINOV LEGACY #1) by Morgana Darkins EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Morgana Darkins
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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Caelia
The air is thick with the secrets of those around me. Enemies disguised as
friends and serpents masquerading as family. And then there’s me, not
fitting anywhere. There’s a craving inside me that’ll never settle. A desire
burning so bright it will be the death of me. I wish to be so far away from
all of it that I can’t breathe. I stare at the wall, pretending I’ve woken up this
morning in a foreign city and that I’ve had conversations with other people
in a language I don’t understand so well. In that illusion, I am free. I can
almost taste it on my tongue. It would be sweet if it were real. Here, in this
crowded room, it tastes bitter. My mother’s perfume precedes her words,
just when I thought this night couldn’t get any worse.
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“You should try to make more friends.”
There’s no lost love between us. And the worst thing is that I never
understood what I had ever done to her—why she loathes me so much. I
tried so desperately to be the daughter she wanted me to be. Until I gave up.
I wasn’t getting anywhere with her, so I stopped trying. My father barely
acknowledged my existence. I’m not even the family’s black sheep; I’m the
invisible one. Sometimes, I think my family forgot I existed since they sold
me. They’ve sent me to hell without even saying goodbye. I served my
purpose in their eyes. Whatever happened to me after I left their home, it’s
irrelevant.
“I’d rather not,” I retort, glancing at her side. The trophy wife, just like
all the women around. Something I can’t be tamed into, no matter how
violent my husband becomes. No matter how hard my father tried to mold
me when I was a child. He did his best to raise me the way he thinks
women should be raised: silent, obedient, and subservient to their husbands.
He never gave up. He just used to get angry. Merciless. He’s a bastard
who’s been cheating on my mother for as long as I can remember, and all
she does is look the other way. It makes me sick.
“Look at your sister,” she insists. I’m surprised she doesn’t turn me
around herself to force me to do what she asks. I turn my head to see where
Cosima is. She’s one of the few people I don’t hate in this world. We
couldn’t be more different, but she’s the only person I’ve shared a cage with
growing up.
“What am I supposed to be looking at?” My voice drips with disdain.
I already know the answer. I see her standing by her husband’s side,
pretending to be the loyal and loving wife society expects her to be. Her
green dress curls around her hips, causing every man in the room to turn his
head. Her blonde hair is twisted in a perfect bun at the nape of her neck.
She is all smiles and small talk. She embodies everything I’m not.
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