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𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐍 the bed as the camera flashes, capturing her beauty. But even a picture can't do justice to the Goddess herself, her beauty was beyond this earth - it was heavenly. Just like her name.
Her elegance was magnificent and her confidence made even the rich and powerful cower in defeat. If her beauty didn't leave you speechless, then surely her aura of confidence will.
She runs her hand through her silky brunette hair, messing them up slightly to give them a 'waking up from bed' look. But even then, she looked like the human version of Goddess Aphrodite herself.
A beauty that can kill. Eyes so lethal that with one look, they will forever be embedded in your mind.
The red satin dress hugged her curves beautifully, leaving her slender and sun-kissed legs on display for the world to admire. Even the photographer was entranced by the angel he was capturing. He wished that he could do justice to her beauty.
She rolled on the bed, biting her finger. The blood-red lips looked kissable, perfectly shaped, and plumped. They were soft as a pillow and one taste of them could make you addicted to them. Every inch of her body was heavenly, she was an angel on earth.
The photographer signaled her that they were done with the shoot and she nodded. Her assistant, a blonde woman in her late twenties, rushed to give her a robe to cover herself up and a bottle of water. Celeste took the bottle but refused the robe - she was comfortable in her own skin. The beauty knew of her gorgeousness and didn't try to hide it. What is the point of it anyways - soon enough her glamorous self is going to be out for the world to admire.
"Your phone has been ringing for a while, Miss." the assistant informed her boss.
The beauty nodded and took the phone from her assistant. Her eyebrows furrowed when she saw missed calls from her mother and surprisingly, her loving father.
In the eighteen years she has graced this earth with her presence she remembers spending all of them with her mother. Her father was there, somewhere. She loved the man but he was a puzzle she simply couldn't solve. He claimed to love his family, yet the world saw more of him than his own wife and daughter.
She looks through the voice message her mother had left for her, thinking that it might be important.
"Get the car ready. I am heading home." Celeste orders her assistant. The blonde nods and rushes out to get the beauty's modern carriage ready.
Celeste opens the voice message and listens to it.
"Hey, Nyx, my love. If you are hearing this then I am long gone. I am sorry for doing this to you but I can't live knowing that...." her mother's voice speaks out of the gadget.
But Celeste never finishes hearing the message.
She rushes out of the building and to the woman she loves the most in this world.
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𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐓���� 𝐍𝐘𝐗 𝐊𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 stares at the ground beneath which lies her loving mother's body. The woman she thought was the strongest in the world, who fought the world for herself and her daughter was just gone.
She had stabbed herself in the chest multiple times before slipping to heaven. But then, it wasn't her who stabbed her heart to death - it was her dear husband.
Celeste scoffed at the mere thought of her cheating father. The man had the audacity to look at another woman when he was married to the most perfect of them all. Her mother had fought the world and even her own parents to be with the man she once called her husband. And what was she rewarded with? Being cheated on.
"Remember, Nyx this world is cruel. It will try to bend you at its will, make you adapt. Make you...normal. But my dear Nyx, you are a gem. You are Nyx. The Goddess of Night. Even the King of Gods feared her. You can't fit in society because you are not meant to. You are too good to settle. Let the world know who the fuck they are messing with... Be the queen, Nyx." her mother's voice echoes in her mind.
Celeste bends down and places the moonflower on her mother's grave. They were her mother's favorite - like her mother, the moonflower was the creature of the night. The moon gave the only light that could do justice to their gorgeousness - make them the Queen of the world.
"Love...love is hard, Nyx. I gave up because I was weak. But you, my love, are going to rule everyone's heart. When you find the man who will love you like you are the only one in the world for him and treat you like the Queen you are... hold on to him. Never ever settle because you deserve the best. The best, Nyx. I love you, always remember that. It's my time to go, my baby. Bye, Nyx." her mother's words greet her again.
A lonely tear drops from her beautiful eyes. Her heart was broken, but she reminded herself to be strong. For her mother. For herself.
The sadness was quickly now replaced by another dangerous emotion - anger.
She was going to avenge her mother's death. She was going to make her father's life a living hell. And not to forget his mistress and their bastard daughter. She devised a plan inside of her mind.
"Anger isn't going to get you anywhere, stranger." a voice disrupts her thoughts.
Celeste looks around to find a man standing against the tree. He was taller than her, with his hazel eyes holding secrets for none to know and a carefree expression. A tattoo adorned his neck and his muscular arms looked inviting. She snapped herself from her thoughts, remembering that she was her to pray for her mother and not ogle a handsome stranger.
"What will you know about anger?" she snaps at him.
The guy makes his way to her, standing behind her. Celeste could feel the current spark between them but she ignored it. This is not the time to bond with a stranger.
"A lot since I was in the same situation you are in, last year. I lost my mother too." the stranger says.
"The situation might be the same but the hurt is different. You are not me and I, you. So, let me be. I don't need your pity." Celeste says, her voice dangerously calm.
"I am not pitying you. I am sympathizing with you. It's okay to be not okay, sunshine. I am going to stay right here until you don't leave. I am not letting you deal with this alone." the handsome stranger says.
Celeste scoffs but says nothing. She acts as nothing has happened and focuses on her mother.
Her mother.
I am going to make every single one of them pay, mother, she promises to herself and her dead mother.
𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐍𝐲𝐱, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧.
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~ 𝕹𝖔𝖙𝖊:
1. The book will be updated once every week and the frequency shall increase when author finds time.
2. The author has tried her best to eliminate any kind of grammatical errors in the book.
3. The main character, Nyx, has a rather controversial personality and like all the others have committed some mistakes. Please refrain from speaking ill of the lead character as she has been shaped in this way.
4. An Instagram account will be soon created to share book materials.