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In a smoky, rumor-charged West Loop restaurant-bar called Lykos, Claire tries to maintain a believable cover story while confronting an old acquaintance, Regina Tilton, whose questions expose inconsistencies. The atmosphere blends social appearances with dark criminal undertones, intensifying the risk of discovery and the danger to Claire’s safety and sense of self.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nDesperate Vows  \nCopyright © 2024 by Bree Livingston Publishing LLC Proofread by Alice J. Shepherd  \nCover Design by Angela Haddon  \n[angelahaddon.com](angelahaddon.com)  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, without prior written permission.  \nBree Livingston Publishing LLC  \n[https://www.breelivingston.com](https://www.breelivingston.com)  \nPublisher ’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are a product of the author ’s imagination. Locales and public names are sometimes used for atmospheric purposes. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or to businesses, companies, events, institutions, or locales is completely coincidental.  \nDesperate Vows / Bree Livingston Publishing LLC--1st ed.  \nISBN: 9798323144082  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThankyou Teddy and Melanie for helping with this one, and giving me the encouragement needed to actually publish it.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPlaylist  \nChapter 1  \nChapter 2  \nChapter 3  \nChapter 4  \nChapter 5  \nChapter 6  \nChapter 7  \nChapter 8  \nChapter 9  \nChapter 10  \nChapter 11  \nChapter 12  \nChapter 13  \nChapter 14  \nChapter 15  \nChapter 16  \nChapter 17  \nChapter 18  \nChapter 19  \nChapter 20  \nChapter 21  \nChapter 22  \nChapter 23  \nChapter 24  \nChapter 25  \nChapter 26  \nEpilogue  \nAlso by Kess Avalon About the Author  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n1. Wolf Like Me-TV On The Radio  \n2. Smooth-Santana ft. Rob Thomas  \n3. Torn-Natalie Imbruglia  \n4. The Kill-Thirty Seconds To Mars  \n5. Wicked Game-Chris Issak  \n6. Waterfall-Fish In A Birdcage, Kristina Helene  \n7. The Night We Met-Lord Huron  \n8. In My Blood-Shawn Mendes  \n9. Brave-Sara Bareilles  \n10. Dangerous-The xx  \n11. Shake It Out-Florence + The Machine  \n12. House of the Rising Sun-The Animals  \n13. Titanium-David Guetta, Sia  \n14. Fight Song-Rachel Platten  \n15. Killing in the Name-Rage Against Power Machines 16. Warrior-Demi Lovato  \n17. Speechless-Dan + Shay  \n18. Fighter – Christina Aguilera  \n19. Bad Liar – Imagine Dragons  \n20. Youth-Daughter  \n21. Fix You-Coldplay  \n22. Heathens – Twenty One Pilots  \n23. Warriors – Imagine Dragons  \n24. Sabotage – Beastie Boys  \n25. Confident – Demi Lovato  \n26. Love Someone – Lukas Graham  \n27. Epilogue-Thinking Out Loud  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCLAIRE  \nSMOKE AND ALCOHOL MIXED , filling the air and burning my nose. As the daughter of a highly respected, upstanding pillar of society, this wasn’t my usual hangout. The daughter of Franklin Benoit wouldn’t dare darken a place with the reputation this one had.  \n“Claire Benoit?” a familiar voice startled me. Damn.  \nI slowly turned to face Regina Tilton.“Hi.”  \nWe’d known each other since we were toddlers. Only her father didn’t seem to be the controlling type, or at least not as controlling as mine. She got away with near-murder, and I was on the verge of being murdered. Maybe not in body, but in soul. Not that I had much of one left. I slammed and locked the door on that memory, forcing it to stay in the dark.  \nHer blonde hair dangled past her shoulders, swaying as her gaze drifted over me. “Of all the places I thought we’d run into each other, I can confidently say this wasn’t it.”  \nForcing my face to mask the fear, I smiled.“That art class I’m in. I’m supposed to study architecture this week. He gave out a list of places, and by the time I landed on one, this was my only option. It’s part of my final grades this semester.”  \nLocated in the West Loop district, Lykos was a restaurant and bar shrouded in rumors and owned by an infamous Greek family with a lastname that means butcher. It didn’t escape me that the name of the restaurant means wolf. Predator killer. What did that say about Lucas and his family? 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