Initium (The Start) x Book 1 of “The Divine” Series

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is name was mentioned, which unfortunately happened a lot. Effy could not stop herself, Josh has bee

g rumours, the drama that came part and parcel of being the most popular person. Not just in primary or secondary school, but it seemed the entire university

voice that plagued my every waking moment, my every dream. This voice was

t him, as everyone swarmed to be his minions, as if he w

e was, I wasn’t following him like everyone else, I was not going to become a

learned of her crush, I felt a touch of disappointment towards her, as day b

ld be attending the same uni as us. “Can’t be that much of a somebody if he is going to a local uni,

. Scared of being overheard by the other students from our un

victim was. Always clinging onto the hope, pushing herself into his sights, trying her hardest to get him to notice her. However she wa

she openly and humiliatingly offered herself to him. She really was

s. Those girls he saw as beneath his social status, who would rely on him, revel in their newly found popularity, too scared of the consequences to fall from his grac

to his extension of his “gap-year”. His reluctance to give up enjoying the delights

ivel: “Work is an unavoidable part of life, to some it can bring meaning, be an ambitious drive in their lives, how

boy reputation that preceded him. He had that charismatic charm that allowed him to get away with anything and everything by everyone; as

gym, lifting weights and constantly showing off his Latest achievements. He knew how to w

ractiveness, she had never been in a serious relationship. I knew that she was still a virgin, had only gone as far as a slight dr

he cared about such things. I knew different, I knew he would eat her alive if anythin

a shy, timid girl, who always played by the rules, too scared

anyone if given the opportunity and the arsenal to do so. He p hated authority a

hat way. I tried to control it, tried not to reveal the full extent of it to Effy, but it proved difficult when my

iversity campus. The vast buildings to the left of us towered several stories

own I knew that no matter how many times I told her, how many times I would warn her, she would never listen. Her rose-coloured glasses as thick as beer bottles, seeing on

lder, “he may not be God, but I will

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- Un

ed by

ng to

to be all

an mantra; to create fights betw

tion to their own quarrels amongst themselves. These conflicts betwe

ic of war: divi

The people, the cruel twists and turns of life, of this predetermined fate had changed me. Had made

pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth. All premeditated to be self-destructi

uit, humankind was destined to fail. I s

eed to be

wiped clean, a fresh s

ard, coming up with bi

he necessary improvements it so desp

free from evil? Free from

uffering, the evil,

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o

at it was about her, w

out her, something tha

quoi about her that

e unforgettable really. There was something else about her, almos

y like s beacon, even though it was invisible to the naked eye. The warmth she radiated

l to me more. She paid no interest to who I was, who my family wer

lived here her entire life, but my family legacy ran much further than just my fa

ard, a cruel father, and was ‘t one to be easily impressed by anything, but he garnered respect from his success. He ha

to the straps of her heavy-looking backpack. Her shoulders hunched, as she battled the weather to get through the main entrance with rest

gh the crowd, I was losing sight of her as she weaved in and out of people, only being able

ere already nearing the end of term, and she hadn’t engaged in my attempts of conversation with her, hand

d to know me, to become friends with me. Hell girls were backstabbing their best f

ly friendly, offering themselves up as easy targets of my lust, that her cold shoulder, her disreg

was one-sided. I had been going out of my way to engage her, to involve her in my

g to be easy. She was someone whom I had to chase, w

ly if I had my sights

e her, I was going

to take baby

y date for the Winter Solstice

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