Truth & Lies Book 2
Penn Everett's life is built on lies, but when his deceit leads to the kidnapping of his fiancée, Elle, he must confront his past to save her. As Penn races against time to rescue Elle from her deranged captor, Greg, he faces brutal attacks, wrongful imprisonment, and a corrupt police force. With the help of friends and a relentless lawyer, Penn fights to clear his name and reclaim his love. Will the truth set them free, or will their secrets destroy them?
Prologue
Truth & Lies Book 2: Throne of Truth
Penn
LIES.
They have a life of their own. They multiply, divide, and conquer—not just the listener but the liar, too. They infiltrate the truth. They twist words until false is truer than reality.
I should know. I’d become a master at them.
For a while, lies had been my saving grace.
They’d kept me warm on the coldest nights and kept me sheltered when only darkness remained, but now, I have wealth and family, and my lies aren’t giving me power anymore... they’re stripping me of it.
Stripping me of her.
She ran away from me.
She ran before I could tell her the truth.
It didn’t matter the truth wasn’t what she wanted to hear. It didn’t matter I had so many confessions and only the guts to reveal a few.
She ran.
And then she vanished.
