Dark Facade (Book Two)

By Sylvia Hubbard

As the saga continues, Maxine infiltrates The Masquerade, an underground secret society of wealthy men who believe money can buy everything, including treating women however they please. When her membership application is accepted, Maxine braces herself for a weekend where she will have to spend without any contact with the outside world. What Maxine never thought to encounter was the mysterious stranger was now ... her master. Maxine breaks the rules determined to find Lisa. Yet she never expected punishment like this.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sylvia Hubbard
• Release date: Feb 14, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301590728

Sylvia Hubbard

Detroit native, Sylvia Hubbard, a single mother of three, has worked tirelessly to promote and encourage emerging writers in Michigan. She independently published her first romance novel in 2000 and has continued to write in that genre, sometimes venturing into other sub-genres. Always urban and contemporary styled, her writing is enjoyed all over the world. She has published 8 paperbacks and over 30 e-books.The same year she published, Ms Hubbard also created Motown Writers Network to fill the lack of education and networking for Michigan authors online and offline. By 2004, she was frustrated that all the literary conferences had moved too far away from the city and co-created The Essence of Motown Literary Jam Conference held only in the City of Detroit annually.In addition to romance writing, Hubbard has been featured at various conferences and workshops all over the United States and Canada, where she has taught authors how to sell their books on the Internet. She also published Internet Marketing for Writers & Businesses as a resource for those unable to attend her workshops. In the upcoming year, she will be featured in several anthologies and plans to publish additional e-books.

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Dark Façade: When The Dark Comes

Book Two Word Count: 21K (est)| Chapter 12-20

Synopsis: Maxine, an AA graphic designer who has no life, realizes that her best friend and coworker disappeared the day after telling Maxine she was going out on a hot date with a man she met on the Internet. Now it's up to Maxine to find out what happened to Lisa and who was this mysterious man, who emailed his picture to her friend that Maxine just can't stop thinking about.

As the saga continues, Maxine infiltrates The Masquerade, an underground secret society of wealthy men who believe money can buy everything, including treating women however they please. When her membership application is accepted, Maxine braces herself for a weekend where she will have to spend without any contact with the outside world. What Maxine never thought to encounter was the mysterious stranger was now … her master. Maxine breaks the rules determined to find Lisa. Yet she never expected punishment like this.

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DARK FACADE © 2007 Sylvia M. Hubbard

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NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

As we enter part two into the dark world of The Masquerade Society, I implore you to open your mind.

Darker hours are ahead for Maxine and I hope you continue the journey down the rabbit hole with me.

If you haven’t read Part One, Please please please take a moment and purchase that version because you won’t enjoy this one without it.

Your Author, Sylvia Hubbard

CHAPTER 12

The knock startled her, but Maxine stood up and carefully felt her way to the door to open it.

Sitting there for almost a little under half an hour gave Maxine time to assess her plan of action in order to find Lisa. As soon as she could talk to everyone, she would get a feel of the place and then try to find where they might be hiding Lisa. This place could be humongous and maybe it would take more than just one trip here. Maxine was willing to give it a couple of weekends.

‘WHORE!’ her thoughts sneered. ‘You’re only using that excuse to see him again.’

Maxine pushed this accusation away because she just knew in her heart she wasn’t going to feel anything for this Philippe. He was some weird white man that got his kicks off degrading black women.

Yet as much as she wanted to be alone, she found herself enjoying the attention he gave her when she followed his rules. Would he be pleased to know she had followed his rules to the letter when he returned?

‘YOU’RE CRAZY!’ her thoughts screamed. ‘Now you want to obey a master? Do you know how many of your ancestors died--’

Maxine quelled these thoughts as well because she was not about to have this discussion with herself.

Lisa’s life could be at stake and she was going to focus on that. Maxine was determined to get as much information as she could for Lieutenant Heart and if she could do a reconnaissance to assure Lisa was here to make the lieutenant’s job just a little easier, she would make a mental sacrifice to her conscious.

Upon hearing the knock, just as Philippe had instructed, Maxine stepped out and let the door close behind her. Feeling the doorknob, she saw it locked from the outside. She was glad she had brought the key and hoped it opened the door to the chamber.

The familiar voice of the driver was heard, along with someone quietly crying nearby.

Face your left, put your left arm out and slowly walk until you touch the back of the person in front of you, the driver ordered. Put your hand on their shoulder.

It took her seven steps to reach the next person and after a second, she felt someone touch her back and then rest their hand on her shoulder.

They were guided to an elevator and then walked some more until Maxine could smell food again. Breakfast! Her senses were alive at the smell of bacon, eggs, toast, syrup, sweet waffles and more.

Remove your blindfold, the driver’s voice ordered quietly.

She did and adjusted her eyes to the room’s lighting. They were in a large hall with tables. Briefly, she wondered was this the room where she had come to when she had snuck in and looked around for some familiarity, but really wasn’t sure. The room had no windows and the walls were sheath in peach and white long drapes, while the floor was wooden. In the middle of the room was a buffet of food. Some women were already in line, while others sat eating.

In all, there were about fifty black women of different shapes and sizes in the room, dressed alike with a gold mask on their face. Yet, Maxine noted that not all had a crest on their dresses and some of the crests were in bronze and silver thread. There