Short Story

"Lighten up, Little Brother. Chiron says he has something important to tell us and he requested us at seven thirty, so get dressed." She says rolling her eyes and getting up from the bed.

Smith waiting frantically, “Gosh Isiah you scared me, you’re lucky I covered for you guys”

"I gouged his eyes out..." His eyes erupted into a cascade of sorrow as he silently sobbed. I could only stare for the longest time til my mind could comprehend the possibility.

“You can, you can come back,” Anna pleaded, sounding defiant, as if she believed hard enough, she could will it to happen. “I’m sure they’re fine, I’ve come back from worse than what they took that night.”

“Hey, so Emma and I were thinking, what if we told Cami that we were all going to dress up tomorrow, but then none of us did… that would be so funny,” Grace said as a smirk spread across her face.

Which seemed crazy because she was just a girl in a dream. I didn’t even know what she looked like. I had been having the dream for months, but in all that time I had never seen her face, or I couldn’t remember it. All I knew was that I had the same sick feeling inside every time I lost her. She slipped through my fingers, and my stomach dropped right out of me—the way you feel when you’re on a roller coaster and the car takes a big drop.

“Then how do you explain all the things that still happen to them now?” Savannah then asked me now sounding implacable.

Saturday afternoon , Sam and Colleen arrive at the hospital to visit Erika. Henry leaves to run some errands and give them alone time together . Erika's skin looks pale from her accident , her eyes and mouth wide open , she takes a deep breath every two minutes. Her mom Mrs. White sits in the chair next to her holding on to her hand as she cries. “ Is she gonna be OK?” “ I don't know , the doctors say she's in a state of shock , something scared her to where she is like this .” Sam goes up to Erika holding her hand . “ Erika its me Sam , we miss you , I miss you.” He gives her a kiss on the cheek and whispers in her ear. “ I'll get Scratch for this , even if it takes my last breath.”

Together, Percival and Rion paced up and down the hall, both with their hands clapped behind their backs. The baby had stopped wailing, but she let out a cry now and again. However, Fleur was silent. Assuming that portended awful things, Percival debated knocking

With a grimace, he closed the distance between them. “Much obliged. Damn outlaws ambushed me,” he said.

“Holy Shit. It wasn’t a dream.” The words came out as a whisper, even though they screamed through her head.

She silently ascends up the stairs to her bedroom – her safe-haven. She’s laying beneath the blankets, hoping sleep will soon be washing over her and take her far away from this place her parents force her to call home.

He slightly raised a finger. His eyes opened again and I saw small tears escape the corners of his eyes. My own tears fell out of control. I didn't want to see another death.

Matters seemed to get worse when the windows were open and you were getting ready for bed, you sat hopeful on the edge of the bed waiting for a breeze to pass through, but you had no luck. Alex and you were forced to strip down to undergarments and you definitely

“My bedroom is on the other side of the house. I never hear anything going on over here,” he said, pointing to the house on the other side of Katherine’s home.