Before Midnight Novels & Stories

Adora helplessly argued. "Is that so? Then she is welcome to do her worst!" Further attempts to convince Edwardo to release the siren were futile. The man was too blinded by greed to see the impending doom. And it came. The quiet waters of the golden seas suddenly became turbulent as several groups of sirens in their hundreds swam towards the surface. At exactly midnight, the scaly-tailed creatures crawled out of the water, shifting immediately to dazzling beauties. They ventured into the city and the once quiet night was disturbed with screams and cries of agony.

My eyes shifted from her to the walls which looked pale orange-red due to the light from the ceiling. “What time is it?” “It's eleven thirty. Thirty minutes left until midnight,” she replied and realization slapped the leftover sleep out of my body. I had been out for that long?! *******************************

" and lay his eye on anna who was lazily putting her head on Mrs. Kun lap and looking at him with a sleepy eye. Mrs. Kun patted Anna and said, " ok, the child lets everyone go to bed, it's already midnight ." Anna stands up rubbing her eye and said "I am also very sleepy, I am going to sleep goodnight everyone ." with that she kissed Mrs. Kun and Lily and smiled at grabiel and daniel. Daniel was still expecting at least a hug but what he got was just a smile. After saying good night to everyone anna grabbed her water bottle and went in the direction of her room.

The office had gone quiet hours ago. Fluorescent lights dimmed to energy-saving mode, leaving only the soft glow of desk lamps and the city skyline twinkling through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Ava glanced at the clock on her monitor—9:47 PM. Everyone else had trickled out by 7, muttering goodbyes and "don't stay too late" like they actually meant it. But the quarterly report was due at midnight, and Mr. Kane had made it clear: no extensions.

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“What about you? Don't you need to hide yourself too? She laughed. “If you could smell yourself, you would understand why I'm giving that to you. It's like nothing I've smelt before. You're the flame and you can believe me when I say you attract a lot of moths. And unfortunately, a lot of bats too.” I eventually took the necklace and placed it around my neck, hopefully, it'll protect me just like she said it would. “Come see me tomorrow, we have some things to talk about. But come at night. For no reason, should you leave your room before 4pm. And if you're not here by 8pm, don't bother coming.” Very specific instructions but okay, I guess. “Magma, you said I attract bats. Don't bats hate li

“And let me guess. This all took place at midnight and that is why midnight is significant.” He claps his hands together as he laughs with amusement. “Exactly. Midnight is such a special time, though they claim there’s a different hour for witching. No, midnight is perfect, especially for us. You’ll know soon enough.” I swallow back the bile shooting into my throat. “You aren’t done showing me the rest of my lives, aren’t you?” As soon as he calms, he nods in agreement. “Oh, yes, Valeria. I’m going to show you everything and then you won’t see your dear fated mate the same way ever again. This life, you will be mine.”

Sleep. Morning came, and I heard Lucien’s voice as he entered again, “…Everyone’s been accounted for and they’ve all gone home, no death recorded today, just minor injuries recorded, a few hundred. The account’s balanced, and the club is officially closed for the day. We’re free to go, boss.” Zane grunted and I heard him get up. “Jayden,” he called. I didn’t move. He told me to sleep, so I was committing to the bit.

On the day we agreed to meet, Matthew finally unblocked me. "Don't look for excuses to stall. I can't waste another minute on you!" I was already at the County Clerk's office door. "You're the one stalling. Hurry up. Let's finish this and go our separate ways." Fifteen minutes later, Matthew's BMW pulled up in front of me. He stepped out with a scowl and started mocking me. "Just because I blocked you, you had to leave home and vanish for a whole week?”

“We'll protect and guide you, no betrayers shall come any closer to you and that's it! We've been together for years in that room, living in harmony and cooperation, and you showed up and now you're not cooperating. “Darling, I won't take that from you. We're heading back to WHERE we belong by 12:00 in the midnight and nothing you say shall stop you from coming,”. I nodded slowly. “But our security is at stake for now. Isn't 12:00 a bit far away?” Phoebe asked. "It's 4:59pm. Just a few hours until midnight. It's safer and faster to do the ritual at midnight,” She responded. “But we all can't return to our packs since we're retards and hated,” I mumbled.