Ben Burns Novels & Stories

“Sabrina doesn’t like being found. That’ll cost you.” Yvonne smiled, blowing smoke in his direction. “Name your price.” They negotiated while I stood there, heart pounding. Yvonne was calm, confident, playing the game like she’d done it a hundred times. The guy eventually nodded. “Fine. I can track her burner locations. Give me twenty minutes.” While he worked, Yvonne smoked another cigarette, leaning against the counter like she owned the place. I stayed quiet, nerves eating at me. When the guy finally looked up from his screens, he had an address scribbled on a piece of paper. But then his eyes landed on me again. He stared for a long second, tilting his head.

But there was some sick, cosmic irony in this world that kept letting me live, kept forcing me to move forward. I thought about Ben as I walked. About the man I had known before The Burning. He had been stationed out west, somewhere in California. Smart, quiet, the kind of guy who didn’t say much but somehow managed to make you feel safe just by being there. We hadn’t been close, not yet. But there had been something there, something unspoken, something that could have been… more. And then the bombs fell, and everything burned.

The moment he approached the door it suddenly opened before he even rings the bell. “Aaron Casey?” question the big man wearing a formal black suit. “I am looking for Benji,” he said quietly. “Please enter sir. You will find him in the greenhouse.” “Thank you.” Aaron enters without looking back to a worried Barnard. Benji sits in the middle of his greenhouse floor. The bottle of wine was nearly empty. He has decided to wear black makeup streak with white that represent his unshed tears. He was angry and heart broken but since he can’t seem to handle his emotions he chooses to drink.

His face turned dark, and he gritted his teeth. That damn Marvin! Trying to play games and get close to Aria? He can dream on! Still feeling a bit bitter, Kane started the car and drove toward ATTA. Once he dealt with Gabriella, he was sure Aria's opinion of him would change. Besides, Gabriella had gone too far this time. He wouldn't let her hurt Basia or Aria again. *** With Gabriella's help, Benjamin had become Burnell's top assistant over the past four years. But now, he was standing in front of Gabriella with his head bowed, looking like a scolded child.

This person was Ben Davis, codenamed Draven. Ben was a resident of Drogoton who joined Wyvern Peak five years before Adrian did, thus making him comrade-in-arms of both Adrian and Denzel. Three months after Denzel sacrificed himself, Ben lost both of his legs to an explosion, thus ending his career in Wyvern Peak. He had no choice but to amputate his legs to survive. Ben was like an elder brother to Adrian. He was often bullied when he first joined Wyvern Peak, and Ben was one of the kitchen staff. Because of this, Ben would often sneak out a few shots of alcohol for Adrian to ease his homesickness.

“The Callahan’s eldest lady lost?” “Yeah. Benji had been in seclusion for more than an Epoch and was already a Terra Ancestral God. His cultivation rank far surpassed hers. I also heard Benji was trying to fight the second daughter now and has plans to take all her sisters on. Eventually, his last opponent will be Bria.

Isabella's POV I'd been staring at the whiskey glass for three minutes. Four ice cubes. Dad had always used four. Said three were for amateurs, five were trying too hard. Four was perfect. Fuck. I tossed it into my mouth before the memory could finish forming. The burn in my throat felt good. Real. Unlike the last two months since we buried him—those months had felt like I'd been living underwater, sound muffled, movements slow, nothing quite reaching me.

“Well, where I’m going there aren’t that many towns and it is mostly farms and country. However, if I go all the way to the end, there will be a big city there, and I’ll be fine. I still don’t really know how far I’m going.” Beta Malcolm sighs. “I still don’t understand how you know where to go, but I’ll believe in you for now. I’m hoping that I’ll have good news soon.” A small smile spreads across Ben’s face. “Me too.” However, what Ben hasn’t told Beta Malcolm is that Ben won’t give Kane’s location until Kane says that it is all right. Ben thinks that Beta Malcolm may have a hint that that is what Ben plans on doing, because Ben avoids Beta Malcolm’s questions about where Ben is at o

"Shut your mouth! Take his liver now! One more word and I'll send your whole family to the grave!" With rage burning in her eyes, Tara pointed her black gun squarely at the doctor's forehead. Even though the doctors knew that forcibly removing a person's liver would almost certainly mean death, no one dared say anything for fear of losing their lives. The operating room doors gradually closed. Through the intercom, Tara's placating words to Brandon reached my ears. "Don't worry, honey. A liver fresh from a living person should be in great shape. It'll definitely fix your liver problem. I'll be there soon. Wait for me. Love you…"