Book Fallout 3 Novels & Stories

Barry pointed, voice shaking but clear. "It was him! He told my dad to go to Moonshade and demanded Sophia be the one to operate! Promised a massive payout—enough to set us up for life!" Jack roared, lunged. Three Enforcers slammed him to the ground. He writhed, claws skidding across the tile. I stepped forward, calm. "Jack, was your ego that bruised after I broke the mate bond? Had to buy someone to frame me?" I wanted a crack—him or Alice.

For a moment, the whole world goes silent and disappears, leaving me trapped in the chaotic blue ocean of my adversary's eyes. I feel the paper being taken away from my grasp, but I am too shocked and too immersed in my traumatic state to notice. "Group Nine, we have Alicia Smith and Luke Evans." Luke's eyes widen in surprise. Low catcalls and whispers fill the air. This can't be happening! This nightmare can't be fucking happening to me! __________________________ I am still frozen in place when Mr Douglas continues to call out the remaining three groups. What the hell is happening in my life today?!

My reflection stared back faintly from the glass window nearby. I’ve been cornered. And I hated it. Doris folded her arms. “Okay, now I’m definitely concerned. You look like you’ve seen a ghost.” Maybe I had. Because the boy I once knew should have stayed buried in the past where I left him. Yet somehow, he'd walked back into my life—calling himself Adrian Vale. I returned with three cups of coffee, carefully balancing them as I handed each one out without a word. The moment they were taken, I turned on my heel and headed back toward my office, eager to escape the heavy atmosphere of the room.