Book Of Family Novels & Stories

Tristan explained pointing down to the book as I placed it on Sebastian’s desk, our family crest looking proud back at me. “What is this?” Sebastian asked pulling my seat out for me and gently pushing me down, his own pulled right up beside mine as I took the hard cover of the book and pulled it open to reveal the first page. “This is what our parents called the official Black family album, but I always saw it as a kind of scrapbook that documented our lives as a family. It has their most treasured photos inside; odd keepsakes my parents wanted to keep and even sheets of music my mother would create when we were younger.” I began to say with a smile as I’m hit with a wave of nostalgia, not o

Even though this got me thinking, I knew we had to both find this. Especially when she said her coven weren’t able to perform the spell with her. They explained it was a family spell. This meant that only people from our family could perform this type of spell. “Here,” she said, pointing to a part in the book. It was an old dusty book I had grown up accustomed to seeing. I just never knew what it was used for. She smiled with a hint of sincerity. Her smiles reminded me of

They came to search for something and they wouldn’t stop until they got it. Eleanor just sighed deeply and agreed, walking back to the living room and sitting on the red couch. They didn’t have the biggest house in the city, but it was enough to give their kids space. They never struggled financially, Eleanor was a doctor, which a lot of people were thankful for because it was hard to see doctors willing to help in those situations; her husband was a lawyer, but his job situation was a bit harder due to the crime mostly having stopped since the creatures arrived in the city. It was a two storey house placed the closest to the park, it had a beautiful garden perfect for their kids to play wit

"A good wife brings prosperity to generations. A wicked one ruins an entire family. Choose wisely." As the night deepened, the family gathered to keep vigil beside the caskets. Kelly, unwelcome among them, shrank into a corner, her presence tolerated but barely acknowledged. I found her there later. "Zarrick's finished," I told her softly. "And when I leave him, I'll make sure he walks away with nothing. If you're willing to stay with him then, when he's broke and ruined, then maybe—just maybe—I'll believe your love is real."

"Don't blame Connie, Mom. It's my fault. I have caused you so much trouble. I shouldn't have taken the coat from her…" Before she finished, Dad grabbed me and slammed me to the ground. He roared, "A cold-blooded thing like you doesn't deserve to live in this loving family!" I cried and begged him to stop. But the more I cried, the more he was convinced that I felt no remorse. His claws landed harder and harder. Mom and Nathan stood at a distance, their faces indifferent. It was as if I weren't part of the family, just a filthy rogue they didn't recognize.

"Shut up! It's exactly because you're our daughter that we can decide your marriage!" Miranda held my arm tightly and tried to persuade me calmly, "He's got a car, a house, and money. You'll have a comfortable life if you marry him." Carl chimed in, too. "Mr. Smith may be a bit older, but he's an honest man. You'll marry into happiness and do right by you." Even my second brother, Tony, spoke up. "That's right. Mr. Smith's not a bad man." Seeing every single family that I was related to by blood determined to sell me out, all I could feel was the chill to the bone as I shook uncontrollably.

"Mom and Dad said that from now onward, the family assets would be equally split between Fable and me." "Family assets?" I smiled, amused. "Are you talking about the house they're staying in, or that car? I'm sorry, but those are all my personal assets. I'm just about to take them back now." "That's impossible! Mom, she's spouting nonsense, right?" Madeline paled, grabbing Fiona's arm in search of an answer. However, the truth was something no one could deny. "Do you really have to be this ruthless, Heidi? You're so capable—can't you just let us live in that house?" Fiona pleaded.

"You prove that people can get better, even after bad mistakes." As Elena said more about her book, I looked at my family and felt something settle in my chest that I was too young to get seven years ago. This wasn't just Sunday dinner. This was about sharing our story so other families can learn. After dinner, while the adults cleaned up and talked about Elena's book, I sat on the porch with Michael and Sophia, watching them color their family portrait and thinking about Madison's question about why some families make it and others don't. "Emma," Sophia said, still coloring, "Madison's parents are getting divorced because they stopped choosing each other, right?"

“That’s one way to put it.” He folded his arms, leaning against the piano. “You know this family. We’re loud. We’re protective to the point of insanity. We screw up, we overreact, we panic. But one thing we never do—ever—is let someone in halfway.” Trina stilled. Cameron’s voice softened. “You’re not just dating Adrian anymore. You’re part of us now.” Her breath caught. “You’re family,” he said simply. “Cross family. And not because of the baby or the drama or the headlines. Because you’ve been here, beside us, beside him, even when everything turned ugly.”

"I hope one day you can heal from the experience with the doctor. But for now, I can right my wrongs, and tell you about our shared inheritance. I have a book I want to show you." Lucy and Gertrude glanced at the book on the patio table. "It's an old family heirloom, with names of every single nymph child that graced the Eudora family over the years. It has drawings, pictures, pieces of research… almost like a nymph field guide for beginners." "You want me to read this?" Lucy asked, shock coloring her voice.