Booktok Box Novels & Stories

:I think I found something. :I was afraid you had fallen asleep.: It was a hollow box, one of those storage boxes that you could buy in a craft store that at first glance seemed like a real book, but was truly a hiding place for secrets. In this case, it had a ton of photos of men in compromising positions with Buttercup. Rhychard felt his face flush as he glanced through them. There were also a couple of small SD cards that probably held the digital versions of the blackmail photos. Rhychard scooped everything out of the fake tome and slid it back in its place.

I say and bring my attention back to the box on my lap I remove the ribbon holding the box together and gasp out loud when I see what is inside. "Oh-my-god!" I exclaim with surprise "Books!?" Thor says, his tone of voice sounding monotonic. "What!?... Thor! These are not just books!" I say with frustration, wishing I could shake some sense into him. "These are books from my favorite author. I've been wanting to read this series for so long but couldn't because Celine was so mean she would burn them out of spite like she did to the rest of my books!"

Who was I to judge? I brought in the rest of the boxes we had collected from various stores and left them in the living room. I went to the spare room which where I thought Nat would be. She was going to start boxing up the books and other things I had in this room. The home office had lots of built in book shelves that we would put them on when we moved to the new house.

My child leaned forward, curious. “What is it?” “Let’s see.” I carried the box inside and placed it on the kitchen table. My child climbed onto a chair immediately. “Is it for me?” “Maybe.” They watched closely while I opened the tape. Inside the box was a thin book with a bright cover. A cartoon astronaut floated in space with a small rocket behind him. My child’s eyes widened. “A space book!” I handed it to them. “Looks like it.” They opened it quickly and started flipping through the pages.

This was Dante Moretti, and after the stunt I pulled downstairs, there was a huge chance the boxes contained my worst nightmare. Regardless, I dragged them inside, making a mental note to take another shower to wash off the fine beads of perspiration coating my skin. Whispering a quick prayer to whoever cared to listen, I picked up my face blade and opened up the first box. My breath caught in my throat. Before me were rows and columns of carefully arranged books, most of the covers bearing sweaty, half-naked men and women in different stages of copulation, and the ones that didn’t had dark covers with obscure details that were covert yet somehow let you know exactly what the book was about.

“What do you have in this thing?” Daniel stood behind her with a similar sized box, but he wasn’t even breathing heavy. “Books.” She cursed under her breath. “You don’t put books in a box, boy. Get a suitcase with those little wheels on the bottom or something.” “I told you to let me take that one, and you wouldn’t listen,” he said with a soft chuckle. “Wait here for a second and I’ll take it for you.” Daniel slid past Bev and disappeared around the corner at the bottom of the staircase.

It was the best kind of job for me, I loved it and I got paid weekly, enough to eat, after my first paycheck, I had spent a full week starving, I tried to ask for my money beforehand but my boss who’s the meanest person ever, said no. How could such a cold hearted person be responsible for one of the best places in the world! There was no sleeping with a storm outside, I was up most of the night, I was up early and ready to go to work, I was slipping but pushed it down as I got out of her car and quickly walked over to the bookstore. I walked over to the children's books area, I was thankful no one was around as I sat down in a beanbag after grabbing a few books to read.

“That nerdy shit is your only ticket out of school.” “No mom, there should be another way.” "Join the Book Club. Stay out of trouble. I can’t take another scene like the one I just witnessed. I won’t let your father keep tearing you down. But I need you to give me something to fight with." I rubbed a hand over my face, groaning again. "This is ridiculous. Me in that book club is just out of it." "Please, Kael," she said softly. “It is only for a few months. And I know you love reading… in secret. You can make good use of this opportunity.”

A lockbox is fixed to the wall–built within it. The room blurs. I forget where I am as I send my powers into the lockbox. Metal sizzles until the frame comes loose from the wall, and the little metal door falls into my hand. I toss it behind me and reach inside, praying, my fingertips grazing cash and jewelry before finding… the book. “Yes,” I hiss, smiling deliriously as I pull the book from its hiding place, clutching the small, black leather cover and rocking back on my heels. I flip through the pages, confirming it’s the copy, the only book of its kind in existence.

I see a staircase near the bar and above it there's a mezzanine with some partitions, I think it's for the boxes. ************* Note: Don't forget to like, comment and share the book! This really helps it grow on the platform