Calamity Bert Novels & Stories

“It's the second time she bleeds, Dylan. She swore that she wouldn't eat anything unless you come to see h—” “The shifter that she had an affair with, the father of her pup, have you found him?” Bert got interrupted by Dylan. “You should be ransacking the whole Seattle to search for him instead of worrying about Lucy here. That's what you should be doing as my Beta.” “Leave it to me.” I told Bert via mind link. "Want a cup of hot choco?" I walked in after Bert left in frustration, raising the cup in my hand at Dylan. “Thanks.” Slurping his drink carefully, Dylan smiled at me while I just looked at him silently.

She growls, then the doors fly open and Bert stalks over to me, taking my face in his hands and tilting it so he can see my neck better. I let out a sob and his eyes harden, “I’m going to kill him.” He growls, already ready to walk out and do just that. “You can’t!” My grandma yells, and Bert turns around glaring at her. “Do you not see what he did to her?” He shouts and my grandma sighs. “Of course I see it, but if you kill him, it will hurt her. We have to find another way to fix this, then we’ll kill him.” She responds and I look down.

Local time, 8:30 PM. Deep beneath the barren desert, the Bertley military base loomed like an iron fortress. Umbracia's four-star General Hesberg, clad in his sharp uniform, stared at the battle screen with a grim look. The latest report showed a devastating defeat: the Giant Whale's Fury tactic had failed, both Lords of War outmaneuvered, and the entire carrier fleet rendered useless. Alexander, an unstoppable force, was still carving his path into Umbracia.

His balance gave out instantly, and he crashed forward, face-first onto the ground with a heavy thud. Seeing that, Wendy rushed forward in a panic, trying to shut off the big screen. Alas, her foot slipped, and she tripped over Hugh’s leg. As she went tumbling forward, her head smashed hard against the corner of the podium. She clutched her head and screamed in pain, all dignity gone. At the same time, the giant screen flickered again. The footage from the airport suddenly switched to another video. It was the unedited surveillance footage from the computer room that day, when Hugh and Jocelyn had secretly plotted to frame me.

It was like someone had left the water hose on and sprayed everywhere; the ink landscape paintings were ruined, and all of the expensive fish had died in the pond and would have to be replenished. “We will need a cleaning crew to come and get all of this fixed.” Betty finally replied, seeing the damage. “There will certainly be a large loss with all the repairs and replacements needed.” BANG! RATTLE! Suddenly, there was an enormous bang, and a rattle followed. When the women looked in the direction of the noise. There, Mr. Bertram was standing looking with despair at the two women. “Mr. Bertram,” Betty mustered his name when she got over her shock.

He begged and hoped William would spare him a little mercy. "Bert, have you forgotten the conditions we made?" William asked in a harsh voice. Did he think that he could escape from Brian's reach after he fled abroad? Bert made a big mistake by underestimating William's power and contact all around the world. "No- no. I didn’t forget. Believe me, I’m trying my best to collect the money. I can pay you some amount right now, but I don’t have the full amount." Bert was about to get up from his position when he was hit down on his shoulder and he fell on the ground again in front of William.

And so I watched. He did not move from the floor for a very long time. Sera sat beside my fading light and held what remained of my hand, and he lay with his forehead against the stone where I had spent a year, and none of us spoke. The torch burned lower. The black at his lips spread, very slowly, the way frost spreads across stone in the hour before dawn — patient, without hurry, as if it had always known it would have the whole surface in the end. Once, the Beta came to the top of the dungeon stairs and started down. Damien said — without lifting his head, without moving at all — "Go." The Beta went.

I stepped aside to allow him in, I could see him scanning the house as he entered, a look of approval on his face. Carrie stepped out from the kitchen with mama Jane in tow. Carrie paused midway before screaming and running into the arms of Santos. “It’s nice to finally meet you in person Santos.” Mama Jane voiced as Carrie continued to swoon over him. Carrie stepped aside “Santos this is my mum Jane but we call her mama Jane” Santos held a hand out to greet mama Jane “Nice to meet you, you have raised an amazing daughter.” “Yes I have and I’d appreciate it if you took extra good care of her. She may be twenty nine years old but she is still my baby. You hurt her, I will hunt you down.”

Rita tried to deflect, but Celeb scoffed dismissively. "I never agreed to that with either of you. Vivian caused damage to our company, but you let her go and allowed another girl to take the blame," he retorted, shaking his head with an indifferent expression. "I don't recognize you anymore, Mom. I don't recognize any of you anymore." He walked past her, heading for the door, leaving Rita standing there, her heart sinking. "Celeb... Celeb..." she called out, but he ignored her, slamming the door shut behind him. Rita closed her eyes, pressing her fingers to the space between her brows.

"Don't ever try to contact me or Kylan. We're done." Repeating her rejection through her gritted teeth, she slowly backed out of the door and ran away. With my mouth still hanging open, I glanced at Bert who was now wheezing as he clutched onto the black and white striped shirt he was wearing. He was apparently in pain, but it was hard to feel sorry for him. I took tentative steps towards him. "Bert?" He looked at me, and reached his trembling hand out to me. "Hey," I said, but when his breathing laboured and his eyes rolled to the back of his head my heart skipped a beat. That wasn't good. My chest was tightening with anxiety as I looked at the one way glass.