Can't Run Can't Hide By Lee Williams Novels & Stories

He chuckled, "Were you talking to Mike? Did you spill our secret?" Luke was undeniably striking. At school, he was an iceberg, cold and untouchable. But in private, he was warm and almost clingy. In the past, I'd have melted into his arms, blushing. Now I just stepped back, creating distance. "Didn't you want to keep us hidden?" I muttered. His eyes flickered as he caught the edge of my tone. Still, he pressed on with the question that always lingered. "You know we can't go public."

This can be bad or good. Lee tugged at my shirt short and gestured for me to move the body. Right, she might be stronger than most females, but this will be a challenge even for her since the guy is clearly trained making him heavier than most. I pulled the lifeless body behind a thick bush in the yard we are hiding in. Since we are invisible from others, the rogue wolf made is clear that he can’t see us, I don’t have to hide that well. My bigger body will give itself away. Lee was hiding at the same spot she did before she killed the guy. I am behind the bush where I have pulled the body to.

“NO YOU CAN’T.” He walks toward me. I shuffle deeper behind the plant. He stops in front of me. “Why are you hiding?” “Because your mother has declared war on my freedom!” “She likes you.” “THAT IS THE PROBLEM.” He lowers his voice. “You don’t need to hide.” “I DO.” “You don’t.” “I DO—” He leans slightly closer. Not touching me. But close enough to set my entire nervous system on fire. “I told you,” he murmurs. “You’re not running fast enough.”

Her eyes moved across it, and I saw the exact moment her expression changed. She looked up at me slowly. “Leo.” I clenched my jaw. Because written in bold, messy ink were the words: “YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE FOREVER.”

"Hide from them?" Clad answered as he didn’t even dare turn his gaze on him. "Hide…" Alex mumbled. 'All this time, what I did was hide. If there was something I couldn’t face, I hid. If there was something I was afraid to do, I hid. I ran away and hid…' Even with Shank and Clad talking, it just passed from his left ear to his right. 'Even in my last moments, I was running away. Hiding…'

If someone asked me what superpower I’d choose, I wouldn’t need to think twice, I'd wish to vanish, to melt into the shadows and hide. The sound of his approach grew louder, each stomp was a cruel countdown. I tugged the thin blanket over me, it was not a real shield but the only shield I've got. I tried hiding before, beneath the bed, in my closet but he always found me. The chase only seemed to fuel his excitement, as if my desperation was just another twisted game.

“You’ll have to be honest, with yourself and with others. But running won’t help. And hiding behind Madison won’t either.” I knew he was right, but the thought of facing what I’d done terrified me. How could I look at Annie now? Or Summer? Or even Madison, who’d probably laugh in my face if I showed any weakness? I felt out of control, like I’d set something in motion I couldn’t stop.

He followed me over the edge, groaning my name into my skin as he collapsed against me, shaking. We lay there for what felt like forever, hearts racing, sweat cooling on our skin. My fingers traced patterns on his back, but my mind was far away, already spiraling into what waited for us beyond these walls. Finally, Liam rolled onto his side, pulling me against him, his arm wrapped tight around my waist. “We will move tonight,” he said. “Before she expected it. Before she can use your father as bait.” I froze. “Move? Where?” He met my eyes, steel-hard. “Into hiding. She can’t fight what she can’t find.”

It wasn’t deep, but it was enough to make her whole body seize in terror. Liam’s attention was locked on the door now. His muscles went rigid, his arm still around her but tense, ready. Violet stayed still, letting him pull her backward step by step. Her eyes flicked toward the door — it shook again, slightly harder this time. “WHO’s there?!” Liam roared, voice cracking. “If you’ve got the balls, come out! Stop fucking hiding!”

One slip would ruin me. Not when suspicions were already rising. Not when Darius Blackthorn was casting his shadow so close next to mine. "You all right?" Darius asked as he breezed in and sat beside me. "Yeah..." I hissed as he rubbed the ointment on my wound. "Good. Now about the whole couple thing..."He let the sentence hang, and I squirmed in bed. The Hide That Binds Gossip swirled around me like that second skin which, once added to a body, could never be