Click Reverse: 1999 Novels & Stories

"I'll give you a ride." "No," I replied, shaking my head. "I'm fine taking a cab." Even so, Mark scowled and took my hand. "We're going home now." I could laugh right then—he was now actually willing to leave his dear 'sister' behind? That was when Sophie stumbled and fell on Mark, groaning, "I think I'm drunk, Mark… can you lend me your shoulder?"

I heard the sound of Ezra and Sebastian laughing and joking downstairs. As I descended the stairs, Ezra proudly pointed to a Lego castle he had built and said, "Amber, happy birthday!" Sebastian acted like he was angry and said, "You little brat! We agreed I'd be the first to wish her!" Ezra smirked and replied, "Well, you're old and slow—whose fault is that?" Sebastian snorted in mock annoyance. He walked up to me, then suddenly got down on one knee and opened a small jewelry box. Inside was a diamond ring that was glinting softly.

The moment she picked up, August's voice filled her ear. "Ms. Jones, I heard your funds have been unfrozen! Congratulations! I was wondering if you'd be interested in having me as your investment advisor again? I can offer you the lowest commission rates!" Elara's voice was calm as she asked, "Mr. Hanson, weren't you fired from BrightPeak?" There was a pause before August let out an awkward laugh. "Ms. Jones, your information is quite up to date." His dismissal from BrightPeak had been directly tied to the freezing of Elara's 80 million dollars in assets. Somehow, the news had leaked, shaking the confidence of BrightPeak's top clients.

"Fifty million dollars." Marco slid the bill file across the table to me. "Seventeen transfers within the last month, all going to Miss Sofia's personal account." As I checked the assets, I found my personal account held only three thousand dollars. Not enough for Sofia's tea. But the transfer records were pulled up, each bearing my digital signature. I frowned. "I didn't authorize these transactions." Marco looked uneasy. "The signature is real, and your private seal is on it. It looks like Don Ricci stamped it himself."

I thought he would give up, but he summoned all the werewolves in the pack for the 99th time and got on his knees, swearing to the Moon Goddess, “Mia, you’re the only Mate I’ll ever have. If you refuse me, I’ll keep asking until you agree.” I was moved by his determination and love. After that, I established a Mate Bond with him. To repay his love, I gave him 99 handmade forgiveness coupons on the day of our Marking Ceremony. I promised him that I would forgive him 99 times. As long as he still had coupons left over, I would forgive him and stay with him no matter what he did.

Daisy's final score was higher and kept the first rank in the class. In the class, Ivory sat at the first table near the teacher’s table. Daisy’s position was the opposite but she felt extremely comfortable. One nice day, Daisy didn’t know the reason why Ivory sat behind her. Daisy was uneasy, so she said to Ivory “Come back to your seat.” And got his answer “It’s up to me. Don’t care.” This position lasted almost the entire ninth-grade year. Graduated from secondary school. Everyone focused on physical and mental power to get good marks. Because of this exam, Daisy forgot her love.

The latter news is enough to diminish the joy of the first news. Elaine didn’t answer Risa’s question and continued to fall silent as she flipped her hand that was being held by Rise to entwine their fingers. That made the goth flinched in surprise for that timid girl to suddenly showed courage. Even so, she let her do what she wanted. With darkened gaze, Elaine and Rise silently held hands as they continued to watch the documentary video that is not so interesting, yet they found a speck of comfort in watching it.

“Whatever you’re doing, do it now!” She steps forward and presses her hands against the swirling edge. Her eyes flare silver, brighter and hotter than ever before. “I feel it all,” she gasps. “Every bit of energy. Every death she stole. Mom, it’s huge and awful and—” “Focus!” Aldric’s voice cuts in somehow, even though he isn’t here. “Reverse the current! Remember the flow!” Erica’s face twists with effort. Silver light pours from her palms, shoving hard against the dark swirl.

I gave a soft, bitter laugh and slowly slipped our documents back into my pocket. “This makes ninety-nine.” “What?” “This is the ninety-ninth time we’ve tried to get our marriage registered.” I turned toward the subway entrance. “And the ninety-ninth time you’ve left me hanging because of him.” I heard her heels stop on the pavement, then suddenly start running after me. “The first time, you bailed on our trip because he was on the night shift and scared of the dark. You took a red-eye flight just to be with him. “The second time, we were practically at the door of the courthouse. You heard he fainted from overwork and left me standing in the snow alone for an entire day.”

I asked. "Desire. It is their nature turn back the time," she answered. "It is the the second time that the world revolved backwards. The first reversed was 300 years ago, the Paradis end." I froze. "What, how could that be?" I murmured. "There's no way... " "There are questions that you must answer yourself. Since you're in a different case, you're not the holder and yet you can still remember everything that happened." The curtains moved and I saw her eyes peeks, that golden eyes were like a glitter of peace.