Dauntless: The Brave Novels & Stories

Gasping for air every now and then, she stammered, “She.. when they came to help.. s-she fell into the basement. We- we didn’t have enough time-” “Fuck,” I mumbled in horror. “Oh, my God,” April mumbled in horror. “Daniel, you need to go get her.” Daniel looked hesitantly at me and the rest of the men who had rescued Marla didn’t look like they were interested in going back into the death trap they had just managed to escape.

"Second, sunsets are for skinny dipping. Third, we are literally the only people here. This place is deserted. So no one will see the size of the dwarf down there." "Eat shìt." "Show us the little dwarf." "I hate you." He chuckles, getting on his feet. It doesn't take a lot of persuasion to make Damien jump into the water completely naked. "Truth or Dare, Dani." He says, swimming in the blue water. "Dare!" "Come join me in the water."

He told her, his breathing heavy. Katherine could sense his fear, his voice was not stable, his lips trembled and his eyes were darting from left to right, but she could tell he wanted to be brave and she appreciated his kindness, most people would want to hide, he reminded her of her best friend, Carlos, a lot. "Okay, if you say so." She took out her cell phone and turned on the torchlight and so did Celeb, and they began heading forward through the pathway, at each side were different trees and it was so dark, one can feel danger lurking there.

“If they’re out, and he leaves her behind, she won’t be as heavily guarded. It’ll give us the edge.” “Then we wait,” I said, my voice steady with resolve. My eyes fell to the photograph of Lillian lying on the table—her eyes full of fire, her smile haunting. “And when the time is right… we will free her.” ** Anastasia I straightened the moment the door opened, my posture stiffening with anticipation as Damien stepped out first. His head was held high, chin tilted upward in that proud, calculated way of his. Every line of his body radiated authority. His movements were smooth, disciplined, exuding the quiet confidence of someone who had been through hell and come out the other side untouched.

My heart ached thinking about her, alone, coughing, needing me. We drove for what felt like hours, and I lost track of time. My mind spinning with worry and fear. Then the gates appeared—tall, iron, and topped with spikes. They opened slowly, groaning like they were warning me. The house wasn’t a house. It was a fortress. Stone walls. Security cameras. Men with rifles, their faces hard and unfriendly. A wide driveway led to a sleek mansion with glass windows and sharp edges. When I stepped out, I felt small. Like a bug they could step on without feeling a thing. One wrong move, and I could be crushed without anyone caring.

The searing pain of the flames made thinking impossible. My hand was glued to the doorknob, pounding on the door, pleading with Silvia Brooks. "Silvia, please, stop. It hurts so much! Open the door, I'm begging you." Silvia's icy voice cut through the chaos, ringing in my ears. "Oh, Joanna–so high and mighty, so impressive, huh? You cost me my shot at being a lady of leisure. Now, while someone else is living the high life, you just want to drag me down with you, to waste away! You deserve what's coming to you!"

The day after I proposed to my fiancée, she sent me a message out of nowhere saying it was over. I called her over and over, frantic, but she hung up every time. I sent message after message, and she read every one without replying. I even went looking for her, but she was nowhere to be found. It was not until I collapsed onto the couch, completely drained and white as a sheet, that I finally saw a new social media post from her childhood friend. [Only Ellery would actually go through with it. She drew the dare to dump her fiancé cold—no explanation, nothing—and she really did it. Absolute legend!] I read it, then replied to her message: [Got it.]

"You must be the five winners from the town of Reden." "Yes." "Well then, welcome to Dauntless City. Here, you will learn how to be incapable of being intimidated, while also being fearless and brave. In this city you have to fear nothing, whoever feels fear, we will no longer be answer the fate of your life in this place. There's no way out in this city; death will be the only escape you have," We nodded together as the woman's lips formed into a grin. "Dauntless City is divided into three distinct factions; you'll know it after your aptitude test. Whatever the result is, that's where the faction you belong to. There will be a welcome celebration tonight where they will watch the five of yo

Four years of raising Zara alone, of running from nothing more dangerous than her own guilt and a check she hadn't wanted to cash, and she'd told herself somewhere in there that she'd become someone harder than this someone who didn't come apart at the edges just because a car had chased them down a mountain road and men had shot at a gas pump six feet from where she'd been standing. She wasn't that person. Not fully. Turned out four years of being brave alone in a quiet apartment with a toddler was a completely different kind of brave than this. That kind of brave was slow and invisible, built out of showing up every day for someone smaller than you who needed you to be steady. This kind of