Elsewhere Novels & Stories

Connie's pov My heart was still hammering against my ribs when we pulled apart, foreheads pressed together, breaths mingling in the dim light of Kyrian’s room. Tokyo hummed faintly through the window, distant car horns and neon glow filtering in like a reminder that the world outside this moment still existed. But right now, it felt miles away.

“That’s great news! Don’t forget me once you’ve made it big out there!” On the other hand, Nia was annoyed. “You’re going overseas? With your meager talents? Did you even ask me beforehand?!” She instantly killed the mood again. Thankfully, the elevator arrived at that exact moment, and Gordon and I quickly stepped inside. There were more people in the elevator, which spared our ears the lecture.

The older Liana immediately became alert. "What?" Kael placed the device on the table. A holographic map appeared. The Interworld. Then the old universe. Then the new universe. Then a fourth location. Liana frowned. "What's that?" Kael looked at her. "We don't know." Morvane leaned closer. "It's beyond the known structure." The older Liana stepped backward. "No." Liana looked at her. "What?" "Turn it off." Kael looked confused. "Why?" "Because that's where I came from."

My baby swerved too hard. He's one of them. I had nothing against guys who loved their bikes but it was just a tad weird. "So where is he?" Frank passed me a helmet. "Yes. He's in a neighboring town. A place called Esterview." "Let's go then." "Careful with the upholstery. I just washed it." He warned. Like I said with Boys and their bikes, inseparable. I wished I could scratch it to enrage him. *** Esterview was a small neighboring town close to Fayash. Looking at it, one would think it was a country town. Animals moving freely, Ladies cooking and Men drinking. A typical suburb.

My eyes widen when I saw a text message from Max. Max : Where are you? I chose to ignore that text, it's not worth it to text him back anyway. I looked up for a place with nature and just relaxing place to stay for a really quite long time before I get back to a crazy hectic work. I wanted to go somewhere for a few months, maybe like 2 or 3 months will be enough, I need to get away from everything for awhile. I'll just left everything here and go there with my money. I looked up at the internet and found Tennessee as a relaxing place, should I get there or should go somewhere far away like Brighton or London.

"Well because we might pick something up" "And... why else?" "Well there's erm well just up the road from the hard rock there's erm well err.." "Just spit it out, Lanna" Acre says M and M world" "What?" I say laughing #"Well oh come on boys its M and M world, you cant come to London and not go to M and M world" Lanna says with a big grin on her face "Ok fine but your buying dinner" I say before Acre adds "And you best be buying us some M and Ms"

I looked again at the countless stars that give life to the quiet of the night. “Alaric Delray . . . ” Out of all words I could possibly utter, it also surprised me why his name automatically came out from my lips. Is this the answer of my question? You ran away because you lost reasons to be here? Did you vanish because there are far better places in the universe you can live in?

Hope only leads to unrealistic expectations, and when reality comes it brutally pulls one down with the little bit of belief one so desirably clenched unto. Since she was his only bloodline Adriano had planned to use her like a chess piece, but he never expected her to be someone that could never be tamed. Kevin could not shake off the uneasy feeling that lingered in him, since Alice left. The more time passed the more uneasy he felt. “Kevin? Kevin? Why don’t you go take a walk outside?” Mr. Rodriguez asked. Kevin could only nod and walked out of the room. Standing outside Kevin called Alice. “Sorry, the caller you have dialed is not available at the moment please dial again later.” The auto

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the figure responded before the call disconnected. On the quiet street, Amy and Camellia walked slowly, enjoying the city’s refreshing breeze. Though it was only ten in the morning, the atmosphere felt more like four in the afternoon due to the desolate surroundings. Disliking the hush, Amy decided to break the stillness. “Cami, do you recall Bubbling Ass?” she asked, biting her lip as she struggled to suppress a laugh. “Amy!” Camellia exclaimed, giving her a sharp look.