Endless Paths Level 8 Novels & Stories

"I was wrong, Yvonne. Never trust a man." Moonlight cast an ethereal glow on her face. The sound of the waves crashing against the shore was loud in the quiet night. I didn't know what was going on, but my heart felt heavy for some reason. A long, long time later, Mom threw her phone into the sea. Then, she gave me ten dollars. Grabbing my shoulders, she said, "Yvonne, can you go and get me a bottle of water? Don't tell anyone I'm here, alright? If you do, you won't see me again!"

"Everybody keeps talking about the First Path." Then at the Guardian. "The source." Then at Evelyn. "The old roads." Then at Varis. "The map." She crossed her arms. "What exactly are we looking for?" The room fell silent. Again. Althea narrowed her eyes. Dangerously. The Guardian sighed. The sound carried centuries of exhaustion. Then he finally answered. "The First Path is not a road." That got everyone's attention. He looked toward the maps. "It's a doorway." Silence. Then: "What?"

My heart beat tremendously as I tried to catch my breathe and my hand rested on my chest in an attempt to stop my racing heart. “What next?” I searched my brain as I stared at the three pathways staring right back at me with only one being the way of this place, “go through the third pathway” I recalled the maid words. “the third pathway” I took calculated steps towards the pathway but this time I was silent and walked with ease. I was tired from my last race and just needed some time to catch my breathe. “it doesn’t end” I muttered after some minutes of endless steps. “who builds such a big house?” I was exploding, “and too bad I have to go through the secret pass for I would have been out

EVERY PATH EVENTUALLY ENDS IN EMPTINESS. But Cole and Lila knew better. They had seen the paths that branched into endless possibilities, the choices that created new choices, the lives that touched other lives and made more life possible. “You’re wrong,” they said together, their voice echoing through every door, every world, every moment. “Choice is endless. Paths are infinite. Emptiness is just one choice among many—and no one has to take it.”

* Arlene's new message read. *You're welcome.* I tugged my phone back into my pants pocket and left the garden. It took me a lot from my exhausted energy on having to walk all the way back to the front door of the house. I knocked on the door gently. There was no response on time so I went for another knock. No one answered me again. I knocked for a number of times before I started to hear the footsteps of someone walking towards the door since the sound was getting closer. I knocked again, just in car the person wasn't coming to open the door for me but to do something else.

Only one path left. Through.

Attempting to jump from the eighth floor would be nothing short of suicide. I walked back into the room and slumped onto the bed. "Close the windows and keep the blinds locked," I ordered, and Zora immediately complied. "Zora, aside from the main entrance gates, is there any secret path out of the camp?" I asked. The system beeped, and a few lines appeared on the screen for a moment before Zora began to draw a map for me. "Yes, Talon, there is a secret path by the riverbank that leads straight to a large forest not far away. But why are you asking?" Zora inquired.

no longer fabric—at least, not where it was. It was utility now: a hallway shrouded in decades of memories stitched together, some so worn that they'd almost vanished. Volunteers were adding new memory-squares to the bottom rows. Today's subject: beginnings. Elira moved quietly among them. One square contained a river in movement, made entirely from scavenged plastic. Another contained the footprint of a baby's foot, made in mud and covered with laminate. "Yours?" Caelan asked a boy running his finger along the corner of a black square sewn with white stars. "Not yet," said the boy. "But soon. When I've finished remembering." --- 1:34 PM — Sector E, Lanternrest Path The Path was dotted with

"It is time for us to leave." "Among the six paths, the Hungry Ghost Path has been opened. The Hell Path and the Asura Path seem to show signs of revival. Unfortunately, we can't find any traces of them. The Heaven Path is not visible, and the Human Path is remote. Next, our attention can only be focused on the Beast Path. This is the only one of the six paths that we can find at present." "I hope everything on that immortal ancient scroll is real. The Beast Path will be as easy to open as the Hungry Ghost Path."