Epilogue Young Forever Novels & Stories

His fountain pen moved with a rhythmic, scratching sound that was the literal heartbeat of their world. "An epilogue is a dangerous thing, Lyra Thorne," the Author said, his voice sounding like the wind through the pines of a thousand years ago. "It’s where the 'Reader' expects the 'Lesson' to be summarized. It’s where the 'Ache' is supposed to be put to rest. By coming here, you have 'Re-opened' the wound."

It felt just like five years ago, when Penelope and I had just gotten together and gone on a trip to Redstone Flats. We got lost out there and walked for a full day and night. It was completely silent, not a sound anywhere. Back then, I held Penelope's hand, and she signed that if we died together, it wouldn't be a bad ending for our love. She always told me love should last until death. But now, our love was already dead, and we had finally reached the end. - After I got home, my whole body went limp, and I collapsed onto the bed.

The future stretched endlessly before them—not perfect, not easy, but beautiful. Together. Always together. And so, the story that had begun with a lonely girl and a dangerous stranger arrived at its final page. Not with the hollow sting of tragedy, and not with the bitterness of loss, but with the greatest, most profound victory of all: A life well lived. A love that endured. A family that grew. A forever earned. As the night embraced the world, the Dream continued. Forever. THE END ❤️ Midnight Between Us By Josephine

Flashbacks, 2011... 11 years earlier "The most beautiful thing in our hearts about young love, is the truth in our hearts that it would last forever ~ ATTICUS ~ "Would you come to the shop later today Maddie?" Looking up at him shyly, Madison gave a small smile as she nodded gently. Anytime he called her Maddie, she always got weak to the core, and his husky deep voice did things to her inside. Oh, if he would just kiss her now... She wondered, biting her lips, looking up at him shyly, her eyes blinking softly trying not to meet his gaze but she failed.

That is the promise I will never forget. THE END

No one will ever come between them again, ever again! THE END

Forever… TRUE LOVE CONQUERS ALL… THE END OF PART ONE!

"Okay, don't go back too soon. You could spend all of Grandpa's money there." "But—" He grumbled, knowing the phone session had been unilaterally ended by his grandfather. Lionel hit the steering wheel without caring about Belle's response. "Why does that man have so many wishes? How am I supposed to move on after this, huh?" ***