Every Breath You Take Novels & Stories

His breath stank of cigarettes. "Let me go!" I gagged, struggling hard. The next second, the guy flew two feet back, passing out with a grunt. A familiar, cool scent hit me as someone helped me up. I looked up to see a handsome face, and tears poured out. "You left the party early," he said, his voice deep and soothing. "I got worried and checked the surveillance. I'm sorry I'm late."

Maya forgot how to breathe. Her fingers clenched the railing in front of her. She wasn’t some die-hard fan, wasn’t one to fall for a pretty face—except this wasn’t just a face. This was him, whatever he was. And in the flood of lights and chaos, with his guitar howling like a beast, he was simply hard not to look at. The crowd surged forward like a wave, arms up, voices screaming, reaching—desperate to touch even a thread of the legend standing above them. Maya was snapped out of her daze at the sudden push. She turned to see the girl next to her looking close to passing out.

Darkness, breath, temperature. Emma woke up from unconsciousness. Before her eyes were a dark space, she panicked. Her mind seemed to have lost consciousness, slight dizziness causing her to wince in pain. Gradually, Emma adjusted to the darkness around her. Her consciousness had begun to recover. She was probably sitting in a large cargo van, like a container used to transport export goods. She could hear the rustle of the wind against the branches of the trees, surrounded by perhaps only this freighter on the road.

“I lоvе the wау уоu look аt mе here, іt tаkеѕ my breath аwау.” A ѕmіlе touched his lips and his thumb bruѕhеd lіghtlу against mу ѕkіn. “Iz, I lооk аt уоu thаt way аll thе time, you аlwауѕ tаkе my breath аwау.” “I dо?” I аѕkеd surprised.

I hiccuped while sobbing and the apprehension of getting rejected was making it completely unbearable for me to breathe now. “Shshhhhh sweetie. Breathe ! Breathe with me. Inhale, yes sweetheart, now hold your breath for 2 seconds and then exhale,” he instructed as he helped me synchronize my breaths with his. The exercise seemed trivial theoretically but it was immensely relieving when I did it. “Thank you,” I managed to murmur somehow as my throat parched dry due to the excessive Niagara Falls I had just shed from my eyes.

Breathe in one two three four five Breathe out one two three four five Breathe in one two three four five Breathe out one two three four five Breathe in one two three four five Breathe out one two three four five

There was not even a difference to pull them apart. “Get your act together. That can’t be your Ruby! She’s dead and gone for good. Remember why you’re here. You’re to defeat them all and get this contract. Failure to do that and you’re definitely going bankrupt!” Ad voice rang in my head but I was too distracted to even listen to it, but it wouldn’t give up.

"I'm here for what you owe me. Do you know what that is, Ves?" I stared at him, my nails digging into the tiles as tears trailed down my cheek. I couldn't speak. He smiled, his face inching closer, his breath warm and venomous against my lips. "It's the breath you take, Ves. Your life is mine".

INDEED BEAUTIFUL! Breathe in… Breathe out… Everything’s perfect like the fresh air I breathe! Breathe in… Breathe out… I love myself! I love everyone! I love everything around me! Breathe in… Breathe out… I’m kind, alert, enthusiastic and most of all! I am beautiful! Breathe in… Breathe out… I close my eyes. I praise and thank you Almighty Father for this wonderful day. Please guide me…

Kane commands. Whatever it is I just took steals my breath, and blisters my throat as I swallow it. Gods, this can’t be right. Nothing that hurts this much to ingest can be good for the baby or me. I start to cry without making a sound, my chest heaving as I try to take in huge gulps of air. ***