Guide To Freedom Novels & Stories

"Ma'am, can I help you with something?" The hunky guy I was ogling discreetly covered his goods. Not wanting to creep anyone out, I smiled politely. "Oh, nothing. Just enjoying the view. I'm not actually going in." Realizing I shouldn't push my luck, I reluctantly went into the gym. Thirty minutes later, I stumbled out of the gym, wheezing and grumbling as I headed home. "What a ripoff! Pay a fortune and they won't even let you touch!"

“Yes please, some water if you can.” She looked as the maid left the room and wondered, how many more would try to sell out their leader. A leader who has given up everything for his people. It baffled her that there were people out there who would do anything for fortune. It was not as if you could take it with you one day when you die. She was happy that they had come out of this alive, things could have taken a turn for the worse. The right time the right place. It is amazing how quickly you respond when you are in danger, depending on the person. With her, it felt like she all of a sudden would see an escape, and a plan would come together in less than a second.

“Let me guess, your freedom? Should it come to that, I'd humbly decline." "This help I offer for free,” she tells me. "I taught you to think of the consequences before bargaining, and as usual you've neglected my advice, Chaos is not a man, he is an entity of creation itself, you cannot begin to fathom what madness and horror will follow in his wake, freedom will be the last thing any of us have, especially you, his host.”

How can they really believe all this crap? "This is crazy," I say again to convince them not to listen, and Ms. Cummings has the audacity to sigh at me like I am the crazy one. "Signing these papers saves you. Believe it or don't believe it. You should sign and find out if I am lying. You won't lose anything if I am lying," she says and my mouth snaps shut. She is right. What do I have to lose? The only thing waiting for me is a lonely death back at the hospital. If this is real... and that is a hard if, I will be liberated from my loneliness. I will be saved and given a new life.

Instead, it left me… unsteady. Because I had liked it. I’d always believed being invisible was the same thing as being free. Tonight had proven how wrong that was. Freedom, it turned out, wasn’t the absence of attention. It was choosing when to step into it—and knowing I could step back out again if I needed to.

I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him back with passion. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a lone figure across the street through the snow. Julian. He watched us, eyes red. In the end, he turned and disappeared into the storm. Maybe he finally understood. The little girl who once needed rescue had grown strong enough and never needed him again—she had found her true freedom.

“Now we have gotten your materials, get to work. If you are truly interested in your freedom, you should take this seriously. It’s simple. Seduce him. Get pregnant. Born my heir. Freedom.” It’s not like I had a choice. This was my only way out. And I had to do it efficiently, I had to put my all. Even if it burned me in the process.

I reached out to embrace him before saying, "Thank you." Julian was different from Hayden. He didn't choose to have me cooped up at home; instead, he offered me the choice of joining the workforce. It had been some time since I was out and about in society, and I was at a loss. "How about you be my assistant?" Julian suggested. "I happen to have a vacancy in my company. I'd feel safer about it, too." I considered his offer and accepted it. The next day, I followed him to work.

During the helicopter ride back, I remained silent. According to the instructions in that strange text, I just had to continue living a numb, obedient existence for two more days, and then I would die. It promised to reward me with a second life, and honestly, that wasn’t that hard. I had held on for so long. Waiting two more days until my death made no difference. The moment we stepped off the helicopter, a slender figure stood in the way of the exit. The fake heiress, Vanessa York, sized me up.

Judy was scared. She knew Lawson could do it, so she covered Samson's mouth and did not have the courage to let him continue. She feared she might not even be able to keep the life she had now. After Judy left with the pup, the scandal spread through the pack. The Beta, who had never been very loyal to Lawson to begin with, started using it to win over other warriors. Lawson waited at the church for an entire day. I did not appear. That day was enough to break him down and make him fully realize I had truly left.