Hiding Places Book Novels & Stories

But then there was silence. I saw a big tree not far away from me, so I crawled over there with my meager belongings and hid behind it. My leg started to bleed really fast and that was when I saw that the gash was immensely deep and the pain I felt started to be real. I could not see much but I could make out the blood that was already all over the floor. Shit. The. I heard voices. They were near and they were talking. “Why would she be the only person not around now? And why is the alpha king making this mandatory?” One said. I clutched my hands to my chest in fear of being caught.

Alexis, leaning next to him, let out a dramatic sigh. "Oops," she said, wrapping her fingers through her hair. "Guess the secret's out." My gut churned. My own blood had betrayed me. Tad shrugged. "Hey, Sam, come on, don't be so dramatic. It's not like we had it figured you'd figure it out this way." Alexis snorted. "But come on, I knew you'd be back here again. Dracula's little mistress, selling herself out like some loser." The words hurt.

This was my haven, a secret space where no one could find me—away from everything, from the pressures of my role, from the expectations that weighed on me. In my hands, I held the book I had stolen from the secret library. It was bound in dark leather, and its pages crackled with age. I had barely managed to slip it from its hidden resting place without anyone noticing, and now I was finally going to read it. The title was unassuming, but the stories it held, the knowledge it promised, stirred something deep within me.

“Follow me, Valentin. But do not speak of this until we reach the destination. We cannot risk being overheard.” Valentin could follow his queen’s direction and nodded. Though, as he fell into step behind her, he wondered just who her unwelcomed guest could be. He had a few ideas, but none of them were very good. He followed his queen done the stairs of the oldest building on campus to the hidden tunnels very few knew weaved underneath. Following the corridors, we reached a room that was being guarded by four men. As Queen Victoria approached, they stepped to the side, allowing her, and thereby Valentin, entrance.

I felt like my heart was already in my throat because of nervousness. I let out a deep breath to calm myself but it didn't help especially when I saw him walking towards me. "What are you hiding?" he asked as he tried to steal the lingerie that I was hiding behind my back. "What is it Love?" he asked. I didn't respond again, I just held it tightly but he did the same so I had no choice but to let go of it. I saw how his forehead creased as he stared at lacy undergarments. I saw how his adams apple moved when he swallowed hard.

But after leaving with a pack of wolves and fighting for my life for months, secrecy and privacy became a necessity, a significant part of my family. I didn’t want to live in the big city, so I packed at a small town that I’d never heard of and still couldn’t remember its name. The good thing about small towns, everyone knew everyone and strangers would stick out like raw thumbs. I hadn’t unpacked the one bag I had lest I needed to make a quick getaway. My plan was to keep to myself. I wasn’t going to be chummy with the locals but I also wasn’t going to be conspicuous and be easily singled out.

She slowly steps inside, no trace of Merfoy even his shadow. “Hello? Merfoy? Why is it so dark in here?” she said lowering her voice. She suddenly heard a loud thud in the right corner, it was from the bookshelf. It was so dark that she can’t see a single thing. She step into a book and picked it up. “Is this Merfoy’s magic book?” she thought as she opened it, it suddenly produced a light that struck her eyes and lit the corner where she is standing. The pages moved on their own as it suddenly stops, she read what was written on the page.

Taz turn on a small torchlight which he had taken along with him before sneaking inside the sacred library. Every book in the library was about the blood moon beast. Despite the alikeness of all the books, there was a particular one that caught Taz's attention. It was a grey book with ancient inscriptions. He pulled it out, dusted it and hid it inside his garment and hurried out of the hidden room. Unknown to Taz, as he walked out of the room through the secret door and out of the library, the secret room disappeared and there was no secret library there anymore.

It appeared the crescent moon was hiding on its highest watchtower. The king held the shoulders of his companions, and they disappeared. They emerged near the colossal palace, hiding beside the wall beside a portcullis. “This place is creepy,” Branigan murmured while his eyes moved around. The guards positioned nearby were accompanied by a beast, and they were not looking friendly either. It would only take one wrong move; they would end up in that beast’s stomach. Airoh led them to the underground tunnel. It would give them the way to go to the palace’s library if they were lucky enough not to have an encounter with the enemies. But in this gamble, nothing would come easy.