Hobbit The Unexpected Journey Novels & Stories

“I’m not letting you go alone. Not into cursed lands. Thane will go. You’ll have guards. We’ll do it your way—but not recklessly.” A small smile curled my lips. “Thank you.” He didn’t smile back. “Just promise me you’ll return.” “I promise,” I whispered. --- The journey to the Hollow took two days. Thick fog blanketed the road, and the horses were uneasy. I rode beside Thane, who remained stoic as always, but his eyes never stopped scanning the horizon. The Hollow wasn’t what I expected. It wasn’t a ruin or even a cave—it was a spiral stone pathway leading into the earth, as though the ground itself had coiled into a tunnel.

His eyes were a striking blue, and he had this strong, chiselled look about him—like something out of a dream. “Are you insane?” he said, his voice hard. “She’s drunk. You can’t just send her somewhere like that.” I blinked at him, trying to process his words. “Who are you?” “Someone who thinks you should go home before you get yourself into serious trouble.” “No! I don’t want to go home!” I whined. “I want to go... there.” I pointed vaguely toward the place the bartender had mentioned. He sighed, clearly frustrated. “You don’t even know what you’re getting into.”

Adam wasn’t sure if Alice would make it slow or quick, but he hoped it would be on the slower side. It took them a while to get back home. Sabrina’s screams still echoed in his head, and knowing that at least one problem had been dealt with improved his mood a little. Little did he know that everything was about to get much worse the moment he walked through the door. The four of them headed back to Adam’s mansion. As soon as they arrived, Sophia came down the stairs, saw the group, and noticed Samantha wasn’t with them. She felt a chill run down her spine and asked, fearing the worst:

Almost. Then, a scream ripped through the idyllic scene. A high, keening wail that sliced through the quiet like shattered glass. I slowly abandoned The Hobbit. From the safety of the porch door, I cautiously looked past my yard. My parents' house was nestled on the corner of two quiet residential streets, usually peaceful, so the ear-piercing cry rang like a bell of despair.

I had expected to crush any opposition in the Doba mountains, but it seemed Phil had taken most of his wolves with him. Involuntarily, my fingers moved to the embers of the cigarette and it burned me slightly. But, I only held it tighter, the pain from the embers didn't do justice to the sad feeling I was having in my heart. I felt a pang of disappointment. This expedition had yielded nothing but questions. Where was Phil? What was he planning? And how had Georgia escaped so easily? I had thought my plan was foolproof, but it seemed I had underestimated them. As I sat there, lost in thought, the door creaked open. I raised my head up to see Zebluk, the old seer, walk in. His eyes seemed to g

Still slumped inside. Out cold. Fuck. I jumped out before the engine even finished shutting down. The front door was open—wide like someone left in a rush. Or worse, never meant to leave it closed. “Anna!” I roared, the house swallowing the sound whole. I tore through the place like a storm, the scent of magic clinging to the walls. Bedroom. Bed. Blood pressure shot through my ears. Dawn. Unconscious. But alive. Anna wasn’t there. Ethan wasn’t there.

“Whatever. Don’t get in my way.” We haven’t even been here for five minutes and we come across a group of eight hob goblins heading in the direction of the farm. I increase my speed, heading directly for them. “Wait, let’s-” Eldon is saying something but the wind in my ears cuts him off. I land in the middle of the group just as three hobgoblin heads roll off and land on the ground with leaky thuds. My pressure blades still shimmer as if they only cut through paper.

Fortunately, she was great at her job. The Meridianam trip came and even though she knew that seeing Hayden Moreau was inevitable, she still hoped that she wouldn't. If only she could switch classes, or even switch schools, but that wouldn’t do because every move she makes will branch rumour after rumour and it will all lead to Hayden. “Welcome to Meridianam, you spoiled brats!” Leath wanted to cover her ears after hearing their history professor’s voice. Her anger for him seemed to reach the sky’s limit because even his very own breathing irritated her.

But that just proves the saying to expect the unexpected. Collin Oscar Cole is the most unexpected person to enter my life. I was pulled from my thoughts as my phone buzzed. Turning my head, I raised an eyebrow seeing Collin’s name on the caller id. “He’s home already?” I furrowed my brow picking up my phone. I realized it wasn’t that he got home quickly but that I’d spent lying here thinking about him for that long. Of course, he was already home. It’s cute that he was texting me when he got home.

One that simply marked the end of one chapter of our lives and the start of another. And the following week, the four of us took off on the road trip of a lifetime meandering our way up the East Coast and into New York. The trip included every stop we could find from the capital to the largest ball of yarn and the tiniest rocking chair. If there was a place of interest, we pulled over. We weren't in a hurry to get anywhere and had a blast on the open road—even when Neil got lost in a corn maze and scared in the World's Largest House of Mirrors. I had no idea a grown man could have such an aversion to clowns. It had taken us well over an hour to retrieve him from the tangled web of reflection