Home Again A Novel Novels & Stories

"Stop being so stubborn. Do you have any idea how few abducted children ever actually make it back to their parents? You should be grateful that you returned to a family that puts food on your table and a roof over your head. What more could you possibly want from us?" The back of my scalded hand was still raw, the blisters weeping and bleeding, but neither of them cared. They genuinely believed they had already bestowed the ultimate act of charity upon me just by letting me come home to them. But they were the ones who had lost me at the amusement park 18 years ago. Everything Stephanie had should have been mine. I let out a long, slow breath, letting go of the heavy weight in my chest. "I

Two days before New Year's Eve, I was finally discharged from the hospital. The moment I got home, a wave of familiar, comforting warmth washed over me. The house had been thoroughly cleaned. The carpet Linda had ruined was gone, replaced with a new one. Every surface had been wiped spotless, and the air carried the faint citrus scent of my favorite diffuser. Busy at work in the kitchen was a very familiar figure. "Clary, you're home!" Patricia came hurrying out with her apron still on and a spatula in hand, her eyes red-rimmed.

Claire—whose presence was like a scalpel pressed to every old scar, cutting me open and healing me in ways I hadn’t thought possible. I stood by the suite’s broad window inside the newly opened Agyis Hotel, watching the city lights bleed against the glass. The hum of muted laughter, the rhythm of footsteps in distant hallways, the faint smell of polished oak—all of it belonged to the sanctuary Henry had helped me build after everything crumbled. Yet my chest felt heavy. Because no matter how pristine, no matter how well-guarded, this hotel wasn’t home. Home lay across the sea, where the ghosts of England waited.

Will especially looks in very bad shape. I really came back. Suddenly, a huge wave of tears burst in me. The barrier I was holding to maintain a strong profile suddenly collapsed. "Zia" Will's caring voice... Made me fall down on the ground and immediately start crying. Will hugged me warmly and firmly with his strong arms. "Let's go home," He said with a small smile, moving his hand to the front for me to hold it. My body reacted faster than my brain and caught his hand. We came back to eh house on the top of a mountain and the edge of a cliff. This is the best home I can ever ask for. It is dusty and messy on the inside. This home is the most luxurious home of any other jewel-filled home I

No matter what, since heaven had given me a second chance at life, I absolutely could not allow the tragedy of my previous life to repeat itself. I returned to the bedroom and began ordering small home surveillance cameras online. In my previous life, when Megan first came to work in our home as a housekeeper, I had wanted to install cameras, but Daniel felt it would be disrespectful to someone living under our roof. Thinking back on it now, it was precisely because of our kindness that we had walked step by step into her trap.

"She only woke up when I arrived. So, while I waited, I looked around the house, all the way to the back." "All the way to the back?" "Yes. You remember, when we were little, we loved exploring, going into abandoned houses and gardens. I guess my sense of adventure never goes away." "But the door must be locked, right? We still won't be able to get in." Janus grinned. "The door is quite old, and the lock is broken. Just a little push will open it. They must feel safe, so they never check there, since the door faces the river."

And home isn't a place or a pack or even a person. Home is this feeling—this peace, this certainty, this love that asks for nothing but gives everything. Diego's hand finds mine, our fingers intertwining. "Ready to head back?" he asks. I look around at my family, my pack, my past. All of it is finally at peace. "Yeah," I say softly. "I'm ready." We walk away from the bonfire together, toward our future, and I don't look back. I don't need to. Everything I need is right beside me. ***The End***

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Julia The traffic picks up as we get further downtown, but it's still not long before Riley announces that we are home. Home, not his home, just home, and I am not sure what to make of it. This is his home, not ours... wait, this is the Royal Towers Hotel. It's one of the biggest buildings downtown and one of the most expensive. Only the richest of the rich stay here because of the stinkingly high price tag. What are we doing here? This can't be where he lives, surely.

Jenna's P.O.V. 6 months later The sun streamed through the big windows of the kitchen, overlooking the backyard and the woods in the distance, casting a warm glow across the hardwood floors of Gran’s old house, or as we now said; our house. It was a bittersweet morning, one that marked the ending of one chapter, and the beginning of a whole new chapter in Adam’s and my life. Today was official moving day, and we were finally ready to call this place our home.