Hopeless Series Novels & Stories

"No one is above mistakes. Now, we just need to look for a way to defeat Dhruv. Remember, I was also fooled. We used to be close, I saw him like my own best friend, yet I was oblivious to the fact that he was an imposter. Don't feel saddened over mistakes that anyone could have made. That's what makes us all humane. The moon goddess knows that, because she herself made us. She created us with flaws, imperfections, and with each mistake we're left with lessons to learn." Tears welled in my eyes, cascading down my cheeks. Hope. Hope. Hope. Hope, it seemed, was gradually becoming a futile notion. A fool's hope. "What's the next way forward now? Everything seems hopeless. Everyone in the kingdom

I didn't think. She grabbed Kade’s wrist this time. Not because she needed him. But because, for the first time in her life, she didn’t trust standing alone. He looked at her hand. Then at her face. Then said something that didn’t sound like comfort at all. “It’s going to get worse.” Hope swallowed hard. “I figured.” The creature stepped forward. And the night stopped pretending it was normal. The fracture in the sky pulsed again. Louder. Closer. Like it was breathing.And somewhere in the impossible space between one heartbeat and the next. Hope Daniels realized the game hadn’t ended at all. It had just changed fields.

Not weakness. Hope.

That entire day was pure torture. The moment I got off work at five, I rushed to Caleb's office. I was desperate for him, practically out of my mind with need. He kept me there for over three hours, using me thoroughly. Afterward, the fire inside me finally dimmed. He tossed me a pack of wipes to clean myself up again. Then, his phone rang, and he stepped out. I got dressed, ready to leave, when I noticed something on his computer screen. It looked like a medical report.