House With Good Bones Novels & Stories

He had crafted a three-year game of breaking bones and breaking hearts -- and in the end, the one whose pride was shattered, whose dignity was ground to dust, was himself. "Miss Holloway, it's cold out here. Please, get in the car." Pemberton held the door open for me with quiet deference. I pulled my gaze away. I didn't spare the dark shape at the end of the street another glance. I ducked into the warm, luxurious cabin. The door shut with a heavy thud. The black motorcade rolled over the fresh snow and carried on toward the gleaming heart of the city, leaving behind forever the legless beggar sobbing in the drifts.

With his voice lowered, he said, "If you have something to say, say it directly. Beating around the bush isn't your style." Daniel replied, "What I mean is, Kristen is already dead. So, whose bone marrow are you planning to use to save your sweetheart this time?"

long breath as I turn and walk through the door to our new room, unable to hide my smile at the smell of fresh paint. From the looks of the house, Nick's dad is renovating. But it looks like the heaviest part of the work is already done. Shiny hardwood floors downstairs, matching crown moldings in every room, granite countertops in the kitchen with all the stainless steel appliances, looking like new, and the black and glass cabinets that made my heart flutter a little. I had never lived in a place even close to this beautiful. For a construction worker, Aaron Browns wasn't a bad decorator. It's definitely a good house. A really cool place, actually. Not that it's a mansion—just a simple tw

Click Louisa was instantly amazed by the contents of Henry's house at this time. The style of the house is really classic and fun. Dominated by bone white color, and gray color in some locations. And Louisa was fascinated for a moment. She didn't even realize she was staring at Henry's house with her mouth slightly open. "Sit here, and I'll be right back," Henry said directing Louisa to sit at the dining table area.

It was getting dark and Bohdan wasn’t familiar with this part of the pit. “Let’s go then,” Bohdan said and the three headed off to the Mormon house. Fifty feet plus or minus a few yards didn’t take long to traverse and once they were beyond the trees, they could see the house easily. The first thing Bohdan noticed was how well the house was kept. Unlike the miner’s house, the Mormon’s house was clean on the outside, without cracks or damage. All the bricks that had fallen over the years had been patched back into place, and it looked like the outside had been painted in the last few years.

The only thing we have in common is blood. My shoulders are so tense when we pull up to the little yellow house on Aspen Avenue that I jerk the wheel when I try to steer into the driveway. I slide the gear into park, cracking my neck and rolling my shoulders, drawing deep breaths as I stare up at the house where my family resides. From the outside, you wouldn’t be able to tell what horrors lie within. It’s clean and well-kept, warm light spilling from the large windows. Deceptively inviting.

Inside, the broken greenhouse sat silent. Empty echoes lived there. Stretching out, the structure sat low, made of glass and chipped white metal, time wearing it down. Dirt layered thick on the windows, years piled up like dust. Through splits in the glass, vines forced their way in, thin branches clawing into the rooms. At the entrance, the attendant came to a halt, glancing at the house. Nothing left for him to do. Bones shook with each beat inside my chest. There would be no turning back now. A slow breath filled my lungs before the gate creaked forward. Footsteps followed cracked stone, leading straight to the glass-walled room ahead.

"Has someone been looking after it? It’s incredibly clean." Bane nodded, cutting a piece of meat with precision. "I own several houses and parcels of land across various pack territories. They are registered under dummy corporations. Each property has a designated housekeeper who is paid well to maintain the premises and ask zero questions." I nodded slowly, a profound sense of awe washing over me. He was incredibly resourceful. He didn't just have wealth; he had foresight. He had built a network of contingencies long before he ever needed them. The question of the murder burned on the tip of my tongue, but the words felt too heavy to voice directly. Instead, I opted for something safer. "Ho

The space the woman had made and maintained for forty years and left in good bones. “This house,” I said. “After everything is resolved. After the case and the hearing and all of it.” I looked at the meadow beyond the hedge. “Do you stay here?” He was quiet. “Do you want to stay here?” I said. He looked at the bench. “I bought it in February,” he said. “In the dead version. I saw the bones.” “I know,” I said. “You told me.” “I didn’t know then,” he said. “What it was going to become.” He looked at the enclosed space. “But I think I—” He stopped.

Either he had come to claim a soul from this household—Lana—or this was the clue I had been asking of the Goddess all along. Only one had to die to end it all—to stop him and prevent the others from coming forward. As I gripped the bone, I had an inkling that this was the answer. However, I had to confirm my suspicions. If he had left only a single bone, my theory was correct. But if there were more, they were earmarks of every death that had occurred in this house. Clutching the bone, I stood and made my way back to the basement door. I searched for the latch, unsure of how it had locked me in and barred everyone else out.