I Was Already Gone Novels & Stories

I said. I looked up at him. "Us becoming mates was a transactional exchange from the start. Shouldn't you be relieved that it's ending?" These words sounded so sharp that they didn't sound like something I'd usually say. Ever since Hannah fell into her deep slumber, the gentle, obedient version of me seemed to have died together with her in that enclosure too. I stood up and opened the door. "Alpha Jack, please leave." After Jack left, I heard he went to a bar.

But in my heart, in the part of me that the storm couldn't freeze because it's already dead? I've already left. I'm just waiting for my body to catch up.

But I had already become a streak of light, disappearing over the horizon. In the last moment before I vanished, I said silently to myself: Goodbye. This time... it is my turn to protect you.

For seven years, I've been dating Celeste Monroe, a CEO who never keeps her promises. Every time we make plans, she's either late or doesn't show up at all. The first time, her newly hired male assistant, Grady Keller, lost an important contract. I waited at the restaurant until closing, had my food reheated three times, and never heard a word from her. The second time, Grady called to say he was lost. Celeste was already downstairs when she got the call, but I sat through the entire movie without ever seeing her. After that, whenever Celeste and I had plans alone, Grady would suddenly have some kind of emergency. She would disappear without a word, then laugh it off afterward and promise

On the day of our graduation trip, my girlfriend suddenly went silent for half an hour. I didn't hear from her until just before I went through security. "Nicholas, you go ahead and board. Blake and I got upgraded to first class at the last minute. You know his back isn't great. He'll be uncomfortable in economy." Blake Walker was my younger brother in name, and every trip was the same. Whether we flew or took the train, Tiffany Spencer always made sure he got a first-class or business-class seat, while I was left squeezed into economy or a regular train seat. Even our carefully planned trip to the northern coast had been changed to a beach resort in the south simply because Blake casua

I was about to be whole again and I couldn't wait. ***

Are they gone because of me? Definitely! They are gone because of me. This is all my fault. I.... I didn't stay by her like I had promised her. I made a promise to her, I told her I will always be by her side, I told her I will always support her but I didn't do any of that. I could remember the day I made this promise to her. Flashback

But it was too late; they had closed the door. "Please, don't go." I fell onto my knees as I cried. She is gone, that's all I can say. I was too late. Anna is gone.

My eyes scan the words. "Don't come looking for me. Nor my child. It's over." That's when I know that she's truly gone. To be continued…

For a time, I thought I could do it. As it turned out, I was wrong. I couldn't do it. "I'm not throwing a tantrum. I just don't love you anymore and don't want to be this close to you," I said. Colleen stared at me with a sinister look in her eyes. "Say that again." "I could say it ten times and it would still be the same. I don't love you anymore and want to keep my distance from you."