It's Not Night Novels & Stories

Ash shifts again, his paws moving away from their original places, but still keeping me pinned down. Snow continues to fall at a steady pace, the wind growing slightly and the sky becoming darker. A few minutes after the house lights up Mikki trots out of the forest with Tori, Ally, Vic and Carson with her. They pause at seeing us, but then trot over to the door where they shift and go inside, all murmuring.

“Hey, don’t bug him. He needs his rest.” “Whatever, sis.” Vince rolled his eyes on her and called Ryo. “Bro!” he said when the call connected. “Vince, what’s up?” Ryo’s perky voice tickled Ellie’s ears. Her heart somersaulted in her chest at the sound of his voice. “We’re crashing at Ellie’s tonight. Are you up for a game of Fortnite?” “Sure! Sure! Just call me. I’ll bring a friend along as well.” “Ryo, aren’t you supposed to be resting tonight? You have a long shoot.” Ellie could not help but interject.

Too close. I lay still for one more second. Then it hit me. What time is it? My eyes flew open. The whole night, I had not slept properly. I had stared at the ceiling for hours, with Millie's voice going round and round inside my head like a song that would not stop.

The night before our big offline meetup, my roommate took one look at my internet boyfriend's photo and declared it was a fake. "Using a stolen photo for an online romance? He's definitely insecure and too ugly to show his real face!" The next day, my boyfriend texted: [Sorry, something came up at the last minute. Can you wait half an hour?] I breathed a sigh of relief because I had just been notified about an exclusive expert lecture on campus. Word was, the speaker was an academic powerhouse, and the university had paid a fortune to secure him. I snagged a seat in the front row. But the moment I looked up at the podium, my stomach dropped. Why did this famous scholar look so much like

A smile curved across Frederick’s face as he watched them race ahead, “Look!” Stella gasped, skidding to a stop near the bushes. “A moth!” “What are moths doing here?” Nicholas asked, squinting. “Looking for food,” she replied confidently. “They’re nocturnal.” “What is nocturnal?” “It means creatures that do things at night.” Nicholas stepped closer to her, “So… are we nocturnal now?” Before she could answer, a tiny glowing dot drifted past them. “Fireflies!” they exclaimed in unison, chasing the soft lights with wonder.

Anne calls me. I looked at her. -Yes? "Tonight there is a full moon. And I hadn't thought of that. -Shit.

"I doubt you wouldn't catch any mosquitoes in it." I couldn't wait to get this whole operation done and over with. "So it's 'Get a Man or Get Laid' night in…' I paused. "When is the date?" I inquired inwardly hoping it was no time soon. Ann chuckled at my facial expression. "Sweetheart, it's tomorrow night." "Oh hell!"

“No. Goddess. Fuck. It has nothing to do with him…or you. I am just tired, sweetheart. If I spend the night with you, I won’t sleep, and I really, really need to get some rest. I haven’t had a decent night’s sleep since Friday.” “It’s Monday.” “That is my point.”

The Night Before That night, I lay awake, my mind racing with thoughts of tomorrow. Phoenix's words echoed in my mind: "Forever, my love." I smiled, feeling a sense of calm wash over me. Tomorrow, our bond would be sealed, our hearts eternally linked. I drifted off to sleep, visions of our future dancing through my mind.

That Night Copyright © K.I. Lynn This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. This work is copyrighted. All rights are reserved. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced, copied, scanned, stored in a retrieval system, recorded or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior written permission of the author.