Josh Dun Torchbearer Novels & Stories

There's always a silver lining if you look hard enough. Josh offered to remain behind and clear out the area they had spotted their first day in Bull Creek to ensure there would be nothing burning except the wood they intended to torch. Of course, Josh continued to mutter about what a stupid idea it was to have a giant blaze going during the hottest—and driest—part of the year, but Dimitri had grown used to his friend's grumbling over the years. Once Josh had a couple of beers in him, he'd chill out—in spirit if not in body—and see the fun in Dimitri's plan. At least, Dimitri hoped so. He really needed his friend to be on board with this idea and help him sell it to the others. Dimitri was c

Chapter 3: The Deep End The pool glowed with soft underwater lights late that night, the entire aquatic center empty and silent except for the gentle lap of water against the tiles as Coach Daniel Whitaker stood on the deck, arms crossed, watching Joshua Caldwell glide through the water with effortless power. The rest of the team had gone home hours ago, but Josh had asked for an extra session. Daniel knew he should have said no. He knew the risk was growing every single day. Yet here he was, heart pounding as the twenty one years old cut through the water like he owned it. Josh’s body moved with hypnotic grace, shoulders and back flexing, powerful legs kicking in perfect rhythm. Daniel’s ga

Chapter 5 - Secrets and Lies As Conall Augustus and the other torchbearers reached the dais, the Sun and Moon Academy hymn came to a close. Each torchbearer stood proudly in front of the flag of the team they were representing. The teacher who led the school hymn quietly stepped down from the podium, and the headmistress took her place.

“Nice ring; it looks expensive.’ Joshua is wearing a limited edition 24-carat gold ring with a dollar sign outlined with diamonds reflecting in the sun; underneath the ring, he has an MF tattoo. Joshua notices a Jacket of his which he had borrowed Winter. Darryn looks at Joshua and laughs, “You don’t know anything, do you? He walks around Joshua; your ex-girl used to be my girl, and now that you have lost her, she stays my girl.” Joshua clenches his fist, “you are making a big mistake; if you touch me, I will drop you, boy.” Darryn. He removes a chrome butterfly knife from his pocket and flicks it open.

“I didn’t know what else to do. So I asked for help in the ancient tongue.” The two goddesses looked at each other, shock clearly written on their faces. They also looked over at the tree then back at the three of us. “They brought you here?” “Made a portal, actually. We just stepped through. We had no idea where it was going.” Desmond moved closer to Ricky, and placed Xander in the arms of Ricky. He was shocked at first but his face melted as he held Xander. Desmond smiled, looking at him holding his son. I let Desmond take Zain from my arms as he placed a kiss on his forehead. I looked at my boys and my sons, capturing this moment in my heart and mind forever.

“With Jacob as my beta, I vow to be as great as an Alpha as my dad.” There was cheers around the crowd, louder than I anticipated but Colt had been doing Alpha duties for awhile now, it wasn’t that big of a change. I watched as Jacob lit the torch on fire and handed it over to Colt.

I see Clay sitting at the farthest end and I’m glad to see him. He came back last week and I’m so happy he’s recovered. Though, Ray asked him to go back and get some more rest. Kendall hands Ray the new VP cut, so he holds it up for us to see. Just the front though with the VP tag. “Your new VP is…” Ezra slips his hand into mine, and we watch with bated breaths as Ray flips the back of the jacket, “Shawn McClaren, AKA, Torch!” And he dons the jacket on Torch.