Luster Novels & Stories

I reached over for a scissor and that did the trick. There was a silver metal case inside the package and nothing else. Curious to find out more, I opened the metal case immediately. My eye blinked rapidly for a moment in a mix of surprise and confusion. There were only two things inside the metal case. One was a USB drive, and the other was a small handwritten note. I held the standard looking USB drive in my hand as I wondered why this thing was sent to me.

Stacy raised a brow as she asked, "Well, does your boss have some kind of Phobia of low equality or what?" Kat chuckled and nodded her head. "He certainly has OCD." She moved her hands around the room and said, "You can pretty much see everything is clean even though this room was never used even for once." Stacy scoffed. "Figured." And then she stretched her hands to Kat and said, "Hello, I am Stacy Cyrus." Kat took her hand and shook while she said, "Well, we know who you are." "We?" "Yeah, the moment your name came on the paper as an editor, we had to know about you." She said and Stacy nodded stiffly.

I pestered him, trying to get a word out of his mouth. "Good morning to you, Lorenzo," he replies, avoiding eye contact. I could sense something fishy in his eye movements and decided to ask what was going on. Kai is still ruminating when I come forward, making him gaze directly at my hips. Stealing a glance at me, he shrieks, moving away.

I crossed one of my leg over. "Welcome everyone to the black auction. We have pretty good items today so please enjoy. The first item. One of Lala-land's finest diamond. This diamond is also one of the rarest diamond in the world. The silver has been extinct and this is the last of its kind. It can cut through anything and projects bright light. This diamond is one of a kind. There's no other of it in the world. We will start the bidding at 3 million dollars." The person said.

The vibes of hatred that emitted from him, reached Lise only for her to close her eyes shut and exhaled lightly. Andreas looked down at the cripple in his arms. She was just a kid and this kid was the one who had now messed his plan up. But he was Andreas after all, he always had a plan B. “Fucking cunt.” He roared and Annalise’s body shook with tremors. Her heart was beating at an extremely fast rate, so much so, even Andreas felt it. Her ears began ringing and black dots began appearing in front of her eyes.

My hands shook as I clutched the edge of the counter, trying to anchor myself, trying to stop the dizziness that rose in waves. Time stretched unbearably. Dominic paced beside me, each step deliberate, each movement tight with tension. Liam sat rigidly on a bench nearby, unusually quiet, hands folded, eyes fixed on the floor. I could hear the distant whir of machines and the occasional muted conversation behind closed doors. Every sound was amplified in my chest, each one a reminder of the fragility of life.

Opening the bedroom door I see my beautiful mate lying on the bed fast asleep so I quietly take my shoes off and climb onto the bed behind her, as I'm about to snuggle into her back and hold her she wakes up and starts to jump away, "Please don't," I say tiredly She turns to look at me and must-see how tired I look, the scowl is quickly replaced with worry "Is everything ok?" "Well no, not really, I can't get hold of the pack and Lanna just had a vision, The wars started and there's nothing I can do and I'm soo tired," I say yawning.

The death threat email was still open on my laptop, mocking me while there was nothing I could do. I had tried to trace it using every program that my tech guy Marcus had provided me with but I met a wall. Whoever sent it knew how to cover their tracks. My vision blurred slightly and I gripped the side of my desk to steady myself. Now wasn't a good time because Lindsay was missing. I reached for my medication, the pills I kept hidden in my desk drawer then popped two in my mouth which I swallowed two dry. They'd keep me awake for a few more hours at least.

Josh’s plan was to sign, wait for her release, and then flee the country with her—using the secret funds he’d been stashing away. But the Loom was already three steps ahead of him. ________________ The ICU was not a room; it was a rhythmic, digital cage. For the woman lying in Bed 4, time had ceased to be a river and had become a series of disconnected pulses. Hiss. Click. Beep. The sounds were the only things keeping her anchored to a world that had tried to throw her away like refuse on the expressway. In the deep, foggy ,dark water of her coma, she wasn't a disturbance or a nobody. She was a mother.

it urged, like a whispered warning from an unseen ally. Clutching the note tightly, I felt a surge of uncertainty wash over me. Could I trust the words of a stranger, or was this just another cruel twist in the nightmare that had become my reality? As I wrestled with the decision to uncover the truth, I knew that whatever path I chose would lead to consequences beyond my imagination. But with each passing moment, the urge to unravel the mystery grew stronger, propelling me into a world of shadows and deceit, where the truth lay waiting to be revealed.