Midnight Run Book Novels & Stories

KAYA Naya came to me after the first break when I was drinking water out of my leaking water bottle. Damn Naya. “Hey, it really broke. You'll have to get another one.” “Sure.. what's going on? Is everything okay?" She laughed. ”Yes sure.. I actually just wanted to ask you if you wanted to join us for our midnight run. It's going to be a full moon tomorrow and we like running then because that's when adrenaline pumps the most.”

“Thank you so much for telling us.” As the others talk, Laila deftly changing the subject to discuss the spice collection we got her, I conjure a big book that explains all sorts of issues like monthly cycles, how babies are made, male and female biology, relationships – all that. It’s the same book my mom gave me as a girl and which I think Midnight probably desperately needs to read. “What’s that?” Midnight asks, leaning forward to peer at the book as I slip it into a very pretty sparkly purple backpack that I think she’ll like.

I nodded, feeling as if I might faint when the wolf took one slow step toward the water. My heart hammered against my ribs as I tried to make myself as small and still as possible. Every instinct screamed at me to run, but Cerus had told me not to move. So I didn’t. The wolf lowered its head, its eyes never leaving mine. I shifted my weight, my foot sliding against a smooth rock under the water. I felt myself falling, my foot sliding out from underneath me. I stumbled backward, water splashing around me as I fell. I came up choking, gasping as I tried to find my footing. My heart was pounding so violently I could barely hear anything over it. Water streamed down my face, blurring my vision a

I had spent the last 30 minutes banging at the door yet no response. I was not convinced that my stepmom and stepsister are already asleep. as I walked away shivering in the cold and rubbing my arm, I decided that there was only one place I could go. and so I decided to run. It was late in the night, almost midnight and the streets were empty. The Pack was asleep. no one was going to open the doors for me unless the doors were never closed to begin with. it didn't take me long to reach the pack house that was. there was a girl standing at the entrance and when he saw me he got up immediately and blocked the door.

I was out. But being out didn't mean I was safe. I remembered the last time I tried to run—I didn't get far. The grounds were huge, and I knew the guards were everywhere. I stayed in the shadows, hugging the side of the house. Every time my sneakers crunched on the stone, I flinched. Midnight. I checked the burner phone. 11:53 PM. Seven minutes to get to the gate. I started to run. I stayed low, sprinting across the grass.

“Where would we even find magnesium this late in the day?” “The book was sitting in a box full of magnesium disks.” “I don’t know about this,” Ray says. “This is too convenient.” “I agree,” Colin replies. “But we can’t afford to not do this. It might work just as the book says it does.” I close the book and sigh. “It won’t work without constant hot water. I can’t figure out how to do that. Just putting the metal in buckets won’t work for long.” “Ask Rita and Cassie,” Amber says. “They might know of something.”

Colin comes in, a wave of surprise hits me, but before I can say anything, Shawn follows him in. “You're here already, Eva.” Colin said, acknowledging me, a wide smile on his lips. “Not too long ago.” I replied, returning the smile. I sneak a glance at Shawn. He watched me like a hawk. Like he knew what I'd been doing. My eyes slowly stray to the big book, just to be sure I had actually closed it. The golden back rested heavily on the rest of the book, “The Codex Luporum” deeply engraved on it, you could pour water in it, and it'll sit comfortably.

I shook my head, too confused to speak. “Because the last time a lunar eclipse appeared here, something extraordinary happened. A bond formed between two wolves, marked by the moon herself. We call it "Midnight's Mark". It has not appeared in one hundred and twenty-three years. Most think it’s legend, but I saw it when I was young.” My mouth felt dry. “What kind of bond?” “The truest kind, a mate bond chosen by the Moon Goddess herself, marked on the skin at the eclipse’s peak. Those who bear it are destined for each other, their souls matched perfectly. Such bonds appear only when the pack needs them most.”

All I can hear is a ticking clock, but I don’t know where it is coming from. “Midnight is coming,” a voice whispers. “Run while you can.” She asks if I can hear that, but I’m not sure what to tell her. “I can, but where is it coming from? We are on a bridge in the middle of the woods.” Valeria holds me tighter. “Kendric, we have to find out what midnight means. There’s something behind it.” I wake with a jolt, unsure of what in the world just happened. Valeria stirs by my side, her eyes wide with panic. “Kendric, were you dreaming again? You mumbled something about midnight and were shouting my name at one point. What was it?”

After a restless night, Maddie was awake for good by six-ten a.m. She shrugged on her running gear, pulled her hair up, tucked the cabin key into the tiny pocket of her jogging suit, and set out for an early morning run. A low mist hovering delicately close to the water’s surface lent an air of mystery to her surroundings. Her footfalls echoing off the gravel trail were only some of the sounds she heard as she went along. Birdsong was in full swing as the landscape around her came awake.