Nineteen Minutes Novels & Stories

Odessa must be endured, love and pleasure. “20 minutes, Yx. I'm already there by a chopper. ” Si Tiverius. “20 minutes is fucking long. Make it 10. ” "You mean, make it impossible?" "Yes." It’s breathtaking and no complaints say yes on the other line. "9 minutes."

Thane’s Pov 11: 48 pm I stared at my watch, my eyes burning from the effort not to blink. I tapped my finger impatiently against the dashboard, Two more minutes till midnight. I couldn’t sit still. I couldn’t breathe properly. Knowing that Andera, Timmy, and Tiffany were in there sliced through me like a blade Nine hours. Nine goddamn hours since that text turned my world inside out. Come on, come on, come on Midnight.

Larry, I'm giving you five minutes. Chief Wyatt shoved the phone in front of my face. "Five minutes? Fine. I'll wait right here for five minutes. And if you can't cough up something real by then, I'll treat this call as evidence of a threat against a public official. "When that happens, don't think I'll stop at your granddaughter—I'll come for you too!" Christine clapped her hands beside him. "Uncle Larry, you're so awesome!" She shot me a wink. "Julius, did you hear that? Five minutes—the countdown starts now."

On it was a single number—99. It was the number of times they had let me down over the years. Adrian frowned, unable to make sense of it. He tossed my diary onto the floor and ordered, "Stop writing this nonsense. Nina wants to eat the garlic shrimp you make. Go wash your hands and get downstairs. Consider it an apology for that snarky remark you made to her earlier." I only hummed in response before I got up and headed downstairs. Adrian was surprised that I didn't throw a tantrum. After all, every time my family asked me to make garlic shrimp, I would always cry and whine as if it were some huge injustice.

I stacked it on top of the other paper. I paused and let out a long sigh as I stared down at the stack of papers, rubbing my forehead. This was going to take a while. • • • After about three or four hours, I was finally able to close my laptop. I had finished everything, and out of all the papers I had to go through, I only signed two or three. I furrowed my eyebrows with doubt, unsure of whether or not I was too skeptical. I didn't want my father to shout at me; I've already had enough of that for the day. I shrugged as I ejected the flash drive and put it down, deciding to a wait for a couple of minutes before making my way downstairs and giving him the finished work. I jumped on my bed as

Then another text came through, carrying his usual unquestionable certainty. [Once I’m done handling this situation, we’ll have the wedding. I promise. Just wait for me a little longer, okay?] I stared at the message for half a minute before blocking his number and deleting every way he could contact me. As the plane took off, I watched the city slowly disappear beneath the clouds. I touched the scar on my face that hadn’t fully faded, then looked down at the bandages wrapped around my hands. There was no reluctance, only relief. Ninety-nine canceled weddings were enough.

Inez added. “Bring wine, too,” Cass pleads. “Okay, Cass, now this is brilliant. Inez giggled with excitement. Cassandra ended the call and quickly went back to her baking. Inez had allocated twenty minutes for Cassandra, but it all passed too quickly, and she wasn’t there yet. As she began to doubt, the doorbell went off and interrupted her thoughts.

“About the transfer to Seaview… I’d like to expedite it. Yes, I’m ready to go this week. I’ll start preparing everything right away.” After hanging up, I looked one last time at the framed photo of Annie and me on my desk before flipping it over. I had forgiven her ninety-nine times. This time—the hundredth time—I was finally choosing to let myself go.

“Come on, this is a joyous day! Mia, let’s wish the Alpha a happy birthday and a wonderful life together with his Luna.” Leonard’s voice was bright and loud, trying to ease the awkward atmosphere. When I stayed silent, he looked at me again over his glass and mouthed, “You can use a forgiveness coupon.” Back then, Leonard had asked me to be his Mate 98 times, and I had rejected him 98 times. I thought he would give up, but he summoned all the werewolves in the pack for the 99th time and got on his knees, swearing to the Moon Goddess,

Lihim naman akong natuwa. It’s effective! Nang mapabaling ang tingin niya kay Elian, masama na ang kanyang tingin. "1 minute." Parang labag pa iyon sa loob niya. "What the hell?" Hindi niya makapaniwala na tiningnan si Wyatt. "30 minutes, kuya!" Suhestyon naman ni Elian. "That's too long!" Reklamo ni Wyatt. Parang lahat na lang yata kinontra niya. "5 minutes will do."