No Straight Roads: Eve Novels & Stories

Then he walked out of the room without looking back. ***** Vivi had been parked on the coast for five long, dead hours, and not a single soul had passed. The night had turned bitterly cold; fog rolled in off the water, thick and ghostly, muting every sound. She lifted the binoculars to her eyes for the seventeenth time, scanning the empty street under the sickly yellow streetlights. Nothing. She flipped open her pocket diary, ticked off another useless date, and stared at the running total—seventy-eight straight days of nothing. Her jaw tightened. She needed proof, and she needed it fast. Sitting around waiting for the police to grow a spine was a slow form of suicide.

No one ever takes that off ramp. I watch in disbelief as they get off at a road I'm not familiar with. I can see Eve's anxiety start to pick up as she realizes she made a fucking mistake. She doesn't know where she is and it's making her nervous. And it fucking should! This is not good! "Shit, hold on!" Ben growls. "There are no more cameras from this road," He explains.

Of course the Conjugate would send another lapdog to cleanup, the thought of Rowan's hands on her had him nearly over the edge, he had to it find her, nothing else mattered but finding her and hell before Rowan did. †† Nike Her mistresses thoughts flowed through her mind and her displeasure coursed through her leaving a bitter after tatste on her tongue. Another feeling wafted through her this time she could hear the Wraithe's moan of agony, the foolish creature had seriously thought it stood a chance at it's base level, luckily for it preparations were on it's way "Where the hell are we?!" Ven asked irritated by the rank smell of the dark tunnels where they'd found themselves

Elowen studied the map closely. "They're connected." Thin golden threads stretched between the circles. Not straight lines. Gentle curves. Like rivers finding one another. Caelum's eyes widened. "The roads..." He whispered. "They're coming back by themselves." Hope looked more closely. He was right. No one was building these new roads. No lantern was guiding them. No ancient magic was restoring them. People were traveling. Writing letters. Sharing seeds. Telling stories. Helping strangers. The roads were growing because hearts had remained connected.

This slightly calmed Tara. Lilith walked towards the middle. She slowly eyed everyone in there. She cleared her throat and straightened up. "I apologize to barge in here without any notice. As you see, I have been dealing with issues regarding our realm. I want this to be a safe place for everyone without having to worry about intruders. We have been living a peaceful life, away from the other races. However, I have been receiving signals that our portal is being passed through." she paused and her eyes landed on someone.

Eve turned around and saw that Dave's car was still following behind her. "Who's in your car?" Eve asked again, curious. "A friend," came Dave's short reply, still focused on the road ahead. "Vinestra people, too?" Eve asked again. She was curious. "No." Eve swallowed. If it wasn't Vinestra, it was even more dangerous for her. Oh my! How is this? What should she do? Eve thought anxiously. Panic began to creep into her heart as she saw the car head towards a deserted road. What if Dave had bad intentions towards her? She was the only girl and alone while Dave was with his male friend in the back. Oh my!

Then, at the intersection of Fifth and Main, it suddenly accelerated, closing the gap between us with terrifying speed. "Hang on," I said to Eve, pressing the accelerator to the floor. The sedan surged forward, weaving through traffic as the SUV gave chase. The boys were crying in the back seat, their tiny voices rising in panic. Eve twisted in her seat to comfort them, her voice low and soothing despite the chaos around us. "It is okay," she said. "Mama and Dada are here. We are going to keep you safe." The SUV swerved around a delivery truck and pulled alongside us. Through the tinted windows, I could see the silhouettes of two men, their faces obscured. One of them raised something dark a

"It wasn't supposed to notice you yet." A cold sensation crawled across Alina's skin. Notice her? Something enormous shifted somewhere beyond the darkness. The pressure doubled. The white ground beneath their feet cracked slightly. Then stopped. As though whatever was watching had lost interest. Evelyn visibly relaxed. "Good." Alina was beginning to hate that word. Before she could continue questioning her, the Archive suddenly exploded with light. A massive racetrack appeared. It materialized from nowhere..Silver roads. Floating turns. Impossible loops hanging in empty space..Thousands of kilometers of track stretched across the darkness.

“In command’s defense, I also avoid half-collapsed drainage routes when roads are easier.” Mrs. Carter did not look up. “That is because even the infected have more ambition than you.” “I contain myself for the good of others.” Evelyn looked down at the map again. The southern route was thin, partially erased by water damage and old folding creases. It left the overlook Road, dropped down through a service trail, and curved beneath a ridge before reaching the drainage line below Frostfang’s outer wall. It avoided the eastern gate entirely. It also avoided every major road large enough for the convoy.

Relatively speaking, anyway. Something told Eva that this was Dendrus. Or rather, what it would be if it hadn’t been absorbed by Godeater. Realizing that, she decided to put one foot in front of the other, and began walking. To where, she didn’t know. She simply let her instincts guide her. And over the course of minutes, or hours, or perhaps even an eternity, Eva walked across the surface of the war-torn planet. Wherever she went, she found that its surface had been completely marred by conflict.