O With Line Over It Novels & Stories

I have to remember that. When that promise echoed in my head, mas lalo pang sumikip ang dibdib ko dahil dito. Not because I found that ring with that initials kundi dahil sa hindi naman talaga O and F ang mga letrang 'yon. But it was actually D and F.. Maaaring nagkamali ako sa pagtanda sa mga letrang 'yon but its form, its design. It was the same as that ring.

I walked over to the long line of glass mirrors hanging above the perimeter sinks, my hands trembling as I reached down to fix the hem of my twisted skirt and pull my oversized sweater back down over my hips. I looked up at my reflection, my breath catching instantly in my throat. I reached down, my shaking fingers pulling the waistband of my skirt slightly to the side. Right there, forming directly over my pale hip bone, was a dark, deep purple mark. It was shaped perfectly by the heavy print of Leo's fingers, a brutal, undeniable brand burning into my skin where nobody else in this school would ever see it.

His hand brushing his knee for just a second before he straightens, grinning like nothing’s wrong. No one else seems to notice. The fans roar, the scoreboard lights up, and the cheer squad waves their pompoms in perfect rhythm. But I see it. I scribble a note in my margins: Reckless. Maybe I can work with that.

Ash’s fingers have joined his on her back and together they run over the intricate lines of the mark. It’s a cross of lines, like a plus sign but longer, with arrows on the ends of each line, with three small bisecting lines near the ends. A diamond over the centre of the cross and circles coming out from the central dot diagonally between the lines of the cross. And three sweeping curves that form a sort of triangle pointing down over the top of the diamond.

It’s like a really faint tattoo without the ink. I shut the water off so I can look at it closely. It’s an infinity mark with a single vertical band running around the middle, and two dots on both ends of the band.

Sarah said and he laughed. "Actually this is an abbreviation, there's a dot at the front of every later, It's L.I.O.N not lion." Aiden said. Sarah switched to the next photo and they stared at it curiously. "The word word LION is written vertically and in front of every letter are numbers." Sarah said. "N- 14, 15, 20, 15, 18, 1." Sarah copied the data from the image to a book. "What do you think Aiden?" She Asked.

XO ***

he added with a bow. I took the letter in surprise. Kevin could have sent a mindlink instead, I thought as I opened up the letter. It was written in fine ink. "Alpha of the Night Howlers," the heading said. I remained standing as I scanned the content of the letter. I ran towards the arched windows to take a peep at expanse. I saw nothing. The letter had read, "You look stunning in your outfit, Alpha. We could grab a drink sometime." I ordered the guards who'd sent the letter back,

On the front, written in neat handwriting, were four words: FOR DAMIAN LAWSON ONLY And beneath the words was the same symbol they had found in Father Michael's chapel— The circle. The three vertical lines. Samuel Okeke's mark.

Just before I passed out on the cold bathroom floor, I caught a glimpse of Jessica's latest post on her social feed. It was a photo of two hands tightly holding each other, and I recognized Zach's hand immediately. His left hand, where a ring should have been, was now marked only by a faint line. The caption read: "No matter where I am, I'll be there if you need me."