Of Mice & Men Feels Like Forever Novels & Stories

"Because we're doing that again. Many times. Starting in about ten minutes when I've recovered enough to worship you properly again." I laughed, joy and love and satisfaction all mixing together. "I might need more than ten minutes." "Take all the time you need." His hand stroked down my spine. "We have forever now. Literally forever." Forever. Two weeks ago, that word would have terrified me. Now, marked and bonded to Tyler, feeling his love through our connection, forever felt perfect. Even with Marcus's arrival looming. Even with threats still lurking. Even with uncertainty about the future. I had Tyler.

Frame after frame flashed by until it froze on Ruby in my pajamas, her arm linked with Kyle's. I'd been trapped in a cage named Kyle for six years, and I was finally stepping out. Maybe it was true that once you let go, it was easy to make peace in an instant. "Ma'am, the exit is this way." A flight attendant's gentle reminder snapped me out of my thoughts. After all those years building a company with Kyle, I'd almost traded away everything, including my dreams and my dignity. Six years of waiting and 27 days of pleading meant nothing compared to the day Ruby had moved in.

Softening his tone, he promised, "That would never happen. You're the only one I love." The pack members around them cooed. "Listen," said Murphy. He used to pursue Nina intensely and would do anything for her. "If Nina hadn't gone mute, you guys would've gotten together a long time ago! She wouldn't have needed to go through those five torturous years of treatment." His eyes glinted maliciously, "We should teach Zoreen her last lesson. Let her try a taste of getting her throat torn apart by a beast!" His pack members nodded, but Sebastian hesitated. He said, "Zoreen won't be able to stand it."

"It feels great. I'm thankful to call you mine and I couldn't ask for a better Dad for Gracie. I look forward to the day I'll officially be Mrs Vanessa Matthews." "I really love the sound of that. I can't wait either. I'm glad you're my other half. Thanks for coming into my life, thanks for trusting me even when no one did, thanks for walking in on me naked during our first encounter, thanks for giving our attraction a chance, thanks for loving me for who I really am and most importantly, thank you for agreeing to be Mine Forever. I've never felt this fulfilled. Thank you so much, Babe. I love you." He said.

It was a farewell for Azhea Kenchmark, the only human who lived with them. Choven smiled by their farewell howls. ...Azhea heard the pack's howl and she smiled as she continues walking away from the forest. She promised that she will keep the truth about them, protected and secretly, no matter what happened and she would pay them a visit in the future.

Or maybe she was just being too paranoid. On a night after dinner, a few months after the incident, Alex and Claire sat on a simple sofa while listening to classical music coming from the gramophone in Alex's study. The man appeared to be lost in thought and said, “I think, in this world, there will be things I can never obtain. No matter how hard I struggle.” Claire saw a look of sadness in Alex's eyes. “What is that?” Alex weakly looked at Claire, causing her heart to beat faster.

He let out a deep breath as though a heavy weight had finally been lifted off his chest, then stood up and left without another word. I remained dazed as I walked back "home" like a hollow shell. The air in this city felt thick and oppressive as I struggled to breathe. Even the wind blowing against my face was hot. This was not the home I had once dreamed of. After two years of living in this city, I never imagined it could feel so suffocating. Fortunately, this chapter was coming to an end. … It was late when Nicholas and Ashley returned, worn out from their day together. I stayed seated in the living room, waiting for them.

Endless. Forever.

The telling each other I love you a thousand times a day. None of it would last and she was well aware of it. The Americans would stay ten days. Their return flight was dated for Monday, and by Thursday night, there was only a little sand left in the upper half of the clock. That dawn, she watched Jim sleep with an old tune going round and round her head. A song her mother liked back when she was in high school. "Nothing lasts forever Don’t you tell me, my love That you don’t have the guts Because nothing lasts forever."

The sound of a man who knew exactly how much a secret was worth. “You took your time,” the voice said. Marrow. Hearing him was like feeling an old scar start to ache again. “I had to make sure you weren't a trap,” I said, my voice like iron. “Dead men don't usually send signals.” There was a short, dry sound that might have been a laugh. “In Black Tide,” Marrow said, “it’s the dead men who usually live the longest.” I leaned back, my eyes fixed on the screen even though there was no face to see. Marrow never showed himself, he was a shadow among shadows.