One Day Book Review นิยาย & เรื่องราว

Anthony said, the last part in a hushed whisper. “How do you feel?” The man asked, not minding the looks on the boy's face that already explained to an extent, how he felt. “Horrible.” “Why is that?” Mr. Yugo asked as he got up from his seat and walked towards the cupboard, deciding to give the boy the book for the day by himself since the boy was already there. “Something different happened yesterday.” “Speak.” Mr. Yugo sat down again. He was holding the book in his hand. This book was different from the rest. It wasn’t old, the cover was red. The title was written in black, “Now that you brought us one.”

“That’s exactly right.” “The book is good,” he said. Simply. Certainly. “I read all of it. Not just the first fifty pages all of it. Two weeks ago, when you left it on the desk and went to meet David Osei and I had an hour.” He held my gaze. “I read it in one sitting. Which I don’t do. I’m not a one-sitting reader.” A pause. “It’s the truest thing I’ve read in years. Maybe ever.”

It was a message from Yoel, still saved under the contact name "Mr. Y" "I'm home. Today's burger was delicious. Good night, my dear examiner." I couldn't help smiling at the words "my dear examiner". That night, I slept more deeply than I had in ages, without a single dream to disturb me. As I stepped into the office the following morning, an unusual silence greeted me. Every pair of eyes seemed to lock onto me at once, as if guided by radar. There was shock, curiosity, scrutiny, and even a hint of impressed admiration.

What was working well and did not require attention. I read for an hour before bed. Not the translation. Not the institution documents. A novel. Something with no connection to the work at all. Dane fell asleep beside me before I finished the chapter. I put the book down. Felt the territory through the bond. The pack settled. The community in the buildings. The hall at the edge of the grounds. All of it. Mine. This was what I wanted to say about the ordinary days. They were full. Not dramatically. Just completely.

Hearing Chance care about that, made his heart beat race. This was something very normal, but this was something he never had in the past. If he wasn’t the one in control, what he wanted barely matters. The fact that Chance even considered this, how could Dr. Tyson not be moved by it? “I suppose… that’s true.” he mumbled. “I don’t mean to make you uncomfortable.” Chance added. “It’s just that… you’re really hot. I don’t wanna give up on us just yet.” “31 Days?” Dr. Tyson smirked.

I was so over this crap, I just wanted Charlie back in my arms, it was horrible with her being so far away “You are supposed to be my brother, do you not want to help me?” “It’s not that I don’t want to help, I just think we might be falling into a trap” Kayla comes quickly into the office carrying a large book, she looks flustered as she slams the open book down on the table sending bits of dust everywhere and making me cough. Kayla apologises and asks if we have heard about the one to rule them all. I look at Alexander and he looks just as puzzled as me “What do you mean the one to rule them all?”

I chirp giving her a wide smile. She doesn't respond, but simply looks away, turning pale. *** Days have passed since my shopping trip with my mother and today I'm spending the night with Miss Ann while mother works. Miss Ann is one of the nice ladies who work with mother. She watches me while mother works and will even tend to us when we are sick. I really like her! "Miss Ann, have you seen this book? It's one that mother got for me when we went out shopping. It's an old book on tactical warfare," I shout excitedly while practically shoving the book in her face.

Office Gray says, bowing slightly alongside his partner before they both walk back to their car. I stare once again at the once upon a time vibrant environment that is now clouded with smoke and darkness. A tired sigh escapes my lips when I realise that this may actually just be the beginning. I know it's weird but I just have this feeling that the worst is yet to come and the truth is, the thought of it alone scared me like nothing else.

He briefly states with a straight face. I stifle a groan and run a hand through my hair. “Thank you George” I said “You can take the day off then” I add and he nods. “Thank you sir” He mutters and turns around. This is going to be a long, long day. I had spent the entire afternoon with Stephanie, and I honestly got tired after the first hour. She was extremely quiet most of the time and had this aura around her that didn’t quite sit well with me.

My eyes moved back to the screen. No. It couldn't be. Then I saw the title. The book...That book. The one from the library. The one I found while waiting for Elara before our first meeting. I remembered picking it up. I remembered opening it. I remembered how disappointed I was when I realized it wasn't published. It was handwritten. Pages filled with ink. Like someone's personal diary. At the beginning, it was about two children. A little boy, a little girl. The girl always avoiding him. The boy always trying to get her attention. Until she realises he wasn't interested in her the way she'd thought. At the time, I thought it was boring. I didn't understand why someone would spend so much ti