Only When Its Us Novels & Stories

Only us. Our family.

Just our time. ......

"Just one date." "Just one."

“Just ignore what they said OKAY?” “Sure, no worries hehe” Wayne replied. “Where are going? Can you answer it now?” she asked. Wayne gave exciting smile, he pulled from his pockets and grabbed on something, he revealed a piece of card, “Sollumn?” April read it aloud but she didn’t understand what it meant.

Confused, I asked, "Go where? I don't understand why you're reacting this way." Jared hesitated for a moment before replying, "That four-letter word is not something I'm comfortable discussing." His words only piqued my curiosity further. "Why? What's wrong with love? It's a universal concept that everyone can relate to." He shook his head adamantly, his expression reflecting his disbelief. "It's not real... and I don't see the point in discussing something I don't believe in," Jared insisted. I furrowed my brow, trying to make sense of his stance.

Unavailable means he plays nice with them but there was no strings attached. Levi admitted he’s young and sexually active but his future was more important. He wants to make his grandmother and his best friend proud. The two are the one family he has. What is love anyway? He often reminded himself that. As long as he has the most important people in his life, I doesn’t need anyone else. *** "Did you hear?" Levi overheard one of his female classmates ask another in the classroom after lunch was over. "Hear what?" A classmate asked back. He wasn't one to eavesdrop to other people's conversation but the next thing he heard roused his curiosity.

"We don't have time for your carefulness. They're already moving pieces." "Then let them," I said. "Let them think they're winning. I'll gut them when they least expect it." Neither man appeared convinced by my statement. The room was dense with smoke and tension when my burner buzzed on the desk. I froze. Cathan glanced at it. "Who is it?" There was one blocked message on the screen. I opened it, and just ten words were displayed on the screen. The Elders meet tonight. You are not invited. The air thinned in that moment, and Cathan's face lost colour.

ANNA POV. Days later. The knock on the study door was firm, urgent—but not frantic. I lost a family and found another. I looked up from the small pile of books I had been flipping through, my heart already sensing the shift before the words even came. Jace stood and opened it. Two officers stepped in—Italian, but one was accompanied by a U.S. consulate official, sharp in a blue suit with the calm tone of someone trained to deliver life-altering news without flinching.