Orphan Tear Novels & Stories

Feeling the warmth of her skin on mine, embracing the comfort of the simple gesture I nod my head. Facing away from their eyes I wipe a stray tear from mine. If they do have to move away, I hope it’s not far. I couldn’t bare it if I couldn’t at least see them twice a week. Steering my thoughts in a more useful direction. I elbowed the hell out of Marcus, hard enough I heard bones cracking under the force.

Orion's face is raw with sadness, his eyes slowly leaking as his hands over above my abdomen, trapped between the desire to hold me and the worry that he will hurt me if he does. "I felt my membrane tear, Orion," I gasp as I try to roll to a flat position on my back. "I..." how do I say this? How do I tell my mate that all of our babies may already be dead? "I'm not sure if any of them are..." "What can I do to help?" Orion stands a bit straighter, holding out his hand.

The money I had left was less than ten thousand naira after sending most of it to my mom. After cleaning my room and taking a bath, I felt empty. This wasn’t my body anymore, it felt foreign, like something had been stolen and could never be returned. As I stepped out of my room again, tears streamed down my face uncontrollably. I turned back and threw myself onto the bed, my knees hitting the floor. My body shook with agony. But no amount of tears could bring back who I was before. It was gone, and gone forever.

I’m happy he does, it’s just I don’t is all. “I know that look miss Savannah. One of my granddaughters is an Orphan. When she first came home and I made her some cocoa, I used to see that look quite often”. Wait… if she was an orphan… he sees the wheels turning. “Yes, my dear… not all families are linked by blood you know”.

Something irreversible. “Start with his hands,” I said coldly. Leandro didn’t hesitate. The crack of bone came sharp and sudden. Antonio’s scream followed. It was raw, tearing through the room as his finger bent the wrong way, skin splitting under pressure. I didn’t look. Not because I couldn’t. Because I didn’t need to.