Quartet Night Quartet Night Novels & Stories

“My dear, it’s getting late. I need to quickly show her everything and then she has to meet Nelli before the party. Hurry now. Make sure everything is ready for the guests.” I watch as Mrs. Stillson sashays away into another room and Mr. Stillson’s attention rests on me once again. He steps to my side and takes my hand as he leads me through each room. Noticing that as we get to each room, he puts in a pass code in a keypad on the wall the hairs raise up yet again on the back of my neck. “The code for each room changes every night, but you will always be told in advance of them, so you don’t get stuck anywhere.”

That Night Copyright © K.I. Lynn This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. This work is copyrighted. All rights are reserved. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced, copied, scanned, stored in a retrieval system, recorded or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior written permission of the author.

His muscles flexed under his tight shirt and his jaw tightened. "Do you really believe that the only reason I keep you here is because of your parents? I am Damion Night I don't do anything for anyone unless it benefits me and my family. Think about that the next time you want to kill one of my guards and try and run away." With that he turned his back on me and stalked out of the basement.

unstoppable. “We will end her... tonight.”

“By the way, what happened last night? You didn’t tell me where you were, and that dinner scene… wow. It was pretty intense, don’t you think?” Scarlett sighed, once again feeling the weight of the stares and the tension from the night before. She looked at her friend, trying to put into words what she had felt, but even for her it was hard to explain. In a discreet corner near the trees at the edge of campus, Alex was surrounded by the members of his pack, with the leader standing in front of him, staring at him with a mix of frustration and anger. The others watched in silence, aware that this was a conversation that could change many things within the group.

Shrugging, I shook my head. Ikaris nodded, then glanced at the book. "Your parents were members of an ancient society known as Into the Night. They were a group of warriors hand-picked by the dark goddess herself to destroy all species. They were defeated by a group of warriors known as the Valerious, who joined forces with other vampires, witches, and werewolves. Together, they were able to contain the power that threatened to destroy everyone and everything," he paused for a moment before continuing.

"Hey, pretty lady." A male voice said, causing me to stare at the person who owns the voice. It's Christmas night, and the only thing that does happen during Christmas night around this area is for young single souls to match themselves up with any other single soul they find across the street. Well! I guess this is what I'm going to do. "Hi," Cornelia replied while trying not to behave annoyingly. "Hey. I'm Kenny Salvador. The guy who can give you a great time." The guy said, before disgustingly winking at me.

It was their special place. Lauren raced past the Imperial drive-in on the outskirts of town. They were showing a double feature—The Goonies and Cocoon. The wide lot was littered with rubbish from the night before—empty popcorn cups, candy wrappers, cigarette butts. Sometimes Lauren helped Mr. Harper, the owner, clean up the lot in exchange for $10 and a free ticket for her and Miranda to that night’s show, but she’d already seen The Goonies twice and Miranda said Cocoon was about old people so they never stayed for the second feature.

It is quite dangerous for young girls like them to commute late at night. Her eyes made a quick scan of the cafe. The small cafe only had four tables that accommodated four people each. Most of her dine-in clients were students from the nearby university. They are mostly groups of friends who wanted to hang out, or young couples who were dating. It did not take her long to see that there were two tables that were still occupied. A group of university girls occupied the first table. The girls would from time to time giggle as they stone sneaky glance to the man sitting alone on the other table.

​"Leo..." ​The surrounding noise of the night seemed to fade into absolute silence. The muffled, heavy thud of the club music behind the metal doors, the groans of the four men bleeding out on the wet pavement, the quiet drip of rain falling off the brick walls—it all died away. The entire world shrank down to just the two of them standing under the flickering yellow streetlight. ​They simply stared at each other for a full, agonizing minute. Neither of them moved. Neither of them dared to breathe.