Run Into You Novels & Stories

Lower. Colder. Right out of my stomach. She found you. Run.

Talk about walking into the dragon's den. ***

She turned around and— Ran right into someone.

I don’t look back, I rushed off, heels clicking like gunshots against the marble floor, each step echoing run, run, run. Because how the hell do you sit at dinner with your boyfriend...when he's about to become your stepbrother?

And someone had scratched a word onto his door with a nail or a key. Just one word. RUN.

“Keep running.” In an instant, I’m moving, my hand wrapping around Ryu’s throat so that I can slam him against the ground beneath me. My breath is coming in slow puffs, my hand is trembling as I fight to not use enough strength to kill him, and my vision is growing blurry. “I’m only going to say this once.” I hiss through gritted teeth while Ryu stares up at me calmly. “I’ve spared you until this point because you and I are buddies, but if you dare say anything fucking unnecessary again, I won’t be so understanding.”

A shadow sharpened into flesh. Without another word... We ran.

In this quiet darkness, we listen to the fast-pacing march of clattering legs, building aggressive power in readiness to strike as soon as we perceive the threats’ breached our space. It grows louder, sounding like a sortie fleet is coming to subjugate the intruder that’s crashed into their territory. Without warning, something comes bounding out of the veil of the fog, projecting right into us. Runa moves quickly, missing by an inch as the big black bug splatters against the tree behind us. Runa sneers furiously, reverting to position and we see them. ‘Are they Crabs?’ I ask in a puzzled voice and Runa replies as she dauntlessly lunges forward, ‘Whatever they are, I’ll annihilate them all!’

I said in a harsh voice, the words Gunther had given me as a code, and he smirked. “He there waiting for yah, buddy.” His low guttural tone and his head gestured at the door. I entered without a word. Notice the two barbers who gave me a nasty look while cutting hair. Ahh... His man in disguise. I looked at the mirror reflection, seeing the long black coat I wore underneath the tailored suit and a black fedora. Then walking straight to the door where the man with the extensive body was standing. Giving me those threatening looks, I don’t give a shit. I am just here for what Gunther told me, hoping I could find out where she is.