Secret Garden Novels & Stories

Stephanie I wiped my forehead off. I was sweating bullets while I worked in my garden. It was early spring as I started working on my vegetable garden. I had already taken care of all my herbs and all of my flowers out front. I added new flowers every year and this was the first year that Adaline was able to help. She was digging tiny holes and putting a couple of seeds in each as I had taught her. A sudden earth shattering sound came from our main square. Church bells. How many times it rang is what the bells were letting us know. I stood there counting, a total of 16 times they rang.

Here, tucked away from prying eyes, was Alfie’s secret sanctuary. Tall, emerald-green hedgerows formed a secluded enclosure, offering a sense of intimacy and escape. The space, roughly the size of a small room, was a gardener’s haven. Cobbled stones formed the floor, while mismatched wooden boxes overflowing with vibrant flowers lined the perimeter. A weathered armchair, its cushions faded but inviting, sat nestled beneath a sprawling wisteria vine. A well-worn wooden bench offered another seating option, surrounded by terracotta pots overflowing with exotic ferns and trailing ivy.

he leaned in slowly to glance inside, but Connor was already pushing the door in, shifting it off it's hinges "Hello?' he called out loudly with his usual reserve, which was none. Koin rolled his eyes a bit but fallowed him in. The place was empty. No couch or chair. Just some dirty clothes and dishes in the kitchen. Was she..washing clothes in the sink? He was amazed to be in her space like this..where she lived but..there was nothing here, no pictures, no books. Just a bed and some blankets. He knew it was hers by the smell and he wandered into her bedroom tentatively, as if the wrong step in her empty home might upset her. That's when he noticed, the closet floor. a perfect square had bee

the Omega said. Surprise paralyzed me. My surprise turned into a pang of warm curiosity. “Thank you,” I said to the Omega, giving her a friendly smile, and turned to Aiden. “It seems my other mates are not on a tracking mission.” Aiden chuckled. “It seems not,” he said with amusement. “We wanted to surprise you. Come on.” We followed the path through the corridors, guided by the dim lights of antique lanterns. The Secret Garden of the Luna was a small gazebo hidden behind a rose hedge that only the Alfa family knew about.

Why was I feeling like a teenager once again? After the shower, I still couldn’t get myself calm as I liked, so I quickly went for a drive around my estate. I left Alexis in the care of the in-house nurse and two maids who I’d also employed following Penelope’s advice. I drove to the woods around the estate. The estate was situated at the edge of town and surrounded by uncultivated vegetation. It had been in my family for generations. I parked my car at my regular spot and made my way to my secret garden. I called it secret because I was probably the only one who knew of its existence.

Aslan announced, breaking her from her line of thought. She frowned, looking around the large clearing. "Please don't tell me you brought me all the way here to this," she groaned, gesturing at the clearing. He chuckled, moving towards a door which was obstructed by a tree. He pushed it open and walked in, revealing the most beautiful garden Najmah had ever seen. She gasped, walking right after him. "What is this place?" she queried, staring at the various flowers in the garden. "A secret garden," he grinned closing the door after him. "This is my second best hideout place."

The chandelier above swayed, glass whispering against itself. Dahlia’s eyes snapped to mine. “What the hell was that?” I shot to my feet, not bothering to answer. We bolted down the hallway, and I perceived the smell of strong magic, but it wasn’t like the magic that coursed through the corrupted creatures. This one was different. We burst through the back entrance and the scent pulled me toward the hidden door of the secret garden. The very one Lyra always snuck off to. The door stood wide open, and I prayed silently. “Please be her.”

He was stunned for a moment, thinking that his behaviour might have been too much. Kaluna walked quickly while bending her face that was wrapped in full make-up. She felt even more lied to by Ola's invitation to meeting. Unfortunately, Vivian's large house made it very difficult for Kaluna to find the exit. Several times she had encountered large pillars that ended in a large garden with a variety of ornamental plants that enlivened the eyes. Unfortunately, Kaluna's bad mood was not enough to make her fall in love with the garden. "Hey, what was your name earlier?" Rey's bass voice bounced and sounded louder as it reached Kaluna's sense of hearing who slowed his pace.

Wright's cryptic file names and the surveillance camera I had found at home. Piece by piece, it felt like something much larger—and far more unsettling—was coming together. Some secret, hidden in plain sight, was waiting to be uncovered.