Side Book Novels & Stories

he pushes it towards me, “It’s merely a book. I want you to open it to a page, any page, and see what you notice.” I give him an uncertain sideways glance before squeezing my eyes shut as I blindly flip through the pages of the book. After a few seconds, I stop, my finger hovering over a page about halfway through. Opening my eyes a crack, I watch as Gideon tilts his head to get a better view of the page. “Interesting,” he murmurs. “Of all the pages in this book, you turn to that one.” I open my eyes the rest of the way and look down. There is a picture of a person sitting in a ring of crystals. I don’t even need to read the title at the top to know what it says.

I bow dramatically to get her attention, not sure I should interrupt her right now, but I do it anyway. She looks up dreamily after hearing my voice, smiling immediately. "You're here," she indicates at the seat beside her, arranging the books in the shelves. "No, I'm okay. If you're busy, I can just come back later." "I'm almost done. You can sit here." I take a peek at the books, wondering what kind of books they're. Nyx quickly hides the book titles after noticing my interest and awkwardly says that, "You won't like them, it's about some secret stuff."

Luckily, there is no one aside from the two of us here. To ensure that no one sees us here together, I locked the room, reason why I got his attention. He’s about to put some of his books in his locker when he looks at me. I smiled and walked to him. He, on the other hand, shows no emotion. He’s just looking at me indistinguishably. “I want to have sex with you,” I said, not taking too much time to waste. Finally, he shows other than darkness in his eyes. He chuckles. He looked at me from head to toe, then he shook his head. He was about to turn his back on me, but before he could do that, I immediately pushed him against the wall.

But Becky owned her nerdy, geeky side. In the study, they split off and got down to search. It took hours combing through the books. They didn’t appear to be disturbed all that much. A few showed evidence of recently being removed from their place, but beyond that, nothing jumped out at Gemma. The section where books on lore and the supernatural appeared the most disturbed.

Richard closed the book he was reading and stood up from his seat. "In that case, you should always be prepared to welcome me at any time. Even though I did not notify you of my arrival." Richard put out his cigar by pressing the end of the burning coal on the cigar into the ashtray that was on SB's desk. "I already thought that you would say that." SB also got up from his seat and sighed when he heard Richard's words, which made his job more difficult. "You will take the book with you?" Richard, who was about to leave the SB room, turned his gaze to one of his hands which subconsciously held a romance novel that suddenly caught his attention and made him curious about the next story from th

I pressed lightly against one of the books. Nothing. I tried another. Still nothing. “Maybe it’s not the books,” Jacob said. “Then what?” He leaned closer, examining the wood itself. “Back panel,” he murmured. I blinked. “What?” “Sometimes compartments aren’t in the books,” he said. “They’re behind them.” My heart started pounding faster. “Help me,” I said. We began pulling books out carefully. One by one. Stacking them on the floor. The shelf slowly emptied. My hands moved faster now.

Colin comes in, a wave of surprise hits me, but before I can say anything, Shawn follows him in. “You're here already, Eva.” Colin said, acknowledging me, a wide smile on his lips. “Not too long ago.” I replied, returning the smile. I sneak a glance at Shawn. He watched me like a hawk. Like he knew what I'd been doing. My eyes slowly stray to the big book, just to be sure I had actually closed it. The golden back rested heavily on the rest of the book, “The Codex Luporum” deeply engraved on it, you could pour water in it, and it'll sit comfortably.

For the 13th time, an AI-generated photo pops up on my feed, showing my best friend, Gwen Spalding, and my boyfriend, Andrew Gunnell, wrapped in each other's arms. Gwen's still a mess after getting dumped so suddenly, so I assume she's mixed Andrew up with someone else again. Then a comment stops me cold. "I was there. Joyce tried to brush it off before and claimed the picture was AI-generated, but let's see her deny this! Besides, look at them. A guy as hot as Andrew belongs with a knockout like Gwen. They look way better together." Attached to the comment is a candid photo of Gwen and Andrew wrapped in each other's arms, in the exact same pose as the picture on my feed. I screenshot t

Turning the knob, I quietly peeked. If it wasn't because of the sunlight coming from the window, I wouldn't be walking inside. My eyes wandered around the room, as they landed on the bookshelves. I remember Anson and Mr Grayson are owners of a publishing company. No wonder why Luca's office is filled with books. I smiled at the cleanliness of the room, as I walked towards the desk with papers perfectly placed above it. My eyes suddenly landed on a picture frame, but it doesn't have a picture. Instead, a note was placed inside of it.

Alyssa exclaimed after seeing all the things on a particular page. "What Is it, Alyssa?" Asked Berk worried. "Don't worry Berk everything is going to be fine, let's go," replied Alyssa as she keeps the book on the floor. "Are we done?" Berk asked surprised. "Yes we are," Alyssa replied and they both left the room. As soon as they turned and left the room, the book closes back by itself, and the book cover reads; 'THE BOOK OF SHADOWS' and then the book disappears. . .