Stanley Yelnats Zero Novels & Stories

Would they use this against him? Probably. But this time, he wasn’t walking in as the scared, ashamed son. He was walking in as himself. ***** His apartment door was unlocked. He knew they were still inside. Ezra and Lyra sat in his living room, just like before—back straight, expressions unreadable. But there was something different in their eyes now. Not anger. Not hatred. Something else. Maybe… calculation. Stanley stepped in and closed the door behind him. “I’ll go,” he said simply. “Back to the pack.”

"The Exterminators are what come next." The silence of the Great Plains suddenly felt much more ominous. The New Frontier they were walking into wasn't a place of recovery; it was a Battlefield of Time. Kazimir looked at Elara, seeing the cosmic weight she now carried. He didn't know how to fight a weapon made of sound and time, but he knew how to hold a line. He stood up, helping Elara to a sitting position. He looked at the coast, then back at the empty, dark world.

*I'm ready to leave. His reply came back in under a minute. *Say the word and I'll have a car there within the hour. Are you safe right now?* *Yes. I just need to be gone before they're back.* *Then get your things. I'll meet you halfway.* An hour later, a black SUV pulled up to the estate. I paused at the door, one hand on the frame. Let them think I burned with it. Let them wonder if I made it out—or if the guilt finally swallowed me whole. Either way, Veronica Stanton would be dead by morning.

I don’t really know how their system works, but one thing is for sure: Stanley hurt Zeus more than anyone. “Stanley struck and killed Zain, who he thought was Zeus, because they looked identical, and Zain was not a dragon; he was more like a wolf. This devastated Zeus.” Mijares stopped for a bit and continued. “Zeus had tried to look for Stanley, but instead of finding him, he only saw his goons, whom he killed and burned to a crisp. Stanley escaped, and to now, Zeus hasn’t found him yet. He didn’t stop until recently he decided to come home with you.”

Yosef admitted. Ophite's eyes narrowed. "Who? Stanley? What are you planning? You can't just do anything you want. He's the fourth son of the Schmidt family from Westwood, after all." Yosef's lips twisted into a sarcastic smile. ... The next morning, Stanley had bad news for Zara. Something had gone wrong at the Starville lab, and he had to go back immediately. The project was kicking off that day, and the tech team was starting to collect data. Zara could not go with him.

The other three drifted downward, settling on Eliana’s forehead. "Target confirmed. Asset Zero is cornered," a voice echoed down the tunnel. It was sharp, disciplined, and entirely devoid of the panicked hatred that had fueled the civilian mobs above. This was the cold, mechanical precision of General Nyosi’s regular army. "No viable exit routes. We have him boxed in." Baraka tried to stand, to place himself entirely between the rifles and the scientist, but his legs refused to obey.

I was dressed head to toe in couture, flanked by two bodyguards, and I walked straight toward the conference room without breaking stride. As I passed Jasper, he reached out and caught my hand, his voice barely holding together. "Te... Tessa." I turned and smiled, letting it reach my eyes. "Hello, Mr. Wynn. My name is Diana." My bodyguards pulled him aside before he could say another word. I took the seat at the head of the conference table, and Jasper eventually sank into the chair across from me, looking as though the ground had caved in from under him. He stared at me for the entire meeting without looking away once, as if he could see through me if he tried hard enough. Even after the me