Start Again: A Prologue Novels & Stories

The night had only begun when the sound of wolves howling aroused under the light of the full moon, the loud howling rose from deep within the forest near the edge of town where the leader lived, the thick trees concealed the other part of human reality of another kind existing with them. Every one of their kind shifted and ran along with their leader to the top of the sacred hill, the hill where the first of their kind was given birth to through a human couple.

Carla continues the chitchat at how proud she is of her employers. "Great. Glad to know that" the woman softly mumbles while intently staring at the convoy already leaving. "I'm starting to love this place" she whispers with a smirk. ****tbc****

He'd come back too. That vow—"I'll only marry him"—was from the last life. We restarted. That promise didn't carry over. Evan grit his teeth. "We grew up together. We went through so much—how can you just let it all go?" Gloria's face twisted. She tugged his sleeve. He didn't even look at her. I frowned, almost amused. "Aren't you about to marry Gloria?" I said. "If you can let go—why can't I?"

There were no more strings, no more cages, and no more secrets. ​"So," I said, closing the book. "What’s the first line of the next 150,000 words?" ​Damian pulled me close, the "Vulture" and the "Bride" vanishing into the shadows of the Scriptorium. "I think we’ll start with: 'They lived.'" ​

Protesters crowding the gates of power that had always pretended to be invisible. He watched it all without blinking. Because this was exactly how it had to begin. Not with a bang. But with a shift in authorship. Eden was the perfect face. The fury. The blood. The rebirth. But even she didn’t know that the roots still belonged to someone else. To him. He leaned forward, whispering to the machine that still remembered the first name it ever took instruction from. “Now listen to me.” And it did. Not because it trusted him.

The yoga room and swimming pool were active again, accompanied by a few erotic noises… Night passed. The apocalypse had entered its fifty-fourth day. Ray gazed out the window. As the sun rose, the thick fog began to dissipate, as if guided by an invisible hand.

small horns appeared near the soul river. There was a crack near them which indicated that they came from somewhere outside of this universe. "They will catch up to us soon. What do we do, honey? Our daughter is also..." "We will do as we planned. You've put Tema in the Ark after altering her memories and showing that illusion, right? " "But...Deceiving our own daughter like that...she is just an innocent child." "Sigh...But we don't have any other choice. They will also not leave us alone and will haunt us to take back Ark. Anyway, There's no time. Let's hurry up." The male humanoid suddenly waved his hand towards the soul river and picked up a random soul from it before seeing its me

Sebastian’s voice filled the room, soft as silk, lethal as a promise. “You want the truth, August? You want the whole thing? Then meet me. Come to where it began. Where you were born, and I was made. Come home.”

“So that’s something we keep.” Lyra met his gaze. “Yes.” The space flickered again. More stable now. More responsive. Less empty. It was forming. Slowly. Carefully. Without knowing if it was right. Kael looked around. “So this is where everything starts again.” Lyra shook her head. “No.” She turned slightly, watching the faint structure grow clearer. “Not again.” He frowned. “Then what is it?” Her voice softened. “This is where something new begins.” Silence.

A bond of trust, determination, and hope. By dawn's first light, a plan was in place. It was ambitious, filled with risks, but the alternative was far worse. Daniel, standing at the entrance, gazed at the breaking day. "We've got a long road ahead," he murmured. Kate approached him, placing a gentle hand on his arm. "We'll face it together," she whispered, her words filled with a promise. And as the sun began its ascent, casting its golden hue on Eastwood, the next phase of their fight was set in motion.