Stranger Than Heaven Novels & Stories

Karen - Latton's nurse Boris - Russian Cartel Igor - One of Boris' men Sarah - Maid in the Ripley Manor Thanks for supporting Hey, Stranger!

“I know something is off. That’s not Laurel upstairs. Her mannerisms are all wrong. Her habits. Her eyes. The handwriting style on Morel's school note last week did not resemble Laurel's handwriting. I squeezed the stair railing harder while my blood turned to ice. Dr. Shawty urged me to lower my voice while scanning the area quickly. You may be correct but you shouldn’t accuse people like that. It’s more complicated than you think.” My legs trembled. He was going to tell her. He was about to expose me! “Complicated?” Lillian scoffed. “My son’s been living with a stranger! My grandson addresses a woman as ‘Mommy’ whom he just met and who remains unaware of his bedtime schedule. I couldn’t li

I just wish he’d drop the romantic shit, offering to ‘run away together’, claiming he wants to know me better, the real me, that no one else sees… I block it from my mind and stomp over to the stairwell in a clamor of heavy steps and slamming doors. It’s the opposite of caution, yeah, I know. Maybe I’m just feeling unhinged, a little fucking self-destructive, but I can already tell there ain’t no Striga still at rest here. They ain’t curled up in the ceiling corners of some other suite. That entire flock of Striga hightailed it out of here an hour before sunrise, returning to their master. They were definitely summoned, but was Christian their target, or did they come here hungry for flesh f

“You’re saying… our world was born from something worse?” The stranger gave a slow nod. “The sky you see is a lock.” Aria stared upward again. “And something locked away is trying to break out.” The stranger’s voice turned grim. “It has always tried.” Another violent tremor rippled through the valley. The geometry above them suddenly burnt brighter. Then, something dreadful happened. One of the glowing lines snapped. A thin crack of pure white light crossed the surface of the lattice like a single crack in a glass. Dax cussed.

Almost instinctively, I pulled out my phone and checked my browsing history for the video from last night. In it, the side profiles of the two elderly people were identical to the faces of my in-laws standing before me now. If the clip hadn't flashed by so quickly, I would have recognized them right away. And in other videos—those fleeting, fragmented moments—my wife, Cynthia Muller, appeared again and again, holding a child in her arms. The little boy called her "Mom" with intimate affection. Under a sky lit by fireworks, the man held her close and kissed her.

Ava gasped, clutching her head as a sharp pain lanced through her temples. The Stranger cursed softly, his gaze snapping upward toward the cosmic fracture. "Too late. The barrier is entirely gone." The fracture suddenly expanded with a violent, deafening rip. A massive crack of jagged silver light split across the heavens, tearing the sky wide open from horizon to horizon. The ominous, deep heartbeat that resided beyond reality suddenly accelerated, throwing off its slow, ancient rhythm. *Boom. Boom. Boom.* Something was coming. Something massive, fast, and driven by an incomprehensible momentum.

The instant the words left my mouth, the noisy chatter across the hall died into dead silence. Dozens of stares fixed on me at once, contempt and mockery and idle curiosity tangled together, heavy enough to smother. "Layla, if you're going to lose your mind, at least look around first. This auction is run by the Thorne family." Karina covered her mouth and giggled. "Your territory? Big words. Careful, or you'll come to a very ugly end before the night's out."

She did not know where it was coming from or how it started. As she was breathing against his chest, she could smell how fragrant the stranger was. His masculine scent is too good for her nostril that her mind is starting to get chaotic again. She finally felt better while her whole being continued to heat up. She wanted to recline because she could no longer handle herself. Her knees became unsteady, as if the ground was about to swallow her. She could not carry herself anymore. “What is wrong with me? I felt so light I could fly. ” She mindlessly asked.

But suddenly he carried me in his arms and threw me down on the water. "Goodbye angel! Go to heaven safely" I heard his voice. A huge splash! And my skin meets the salty water. I didn't feel anything. "No!" I cried frantically, struggling to stay afloat in the water. But as I tried to open my mouth, I gulped more salty water. I saw a glimpsed of light...is that the heaven above? ************************************ How is it ?

I trusted you more than all the people I grew up with. What a strange thing for me to do, right? Well, I'm a strange person anyway. doing something to add up on that growing list of all the weird things I did in life wouldn't hurt. Anyways, I also want to say that I miss you. The last thing I heard from you was the plan we were supposed to do yet you never came. Please respond... I miss you... Sincerely, Your Stranger