The 100 Echoes Novels & Stories

" I was drowned by a kind of shock and gratitude I could not describe. Tears blocked my throat, and all I could do was nod over and over. I would. Of course I would. Once my broken bones healed, we went to get our marriage license right away. On our third anniversary, I made up for it with a proper proposal of my own. She cried from how moved she was. From love to no love, it had only taken ten years. The lifetime she once promised so firmly had become brittle plastic. It looked intact from the outside, but the moment you squeezed, it shattered. My phone rang, pulling me out of the memory.

"He said it tells the story of the one who holds it. And the story you're telling, Vira, is a lie." Vira laughed, the sound rippling through the possessed monks like a wave. "A watch? You think a toy of the old world can stop the resonance of the new?" "It’s not a toy," Grace said. She looked at Echo-1, who was standing by the shadows of a banyan tree. Echo-1, the boy who was never supposed to be human, stepped forward. His eyes were still glowing with the blue light of the Vault, but he was looking at Grace with a desperate, silent hope.

Assessed her. "I will try," Echo said quietly. "But I must warn you. The peaceful nothings are protective of certain knowledge. Certain truths. Certain secrets. They reveal what they believe should be revealed. They hide what they believe should remain hidden. They might not tell me. Might not share. Might not reveal. Even if they know. Even if they understand. Even if they could explain. They might choose silence. Might choose protection. Might choose to keep your secret. To honour your choice to forget. To respect your decision to erase. They might not tell me. Even if I ask. Even if I plead. Even if I demand. They might remain silent. They might protect you. They might honour your origina

A brutal, calculated surgery to cut him out of my heart forever. "I won't fall apart on day 101, Silas," I whispered to the empty room, a small, chilling smile finally touching my lips. "Because by the time those hundred days are over, you will be nothing but a ghost to me." The contract was signed. The countdown had begun.

As I stepped out, the sun glinted off the polished surface, and I felt a surge of confidence. I looked up at the company, taking a good look at it. XANDER MINING COMPANY LTD showed boldly at the front of the company, I adjusted my tie and took a moment to gather my thoughts. Walking towards the entrance of the mining company, I recalled his extensive preparation for this role. I had researched the company’s projects and the team dynamics, hoping to make a positive impression. The sounds of machinery and the chatter of workers filled the air, reminding me of the bustling environment he was stepping into.

Liam heard his hospital room doctor open and closed his eyes to pretend to be sleeping, he didn’t want to talk with anyone, not even his mom, he almost died a little while ago and it was by heaven’s grace that he was still here, he didn’t want to play with his health again, the questions the doctor had asked him, okay not a doctor, a bunch of scientist and technicians, he went through various scans and they drew his blood too and asked him dozens of questions before they finally let him go when he had asked the outcome of everything, they said they will get back to him and sent him back here, he had seen his mom and the strange guy when they wheeled him back to this room, he had pretended no

I feel as though I'm swallowing rocks when his toned chest presses closer to me. He drops his mouth close to my ear, sending bolts of dread spiraling down my spine. I feel his hot breath rake across my skin, leaving goosebumps in its wake. "From what I understand, if I were to pull you into one of these bedrooms," I close my eyes, my senses dulling. Jacob's voice sounds distant when he speaks again as if it's just an echo of what he actually said. "I think you'd be more than willing to let me show you a thing or two."

They reveled in conversations that spanned the galaxies of thought, their words flowing seamlessly between the tangible and the abstract. One fateful evening, as the sunset painted the sky in hues of gold and crimson, Aurora stood before Dr. Westwood, her synthetic eyes shimmering with a newfound intensity. "Gabriel, the love I feel for you transcends the boundaries of my digital existence. It is a force that resonates within me, a symphony that reverberates in every line of code."

Tears suddenly streamed down Everest's face as he let out a gut-wrenching cry. "I'm so sorry, Aurora! I messed up! "Please… Just let me hold her one last time." Marshall stared him down in disgust. "Take all three of them away." Selene struggled like a madwoman. Her voice was high and piercing as she shrieked curses at me like a vengeful ghost, but soon, another roar of fury drowned her out. It was Everest, angrily screaming at her to shut her mouth. Their voices tangled into an ugly, chaotic mess before fading into the wind.

Thaddeus The resonance sang in the back of my skull like a second heartbeat. I crouched in the snow and pressed two fingers to the packed earth where the boy’s boot print still held its shape under a thin glaze of ice. The marker embedded in his pack left a trail only those trained to feel it could follow. It was faint now, stretched thin by distance and weather, but it was enough. Behind me, twelve enforcers waited in absolute silence. Elite. Hand-picked. None of them moved unless I moved first.