The End Of Innocence Book Novels & Stories

he says while walking us back towards mama and the twins. “Honey it’s time to head home” mom says to dad “alright let’s pack up and head out” he responds. We get everything ready to go. Daddy’s caring the blankets and bags with the leftover food and toys , mama has Luca on her back and I have Nadia on mine. We stop at the barrier of the field and let daddy walk through it first to check out our surroundings and make sure it’s safe. This was our usual routine except this time we didn’t expect a ambush to be waiting on the other side. As soon as daddy stepped thru the shield our life came crumbling down. We see a arrow dipped in silver shot straight into his heart causing him to stumble back t

* *That had always been the whole point. **THE END**

"It's a trophy. Wear it." Cale looked at the book again. "Elion?" "Yeah?" "If this is fiction... does that mean we can change the ending?" "The book is printed, Cale. We can't change it. It's ink." "No. I mean... our ending. The real one." Elion looked at him. "We are changing it every day," Elion said. "In the book," Cale said, "it ends on the deck. With the sunset. With the promise." "Yeah."

⸻ Because someone had done the impossible. ⸻ Someone had stolen an ending. ⸻ 🌙 The Forbidden Crime Silence spread through the library. ⸻ Nobody spoke. ⸻ The Mother stared at the unfinished book. ⸻ The Father looked pale. ⸻ Even the Witness seemed disturbed. 👁️ ⸻ Because endings were sacred. ⸻ Beginnings could change. ⸻ Middle chapters could change. ⸻ Choices could change. ⸻ But endings?

Little by little, I learned how to truly love someone too. The year my first son was born, Suzanna died. I heard that a residential building near the military district caught fire, trapping more than forty children inside. Suzanna was the first person to rush in. She carried more than a dozen children out of the flames. The last time she went back inside, the fire intensified. She never came out. In a daze, I remembered something from many years earlier. Not long after our engagement, Suzanna had stood before her sister’s grave and spoken to me with complete seriousness.

Final Entry* Elma writes in the small notebook she started at 16. `Year 36.` `He is 73. We are 14,600.` `He has nothing. We have everything he tried to take.` `We won by not becoming him.` `The end.` She closes it. --- *AFTERWORD* This was never about him. It was about 2 deaths at 47. And 14,600 lives that came after. Justice was served. The company was saved.

My head turned subconsciously to look at Alex and saw he had put his phone away and now he had his attention on the group but he was still sitting on the couch. Later, a plastic cup was handed to me by Skyla and Alex received one too and Leo started pouring everyone drinks. I wanted to tell him that I did not drink alcohol but before I could say anything, he had already poured alcohol in my cup and sat back down on the rag where Olivia was ready to spin the bottle. Then she did. I watched the bottle spin and it stopped spinning pointing at me. I shut my eyes. Why of all people did it stop at my direction? "Yah, the new girl."Olivia cheered happily. I forced a smile opening my eyes. "So, Apri

The last page had only two lines. "June 25th. This is the 100th time Dexter has ditched me to go help my best friend in the lab." "What a coincidence. The diary's full. Exactly 100 pages." Dexter's chest ached in waves, and at some point, the tears started falling onto the pages. He remembered that day. Brianna had hit a wall with her research and was panicking. He didn't think twice before dropping me on the side of the road and driving to the institute alone.