The Giving Tree Novels & Stories

Mother said, voice cool and precise, “you know how important these final classes are. You also know you stand apart from the others, after the Bindings you have not manifested a single Gift.” Gilly swallowed and smoothed a strand of dark hair. “Yes, Mother,” she murmured, and hurried to her seat. “Good,” Mother said, then dismissed her with a small, clipped nod. As Gilly approached, a gnarled root shifted as if sensing her. Bark softened where it rose to meet her, the root and embedded tech forming a smooth, curved seat made just for her. She felt the faint, steady pulse of the Mother Tree through the root, a slow heartbeat that steadied her.

They were both ‘pushed’ off the tree by a strong force and nearly fell over. Amber stared at Isabella for a long time. “How?” Isabella looked at her. “It was a gift.” “From the tree?” “The tree just helped.” She turned toward it and smiled. “Thank you.” The both heard without any doubt in their minds the tree say “You are welcome.” Amber looked at it. “What is your name?” The tree was silent for a long time before it spoke to them again. “Arthur…that will suffice.” “Thank you, Arthur.” Amber felt reverence for the tree.

“The tree stands as a human being, in other words, it explains the inner self of a person, the part which wants to remain hidden. You must have noticed the strong branches and the frail barks in the body. It means the strong branches are our outer self, that we use in our every day to day lives, to show others. But the barks, they are frail and rotting away, because of all the effort it goes through to hold the branches ahead. We never know, but the fake self that we display to the outside world, often ruins who we are in the inside, so that’s what this means. And the leaves? They just play the part to make it look more triggering.” I nod and turn pages after page. Half the book is taken ov

Narration by Sam. "Is that so, it's good that nothing bad happened to you." Her dad said. Sam didn't speak and just looked out the window. Then she speak again to her dad. "That's why I don't want to study of that school, dad. It's scary and the place is really scary, especially the tree house." Sam said seriously. "What's in the tree house?" Her dad asked. "They said it was the abode of souls. It was even called the devil tree house because of the devil's presence." Sam explains about the tree house.

his voice lowered, “if you apologize for your recent behavior, I will take the seal back. I will still acknowledge you, and we can continue with our original plan for the mate bonding ritual. I will even buy you a bigger ring.” Sapphire’s eyes widened with shock, and she glared at me with hatred. I only looked at Jonah. He had handed the Council’s most powerful token to a secretary with ordinary abilities just to make me apologize and admit defeat. He still believed I would compromise, the same way I always had.

“When Jake’s pack fell, she watched. When you all gathered to help, when warriors carried children, when healers treated strangers before kin — she saw it. She saw the kindness that still breathes beneath the scars. She saw remorse, too, for the way you treated her messenger.” I pause. “For the way you treated me.” A murmur ripples through the elders. None of them meets my eyes. “But she did not turn her face away,” I continue. “She chose mercy instead of wrath. She gave the world a second chance — and from that mercy, a miracle was born.” Rowan steps forward . “The Mother Tree bore a pink fruit,” he says. “It appeared yesterday at dusk.” For a heartbeat, even the fire seems to hold still. T

I jolted awake in bed, sweat soaking the sheets, while the pain of being knocked to the ground by my mother still seemed to linger in every limb. I slowed my breathing and forced myself to calm down. The memories of my family blaming me and of my mother killing me with her car replayed again and again in my mind. Then the notification sound from my phone snapped me out of my thoughts. “Charlotte, the firm has taken on a defense case for a plaintiff. The partners assigned you as her lawyer.”

She looked up and was immediately greeted by the ancient tree with voice that was hollow. "Welcome my sweet child, Mia, what brings you to me this day".Mia kept staring as her ears could not believe that she had just now heard a tree send her greetings. When it sunk in, she stood up, dusted herself and replied " Thank you O! the great Tree of Knowledge. I come with my burdens to you today. "

"Don't act like we haven't witnessed each other's orgasms. But no, I am not giving you an orgasm, I am handing you a book that is guranteed to make you orgasm. It's dark, so fucking dark, but I creamed at least once every chapter while reading this book, sis." I finally look down at the book she is handing me. The cover is dark, and it has a tree on it, if the title is anything of importance, it is an oak tree. "Enter the Black Oak?" I look up at her, a quizzical eyebrow raised. "How can a tree make you orgasm?"

Now. No emoji. No explanation. Something about that now made my feet move faster. Someone somewhere was emotionally bleeding. I hurried outside, weaving through students until the school’s old giant tree came into view. The tree was famous for three things: shade, privacy, and emotionally charged life crises. “Hey guys...” The greeting died halfway out of my mouth.