The Gone Series Novels & Stories

Instead, he joked with a smile, “What? Did you forget me in just three years, Tabs?” Koben’s dimples and the way he addressed Tabitha were a dead giveaway, and Tabitha recognized him right away. It was Koben, her former good friend. Being neighbors, the Nashes and Brays had close business ties and friendships. Rumor had it that Koben’s mother and Melissa had promised them to each other soon after their births. The prior arrangement was dropped when Tabitha dated Christian. Shortly after that, Koben went overseas and lost touch with Tabitha.

"They beat her every single day. They burned her with cigarette butts, shocked her with electric batons, and carved words into her body." "What did they carve into her?" Jeremy's voice was shaking so much he hardly recognized it as his own. "I don't know many words." Zayne's eyes reddened, but he desperately held back his tears. "I only recognized the letter 'G.' They said she'd offended Mr. Grant's lover." Jeremy stood up so fast his chair toppled behind him. He crossed the room and seized Zayne by the collar, hauling him off the couch. "You're lying!" Zayne dangled in his grip without crying or fighting back.

"This money is enough to keep the Keller family fed and clothed for a lifetime. Consider it compensation for breaking the engagement. I'm leaving." With that, she ran off without looking back, giving Preston no chance to stop her. Instinctively, he shouted her name, hoping she would change her mind. Rowena kept moving; she never once looked back at him. … The outskirts of the city were in chaos. Police officers and forensic teams were conducting investigations at the scene. Rowena's limbs went weak as a suffocating pain wrapped around her entire body. No matter how hard she searched, she could not find that familiar figure.

A cold, mechanical voice suddenly rang out. [Do you want to leave this world?] "Yes." My mom held me tightly. In my dad's horrified stare, she jumped. He lunged forward like a madman, but his hands grabbed nothing but air. My mom's voice was ice cold. "David, goodbye forever." The next second, our bodies were wrapped in a soft glow and disappeared completely before his eyes.

Third-person POV On the third day after James left, his mother’s birthday had already been celebrated, and Isabelle had been coaxed into being sweet and obedient. With the werewolves of the Northern Pack throwing parties every day, James’ schedule was packed to the brim. Only in a rare moment of quiet, when he suddenly heard Clary’s name, did he snap back to his senses. It had already been three full days, yet he hadn’t received a single call from Clary.

] Blood surged up from his chest, and he coughed it up violently. The woman he loved most was gone. This time, she was truly gone. Even if Noah refused to believe it, he had no choice but to accept the truth. He wiped the blood from his lips with shaking hands, jumped into his car, and sped to the hospital. Jill was still there, hospitalized due to a ruptured corpus luteum. Once Noah arrived, she came to hug him. Before she could finish her act, he kicked her hard, sending her sprawling to the floor.

Candice told them that I'd been hurt so deeply that I would never bother with them again. Only then did they finally realize how cruel they had been toward me in the past. But it was too late. No amount of regret could ever make up for the hurt they'd brought me. Later on, I bought a bond-breaking potion from the healer and forcibly severed my mate bond with Ethan. To avoid being further harassed by the Volkovs, Candice and I went on a trip to the northern grasslands. The meadows there were breathtaking. While searching for new flower suppliers, we also took the time to enjoy ourselves.

“Susie, we’ve long had nothing to do with each other, and I no longer hate you. So there’s nothing to forgive. “This isn’t worth my time, and I don’t need to give you any answer.” “No! Jason!” Susie screamed in anguish. “Please…” But my steps didn’t falter. Three months later, a news brief appeared in the local paper. [A stowaway woman on a fishing boat was reported to have jumped into the sea last night. Her body was washed ashore this morning…] When I saw the news, I was having a picnic in the garden with my family.

And as for the fire that ruined me back then, I was going to uncover the truth myself and slap every single person who slandered me with the evidence. Scrolling through the notes on my phone, I found information about the maid who had disappeared after the fire years ago. The future me had once wanted to clear her own name too, but after marrying Liam, she gradually lost contact with all her old friends. Later, depression consumed her, leaving her without the energy to travel around searching for people or the truth. But I was different. At eighteen, the one thing I had in abundance was energy. I contacted a few friends, and before long we tracked down the maid's whereabouts.

It was the first time I had ever broken through my calm façade and used my influence to have someone fired. However, Sean was far too busy pampering his little sweetheart, picking gifts for her, and playing the perfect knight in shining armor that he didn’t even answer my calls. I stared at the ninety-nine missed calls on my phone until my tears completely dried. The man who once put me first and never ignored my calls and texts was gone, dead and buried in my memory. Watching Dan walk away with the divorce papers, I quietly went to my room and started packing. On the first day of the divorce cooling-off period, I booked a flight to Silverlake.