The Heart Left Behind Novels & Stories

And yet, she never once dared to let him see them. His legs felt heavy, like they were made of stone, and his heart was crushed by the weight of the loss. However, his face was blank and bewildered. His trembling hands reached for the photos. His large hand brushed gently over Jasmine's face in the pictures, caressing it again and again. His breath grew more rapid, as if his chest might explode. What now? It seemed that he had really fallen for Jasmine. However, he could never let her know now. - The room was a mess with alcohol bottles scattered across the floor, but he carefully set Jasmine's paintings aside.

"Seek the Heart, protect the Haven. But be warned, for the shadows of the past are not just memories. They live, they watch, and they hunger for the Heart's return." As the echoes of the Old One's voice faded away, we were left in stunned silence, the weight of our destiny pressing down on us. The lost Heart of the Haven was not just a relic; it was the key to the survival of our world. And somewhere, in the depths of the Veiled Haven or beyond, it awaited — as did the shadows that once sought its power. The race to find the Heart had begun, and with it, a journey that would challenge the very core of our bond and destiny.

and I didn't even let him finish and hung up. "We can go now, nothing is left for me in this place". And that's what I felt, pain, despair and reassurance, WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR HEART BEHIND....

My ex-husband. I did not sleep on the flight to New York. I sat in the window seat with the file open on my lap and I read it again, slowly this time, the way I read every difficult case — without emotion, without personal investment, without anything except the question of what was happening inside a body and what I could do about it. His heart was failing. Specifically, his left ventricle was deteriorating in a way that had resisted every intervention his current team had attempted. The damage was extensive. Without surgery, his team estimated he had six weeks, possibly less.

If only I knew then,that not one but 3 hearts were going to break. And mine was going to be one of them. ................................................... End of flashback

Defeated, he lowered his head and signed the papers. He opened his mouth to speak, but I didn’t wait. With the divorce papers in hand, I turned and walked away. Just as he had done to me so many times—leaving without a second thought to run to Anne—I left him with nothing but the sight of my cold, indifferent back.

“She thinks I’m the one she keeps in her heart. The truth is, the person she’s never been able to forget was always Cassian.” At that, Serafina’s hand went slack and the phone slipped from her fingers. She crouched beside the bed, picked it up again, and replayed the recording. Then she replayed it again. And again, as if hearing it one more time might somehow change what was said. She kept whispering the same word under her breath. Impossible. Impossible that she had mistaken the wrong person. Impossible that she had shielded the wrong man. Impossible that she had driven away the one she had truly wanted to keep.

I officially returned to my post as a forensic pathologist. I heard Maddox was transferred elsewhere, but I didn't care. He did come to me once, asking to get back together. But after I harshly humiliated him, he backed off. After everything was finally settled, I took leave and returned to my hometown. I handed the mother worm I had taken from Jessica to my Grandaunt Tabitha, who knew how to dispose of it. With some effort, she burned the mother worm to death. Once the mother worm died, the child worm inside me disappeared as well.

"Aaaaaaarrggghhh!!!" My heart thuds against my chest. I feel like I'm already dying with the whole piece of my heart leaving me. She has left me. For good. Forever.

Hunter stood up and left. Claire groaned for the nth time that day. Hunter made a valid point about Oliver ruining part of her life. But the fact remained they were once married, even if no one knew. She simply couldn't forget him. Hunter was a big help to her, she couldn't disregard his advice to her.