The Last Hope Novels & Stories

For the first time, his eyes turned red, he gradually took a long breath and said to himself in an emotional tone, " — I don't know what will happen to you. But, I hope you will reach the right place in your life … have a bright future …" — Tears welled up in his eyes — All he could do was pray for the boy. Little did he know that last night was his last goodbye from the boy.

"Dylan knows that Erick knows that..." "I can't condemn him, Kendrick. Not rationally." I listened to Hope's voice and twisted my mouth, still isn't letting go. "I've accepted that Dylan is my Mate. I hate the Gods for condemning an innocent man to the future that awaits him, a future that has no happy ending." I pulled my face away enough to look into Hope's eyes, there is a sadness there. "I will not survive the end of this war." Hope stated and I know she believes it, and there is some truth there, something that Night seems to know because Night could feel the power that carried.

_*]:min-w-0 gap-3"> "I hope you're right."

Wants to follow him there. Even if it’s only a dream. Because dreams are safer than this world. Safer than hope. But she can’t stop hoping. Not when everything is falling apart. "Basil," she says, voice trembling, "I keep hoping things will get better. Even when the world burns. Even when governments fall, and people die. Hope is all I have." Bastion feels the clock ticking. He knows what’s coming. Destruction. Endings. Maybe this is the last chance. His mission isn’t to save everyone.

A photograph taken years ago. Hope. Standing beside a man Selena had never seen before. Except— she had. Recently. Inside HeartLock. Working behind the cameras. One of the senior producers. Beneath the photo was a single sentence. HE WAS THE LAST PERSON TO SEE HOPE ALIVE. And seconds later— another message arrived. Only four words. HE KNOWS YOU HAVE IT

Hope that I would die, so that the world would survive. Flashback Over

"She's thinking loud." Aurora smiled. "Thinking loud. I like that." River got up and walked over to Hope. He crouched down. "Do you want the red one?" he asked, offering the circle Hope had rejected. Hope looked at him. She looked at the red circle. She shook her head. "Wrong light," she said seriously. River nodded. He didn't argue. He understood that things had to be in the right place. He put the red circle down and handed her a purple triangle instead.

It's been alone for a very long time. Luan looked at the thing. At the black writhing hunger. Hope was alone too, she said. And we helped her. Cass nodded. Then help this one. Luan looked at the pack. At Holt. At Wren. At Sparrow. At Vera and Mira. At Kael and Sera. At Sol, who was watching with golden eyes. Hope walked forward. The honey-colored wolf looked at the thing in Luan's hand. I know you, Hope said. You are the part of me that I could not save. The part that wanted to stay hungry.

“I feel for her,” Emmanuel said sadly. Bode, one of the participants, had just ended his round in the 60 seconds of fame. “Me too,” Perfect agreed beside him. She too was as sad as Emmanuel and it seems like everyone of them shared the same emotion that very moment. They are all eager to know what the final points hold, hoping it doesn’t lead to another tiebreak. “What do you think, Perfect?” Emmanuel asked, not looking away from Ayo.

I broke the device stepping on it without even thinking for a second and then I took Victor in my arms wrapped in the sheet. I would take him with me far away from there and I would make him tell me everything he remembered, I understood that wolves were extinct and there were none left, but in my arms was the last wolf in the world perhaps. I had to protect that child who had survived. He was weak, skinny, and perhaps in agony from exhaustion, he reminded me of me for some reason. "I'll keep you safe Victor," I said as I led him to a car not too far from the cabin, to go out on the dirt path to the main road.