The Last Us Review Novels & Stories

It was unbearably shameful for him so he couldn't take it. Blinded by rage and shame, he took out the silver dragger, a special weapon he had made to kill Deus with, and raised it high in the air, ready to plug it in his heart. Luna saw it coming before Deus did. Wanting to protect her love, she came in between the dragger and Deus. That's when she felt it. The silver dagger piercing her heart and splitting it into two. She turned around and fell right in Deus's arm. She wanted to talk to him and tell him how much she loved him one last time. However, no words came out. And just like that, she stopped breathing. The last face she saw before closing her eyes was the terrified face of Deus.

Instead, I stopped by the market and placed an order for the following day’s beef bones. At 11 p.m., just after I finished my shower, another video from Bianca popped up on my phone. The thumbnail was a still from the kitchen video she had recorded that day. It showed my mother’s recipe page with the fresh tear running through it. The title was impossible to miss. [She Destroyed Her Mother’s Last Recipe Just to Force Me to Take Off the Ring]

I smiled sincerely and turned away from the prison. After seeing Vivian for the last time, I would never need to see her again in this life. She would disappear from my world forever. And my world would finally see the warmth of spring.

Naturally, I couldn't take that kind of insult. Right in front of his mother, I texted Grayson that I was breaking up with him. Before I left, I looked at her and said calmly, "Mrs. Miller, I got into the top computer science program in the city based on my own ability. I don't think that's something a vase could do."

Nolan’s POV It’s been four months since we arrived at the last pack, deep in the northern forests, far from other settlements. The world outside changed, but here we’re rebuilding. The last pack—once the last surviving group after the attacks and poisoned water—now rests under a council’s rule. Around the old wooden table, Emily squeezed my hand under it. I smiled. She clings to me lately, and I don’t mind. I don’t get her insecurity. The last pack is now led by a council: me, Emily, Hunter, Salem, Domus, Kaden, and Liam.

he added cynically. Milo made our drinks while we sat in the chair at the counter. After a short while, Milo came back and handed us drinks with snakebite. When Grandpa waved his hand, everyone in the minibar dispersed so that we could talk in private. "What happened to the poor soldier wasn't your fault. "I'll see to it that he gets a decent funeral and the highest recognition from the organization," Grandpa said to me. "You and your bullshit initiation." I responded, "I hate it when we play gods on our people," and I drank the alcohol all at once.

Tears brim his eyes and the last question comes out in a shaky breath. My tears stream down my face for the millionth time today. The round diamond sparkles spectacularly like the stars in the night sky. It's absolutely stunning. All the pain and suffering have led us to this moment. This moment in time where we can finally accept that nothing will stand in our way and nothing will ever tear us apart. We are it for each other forever. "Yes," I whisper. The End

"Any last words?" Kevin, barely managing to rise, stumbled and fell before Howard.

I was at the end, and I couldn't control my body anymore. I motioned for her to look at my bag. She pulled out the contract, and she broke down again after reading it. "Viola, you can't die! I won't allow it! You can't die!" She collapsed next to me, sobbing uncontrollably. I glanced at the clock on the wall. Only two hours left before I would leave this world. Suddenly, my phone buzzed. Selena picked it up and showed me the screen. [Viola, after all these years of fighting with me, you finally lost! Your parents, your mate, and your son—they're all mine now! You've finally faced the truth, haven't you? In your parents' eyes, you'll never be better than me!]

It’s my last link to Aiden. The paramedics tell me to hold on a little longer and I hear one of the nurses snap at Lilith telling her that now is not the time for this behavior. That’s the last thing I heard before my world went black.