The Moments Novels & Stories

"And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you have all been waiting for. In ten minutes, the moon will reach its zenith, and the mating ceremony will begin." Ten minutes. Ten minutes was the distance between me meeting my beautiful mate and Nimue getting her ugly reality. I swiveled my neck around, taking note of all the beautiful and intellectual ladies in the room. One just had to be her.

"Don't come over here. There's nothing between us anymore. I don't know you, and even if we were mates in the past, it ended a long time ago. Stop annoying me." His expression changed, but he maintained a forced smile. "The Memory Lock Potion can only be maintained for 21 days at most. Three days have passed since then. Why haven't you recovered yet? It's alright. I'll make the laboratory work overtime to check the potion, and you'll remember very soon." Lira couldn't help butting in, "Forgetting you was the right thing! She doesn't love you anymore, and you betrayed her first!" "Of course she loves me. She's just forgotten temporarily."

Tessa kept refreshing my results page, muttering to herself the whole time. "No way. This must be a system glitch!" The principal and a few reporters came over, staring straight at my score screen. My score was blank. Below it was a line in bold: "Total score: You are ranked in the top 50. Please check back on the 27th for more details." Everyone in the room was stunned. Even the comments section froze for several seconds before it exploded again.

LIORA'S POV The morning is here faster than I had wished .Have you ever realize how fast great moments pass and how longer than necessary agonizing moment's lasts? Maybe that's because good moments are rare compared to the devastating ones. Or we realize we are having a good time when it's about to end.

--- --- Not just in words— --- --- But in action. --- --- In choice. --- --- In trust. --- --- And as the call ended— --- Elena sat there for a moment. --- --- Phone still in her hand. --- --- Heart steady. --- --- Mind clear. --- --- Because she knew— --- Without a doubt— --- That something important had just happened. --- --- Not loud. --- --- Not dramatic. --- --- But significant. --- --- Because moments like this— --- They don’t just pass. --- --- They build. --- ---

Meanwhile Liam groaned dramatically and threw his head back in protest about something. Scarlett sighed in obvious amusement before saying something else that finally got him moving again. The sight tugged at something painfully deep inside my chest. Because these were the moments I missed. Not the grand milestones. Not the photographs or achievements. The small moments. The ordinary mornings. The conversations before school. The tiny routines that quietly built a family. I had lost five years of this. Five years I could never get back. Then suddenly, Scarlett looked up straight toward my car, even across the distance, our eyes met instantly.

At the company’s annual dinner party, the front desk receptionist, Laila Nachtman, lost a game and had to randomly select a man to kiss as her penalty. She blushed and cautiously looked at Leonard Griffin. “Mr. Griffin, could you maybe—” Before she could finish, Leonard briefly said, “Scram.” The entire room erupted in laughter and mockery at her being so ridiculously oblivious. Everyone in their circle knew that he doted on me, his wife. Over the years, he had never given a second glance to anyone except me. His phone password had always been my birthday, and he reported his itinerary to me every time he traveled for work. He even kept a video call with me running while showe

I guess luck is on my side, huh? There are straight, zigzag, E, C, and other routes but nah, who cares about those when there is a pretty awesome route right where I'm staring at? Ten tenenenen!

the minister said to the groom and everyone cheered as their lips touched. The moment was beyond beautiful it was magical, Lisa was so breathtaking and happy. Several blessings and congratulations echoed around them. They are finally married. I found myself standing a little bit far from the happy couple and guests thinking about all memories we've made together. "Hey" I turned sharply to the direction of the voice and before me stood Vivian, the last time I ever saw her was when she left angrily that morning when Mr Hyde introduce me to his parents and that was months ago, nobody knows where she has been and I have no idea she would be here today.

Toast to the ones here today Toast to the ones that we lost on the way 'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories And the memories bring back, memories bring back you The light turned green. The silver gray Mercedes S600 cruised down the freeway, travelling south. There's a time that I remember When I did not know no pain When I believed in forever And everything would stay the same Ethan was sitting in the front passenger seat with so much soft leather around him that he could barely hear the 389 horsepower,6-liter engine...