The Overstory Novels & Stories

The man watching felt bad for her but still urged, "Ma'am, you need to hurry and find it. You're nine months pregnant. You could go into labor any time. I'm worried something will happen to you." Even a stranger worried about her, but Remi was this cruel. She didn't answer, just bit her lip, dove underwater, and searched for that medal again and again. From daylight to dark, the pond water grew colder and colder. She shivered but still couldn't find the medal. At nine months pregnant, her body felt impossibly heavy. Every dive to the bottom felt like it would tear her organs apart. The men on shore couldn't bear to watch anymore. "It's already 10:00 pm. If this keeps up, she's going to colla

*Caroline* First day of class, I arrive at Dr. Cartwright’s lecture hall early to get the best seat, which is center and front. I’m working on setting up my workspace when I hear loud laughter from outside. The doors burst open, and in walk Dillon and Noah, two peacocks entering a new courtyard. You can almost hear “We Are The Champions” blaring in the background as their theme music. Puffed up and preening, they walk down the center stairs of the lecture hall toward the front row. Everyone in the room goes silent, and I gape as some of the students sitting around me on the front row get up to make room for them.

“I didn’t give him the opportunity to give you any information that Declan may have had. The Luna of the Orphans, the oldest child living in that hell house is my mate. She contacted me in a panic attack over Micah and his sister after she gave them to Declan. She knows the support needed to get him through this type of poisoning doesn’t exist in her pack. She doesn’t trust me or my pack but we are all she has.” I shiver as a cold breeze sweeps down the main path reminding me of where we are. I’m staring down the slim path that we created and named The Blue Ridge path as it leads directly into their territory. It’s the sounds of a motor starting in the distance that snaps me out of my daze a

Head leaned against the back of the couch, Cassandra was trying to push back the tears threatening to come out. Everything was such a mess… Her entire life was such a mess… Not to mention the life of the entire Applegate clan. The only being not touched by this entire disaster was her baby. He or she was being protected by her and Sébastien.

I tried to hide the blush but the eminently illuminated compound was not helping. The compound was as wide and long as a whole city. It looked like something that would probably fit in for an extremely stressful marathon race. It had beautiful shrubs on the floor, concrete and wide lines were on the floor so the beautiful shrubs wouldn't be trampled upon and probably for proper direction. It had a great mass of roses of different kinds and colours arranged against the foot of every wall of the compound. Justin tapped on my shoulder to bring me out of my admiration of the splendid compound. "We're finally here." He said, referring to the main building because it was discernibly certain that o

"No matter what you face, remember this. You always have the strength to start over." The hall erupted in applause. The sound rolled through the room and lingered long after I stepped away from the microphone. After the ceremony, a package arrived for me from a prison in Dryana. The sender was Amanda. I hesitated for a moment, then opened it. Inside lay a crumpled letter and a small grasshopper woven from straw. The handwriting looked rough and uneven. [Ced, I saw you on television. You shine brighter than ever. I've thought about many things in prison. Back then, I really did love you. I was simply blinded by greed and selfishness.

POV DARLENE The air at the summit of the Heartwood Citadel was thin, crisp, and vibrating with a frequency that was no longer a warning. It was a Signature. As the penultimate chapter of our long, bloody journey dawned over the North, the "Sovereign Static" didn’t just feel like a shield; it felt like a Living Legacy. The violet-gold aurora that draped across the sky was a testament to every scar I carried, but as I stood on the balcony overlooking the vast, reclaimed wilderness, I realized that the 199th Chapter wasn't about me.

It's an open space and when you look up, there a whole grey ceiling, which is of course, artificial. No rain. No sun. No Clouds. I actually hated the fact that we study those. I've never actually seen one except for pictures. We arrived at the grounds and lined up. "Please form separate lines. Developed and under developed." I nodded my head at Ana to assure her and comfort her at the same time. It actually comforts me too. I kind of think it’s a bad thing but it lessen my anxiety knowing that i have abilities which can protect me. It's limited though.

After the events of yesterday, I needed a break from everything, and this place just has that weird ability to make me calm down. After Scarlet fell asleep last night, only Crimson and I were left. He told me he had something to ask me, and somehow, he found out about my illness. I tried to play it cool by asking him what he's talking about, but he quickly dropped the topic. The question came out of nowhere, and I have no idea how he managed to find out. I've never told anyone about it, and there's no chance of him overhearing it from anybody else. While I was thinking to myself, Alabaster placed a drink in front of me. It didn't look like coffee, and it definitely didn't smell like it eithe

She bared her teeth and let out a deafening roar, hoping to intimidate the wolves. Just when all hope seemed lost, as Samantha and her children braced themselves for the inevitable attack, the ground shook beneath them as Alexander's massive form burst through the trees.