The Secret Of Secrets: A Novel Novels & Stories

The value of a secret relies on who it must be kept hidden. Like plants, secrets are hidden. They can remain buried for a very long period under the dirt, but gradually they will start to send up shoots and reveal themselves. They must do it. It's in their character. initially only a little green stem. which, until it manifests itself, stealthily and insidiously gets taller and stronger. Right in front of your eyes is a big fat secret; it's a fully opened flower scented with deceit.

But the message was clear: secrets lay within these brittle pages, secrets someone had wanted kept hidden for centuries. I turned back to the ancient text, the mysterious words calling out to something deep within me. ━━━━━━･❪ ❁ ❫ ･━━━━━━ AISLE 88 : CHILDREN'S BOOK SECTION : LAST SHELVE : UPPER RIGHT ━━━━━━･❪ ❁ ❫ ･━━━━━━ "The fuck? Is this a clue?" Murmuring in whispered manner, my hand moved of its own accord, tracing the strange symbols on the page. As I did so, the room grew darker, the air thicker, and I knew I had set something in motion that could never be stopped.

Chapter 25: Secrets Beneath the Surface The dawn broke over Brooklyn like a fragile promise, pale light creeping cautiously through the heavy curtains of Damon Draven’s penthouse. But inside, the world was far from peaceful. Shadows lingered in every corner, secrets whispered behind closed doors, and the air hummed with a tension that refused to dissipate.

Frowning, I tugged harder. Still jammed. "What the devil." I tugged with both hands. There was a deafening click that echoed through the room. The entire bookcase shook. My heart leaped up into my throat as the shelf creaked open, revealing a dark sliver of a secret space behind it. A secret room. My skin crawled as I stepped closer, the air colder now, denser. There were no lights inside. Only darkness and the stench of stale secrets. I was at the door, gaping into the darkness.

Every noise made my heart jump because I kept thinking it might be Zane coming back with news, or Maddie returning and telling me that everything would be all right. Night fell and my phone stayed dark. I went to bed with my clothes on and curled up like a child who had been punished, waiting for something I could not name. I told myself that honesty had been the right choice, even if it had been clumsy and late, because secrets never end well. I also told myself that some things were out of my hands now and all I could do was hope, be ready to apologise properly, and accept whatever consequences came. Before sleep finally took me I whispered to the dark that I would do anything to make this

He answered unsurely, but Aria ignored his strange behaviour. “Great, I look forward to hearing from you.” Aria quickly drafted a meeting agenda which she would send to him when he got back to her before going back to the file that held a thousand secrets. ### Aria moved around her office robotically gathering items she’d need for her meeting, her mind was blank as she went about her tasks, not knowing how to feel about the revelations hidden between the covers of the arch file on her desk. Picking up a folder with important documents along with her tablet and handbag, she walked out with her lips set in a grim line.

When she heard me recounting the incident I had gone through with reddened eyes, her eyes turned red as well. "Oh god… Thank goodness you're back, Roxy! Otherwise, I don't think I'll be able to continue living in this world without you! I can't believe that Parson bastard broke up with that poor woman in this way back then! What a monster! I'm going to file for a divorce with him right away!" Only then did my mom tell me about the incident she had kept a secret for more than 20 years. Back then, she had found out about my dad cheating on her with another woman when she was pregnant with me. In fact, my dad had been cheating on her for a few years by then. The mistress got pregnant at an earl

secrets. "

Lily: "James, I have to tell you something. I can't keep it a secret anymore." James: "What's wrong, Lily? You're scaring me." Lily: "I know we agreed to keep our feelings hidden, but I can't do it anymore. I have feelings for you, James. Strong feelings." James: "Lily, I've been feeling the same way. I just didn't want to complicate things with Sarah." Lily: "I know, and that's why we have to keep this a secret. But I can't keep pretending that nothing has changed between us."

I read the text out loud to him. “Sam Callahan is hiding really hard and I’m sure it’s not from Sebastian or us, he’s hiding from the cult” “Whatever could make him hide this hard is really going to be the death of him. During Sebastian’s trial against his stepfather, Sam Callahan had been a defense witness for the man and insisted he hadn’t done any of those things that Sebastian had claimed he did to him and his mother. Even though we all knew Sebastian’s father was a cult member yet Sam’s secret life was unknown and the reason why he left and is still hiding is a mystery.