The Unforseen Guest Novels & Stories

"I told her I'm not interested. That there's someone else." Hope fluttered in my chest. "Someone else?" "Yeah. This stubborn newbie who makes terrible decisions and somehow survived two nightmare worlds through sheer force of will and sarcasm." I smiled despite myself. "She sounds amazing." "She is." He stepped closer, his hand reaching for mine. "Mia, I..." "Fifteen minutes until midnight!" Clara's voice came through the speakers. "All guests must return to their rooms. No exceptions." The party started breaking up immediately. People stumbled toward the elevators, drunk and happy and blissfully unaware of whatever horrors were coming next.

VELARA'S POV The next morning dawned with a kind of eerie silence lingering in the air. Word had spread that another one of the forsaken had been sighted just the night before. Fear had begun to worm its way through the guests at the hotel, prompting a few of them to gather their things and leave while they still could. They didn’t want to take the risk. The hotel was too close to the city’s boundary, too tempting a target for anyone—or anything—looking for a way in.

The truth sat heavily on my tongue, awkward and inconvenient and suddenly very real. I glanced at the message once more, just to be certain it hadn’t changed its mind. It had not. “My hotel cancelled,” I said finally, forcing the words out with what I hoped passed for composure. “Apparently, snowstorms are unforeseen circumstances.” Julien frowned immediately, the kind of frown that came from concern rather than confusion. “Do you have another place lined up?” I let out a laugh before I could stop myself. It came out thinner than intended, brittle around the edges. “Not unless the streetlights are taking guests.”

It did not take long before the two of them disappeared into one of the bedrooms and got intimate. A playful thought crossed my mind. I immediately called the driver and told him to deliver some high-quality ingredients to the mountain villa. Not long after, the front door opened. Inside the room, the two of them, who had just gotten started, scrambled off the bed in a panic. As I watched the ridiculous scene unfold, I could not help but laugh out loud. However, after the laughter came something colder. So, that was why Jasmine had called me earlier, reminding me not to come back to the villa.

I tried to listen and shimmy my way in the middle of the convo here and there. With a wide smile on my face as I was filling in my second glass of wine, I heard the clinking sound of the door opening. It was all hunky dori until my eyes met with the new guests. And that was the moment I knew that my luck never lasts for more than ten fucking seconds. There will always be an unwelcome guest in a perfectly happy wedding who ruins everything. Neil suddenly raised his glass and gave a toast aloud, "To the best double date ever!"

| Trying To Forget | THE ALLURING trees greeted me as I walk along the park. Nena is absent, Trix gone home, while Evette has a photoshoot, and Reina—well she's in the CASTE-IT building. As much as I want to visit her, I’m too lazy to walk. I rather stay in the park. One more turn and I'll be there but a sudden grip pulled me and we enter an empty room. “What the—” I didn’t finish my sentence when his free hand covered my mouth. Wide eyes, I’m seeing my shadow through the lenses of her deep menacing blue eyes.

"Can you tell us how to get there?" "I get to see the man behind the voice? OMG. OMG. Rena has A LOT of explaining to do." Happiness can be heard in her voice. "Open your GPS and type "Megan's Retreat". Rena knows the passcode of the gate. I will just get your rooms ready. Can you put the phone on speaker?" He pushed the button and held the phone between him and Rena, "Rena, are you going to be sharing a room with hunky voice?". "Yes."

ALEX's P.O.V ~~~~ "I am really sorry. But we are already fully booked for lunch. That is why I can't take any more guests." From the kitchen, I heard Auntie Hersia talking to someone at the entrance. "Errr.. the thing is, we are not here to eat." The other party answered, "By any chance, do you happen to have a guest that booked a room under the name of Shantal Nordstorme? I am her cousin and we have been looking for her since yesterday."

No reply. I ascended the staircase cautiously, my heart hammering in my chest. As I reached the landing, another creak came from the guest room down the hall. Nervously, I approached and paused outside the door, pressing my ear against the wood. The sound of muffled voices seeped through, making my skin prickle with apprehension. Taking a deep breath, I pushed the door open, revealing a scene that made my blood run cold. Lena was seated on the bed, across from her was an unfamiliar man, exchanging words I couldn’t quite catch. Upon seeing me, Lena's eyes widened in alarm.

We walked back, the conversation still weighing on us. But even with so much left unsaid — For the first time in a long time— It made me feel like I wasn’t bearing it alone. An Unexpected Guest That night, I hardly had a moment's rest before a knock came at my door. Lighter this time. Hesitant. Not Elias. I frowned, pushing myself off the bed and crossing the small room. I opened the door a crack and held my breath at quien estaba on the other side.