Then She Was Gone Series Novels & Stories

The hollow space inside her echoed. He was gone. ---

And then one of them whispered, his voice trembling, “Sir… she’s gone.” My heart skipped. “What do you mean gone?” I barked. “There’s… no one here, sir.” His voice shook. “We… she was right here, we saw her… but now…” I stared toward the closed curtains, every hair on my arms standing up. Gone? My chest felt tight again, this time colder. I pushed the covers off, my mind racing as a cold chill slid down my spine. Where the hell did she go?

No wonder Tim could be so utterly deranged as to dig up his mother’s grave just to frame me. As it turned out, the whole “death” was a lie. I sent Sarah a message. “Tim’s mother isn’t dead. The truth is in the email I sent you.” Whether she chose to read it or not was no longer my concern. My flight was booked for three days later. Summer had done the booking. When Sarah returned home, she saw me packing. Half my clothes had been thrown away, and a small portion had been boxed up and shipped to South City.

Aiden didn’t leave. He abandoned all his duties and ignored the Council of Elders. Like a desperate, wounded wolf, he hovered around me, refusing to give up. Seraphina finally snapped. She stormed up to me furiously. "Wow, Clara. Vanishing to get his sympathy? Don’t get cocky. He’ll come back to me in the end." I looked at her calmly. This woman had cast a shadow over half my life. She never took something because she loved it. She took it because she could and because she liked the thrill of it.

With a look of revulsion, Nom glanced at the wild, disheveled figure on the ground and snapped, "Get away from me, you lunatic." I watched the spectacle unfold, my smile growing wider by the second. Nom knew that hanging around any longer would just make him the butt of more jokes, so he slunk back into the crowd, his heart heavy with bitterness as he made his exit. Word on the street was that the pack that was all set to welcome Sarah had given her the frosty shoulder after they got wind of her scheming. Before long, they found Sarah's body out in the sticks, looking like she had been poisoned.

Gone? How so soon?? Who is behind this?? Darius!

he blurted out and looked at me before continuing. “The necklace was bought for her by Skylar Morgan," he paused and looked at me, his lips thinned. I indicated that he continued and he narrowed his eyes, fixing those big balls on the file in his hand. “Do you think you can find out what happened to the necklace, it looks burnt,” she muttered. "Perhaps it was burnt in a fire,” he shrugged. Silence reigned on the other line for a few minutes before she finally spoke. "I suspect they burnt her to death," she said.

April's POV I hacked into Alex's Internet and I continued to do my report. Time passed with me lost in writing the report. My stomach roaring made me realise I was very hungry. I stood and walked to the kitchen hoping to find something to eat, anything. It was at night already and I had completely forgotten about dinner but it was normal for me to forget to eat. I did not think Alex would be okay with me getting in his kitchen to eat something because apparently he did not like 'sharing' but I was hungry. He was so ridiculous.

No disturbed earth. She was gone.

Mom raises me and my brother, Cameron Joyner, by herself after she gets a divorce. Cameron was born with congenital asthma and has to take medication every day. Although I'm healthier, Mom treats me better than Cameron. She always says, "You're the apple of my eye, Cassie. I don't want you to feel troubled because of Cam." From the very beginning of my life, I've always been number one in Mom's heart. However, the year I turn 15, Cameron suddenly disappears. Mom completely changes after he goes missing.