Then She Was Gone Series Novels & Stories

Whichever it is, just-' 'SHE'S GONE!'

Thunder growls like a beast overhead. “Gone?” Theron repeats, his voice cracking, his pupils dilating as if he's seeing a ghost. “What do you mean—gone?” My fists clench so tightly that blood seeps from where my claws pierce my own palms. “She vanished.” I grit the words between my teeth. My wolf paces within me, on the edge of snapping. “Vanished from her room in the dead of night. No sign of forced entry. No scent trail. No packed belongings. Not even a freaking hairpin out of place. Cathy didn’t just leave. She was taken.”

She was no longer the woman she once was. "Where are we headed?" "To the cemetery." During her years abroad, the ache Lily felt most keenly was for her lost daughter. Arriving at the cemetery, she found someone she knew waiting for her. Zeke's voice cracked with emotion as he spoke. "Lily, you're back. It's been so long." Lily remained remarkably calm. "Since you're here, I'll leave you alone and return another day." Her eyes briefly rested on the tombstone before she turned away without a flicker of hesitation.

She went up and took his arm. “Jordan, stop it. “She’s acting out. “Eve will be back if she loves you. “Just forget about her for now, and we—” Jordan swiped her hand off him. Molly staggered back, nearly taking a tumble from the sudden jerk. “Get out of my face.” Molly was taken aback. “Jordan?” Jordan looked up at her, his eyes bloodshot. “I told you to get out. “You’re the reason Eve is gone.”

Again. She had slipped away under cover of darkness like a damn ghost. No note, no word, no goodbye. Just vanished. I still smelled her on my cloak—jasmine and fire and everything that made me human. The memory of her mouth on mine from two nights ago still burned like a brand. And now she was gone again. “She went toward the ruins,” Garrick said from behind me, his voice hesitant. “Priestess Yara used to go there. For rituals.” I didn’t answer him. Didn’t even nod. My jaw locked. I yanked the reins and turned my horse, driving it hard toward the treeline. If she was at the ruins, I would find her and this time, she wasn’t leaving me behind.

Fortunately, this time, it was me who no longer wanted to wait. On the way home, Griffin asked me, "Gisselle, why didn't Kyson come back with you?" I smiled and casually replied, "He had a sudden assignment, so he went back." "How long will he be gone this time?" he asked. "I don't know." Maybe a month. Maybe forever.

“Let me guess. You thought I had burned to ash? That you would never see me again?” She paused and then laughed. “Did you know I really wanted to die back then?” James could not say anything. He looked at her, at the cold and icy look in her eyes. Then he suddenly realized— She was back. But the Lynette who once loved him had truly died in that fire. The one who stood before him now was a whole other woman, a stranger who left him terrified. “Lynette,” he said softly. “I'm sorry." “You have nothing to apologize for.” Lynette shook her head. “I was the one who was inconsiderate. I caused you trouble.”

She wasn’t sulking. She was gone. Completely. Out of my world.

He’d even forgotten to ask what surprise I had prepared for him today. I closed my eyes and let him walk out the door without a second glance. My heart felt like a heavy stone, slowly sinking into icy water. James was gone. The storm had passed, too. Through the window, faint golden sunlight began to pour in. It was going to be a beautiful, sunny day. I started packing my own things, putting everything I needed into the largest suitcase. I threw everything else into a garbage truck. Rowan stayed quiet the whole time until I took off the ring I had worn on my left hand for six years.

"Natalie, you can't perform surgeries in your condition. If you leave Conner Hospital, how will you make a living? Don't say things you'll regret. I've already notified the police to arrest Karina. There will be no one else between us. Let's just start fresh, okay?" That was never going to happen. He was about to say more to win me back, but a driver had already taken my luggage and opened the car door for me. "Ms. Shepard, we need to go now, or else you'll miss your flight." Maxwell's pupils trembled. "You're going abroad? You're throwing away our memories, abandoning Conner Hospital. Now, you don't even want me anymore?" I didn't answer because there was no point. He knew better than anyon