Truth After Dark Chicago Novels & Stories

I wouldn’t tell my mother how the party went and I knew he wouldn’t either. The next month passed by swiftly and Tia and I just grew closer. We had sex a lot more, every chance we got in fact and I was careful to use protection. I didn’t want a surprise like Greg had gotten two months earlier. Chase and I sat in the back of the SUV while Lucas drove and Rev accompanied him. We were headed to Chicago and according to Lucas this was a good sign. It was our birthday and a blood moon and tonight we’d be getting our dragons.

We exchanged a final, lingering gaze, silently vowing to endure the trials that lay ahead, knowing that our love would be tested but never diminished. Leaving the terrace of The Dorchester, we descended back into the shadows, ready to confront the storm that awaited us. The night sky above us remained a silent witness to our unyielding devotion, and we carried its quiet beauty within our hearts as we were ready to return to the tumultuous streets of Chicago, where duty and love danced on a precarious edge.

She smiled for the cameras, turned like she hadn’t just dropped a bomb in the middle of the city’s most powerful room. She took the microphone. No one stopped her. “Good evening, Chicago,” she said. “I’m Evelyn Lockwood. The only ghost Damien Blackthorne didn’t bury deep enough and the only nightmare he would never wake up from.” The room erupted. Voices overlapped in whispers and shock. Cameras flashed. Phones streamed. Somewhere, someone gasped. But Damien didn’t move. He couldn’t. She placed a thick black-and-gold folder on the podium with a heavy thud. The sound echoed through the ballroom.

We end up in a circle on the floor like we’re at some middle school sleepover except the whiskey is expensive and the stakes feel higher for some reason. Nash goes first. “Xavier. Truth or dare.” “Dare. Obviously.” “I dare you to tell us the last person you hooked up with.” Xavier grins. “That’s not a dare, that’s a truth question disguised as a dare.” “Answer it anyway.” “James from calc. Two weeks ago in the darkroom after school.” Cole nearly spits out his drink. “You fucked someone in the darkroom?” “Not fucked. Just messed around. There’s a difference.”

~Derek's Point of View~ My best friend was the only one outside of Eve and Haven that knew about my night in the dark. I walked out of the hotel a little after 5 am and drove home, ready to bang on the apartment door below mine and wake his ass up. Heath of course thought I was nuts, that I could have easily just met a girl on a dating site for this fantasy and not had to pay $10k for it. We had both been single a very long time, both played the field, but both always came up with superficial women.

In simple words, I was allowed to do anything to that soul till then I had to wait… wait until she said yes to me and I’ll make her say one day. Until then, I instructed my beast to wait but it didn’t listen and I ended up drugging her at the afterparty of my movie premiere, I was bursting into flames watching a man trying a shot on her. Motherfucker, he paid a heavy price with his life. He shouldn’t have touched her, I don’t like my things to be touched especially when I have eyes for a lady. My latest try out of seven ladies, Stella, wasn’t the woman I was genuinely looking for, she was more of a straightforward, controlling and demanding type of lady which I quote in my words, a red-heade

We didn't let the darkness win. END OF VOLUME ONE

The likes of him are not for innocent girls such as me. I am already so lost just by looking at his eyes darker than a night sky. His marvelous lashes sway with his every blink contrary to his dark-coal eyes which exudes strength and power. It was not fair. This man is drowning me in silence. I was even more confused to myself when a blonde girl with so much cleavage went to get his attention. I don't know why I suddenly hated the idea of him and other women together. He puts his glass down and looked at the girl with red lipstick. The girl was obviously into him. Her way of interacting with Cian's brother was flirty, her hands were swaying everywhere. Touching him.

Jace hissed. "But we have to take a risk. We'll never know what happened and this girl's identity if we don't unravel the veil that shrouds her memory." Erica continued. "Where is the this City of Darkness located?" Rain looks very angry. "Take me there. Let me decide what to do with my memory." They left the Darkwood palace through a secret passage that connected Darkwood with the outskirts of Westlake City. As soon as they came out through the very long and super humid cave, Rain was suddenly hit by icy air.

Bellatrix Sinclair An iridescent glow settled upon the Darkmoon Tribe, the epitome of wealth and prosperity. Roads that interconnected within a maze to enter the city, impossibly tall skyscrapers with projections of advertisement. There was even one promoting the new killer slasher movie, a man with a mask plunging his knife into the street with faux blood splattering everywhere. The streets were thriving, people taking selfies near pop-up stores, rich aroma of chicken and mushroom pot pie, roasted cashews and sweetened chocolate. “Is that a chocolate factory?” I pointed, the bright colours catching my attention.