Where The Crawdads Sing Chase Novels & Stories

Their squeaks and yelps echoed, followed by the deep, booming laughter of older dragons watching from above. “Look at that shit,” Chase muttered, pressing his forehead to the bars. “We got kids back home learning math, and these assholes are learning how to be flamethrowers.” Lechandray sighed. “Do you ever shut up?” “Nope,” Chase said brightly. “If I shut up, I start thinking about how fucked we are, and then I cry, and you wouldn’t like that.” Curt barked out a laugh. “He’s got a point.”

Chase doesn't give me a chance to answer before pulling me out of the booth and onto the dance floor. The song "Addicted" by Saving Abel sings as we enter a wave of couples dancing. My forehead sweats as I think about how I'm going to trip and face plant in front of everyone. The beat of the song runs through my veins and I begin to relax some. I tap my thigh with my fingers as I look around the dance floor. Chase grips my hips hard, presses his groin into the back of me, and starts swaying. I blink slowly, a little surprised by the close proximity. But by the way his fingers are digging into my skin I can tell I'm not going anywhere.

I nod my head and we walk towards the end of the cliff. We walk towards the cliff and sat down, Chase taking his blazer off. He lays his blazer on the ground motioning for me to sit. My heart warms at the gesture, I sat down pulling him with me. He chuckles wrapping his arm around me. I lay my head in his shoulder as we both gaze towards the midnight sky, the stars twinkling in the foggy sky, I wish someday I would be here with Liam and stay like this forever. My tears roll down at the thought of Liam and me. How I wish he would be here instead of Chase. "Scarlet, are you crying?" Chase asked me holding my face. I close my eyes too guilty to look at his face.

In fact, it takes Noah calling his name three times to finally snap him back to reality. "Huh?" He finally responds, albeit with minimal enthusiasm. "The song that resonates with you the most?" Noah repeats his question. "Oh, right," Max quickly regains his composure. "Mine's 'Lost It All.' It reminds me to stay humble," he answers matter-of-factly before turning his gaze back to me. Just then, Mom and Mrs. Fayer enter the living room with our long-awaited desserts. Isaac springs up from the couch and grabs his slice as if it's his lifeline, with Alex following suit.

Fucking distraction. When Mrs. Middleton dismissed us, Rowan, Grayson, and I made our way to the cafeteria, the usual buzz of students already filling the space. The noise, the chatter, the scattered trays—all of it was the kind of chaos I had learned to block out. But today, my focus kept slipping.

After my grandfather passed away, she brought her son, Williams Scott, into the James family as a butler. Kimberly’s mother had been a maid in the James family. When she became pregnant, my grandmother, fearing the truth would be exposed, had paid her off to disappear. The maid took the money and left, but secretly gave birth to Kimberly as she was planning to extort more. Unfortunately, she tragically died due to a hemorrhage during childbirth. Kimberly had then become an orphan and ended up in a slum. She seduced the principal of her school and secured a sponsorship from the James family. It was only at a charity event organized by the James family that my Grandmother finally recognized he

Remy: “Mom made this the day you moved to town. Said ‘Give it to the girl who makes your heart beat in two places at once.’ I’ve been carrying it for two years waiting for the right night.” He ties the bead into my left twin tail, fingers gentle. Remy: “Tsatoke blood runs quiet, Celeste. But it runs deep. And it chose you before I did.” I can’t speak. I just lean into him, let the tears come. The moon climbs higher. Somewhere below us, the pack starts singing in Caddo (old voices, new voices, coyote voices). Remy’s voice joins them, low and perfect, the song about the storm girl who taught the trickster how to stay.

, I cried out again even more desperately, I just need her comfort hug right now, where is she? I got into the kitchen heading straight for the fridge hoping for some leftover homemade ice cream. I opened up the fridge and only saw the store bought Vanilla, that's not so bad. I grabbed it and headed straight for my room. I got into my room immediately tossing my bag back at a corner. Took my phone to connect it to the speaking. The song To love-Habits, immediately set my perfect mood. As the slow lyrics boomed out the speaker I dug into the ice cream taking in a shovel of it into my mouth.

I blushed at what he just said. I turned on his stereo and played one of my favorite Taylor Swift songs. The title is All of the girls you loved before. I was singing along with the song and I can see that Canon is smiling. "All of the girls you loved before made you the one I've fallen for." I sing this line with so much passion and I used my phone as my microphone. "Every dead-end street led you straight to me," I sang this line and point out my finger towards him. He chuckled when I did that.

Then I felt a strong pair of arms grabbed my waist and pulled me in. Shit! I couldn't even die! I was a failure even at trying to kill my self. "Please! Please just let me die." I cried hard and slumped down. "Just let me go and end my life. Please just give me that." I cried hard as the person kept on holding me tight. Suddenly I saw Laura, and she rushed to my side and took me away from whoever I was clinging to. "There child, I'm sorry I pushed you too far. It's okay, you don't have to draw anymore. Let's get you to your favorite nook okay?" I kept on crying to Laura. But went with her to my nook.