Wind Rain And The Years Between Us Novels & Stories

I walked ahead, a mix of mild exasperation and fondness washing over me. Rain Beckett was a guy I had met down in Seattle. We had both just graduated from college and, as it turned out, actually grew up in the same hometown. We hit it off almost instantly. Because he was a few months younger than me, he used it as an absolute excuse to follow me around all day, constantly calling me his “favorite senior.” Rain chattered relentlessly as he followed me right into the residential courtyard. “Wow, Sera, there are so many trees around your neighborhood.”

When the rainy season came around again, Corinne returned to Wyndmere alone. She wore the dress Emric had always liked, and she walked the cobblestone streets they had once planned to walk together. She watched the canal boats drift under the arched bridges. She watched the couples passing by on every side. Tears slid down her face without a sound. She found a café by the water and ordered a pot of the tea Emric used to drink, then sat by the window and watched the rain fall over the canal. She spoke softly to no one in particular.

The marriage between Wendy Walker and Felix Foster had been the talk of Harbour City’s high society for years. Wendy was the rebellious, unapologetically outspoken heiress of the Walker family, a stunning beauty with a bold, commanding presence. Felix, on the other hand, was the cold, disciplined head of the Foster family, a powerful billionaire known for his strict principles and almost monk-like restraint. They were complete opposites. Yet they'd been married for three years. In their first year of marriage, Wendy was expected to memorize and obey all three thousand rules of the Foster family.

I planted a kiss on each of their foreheads before getting up. Glancing through the transparent window, I started to appreciate the beauty of the droplets from the sudden downpour of rain through the sparkling glass. Noticing a familiar book on the bedside, I hesitantly picked it up and walked towards the balcony. The cold gush of midnight wind welcomed me in glory. The heavy rain surrenders herself unto the ocean, each fragment rippling gracefully and slowly becoming a part of the body of brine sea-lace. I heard each watery gift, softer than the patter on a rooftop, moving in subtle waves of its own according to the wind. Feeling my long caramel hair dancing along with their beat, I closed

This time, Ash closed his eyes and sighed out in defeat before nodding to himself and speaking again. "I've just been thinking about mum more lately." Ash looked at the ground, afraid that if he so much as glanced up at Ms Vento's face, he'd break down into ugly tears. She reminded him of his mother more than anyone else he knew. "I miss her and I wish I could go back but I can't and it's honestly killing me." Ash began to rant and, against his better judgement, glanced up to see Ms Vento's reaction. The moment his eyes locked with hers, his eyes welled up with tears and he hung his head again, sobbing lowly under his breath.

I shivered in the cold. Not long after, I heard the sky rumbled like a heavy stone was rolled above. My heart beat fast and I stood up. But the rage in Mom's eyes stayed in my mind. I sat back on the swing and let my feet sway the swing gently. And then the rain poured with unforgiving strength that soaked me in seconds. I sighed and looked at the big and heavy raindrops falling under the streetlight. After a few minutes, some water accumulated near the swing and other hollow spaces in soil around the park. I kept still, but when a lighting struck at the distance, I stood up and walked under the rain.

Lightning streaked across the darkened sky, answered by thunderclaps. The rain fell at a sharp angle, propelled by the wind. The sound of rain pelting the car roof was so loud that we could barely hear ourselves speak. Getting back to her dorm in this weather would be a challenge. I couldn’t leave her alone in these conditions, especially since Lea was with Steven at our packhouse today, and Xyler was growing agitated at the idea of leaving my mate alone.

We struggled a bit, but Nick was strong and he was helping me to keep the wind from blowing me away. -Hold on! -He knelt down and showed me some iron bars. They looked strong. I got down on my knees too and held on tight-while I go down hold on tight! You will come after me! I nodded repeatedly. I was starting to get cold, the rain was coming down harder and harder, I even think it had started raining hail. That would be worse. Nick started down the stairs, when there was a space for me I followed him, trying to go down carefully. The sound of the super strong wind made me get a little shiver. It had been many years, but many, since I had witnessed a storm like this. Only once when I was a k

This wasn’t like the movies, this was fucking reality and I might end up shooting myself in the face, or worse — end up mistakenly shooting Chris, if I tried using a gun in a situation like this, for the first time. The ground suddenly vibrated as a loud, ear-shattering sound went off, leaving my mouth hanging open and my heart jumping into my mouth in fright. My ears rang loudly for long seconds as I struggled to get a firm grip on my surroundings. The ground still rumbled and the air smelled of sulfur. Like I just stepped into hell. My mind grasped onto the tiny thread of thoughts that made sense now, wasn't that the bomb that Chris and I abandoned? What the fuck did I unknowingly get myse

She sighed and looked out the window again, the sun had already gone down completely and the sky was now dark, waiting for the arrival of the moon that might never even come. “…I just wanted to hear your voice…” “I miss you Rain...It’s been over five years since we—” “Yeah…” Rain agreed in a low voice. “When did we get this old? How did we both change so much?” he sighed again, “I ask myself this question countless times whenever I think of how much time has passed...And the stupid reason why I left you to fend for yourself,” Rain felt another tear slip down her cheek, hearing her brother’s voice was comforting but hearing him admit to the fact that he left her for a stupid reason strangely