Short Stories

Everything about you, I thought. I crouched down, presenting my back to her. Come on, little drunk girl.” Sable stepped carefully behind me, her hands settling on my shoulders as she climbed onto my back. Her arms wrapped around my neck, and I stood slowly, making sure she was secure before I started walking. Am…

My head felt like someone had taken a sledgehammer to it. I opened my eyes slowly, wincing as morning light filtered through the curtains and drove spikes straight into my skull. What the hell did I drink last night? I was in my own bed, wearing a soft silk nightgown that definitely wasn’t what I’d…

“I remember,” Ryder nods, still watching me. “There was this warm light. I thought it was the moon, but it was you. You are my light, Paige.” I have to resist the urge to throw myself at him, because everything is still too fresh, and if I go to him now, I might never let…

She’s right, and we both know it. I should be dead. I shouldn’t be lying here, cracking jokes or watching the way she chews on her lip when she’s trying not to cry again. “I’m fine,” I promise. “Or at least I will be.” She gives me a weak smile and squeezes my hand once…

Parker’s expression softens instantly. He nods. “Then stay. I’ll go home, check in with Remy, and swap with him, so one of us is always here. I’ll stay with Jax and then, if everyone is up to it, I’ll bring him here to visit on the way to school.” The ache in my chest eases…

**Paige’s POV ** The first time I saw him, we were sixteen. He stood at the back of the classroom, hood up, headphones in, all in black, like the world had done him wrong, and he wanted everyone to know it. Everyone was afraid of him back then. He was the angry one, the troublemaker,…

I blush, unsure what to say. “I just couldn’t lose him.” Ronnie steps forward then, eyes softer than I’ve ever seen them. “And that, little Luna, is exactly why it worked.” glance back at Ryder, alive, breathing, smiling faintly even though he looks exhausted. When the room finally settles, Jake checks the monitors one more…

‘Sera didn’t ruin anything!” She’d glared at me. ‘I’m just sorry it took so long to see that. You just can’t stand that the world stopped revolving around you.’ ‘You pretentious bitch!’ I’d spat out. ‘You put a crown on my head and now are shocked when I want to rule?’ My cheek still throbbed…

But then, he spoke. The words were strained. “She…rejected me.” I frowned. “Rejected you? What the hell did you say to her?” He didn’t look up. His fingers flexed and released. “That I was sorry. That I wanted her back.” “You fucking-“ This time, I bit my tongue hard enough to taste blood. His shoulders…

Lydia was setting a cup of tea on the small stool beside me when I swore softly, careful not to wake the sleeping bundle cradled in my arms after an hour of rocking her to sleep. My wife looked up at the sound of my voice, her expression soft but knowing. As soon as I…