《The Berlin Wall》Chapter 27 - Friedrich's P.O.V
Advertisement
Everywhere I went, people were disobeying the laws, doing what they wanted, disrespecting this country and its people. No. Its people were the problem. They were all criminals. Criminals that had to die. -Twitch- Every single person who walked past the wall. I could see it in their eyes. They wanted to join the disgusting thieves and murderers and wrenches they call their friends and families. They wanted to cross the wall illegally. Why couldn't these people and this world just do as they're told? Everything would be so much easier. -Twitch- If they just lived in their homes, went to work or school, then came home and ate dinner with their families and went to the park on weekends, everything would be fine. If they just accepted the fact they wouldn't see the people on the other side again, the world would be better. No one would have to die. No one.
But they're all criminals. Dirty, filthy people. Not even people. Rats. And mother had said that I had changed. Me of all people. I hadn't changed. I had just come to realise -Twitch- the truth about the world. And the guards and officers here who were my friends, my people, my family, they had taught me the truth. I glanced down to Caesar leaning against the wall a few feet down from me and a small smile pulled up one corner of my lips. Feeling my stare, he looked back to me and nodded. He treated me with respect now, as I did him. I don't see why I had argued with him before; he had been right in every case. I had been wrong. -Twitch- I watched him for a few moments once he had turned his gaze back to the buildings in front of him; admiring his pride that he held in his shoulders.
Advertisement
Then I noticed it.
The left side of his face twitched. He shook his head, as if making the twitch disappear from history before clearing his throat and standing up straight again, looking down to the world below him. I had never really noticed it before. But now I thought about it, as I looked back on my pathetic past history, Caesar had had that twitch for a while now.
Furrowing my brows, I looked back to the front, glaring to a small child who began running towards me, a huge smile on his little face. He started slowing down, coming to a stop half way between his starting point and me. My face looked coldly towards him, no expression, no talking, no nothing. His face fell and he started backing away, not daring to turn around for fear that I would be disrespected to see his back, as if I were the Führer. Once he had gone, I looked back to the buildings, finally getting my peace and quiet that I deserved.
-Twitch-
Advertisement
Katalepsis
For Heather Morell, nightmares and hallucinations lurk around every corner, relics of schizophrenia and childhood bereavement. Until she meets Raine and Evelyn, that is — self-proclaimed bodyguard and bad-tempered magician — and learns she’s not insane at all. The spirits and monsters she sees are all too real, the god-thing in her nightmares is teaching her how to surpass human limits, and her twin sister who supposedly never existed could still be alive, somewhere Outside, beyond the walls of reality. Heather plunges into a world of eldritch magic and fanatic cultists, trying to stay alive, stay sane, and deal with her own blossoming attraction to dangerous women. But being ‘In The Know’ isn’t all terror and danger. Sometimes the monsters wear nice dresses and stick around for afternoon tea. Sometimes you find you have more in common with them than you think. Perhaps this is Heather’s chance to be something more than the defeated husk she’d grown up as, to find real friendship and meaning among things like herself - and perhaps, out there on the rim of the possible, to bring her twin sister back from the dead. Katalepsis is a Ancient Greek word which means ‘comprehension’, or perhaps more accurately, ‘insight’. Katalepsis is a serial web novel about cosmic horror and human fragility, urban fantasy and lesbian romance, set in a sleepy English university town. New chapters are currently posted once a week, on Saturdays. This is a Royal Road mirror of Katalepsis' own website, located here, currently updated at the same time with a new chapter every Saturday.
8 109The Surrogate
Cover made by JeniRaeD------------------Dr. Cole Mason is one of the best Cardiac Surgeons in the world at the age of thirty. Lives in Texas with his wife Joyce of five years. Though his practice is flourishing his marriage was in trouble. One of the sore spots was that Joyce wasn't able to get pregnant so when someone mentioned he should hire a surrogate he approached his wife and she agreed. He was hoping a baby would make their marriage better, but he was in for a shock. His wife was keeping a secret, one that would turn his life and the life of the surrogate upside down. Christy Grant, twenty-one came from a broken home, after losing her job as a waitress she was in a financial bind. When she was approached about being a surrogate and would be given a great deal of money she jumped at the chance. But she wasn't prepared for what was in store for her until it was too late.
8 216A Silent Heart
After a chance encounter, deaf cleaning lady Irene's world clashes with wealthy CEO Leo's, igniting a spark of romance tested by family secrets and tragedy. *****After a tragic accident stole her hearing and her parents, talented painter Irene has been living in the shadows, caring for her troubled younger brother and struggling to make ends meet. But when a chance encounter sparks a connection with Leo Browning, the uber-successful CEO of the company she cleans for, her world flips upside down. Soon, Irene's warmth melts Leo's cold veneer and cautious heart, and Leo pushes Irene to shoot for her dreams again. But as their opposite worlds clash, the floodgates open to unraveling buried family secrets and life-changing tragedy. Can their budding love stand all the tests that threaten to pull them apart?Content Warning: contains violence and references to drug use.
8 190That teacher Who Saved Me / Adopted By Gerard Way
Being abused mentally and physically but what happens when 16-year-old Laysa starts to get really close with her neighbor and art teacher Gerard Way? Is he going to save her from a toxic household?The story is NOT true!Mcr is broken up in here sadly but we never know what's going to happen.
8 78Dirty Little Secret || KTH ✓
[ yandere, Dark Thriller-Mystery]"It takes a lot of work to love without playing dirty and I think I failed that"[WARNING:21+]Y/N, being a normal girl and having a normal boyfriend who you love more than anything is not rare.And life was perfect for you.and for your boyfriend Kim taehyung too.but...is it really like what you see?things started to get worse. So worse and terrifying that makes you question...who's on the blame?is it someone who you don't know?orsomeone who's the dearest to you?Started : February 14, 2020Ended : October 1, 2020
8 189Queen of Hearts ❤️
Read to find out dahhhh.... Trust me it's exciting 😊Btw. I just write and upload sorry for the errors as soon as I'm near finish writing I will start editingThanks for reading
8 82