Quick reads you can finish in 10-30 minutes
Found 2 short novels in System
I hit the ground hard and tasted dust. "I think you broke something," a voice said close to my ear. I tried to scream. My mouth filled with someone's hand. I made a muffled noise. "Don't shout," the voice breathed. "If you make noise, I'll leave." I nodded like a puppet. He let go. I punched him. "Ow!" he said and actually sounded surprised instead of angry. My fist was soft. He caught it like catching a sparrow. "Stop," he said quietly. "Look." I blinked. I was in a...
I slammed the car door and kept my mouth shut. "Kristina?" my mother said softly. "I'll be fine," I said. I tried to sound like a girl who belonged here. We stopped at the old gate. Grandpa Drake sat on the step with his cane. He looked smaller than in the memory that owned me. "Grandpa," I said, and my voice did not break. He smiled, old and sharp. "You came back," he said. "Yeah," I said. The sun pressed down. I had been living in two times. One was the empty field, the...
