Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Richard did not realize that his gaze lingered on her face for several seconds longer.

“Okay,” he responded simply.

“I’ll head to bed now. Good night.” Angela waved at him before leaving with her clothes. She did not notice that she dropped an article of clothing as she exited the bathroom.

When Richard set his book down and prepared to shower before bed, his eyes were drawn to something pink on the floor. He instinctively reached down to pick it up.

All at once, his eyes quivered.

It was a woman’s underwear.

He tossed it into the laundry basket. His heart was beating a little quicker than usual as he thought to himself, What a clumsy and forgetful woman!

Meanwhile, she returned to her room and proceeded to lay in bed. From her position, she could look out the window and spot the full moon outside. It’s so beautiful, she thought to herself in surprise.

see, whether back in her home or while overseas, but here,

from outside all of a sudden. She shot up in bed at once. It was at the start of dawn with the barest glimmer

knew that this place was run like a military base. When she opened the door and looked out the entrance, the thick fog blocked everyone from sight,

she heard the sound of people running,

in the atmosphere around her. The mountains were alive even at dawn while birds filled the air with their chatter, and it made her

silhouette then zoomed past her before turning back. The person asked, “Miss Meyers,

out on

about all the running she did abroad, she

be a lot more enjoyable if he

road beneath the canopy of trees. It was an

so it was a different kind of

pumped by the run. Taking deep breaths of the fresh mountain air made her feel like her lungs had

far she had run, but sure enough, she reached a point where she could no longer keep up. Between her

a third of the way

into the fog in front of them, but she could not see more than a dozen feet in front of her. The rest was

let’s head back now! I’ll lead the way for you.” Trevor was afraid she could not take it anymore if they continued

and Trevor started making their way back.

try. They tasted both sweet and sour and were very