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.

while overseas, but here, she

heard a piercing sound of a whistle coming from outside all of a sudden. She shot up in bed at once. It was at the start of

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

running,

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, would

on joining the rest of the troops, so he decided to run

and Trevor’s words piqued her interest. Thinking about all the running she did abroad, she figured she should be able to handle a morning run, so she nodded. “Sure. I’ll come

a lot more

beneath the canopy of trees. It was an

was a different kind

of the fresh mountain air made her feel like

point where she could no longer keep up. Between her panting, she asked,

not even a third of the way yet!” Trevor

into the fog in front of them, but she could not see more than a dozen feet in front of

the way for

started making their way back. Trevor

her to try. They tasted both