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Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2020

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Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

She didn’t wave. She’s quick out of the door when school ends, leaving without a glance. It slides shut with haste, spurring her departure. She walks hurriedly, her long legs striding quickly down the corridors, eager to get out of this wretched place… …but leaving me stranded in it. The door thuds shut, the finality of the sound resonating through my hollow chest. My gaze falls, observing the abandoned books and sticky notes across my desk. They sit rejected on the table, where I’ve left them, forgotten amidst my storming th...

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It's Water Time!

Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

**NB. The drafts didn't save so here's um the first part that was saved- and I'll add the rest later :) **~~“SERENITY!!” Aline exclaims as she sprints toward my front door, drawing out the ‘y’ at the end of my name for a criminally long time. “Are you excited for the party tonight? I can’t believe baby Dean is finally turning seventeen.” She says tugging at my arm, and I chuckle lightly.“The baby of our group is finally growing up, huh?”“Yep!” She nods quickly before pushing past me and bounding upstairs to my room. Yup, this is definitely h...

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A Time When

Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

*This is inspired by the rain, naturally, and about emotional release and has some implications about loss and mental health.*When I think back to a time when I didn’t know you, I can’t. My brain goes blank. There’s a physical barrier that I cannot push past, as if all my memories restarted when I met you. Things happened before you, events in my life that perhaps I don’t want to remember. Even now, I don’t remember what happens each day… I can’t even remember what I ate for breakfast this morning. And yet, I can recall all my favourite memo...

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Gloriously Glazed p.3

Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

The clock is ticking, the small hands rotating on cue as the seconds pass, as I wait at a table tucked in the corner near the window. The sweet aromas of freshly boiled sweets wafts softly over the counter from the kitchen at the back, tickling the senses of the customers roaming the store. Through a glossy window to the side of the counter, a confectioner is throwing taffy over a hook, throwing and wrapping the taffy in a constant motion. Outside people come and go, people in suits walking briskly with briefcases to meetings, children ...

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Gloriously Glazed p.2

Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

Submitted to Contest #81

“Jasper! Come help me bring in the boxes of flour!” Aubrey yells beside me as she finishes wiping the front counter and rushes out to meet the delivery man out the front of the bakery. “I’m coming!” Jasper yells from somewhere in the far reaches of the bakery. It’s another day working at a bakery, but rather than at our family bakery, it’s at Glazed and Glorious. Our family bakery shut its doors last Tuesday and since then, we’ve worked peacefully alongside the Thompson’s at their bakery Glazed and Glorious and my father has not been seen s...

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Attempted Murder

Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

Submitted to Contest #72

“New case, Noëlla.” Thump. A stack of files in a manilla folder lands on the desk in front of me, sending my papers flying. Great. Now my spotless office has papers everywhere. I huff and look up to glare at my boss’ departing back. “No case summary?” He turns back, talking a few strides into the office and closing the door behind him. That’s the good thing about being one of the top-ranking detectives in our firm, I get an office to myself, unlike others such as Otto and Schorlek who have to share one. It gives the privacy and thinking spac...

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Gloriously Glazed

Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

Submitted to Contest #71

*Author’s note: contains use of alcohol and adult language* “Get your ass in here Connor Henderson!” Father yelled from the storage room. “Coming Father.” I catch my mother’s gaze. She’s serving another customer at the counter, so I signal that I’m heading to the storeroom and she nods. Father probably needs help with another sack of flour. You’d think after working in a bakery for your whole life, you’d have the strength to lift bulk bags of flour, but for my father, that’s not the case.Our family bakery, ‘Gloriously Glazed’ was found...

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Striving for Twintrix

Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

“NAHALIEL MIRIA USIU! COME HERE!!” I yell across the room. Somewhere from the depths of the closet comes a muffled reply and I smile at her childish enthusiasm.“Noooo. RAQUEL CAMILA TELANTES, YOU COME HERE.” I sigh and roll over, turning to face the closet door, but getting a mouthful of the blanket instead. Brushing the blanket away I see a flash of Nahaliel’s hair flashing into view.“Nahaliel…” I shake my head and pick up my phone, scrolling through notifications before she finally replies.“Yes, Elle? You called?” She peeks around the door...

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My Universe (#1 and #2 Dylan's pov)

Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

Submitted to Contest #68

**Author's note; there was a second story, but it didn't submit so I edited this story with a new ending**～～～Gazing into the colourful horizon, I sat beside Ariana before Lake Monova. Trees lined either side, only breaking to form a gap for the pier on the other side, and the rock beneath us was still cool from the night before. The golden light of the sunrise shimmered across the water, reflecting in golden flecks off the ripples in the water and glinting in her amber eyes, making them appear a delicate gold. Gazing across to her, a warm fe...

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Fighting for Allegiance

Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

Submitted to Contest #67

Pacing across the marble entrance hall of the Moonminster Embassy in Nightborne, Kaelia waited for Zaivro to return from his late morning run. They’d both been itching to get out of the embassy since they’d arrived in Nightborne, but the embassy’s rules had restricted so much of their freedom. When the administrator had finally given in to their persistent requests and allowed them to go out for up to half an hour doing ‘exercise’, Zaivro had taken the opportunity to get out. Well, so he’d told the administrator. In reality, Zaivro had indee...

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Switching Sides (Legacy Hall #2)

Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

Submitted to Contest #67

Penelope stalked into the master of the Assassin's Circle’s office and surveyed the room. The only exit was the one she had entered through, now manned by two guards and two windows decorated the far side of the room. Zephyr Rathmore sat at his desk, tapping his fingers and peering over the rim of his glasses at her.“You said you had a proposition for me?” she demanded. Looking up slowly, Zephyr nodded, before placing his hands together in front of him.“It has come to my attention that you are a member of Legacy Hall,” she gasped. How did he...

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Crossing the Line (Legacy Hall #1)

Zoé Nöel-Lemieux

Submitted to Contest #66

Under the yellowed lights of the fighting ring, Celeste assessed the situation; it was tight. Casually shifting his weight, Damien Wolfman sent a wry look at Celeste, sending shivers through her body. Whatever he had in store for her could not be pleasant.“Struggling a bit, Dabousiller? Maybe your petty mother could give you some advice from the heart.” He gave a wicked grin, before sweeping a foot underneath her legs. Her low stance betrayed her, bringing her crashing to the ground, and cursing under her breath. How did she fall for that? S...

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