Against The Darkness Time-lost Diamond Novels & Stories

Silver symbols across the chamber flickered. Some began fading entirely, the seal was weakening. Ariana could feel it, the Crown could feel it too. The ancient artifact floated above the throne. Its silver light pushed against the darkness, fighting and resisting it. The two forces collided in the center of the chamber. Silver against black. Moonlight against shadow. Hope against destruction. The sight was breathtaking and terrifying. Malrik watched it with satisfaction. "You still don't understand." Kael stepped toward him. "I'm losing patience."

Chapter 153: The Midnight Meeting The clock Elena had set to count down the time until the capital ran out of time was ticking away in silence. By 2:00 AM the fog on the mountain had gotten so thick that it blocked the view of part of the house. The only light in the room came from the dying embers of the fire, which cast shadows on the floor.

"The connection. The destiny. You and I were always meant to find each other." "I already have three mates." "And now you have four." He held out his hand. "The complete set. Light. Dark. Beast. And God. Everything you need to fulfill the prophecy." "What prophecy?" Before he could answer, the castle shook. Violently. Dante's army was breaching the walls. "We don't have time for this," Damon said. "We need to fight. Now." "Then fight." Erebus waved his hand. Darkness exploded outward. When it cleared, Dante's entire army was frozen. Suspended in time. "I've bought you a few minutes. Use them wisely."

They thought the darkness was their ally. They forgot that shadows don't disappear in the light. They just get longer. I gripped the black glass blade and the obsidian key. "Time to wake the ancestors," I whispered.

Ryan nodded and clicked a couple of times on the keyboard before saying, “This is the night Grace mentioned, when she thinks the diamond’s inventory was tempered with. Grace highlighted 8:03 p.m. to 8:10 p.m.” “She said there was a blackout and that it was done as a window to steal, just enough that it would go unnoticed.” I murmured. He nodded. “And this… is the feed that covers the hallway leading to the storage room where only you and Grace has access to.” I nodded as Rya tapped tapped the screen. I leaned in. Static. A clean blackout. Not fuzzy, not corrupted, just clean. Exactly seven minutes long. My stomach dropped. “No camera in this building glitches that perfectly.”

Claudia is supporting me and she even mentioned trust? "Ha! You're at this again. Nice!" Micaela snickered and shook her head. "Mine, my diamond, I'm sorry I never believed you, I was just so stupid and stubborn to listen to you. These past one month has not been easy without you by my side. When I got to know the whole truth of what happened that night, I regretted not giving you a chance to prove your innocence. But all that is in the past now, the enemy behind our rough past is now behind bars and...."

The system is up to date and automatically recodes itself every twelve hours. "Good." "Has he targeted any of your businesses?" "Not yet. He'd be an idiot to do so. Right now, they want her to use as leverage against me." "When will this come to an end?" When I destroy David. "You'll see. For now, we better get going. The Polish are not patient people." "How much are they gonna pay you for the diamonds?" "Twenty-five. Cash." I turned around and walked out the door. Chad and I got into my car and drove to meet with the Polish jeweler I got into contact with.

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My heart was racing as the realization that my moonstone bracelet had gone clouded my brain. She nodded her head once. “Dark magic cannot enter the barrier and the magic that was here previously has been banished. But darkness itself remains.” “What am I supposed to do?” I asked. “I think whoever darkness is using to kill those people took my moonstone bracelet.” “Find the one who wields the moonstone,” she answered. Her brightness was intensifying, and I knew she was leaving. “You must destroy the darkness before it destroys you.” Those were her parting words before she turned into an orb of light and flew out my open window and back to the top of the shield.

My father sent me here in his stead, said I needed to start taking more responsibility, that I needed a “change of scenery.” Damon, one of our under bosses here in America had reported several times in the last year that our weapon and drug shipment protocols are failing, we are continuously being robbed by a small and insignificant gang here in Dayton that doesn’t like the idea of being ruled by Italians. They are very new but they don’t act new, the men are very well trained, and have managed to steal millions of dollars of merchandise in the last year. They are becoming a huge problem, and taking away money that needs to be earned. They call themselves, “The Street Diamonds.” Stupid name