Alderamin Of The Sky Novels & Stories

I said with a laugh as worry lines creased his brow. We rode the Hipper, a superconducting levitation transporter that took city dwellers to and from the Drock, then proceeded onward to the edge of the ice lands. At speeds of over five hundred miles an hour, we passed computerized automotive harvesters and hovering seeding machines that dotted the landscape. Leaves as bright as jewels spun through the air in the Hipper’s wake. In the distance, the towering ice mountains stretched across the horizon. The ice lands covered two-thirds of our planet, sustaining a population of more than eighty million.

"You still think Skye's just some regular programmer?" Edward's tone was sharp with disbelief. "She's a top-tier hacker I managed to bring back through old connections! Letting her date you back then was me doing you a favor." Julian froze for several seconds, stunned speechless. When he finally found his voice again, it was full of incredulity. "Her?!" "Yes, her!" Edward barked, his patience gone. "Skye was the best match I could've arranged for you, and look what you've done! You went and got another woman pregnant—what a disgrace!"

White cottons drifted slowly across the sky. As Adler watched the clouds above, he remembered the old Motown verse: "I've got sunshine on a cloudy day." 'Peeep!' a loud horn whooped. Realizing it wasn't the time to enjoy the morning sky in the middle of the road, Adler gradually lifted his foot from the brake; moving North in a slow pace to fill the limited space in the citified way.

assistant"> Frigga was not pleased. She lifted her bright, watery eyes, though she didn’t dare turn her head. “That’s because it’s not bright enough. If there were stars in the sky, it would definitely look different.” “Let’s have a look, then.” Odin took out a bottle about the size of a kiwi. It was half-filled with fine, snow-white sand. Pulling out the stopper, he poured some into his palm and tossed it into the air. To her surprise, the grains didn’t fall. Instead, like meteors moving in reverse, they shot upward, embedding themselves into the vast, deep-blue night sky. The points of light were like dewdrops—delicate, moist, and luminous—elegant and serene, instantly turning the empty ni

she muttered. The next minute, Zayden’s hands were on her waist, firm but not overbearing, pulling her into the rhythm of the music. Her own arms lifted, almost reluctantly, wrapping around his neck. The proximity made her pulse spike, she couldn’t even remember the last time she’d let anyone hold her like this. “Astrid,” Zayden said with a sudden softness, leaning close enough for only her to hear. “You have beautiful eyes.” “It’s Trudy,” she shot back quickly, her voice defensive. “Nobody calls me Astrid. And those lines won’t work on me, you'd have to try harder.”

The sky was no longer fractured but it wasn’t whole either. A **single star**, brilliant and seething, streaked across the heavens, descending fast. Not a comet. Not a celestial body. It shimmered with **intention**, pulsing with the same energy Aria had seen in the Creator’s robes opalescent, infinite, and alien. Everyone had stopped moving. Warriors froze mid-chant. Wolves held their breath in human skin. The birds had gone silent. The trees had stilled.

Dusk bled across the sky as Leander and Skye emerged from Bracerose’s dense green maze into Turry Pass, painting the sky in molten orange and violet as its last rays slipped between the towering evergreens. Another half hour of hard riding and night had claimed the forest, stars pricking the darkening canopy. Hooves clattered to a stop outside a ramshackle inn that looked one storm away from collapse—roof sagging, windows fogged with grime, a crooked sign swinging above the door

The following morning broke with a different radiance that neither Adrian nor Elara expected. The sky, washed bright by the rains of the previous days, burst into a stunning boundless expanse of pure blue. The light poured over fields and rooftops, turning raindrops left on branches into little stars. The forest sparkled like a phoenix. Elara leaned against the railing of her tiny garden, arms crossed over her chest, blowing back behind her on the wind. Adrian stood on the porch, watching as the sun fell over her hair and the rise and fall of her shoulders with each slow breath.

"Are you done dwelling in self-pity?!" A voice asks, disturbing the calmness he was enjoying until now, Adryan doesn't take his eyes away from the twinkling stars that were scattered throughout the sky. The person takes a seat beside him on the cliff with legs dangling, they were on the cliff that was situated deep in the forest, underneath it was surrounded by water. No wolf wandered so far into the territory hence why Adryan liked to come here and spent some alone time mostly to think and relish in the quiet.

“Pick another.” I traced the sky with my eyes and found a tiny, blinking light near the horizon. “That one’s Mr. Alcante. It flickers like it’s about to go out—but it doesn’t. And it probably swears at the other stars for being too flashy.” She laughed, a melodic sound that always made my chest feel too full. “Oh, he’d love that.” She turned her eyes upward again. “Okay, see that one near the top? That’s Clara. Always a little out of reach, a little chaotic, and somehow still shining too brightly for her own good.”