Novel & Cerita Ashes Of The Past Fanfiction

I can hear their footsteps scuffling away. “You know she’s never going to make this easy for you, right?” I hear Rowan ask quietly. Silence. Long enough that I almost think Luca isn’t going to answer. “I know,” he says softly. A beat passes. Then Rowan snorts. “You’re so unbelievably fucked.” “Shut up, Rowan.” Their laughter fades down the hall. And despite everything… Dean Withers. The tracker beneath my skin. Callan Ravaryn and his stupid, gentle eyes. The memories of Skyless Keep. The panic still clawing at my chest… I find myself smiling. Just a little.

Ash was thrown backward, his body hitting the ice floor with a heavy thud. "Ash!" Rhea shrieked, struggling against the invisible weight pinning her to the altar. "Are you okay? Talk to me!" Ash scrambled to his feet, his breath coming in ragged, whistling gasps. He held his hands out in front of him. The skin from his fingertips to his wrists was gone, replaced by a raw, blackened char that shimmered with violet embers. The "cold-fire" had eaten through his flesh down to the bone in a matter of seconds.

As if she had already chosen the world she wanted to live in. I rose. My knees left prints in the mud, half filled by the river’s edge. When I stood, the cold air pulled me back into myself. The moon trembled across the surface, broken by current. The ash began to move downstream, slow and gleaming, as if the river itself was carrying the dead toward whatever waited for them. I turned away and followed the sound of fire rising in the distance. Kael (POV) The ash came first.

Because now I had more than a reason to be here. I had a mission. This was only the beginning. Tomorrow, I would return to the hospital site again and see what else could be uncovered from the ashes. But for tonight, I rest with this small but delicious triumph. Let Delilah sleep with suspicion in her heart. Let Jackson dream about “Amara the investor.” Because Emily the real Emily was back. And I was just getting started.

“There’s an old Everley story about a dragon with more than one mate. Even in your kind, it’s rare, but it has happened. The bonds burned hot, and together, they were more than any others could ever hope to be. In fact, they were unmatched. But the same heat that made them powerful also could have destroyed them, and more than once, it nearly did. It wasn’t magic that saved them in the end, but the way they chose to wield it together.” The way she said “your kind” made my chest clench. “And if they hadn’t handled it right?” I asked. She didn’t look away. “Then the fire would have consumed them all. And everything around them.” I sat back, forcing my expression neutral while my mind whirled.

“Where, or what? Which one would you like to get now? Or will it be both? You decide.” Julianne knew what he was talking about. He was asking if she wanted to get the book now or get answers to the questions she had. And if she wanted both, she would have to visit the boy’s dormitory. “What is he talking about?” Marianne asked her. Cassian tilted his head to the side and said to Marianne, “So you are Ash’s new friend.” Julianne couldn’t think straight at the moment, especially when Maximus was looking at her like he knew something about her. And one thing she knows is that it was one of the two that gave her friend the bite marks. And yet, she had to help Marianne out.

Only the muffled crying of the pups and the wind moving across the altar could be heard. A few final silver sparks drifted upward. They gathered together, rising toward the northern mountains, toward the valley where my mother rested. My father lifted his head. Tears slid silently down his face. Ash lifted from the altar and scattered into the night sky like falling snow. Covering everything. Burying everything.

Isabella and her mother are back, what do I do now, I don't want to imagine the kind of look I might get if she finds out her best friend was devoured by my beast. Or worst still what might happen to me. I cringed at the thought. Ashley you are dead

The Order had found us. But I wasn’t the same girl they chased weeks ago. They’d seen me when I was half-awake. Half-broken. Let them see what happens when the Phoenix rises fully. Let them come. This time, I would burn what was left. And I wouldn’t stop until there was nothing left to chase but ash. We ran for what felt like miles, the passage beneath our feet sloping unevenly with every dozen steps. I could hear the echo of our footfalls bouncing ahead into unknown darkness. The smell of mildew, rot, and something older, something sour, coated my tongue.