Before Sunrise 2 Novels & Stories

Kian wakes up six hours after when the sun is ready to rise. He washes his face and brushes his teeth before heading outside. He widens his eyes at the beautiful landscape. He couldn't see it yesterday night as it was already dark when they arrived. A touch of orange gives the sky a fiery appearance, like fire burning everything on its way.

Penelope stood in front of the window, her gaze fixed on the horizon as the first light of dawn crept into the room. Outside, early morning workers bustled about, their day already in motion. The soft hues of sunrise painted the sky, casting a calming glow over the awakening city.

Celeste looks at me with fear in her eyes, and the quiet girl just nods with a smile. Cali slips in quietly behind me and closes the door. "I told the teachers we’d all be ready by six tomorrow. Don’t bother sleeping too deep." I drop my bag by the door and sink onto my bed. "Thanks," I murmur. I'm legit ready to plop on the bed and cover my entire being with a duvet. Outside the window, the sky is beginning to fade from deep purple to bruised pink. A sunrise is coming. And with it, a flight back to the place where all of this began.

Adrian He woke before the sun breached the horizon. The brownstone was enveloped in a stillness that felt almost sacred. Outside, the city seemed to hang in that fleeting, fragile moment between night and day—a time when the world itself hesitated to breathe. Shadows stretched across the ceiling, and the silence felt heavy, like the calm that follows a storm after it has finally burned itself out.

Chapter 100 – Stillness Before the Storm The sky over the city bled into soft hues of peach and rose, dawn’s first light painting delicate streaks across the horizon. From the twelfth floor of St. Augustine’s Medical Center, the view was distant, slightly obscured by the condensation on the glass. But to Clara Vale, it was the most beautiful sunrise she had ever seen. Alex was awake.

For one brief second, all three of them froze in close quarters among shattered glass and overturned shelves while wilds screamed outside the building. Husen looked between them with visible annoyance, then toward the windows. The grey light outside brightened further. Ghost dawn. Ultraviolet radiation would intensify soon. Vampires couldn’t survive direct exposure once the poisoned daylight fully rose. Husen released Sera abruptly. “Temporary hold.” Sera blinked once. “What?” The vampire pointed toward the windows where pale daylight slowly strengthened beyond the storm. “You can continue trying to kill me after sunrise.” He gestured toward the screaming wilds outside. “Currently we have a

September 10 — Thursday, morning Alexei woke before dawn. For a few seconds, he remained still, letting consciousness return slowly. The room was still immersed in the bluish twilight that precedes sunrise, and the silence was absolute, the kind that only existed in the early morning hours, when not even the mansion staff had begun their rounds.

AVA. Three Days Later. The Glass Penthouse. At 6:30AM The faint glow of dawn seeped through the thin curtains covering the floor-to-ceiling windows of my bedroom. For a few seconds, I simply stared at them. The room was still wrapped in that quiet darkness that existed just before sunrise fully took over. Somewhere beyond the glass walls of the penthouse, birds chirped endlessly from the woods surrounding the property. I rolled onto my back. My eyes drifted shut.

With the memories of my past life still fresh in my mind, I immediately checked the time. It was exactly the moment the crime was supposed to happen. So I really had no chance to stop the tragedy from unfolding. The only thing I could do… was save myself. I quickly checked the security cameras in the house. As expected, they were already disconnected. I had just plugged the power back in when I heard footsteps behind me. "What are you messing with in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

The last few hours had felt like an eternity as I sat by the window, my eyes fixed on the distant horizon, where towering mountains covered most of the sky, leaving only a narrow strip of darkness visible above them. I watched as the night slowly gave way to dawn. A faint glow appeared along the horizon, staining the dark sky with shades of purple and announcing the coming sunrise. Finally. It was time. A sudden knock on the door didn't surprise me. I'd been waiting for it. "Luna. It's time." Kael's voice came from the other side. I immediately stood and walked toward the door before opening it. As I stepped outside, I noticed something. It seemed I wasn't the only one who had barely slept.