Novel & Cerita Books Like Before I Fall

Restricted Archives. The sign should have been enough to stop me.It wasn’t.I descended. The temperature dropped with every step, until the air itself felt sealed away from the rest of the world. At the bottom, a single table sat beneath a flickering torch, covered in books that looked older than anything I had ever seen. One title stood out. The Fall of the Shadow Queens. My breath slowed as I opened it.The pages were fragile, the ink faded but still legible.Illustrations showed figures surrounded by living darkness, not casting shadows but commanding them as extensions of themselves.

I glanced back at the book. Maximus the Fallen.

And yet, I had found power here in the past, buried between forgotten scrolls and ancient pages inked with truth. I let my fingers trail along the spines of the books as I walked slowly through the rows, dust clinging to my skin like memory. These books did not fear me. They did not lie to me. They did not twist love into leverage or silence into punishment. They simply were. I stopped in front of a worn leather tome entitled The Fall of Kingdoms, and smiled bitterly. The irony was thick enough to choke on. A book about ruined thrones, resting on the shelf of a woman bound to a crumbling one. The gods truly had a sense of humor—vicious, sharp, and cruel.

It felt eternal. The sun dipped low, casting long shadows across the campus. They walked hand in hand, hearts lighter, spirits soaring. Their journey hadn’t been easy, but it had been theirs. Every kiss, every tear, every heartbreak had led to this: a love built on trust, forgiveness, and the courage to begin again. And as they reached the corner where it had all started, Nora whispered, “I never imagined falling could feel like this.” Jaden smiled, brushing a stray curl from her face. “Neither did I,” he admitted. “But now I can’t imagine anything else.”

"I'm off tomorrow. I'll go with you to buy a new watch." Before I could refuse, I heard crying at the door. Two female operators were helping Celia inside. Celia was limping, her face streaked with tears. When she got to me, she started crying even harder. "Jess, it's all my fault! Please don't be mad at Sam anymore. I'll give the watch back right now." Her hands shook as she pulled out the watch. But before I could react, it slipped from her grasp and hit the floor. There was a sharp crack, and the face of the watch was shattered.

Carlos’s voice echoed in my mind—a reminder of the shattered past mixed with a bittersweet thread of longing for connection. As I walked out from the library into the golden hues of a sunset sky, I could feel a storm brewing within my own heart. And though I tried to harness the strength for final exams approaching, I knew that the journey ahead would not be an easy one.

I find it more of a comfort, I suppose I am a creature of the dark, therefore I am more accustomed to it. I return to her, watching as her fingers mindlessly reach for another book on her stack, but she is an inch short. I reach out, handing it to her. I admit I feel at home there, back in her vicinity. She takes it, and I examine the books she packs through. I pick one up and ponder which section of the library she is working on. Ah, "The Time Before," the full account of Alexander's rule. The abundance and all that came before the Mages Curse. Before all death fell forward, before chaos, before Loss, before the emblems of war.

I purred. This was a new Raven. A confident Raven. I felt powerful. Like nothing could break me. I felt comfortable in my own skin, and even though I had never seduced anybody before, I thought I was doing a damn good job at it. Thank god for the romance novels I used to steal from the trashcan whenever Marissa was finished with them. “It’s not that,” Hade’s voice is strangled. He clutches at his collar, pulling at it, loosening it.

I shut my eyes. But the pain I braced for never came. Drip. Drip. A few drops of blood hit the floor. I opened my eyes, and my pupils shook. The knife was buried deep in Adrian's stomach, blood surging up out of him. The wounds on his body were still bleeding, his whole frame like a kite about to snap its string. Only then did Vivian see who stood before her, and the color drained from her face as she stumbled back. “No. Adrian. I didn't—”

A most important place in either of world by sneaking around. After i arrive at the library, i then looking the plave that hold most important information about this world. The forbidden part on the library. While trying to remember the way toward that place, i stumbled to an interesting book. With cover name a Queen Regrets, i then took it and go back toward others beacause the time is almost up. When i arrive at the lounge, i can feel a tense atmosphere on it. The camp is divided by boys and girls, I can see Hana hold herself up. It looked like some boys is reserve a VIP ticket to a 2x1 room. A future house.