Breathless 2012 Novels & Stories

I wasn’t breathing anymore. My lips had gone cold, pale, the color drained from me until I looked like a porcelain doll someone had left behind. Nina asked the doctors to keep my body in the morgue. Following the voice message I’d left her, she didn’t make many arrangements—she just quietly walked away. The cold swallowed me whole. Darkness closed in. Yet somehow, I could still see. Still hear. Across the city, thunder cracked open the night. Susan whimpered into his chest, her body trembling prettily.

Loretta looped her arm through his, giving me a smug, mocking look. Her lips curled into a small smile as she mouthed, "You lost." I just glanced at the watch. She could go ahead and smile. In a minute, she would be the one crying. Suddenly, Garrett's expression twisted, and his entire body started shaking violently. He collapsed hard onto the floor, curling up in agony. The next sight made everyone's blood run cold. Yellowish pus oozed from his sleeve, spreading fast. And then, small white maggots began writhing their way out.

The soft, heavy fullness of her thigh resting against the chair. His breath was coming in these short, ragged, wet gasps. He was suffocating in the greenhouse air. Marcus held his breath. He steadied his shaking hands as best as he could. He pressed the little white button on the screen. Click.

Behind her is Jimmy. My lungs. I don't think my lungs are functioning anymore. "Dylan?" Camilla breathes, anxious and more worried. It's over. We're safe now. It's okay to drop to my knees and let out a breath I've been holding for ages. ****

The distant drone of the city and cars fell to the wayside as I scrambled not to trip with the spike of adrenaline flooding my system. "Where is he? Where is the Marcelli?" a rough-looking man demanded. He gripped me instantly, locking his strong fingers on my neck as he shoved me against the wall and lifted me. Choking at the cutoff of oxygen, I clawed at his hands. I kicked my legs and tried to buck to loosen his lethal grip on my throat. Panic swept over me as I frantically tried to keep up. I was just walking along, exiting the hospital and minding my own business. I was lost in my thoughts of getting out of this grimy, dangerous city. Then in the next flash of time, I was captured and u

The moment Dan saw Ruby's corpse, his pupils contracted sharply. She lay there, her tiny face as pale as paper. Her eyes were closed, her chest completely still—not the faintest rise or fall. Dan stumbled back like he'd been burned, his voice trembling. "No... that's not possible..." He shook his head, his eyes darting wildly between me and Ruby's cold, lifeless face, desperately denying everything in front of him. "Lynn, that's enough." His voice shot up, loud and brittle—the sound of someone trying to convince himself.

Maddox and Laila both stop to look at the screen, as Maddox says. " What the Fuck, man?' I don't answer as I stare at my picture still on the news. I finally whisper in a panicked voice. "They're coming to arrest me?" Feeling the panic in my voice as my heart begins to beat faster. I begin to hyperventilate, and my breathing becomes shallow. I feel as though I cannot breathe, fuck It hurts to breathe......I can't breathe..... I can hear Laila; she almost sounds as though she is underwater. I hear her calling out my name, but I can't answer.

“Time of death 11:59pm,”The old doctor gulped loudly as he started those.“No!” A young girl barged into the ER, she didn't mind that she was covered in blood and dirt. “She’s not dead, try again.”“I’m sorry there’s nothing we can do your friend was….” “No..no you’re a doctor, it’s your job to save people so save her.” Her words were firm just as her hold on the doctor’s arm.The old man took a deep breath before going to continue. “time of death 11:59pm…”“Liar Tessy can’t die,” she limped to her friends side. “You’re not dead, you can’t die.”“Bethany,” a voice, deep, a little raspy called out to her. “She’s gone let the doctors do their job.”Bethany looked at her brother Caleb with resentment

Ironically, because of her unwavering belief that it was real, the panic of this chance slipping through her fingers like sand in an hourglass drove her closer to the edge of insanity. Running recklessly deeper into the forest with only intuition to guide her, she didn't realise when his name that was gushing out from her heart had overflowed past her lips. She had been so focused on finding him that she remained utterly oblivious to how ragged and disorderly her breathing had become, resulting in her violent coughing and wheezing. As her intake of oxygen couldn't keep up with how much her body was burning, Aria's mind sunk deeper into chaos and despair.

My chest stiffens, getting tighter as I cough out aggressively, my chest is stuffy and hurting. "I heard you're a virgin? You kept that pussy tight for zaddy!" His large hands hold me down, and I scream, shouting for help. My throat feels clogged, and I try to dip my hands in my pocket get my inhalers. He reaches for the remote, increasing the volume of the TV thus covering my screams. I had to think fast.