Romans & histoires Burning Ashes

I couldn't see through the tears falling from my eyes but I heard their voices, every last one of them, as we cried together for all we had lost. When every word was spoken, the family members eased back, giving me room to stand. Lifting my eyes toward the waiting pyres, I readied my heart. It was time to let the four wolves go. Ever and Asher were already in position. Both held up a burning torch in each hand. Behind us, the drums began to beat. Long arms sweeping down, Ever lit two of the pyres, calling out loudly, "Ashes to ashes!" The crowd echoed his cry, "Ashes to ashes!"

Hailey thought maddeningly as she spat at the revulsive chemical. It was the same smell she had perceived the last day in her past life, Hailey eyes scanned around and in a minute she saw a heap of ash on the floor, Hailey instantly knew that it was her body that had burned into ash by her merciless sister Ashley which was Cassidy in her present life, She could still feel the pain of body been burned when she was still perfectly alive, she could clearly remembered how Ashley had flickered on the lighter and threw it right on her fueled body, Tears flowed freely from her eyes as she thought of how she had lost her peace of mind in a day. she was still hovering over the thought when, the doors

Cole gave him a curt nod. “Go for it,” Cole replied. Ash grinned and rolled one out. They all took cover as the entire place lit up in smoke and the effect wasn’t what they were expecting. there was no blast but screams. The scent of burning flesh filled the house. Cole and Ash peered out from the framing wall and saw burnt dead bodies littering the grounds. And a few spasming as they struggled, drawing their last breath. “Oops!” Ash said. “Um... let’s be careful and not mistakenly drop any of those, please—” Faelan said, giving Ash a concerned look.

“What was that vial?” He swallowed so hard, she could hear it over the phone. “It’s a sedative, the extra-heavy kind used on movie sets to keep dead bodies from looking like they’re still alive. I learned about it in one of my photography classes. They don’t use it often because it’s so potent, but if you drink that vial, your family will think you’re dead.” Ella puzzled over his words. “They’ll think I’m dead? How does that help?” “They’ll take you to the funeral home. I have a contact there. I’ve already spoken to him. He’ll make sure you’re not embalmed or anything like that, so when they put you in the mausoleum with your mother, you’ll be fine.”

And yet instead of being comforted, coldness crept up and down her body. She shook her head and opened the paper bag. Her hand raised a black bonnet, in which she placed on her head until only a pair of cold blue eyes gleamed under the moon. She picked a lighter out from her pocket and lit the the paper bag on fire. A plastic scent filled her nose, but it was quickly replaced by the smell of smoke and the scattered ashes. She blew on the lighter, and the flame went out, then she looked back up to the sky and glared.

Her lips started to lose their blood as her heart palpitates. “Aarghh!” Everyone looked at Nathan, who shouted in distress. “Where on earth are they?!” He shouted again. Venice looked at the sky, silently praying for her sister’s protection. That’s the only thing they can do for now. *** After buying a ceramic jar, it took them a couple of minutes to find Ashriel’s burned body, whose face could not be recognized. Since the body was not fully burned, Siel decided to burn it to ashes. Siel’s tears never ceased to fall as she put the ashes inside. She wiped her cheeks with her sleeves and silently sobbed. Nile, Jared, and Yuria were sobbing loudly and help Siel put Ashriel’s ashes on the jar. A

“Within those pots are urns and inside those urns are ashes of the people you killed.” He smiled proudly. “That’s pretty accurate.” “But those urns…they’re smaller than they fit inside those pots. How…” He nodded thoughtfully, acknowledging her question as valid. “Well, you have to understand that normally, dead bodies are burned while it is inside a casket. Since human bodies are made of 75 percent water, the cremated remains that people get after are bone fragments and the casket ash. And I don’t put my dead bodies inside a casket, Una.”

Tears formed in her eyes, making them sparkle in the dim light. “I don’t just kill them. I BURN them. I take them into the forest, tie them to the tree and leave them utterly helpless, begging for mercy. You know what I do next?” She tried to shake her head, but I had her in a good, firm grip. “I strip them bare and then cover them with sulfur. From head to toe. Do you want to know what sulfur does? It makes their bodies bone dry, paving way for the fire to lick every single inch of their bodies, scorching them to their bones until they become nothing, but the midnight black ash. The remainder of their once despicable beings! The white cinder from the burnt trees mixes up with the ash, creat

Hot enough to set paper aflame. He left scorching, smoking footprints on the floor with every step. Lily and Kael both took a step back. 【WARNING: S-Rank Boss, ‘The Ashen Revenant,’ has appeared. He was burned alive in a fire. He hates all living things. His ‘Flames of Retribution’ can burn even the soul to ash.】 But I smelled nothing. Felt no heat. To me, he just looked like some poor chimney sweep after a very, very bad day.

It stands perched on the hill like it’s guarding the town… or hiding from it. Someone is there. A figure hunched behind the building. A faint orange glow flickering around him. Smoke curling upward like ghost fingers. I duck behind a pine tree, my heart slamming against my ribs so violently I think it might burst through my coat. Whoever it is… is burning something. Papers. Photos. I can’t see clearly. But he’s humming that distorted version of Silent Night I haven’t heard in ten years. The night of the fire. My throat dries out completely. My feet root into the ground. I try to swallow but my breath is too loud in my ears.