Chasing Shadows Novel Novels & Stories

Chase in the Dark The Shadowwood pressed in, all gnarly and alive, branches twisting overhead till the moon barely got a shot at the ground. Lyra moved through all that gloom like she’d grown up in the dark, senses tuned up to eleven, chasing after that weird trail of corruption winding deeper into the trees. Something old, like, way older than Kael’s whole rebellion, was out there, lying in wait.

The flickering sparks danced across her smiling face, but in that glow, I suddenly saw Alyssa's silhouette from last year's Moon Goddess Festival. She was standing by the altar, setting off her own fireworks. "Matteo, this color is so beautiful." I snapped back to reality and blinked hard. "What's wrong? You don't look so good," Sabrina said, coming to stand in front of me. I shook my head with a frown, and Sabrina grabbed another firework and went to play by the shore alone. Why did Alyssa's shadow keep haunting my mind? I grew increasingly irritated. I sat on the rocks for a long time before finally pulling out my phone and opening Alyssa's chat window.

Another pulse of energy hits. Stronger. The ground cracks deeper beneath her feet. The shadows respond instantly. They rise higher, forming shapes that almost look human now. Faces form out of darkness. Watching. Waiting. The Hunters begin to fall back. Even they can see this is out of control. The scarred one stays. He is watching her like she is the answer to something he has been chasing for years. I move toward her. Two shadows block my path. I tear through the first. Dodge the second.

If anything, it felt stronger now, because I finally knew just how much he'd been hiding. We ended up curled together on his couch again, our foreheads pressed together as we caught our breath. For a few seconds, everything felt quiet. Then his phone lit up on the counter, bright enough that we both noticed. It was a headline. A photo of us leaving the club that first night, grainy but still unmistakably us. Underneath it was a question mark followed by his name. Who is Rowan Archer's mystery girl — and is she about to cost him his season?

Her heart stopped in disbelief. Trish felt jealous gripping at her heart when she saw Nick giving her money, it was supposed to be her she thought. All the while she was busy capturing them with her phone camera, she needed this evidence. When she saw Nick walking out of the restaurant she quickly paid for her cup of coffee and followed him. She took off her wig and glasses as she followed him, she constantly checked her reflection in the shop windows, it was not perfect but not bad either. He was about to get in his car when she caught up with him.

she went back to the gap looked at the stars as she talked to herself. she wished her life was perfect like what the neighbors thought of it. she went down on her knees and pleaded before going to bed. Baraka, the boy living subsequent house to mercy, was at the dining table by himself, his parents were out on a business trip as usual. after he’s done with his meal, he went to bed, took his phone and called mercy to say goodnight. ‘‘I can bill the gloom in your speech even from the phone, so what’s going on with you?’’ baraka commanded

And that scent belonged to Cassandra. Why was it so strong? She definitely walked along the corridor this night. But the disarray of this place was unexplainable till I remembered the shadow that fleed at the sight of me...wait a moment, I didn't hear any sound of footsteps anymore and that made me realize that the shadow had been the owner of those footsteps. It wasn't an allusion, neither was it my mind, it was real. A shadow literally disappeared into the darkness. Could it have been this same shadow that disorganized this library? What was it searching for? Cassandra wasn't home, neither was Alder and something was fishy because the hallway as I noticed was void of guards. My mind raced

But as I walked away visibly emotionless, I couldn’t shake the image of the woman in the scarf, sitting in the shadows, watching me like she already knew me. And I had no idea that she was about to change everything.

Her eyes glowed faint silver for a second. “Touch me again,” she whispered, voice layered with something dangerous, “and I’ll let my babies eat your hearts.” They scrambled away, sobbing. Aria stood in the alley, breathing hard, hands trembling. She looked down at her belly. “Mommy’s learning,” she murmured. “We’re going to be okay.” But that night, as she lay in bed tracing the stretch marks forming on her skin, a new scent drifted through the cracked window,faint, wolf, familiar. Shadowthorn. Someone was looking for her.

My breath came in sharp, shallow bursts as I stared at Marcus's lifeless body, the pool of blood around him spreading like ink on a parchment. I hadn't done this. I couldn’t have done this. Could I? A jolt of panic coursed through me, snapping me out of my frozen state. I backed away, my gaze darting around the room. The shadows on the walls seemed alive, coming closer to me. I needed to think, to move, but my legs felt like lead.