City Of Bones Novels & Stories

Beneath the ruined bones of Crescent Vale, beyond ash and betrayal and centuries of war, Seren walked alone into the heart of a city that had once crowned queens and buried empires. Above her, the sky was bruised violet, as if the heavens themselves bore the scars of every battle fought on those streets. The city above lay hushed, held in place by equal parts fear and faith. Below, ancient tunnels twisted through the bedrock, not mere catacombs but arteries of old power coursing beneath the capital’s fractured ribcage.

Not romance. Promise. Possession. Outside, the city roared—inside, the lines were drawn in blood and bone. ═══════⊹⊱♚⊰⊹═══════ Next: 22 — Fault

I stood on the balcony of the Spire, sipping coffee that was still too burnt, watching the morning tour groups. From up here, the city looked like a chessboard frozen in the middle of a checkmate. The Hollow Men the thousands of white, bone-wood statues were still there. We hadn't moved them. We couldn't. They were fused to the cobblestones, heavier than lead and harder than diamond. So, we lived around them. I watched a group of children playing tag in the Market District. One boy hid behind the frozen leg of a Walking Citadel, pressing his face against the white bone. A street vendor

The city, once teetering on the brink of annihilation, could be transformed into an impregnable fortress, a sanctuary for its people. The next day, the battlefield wore a new, chilling aspect. The monstrous corpses, stripped of their flesh by the relentless scavengers of the night, lay scattered like bleached bones across the ravaged landscape. Each skeleton, a testament to the ferocity of the battle, was a monumental task to move. It took the combined strength of two men to lift a single ribcage, and thousands of these skeletal giants had to be hauled and transported to the warehouse of the Merchant Association.

Caspian took a step forward and slashed at the General of Bones with his sword. At this instant, the heavens and the earth fell into silence. Bang! When the silence was over, there were countless roaring and surging! Roar! The General of Bones was injured, and many of his bones had been smashed by Caspian, but he didn't break into pieces because of it. All of this was because the tomb of bones that could be used as the foundation of the Divine Bone Dock naturally contained an extremely large amount of Immortal Energy. Even though many years had passed and many of them had been consumed, there were still quite a few of them.

Watch your back. I looked over the edge. Rome. My city. Built on blood. Held together by it. Rule 4: Ghosts wear better suits. But they’re still ghosts. And ghosts don’t get happy endings. They get second chances. I’m going to mine

The wail of the sirens didn't just climb the eighty stories of the Blackwood Spire; it clawed its way up the cold, glass skin of the building like a living thing. It was a jagged, mechanical scream that pierced through the howling storm, vibrating in the very marrow of Elias Thorne’s bones. Below, the city of Chicago was a blurred mosaic of red and blue light, a hive of activity reacting to the bodies that had just rained down from the heavens.

The claw marks led them deeper into the city, gouged into stone at intervals like something enormous had been in a hurry and hadn't cared what it tore through to get wherever it was going. They found the first skeleton twenty minutes later, slumped against a fallen column, and Caierre nearly missed it in the dim crystal light before Grant's sharp intake of breath made him look twice.

There were all kinds of animals I had never seen before. Our cart was being pulled by what looked like a unicorn, but I wasn’t sure. There were giant wildcats with horns, flying creatures that looked almost human. There were big, beautiful flowers blooming, even in the snow. “Urus is the closest town to the ancient capital and castle. I will take you there. In town, you can find someone that will take you to the ancient castle, but it won’t be free. Not everyone here is as kind as I am. If you find yourself back at the old castle, and you’re in need of work, I can always use a pretty little thing like you.” She cackled, and elbowed my in the ribs.

Seeing her shadows vanished into the horizon and Alfred confirmed that she has indeed heading to the directions of the Forward Operation Base, I nodded and started to walk to the City to get a closer looks on it. “(T.A.S..how is it looks on the Mini Map?..)”. [Packed to the brim…the entire city and even under it were filled with Undeads and Demons…all entrance were guarded with Vampires and Demons…the 300 meter radius around the city were all filled with skeleton and zombies buried all around the city..]. (T.A.S) “Alfred stop…”. As we were about to entered the 300 Meter radius around the city wall, I signal Alfred and stopped him from moving, because underneath the undisturbed dirt were fill