Courting Death Novels & Stories

My wound was still bleeding rapidly. Due to my excessive blood loss, I had lost the ability to shout for help. However, I could still hear their voices. They were impatient. "Speak up. Are you dead?" Three consecutive calls, three were three chances, yet no one came to my rescue. I could clearly feel the murderer cutting into my skin with a knife and whispering in my ear. "It's Samantha's wedding today. It's your blessing to be able to use your blood to commemorate her." After cutting off my limbs bit by bit with a knife, he cut open my stomach. Blood flowed all over the floor. I was dead, completely dead.

"The authorities must look into this and seek justice for the victim!" Brenda completely lost her mind. When the police officers showed up at their door, she led them right into the basement. "This is it! Hazel was bludgeoned to death at this very spot." Layla and Philip tried to cover Brenda's mouth, but Brenda managed to squirm free. She came running toward me all of a sudden. She grinned from ear to ear. "Hazel, don't come after me. Go after them! Go after them!" I looked at her with my eyes wide. I wondered if she had really started seeing spirits after having done too many bad things.

"Good morning everyone... The final rites of the awakening is upon us and the court of the realms and beyond proceeds over it. Today's hearing is to decide the date of a once mated couple, a family and a betrayal. I beseech you all, that until you are called upfront, do not speak, pass any snide marks or worse scream. You will be severely punished should you interfere. The court of the realms and beyond is no joking grounds. Let the hearing proceed and may the odds be in your favour. And may Justice be served..."

With each judgment that was read out, Kelly’s face seemed to become paler and paler and despite what she had put all of us through, I felt the tiniest twinge of pity for her. “You know what this means don’t you?” Delores murmured softly as I nodded grimly and squeezed Ryan’s hand. “I do,” I whispered back. “Former Luna Kelly, you are hereby sentenced to death.” Cecil's voice boomed across the chamber as Kelly's eye's widened in a mixture of fear and horror before she promptly passed out, hitting the floor with a thud.

I Clushia’s spirit, whose body has been violated and cut in half by her perpetrators shouted in despair. “No! I could not die!” her spirit was shouting as she tried to enter her body again, but being cut in half, she could not revive her life. Clushia’s spirit was fighting for her dear life as she did not want to die and leave Fiel on earth. Suddenly, she felt her spirit being scooped by a strong wind, like a tornado.

Matteo shuddered in fear as he blurted out, “Who exactly are you?! We have no grudges against you, so why are you doing this to us?!” “You have no grudges with me?” Charlie sneered as he said, “You are scheming and deliberately plotting murder in Aurous Hill in broad daylight. The method that you are using is so cruel and despicable! Every one of you is punishable by death. Even if I were to kill you right now, I would only be performing a righteous act and enforcing justice on behalf of heaven!”

"Stay close. And try not to punch anyone unless I say so." "I'm not making any promises," I whisper, my eyes fixed on Kaziel. Inside the courtroom, the fluorescent lights hit my mate like a spotlight, and for the first time, I see how sick he truly is. His fingers twitch uncontrollably against the restraints, and his eyes are unfocused, as if he's struggling just to stay awake. Anger bubbles hot under my skin. "High crimes hearing for Kaziel Lakewood," the bailiff announces. "For the murder of—"

Beneath the veneer of stoicism lay a tumultuous sea of regret, remorse, and the bitter realization of the consequences of his choices—a storm that threatened to engulf him amidst the tense air of the courtroom. The judge continued! "AND REGARDING THE CRIMES OF MURDER AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING, THE ACCUSED IS HEREBY, SENTENCED TO A LIFETIME IMPRISONMENT STRICTLY WITHOUT PAROLE! THE COURT SO ORDERS!!!" Ejay's demeanor remained outwardly composed, but internally, his world crumbled with the weight of the verdict. As the words "lifetime imprisonment" echoed in the courtroom, a profound stillness enveloped him. His facade of stoicism barely concealed the tumultuous storm surging within.

He should take the truth to his death, if someday he were to disclose my secrets I'll get him killed. I thought smirking sadistically as I entered the buzzing courtroom. Everyone's attention gathered towards me . I saw Scarlett kneeling on the wooden stage where the criminals are beheaded.

Why? Then something snapped in Courtney. She fell out of love and all compassion for anyone. Everybody could die for all she cared. Seeing the bright side of life before her, she decided to grab it. Blood and sweat, live or die... She decided to put a solution to everything. She would by her own hands create the life she wanted. One final act, she called Luca that she had the money he requested and that they meet up at his place. Of course, the greedy bastard readily agreed.