Crumbling Mid Air Thief Novels & Stories

My hand, the good one, slipped on the crystal. The crystal detached from its wire. It fell. Tink tink tink... SMASH. It hit the marble floor. Shattered into diamond dust. Silence. The meeting stopped. The men looked at the broken crystal glittering on the floor. Then they looked up at me. Carmina, who had been dozing in a chair against the wall, jerked awake. "You clumsy bitch!" she shrieked. She hit the ladder with her cane. The ladder swayed violently. I gasped, grabbing the top step with my good arm, wrapping my legs around the frame like a vice.

He lunged, shadows lashing outward like chains, catching her wrist at the last instant. The crack widened. The ground beneath them—a floor that didn’t exist—crumbled into spiraling dust. Wind roared around them, dragging at their hair, their clothes, their breath. Aria clung to Erevan, her free hand fisting in the front of his coat. “What’s happening?” “It’s collapsing,” he shouted over the roar. “It’s already too unstable—Aria, if we fall into that—” He didn’t finish. He didn’t have to.

His smirk was infuriatingly calm. “You think surviving the fall saves you?” he called. “The door has judged you. It doesn’t let anomalies go freely!” I glanced at Saphira. Her eyes met mine. No hesitation. Only resolve. I nodded. “Then we redefine the rules.” A thunderous crack split the air. The ridge we had clung to moments before collapsed completely. Rocks plunged into the abyss, carrying debris, water, and darkness. We leaped instinctively, catching a jutting rock, sliding across the surface, pain shooting through every joint.

Up ahead, I can see Miles's taillights like they are two red eyes in the darkness. As he approaches an intersection, a truck suddenly skids onto the road, barreling toward Miles' SUV. There is a deafening screech of tires, a horrific crunch of metal on metal, and then Miles's SUV is airborne, tumbling violently through the air before crashing into a ditch on the side of the road. The truck does not stop. It speeds away.

He just stared, eyes wild. Then he snapped. Tackled her, hand crushing her throat. "You lied. You never needed that kidney. And you let me ruin her." His grip clamped tighter. Lily clawed at his arms, gasping for air. She kicked and twisted—her skirt slid up just enough. No scar. Just smooth skin. Bryson froze. He remembered Kayla's. Jagged and angry, like something ripped open and barely stitched back. But Lily? Nothing. Not even a mark.

His flesh bubbled and peeled, and his robes caught flame. “No!” he howled. “I destroyed that crystal!” “Seems you missed a fragment,” I whispered, barely able to stand. His screams grew louder, body glowing with the same eerie light. The air crackled with electricity, and with a deafening crack, the floor beneath him shattered open. A dark abyss yawned below. “You bastard!” But it was too late. With a final, monstrous scream, Thorne was swallowed by the earth. The crystal pulsed once more, then dimmed and crumbled to dust in my hand.

I clenched my fists. Michael’s grip on his gun tightened. Carter barely held himself upright. We were trapped. And Damien knew it. “Hand over the case,” Damien said. “Or I’ll kill you all.” I swallowed hard. I couldn’t let this end like this. We had come too far. Carter had almost died for this. I glanced at Michael. He gave the smallest nod. A signal. I took a slow step forward. “Fine.” Then— I threw the case. Right at Damien’s face.

Jaden The ground begins to rumble violently, splitting apart beneath our feet as a deafening roar echoes through the air. Chaos erupts in the crowd as people scream and scramble to escape, knocking over chairs and trampling one another. I watch in horror as the crack widens, hurtling towards the stage with unstoppable force. The sound of tearing earth fills my ears as dirt sprays into the air, blinding me momentarily. Suddenly, the stage gives way and snaps in half, sending me tumbling backwards. Frantically, I search for Stacey in the chaos, but she’s nowhere to be seen. Panic sets in as I realise the crack is growing wider and deeper, swallowing everything in its path. “STACEY!” I shout de

“Black moonstone.” Xiao drops the pendant, now enclosed in a plastic baggie, onto the table between Nathan and me. He leans forward in his chair and reaches for the baggie, but I’m not taking any chances. I smack his hand away with an annoyed, “Don’t touch it!” I’m still shaking, even though we’re on the plane and safely away from Wyrding House, I’m still terrified that yet another shoe is going to suddenly drop. I made Xiao threaten the thrall pilots and leave a member of her trusted team in the cockpit as a reminder.I am not going to die today.

Kris followed soon after, smiling and blowing me a kiss as she often did when we were little. I extended a shaking hand to catch and keep them with me, but I touched emptiness where they were moments before. They left me there, alone and trembling from agony. I tried to get back up, but I noticed small, spidery lines appearing under my weight. At first, they were barely noticeable, but as I kept trying to pull myself up, they seemed to grow and spread in all directions on the lighted road. I stopped, wondering what was happening, but before I could make another move, the road started to crack. The sound was like shattering glass and echoed through the night. I looked down to see the ground b