Dark Morning By Aisle Landon Novels & Stories

Until the last trace of dusk was swallowed by darkness. Until Lucas fell asleep in my arms. The door stayed half open. The End

There outside the window was Hugo, standing there and waving. After Serena parked the car steadily, Hugo opened the door and sat in the front passenger seat. "Why is Mr. Goodman here too today?" I glanced at Hugo, catching the provoking glint in his eyes. "Serena fetches me every day, and this is the first time I've ever seen you on here, Mr. Goodman." So Serena had been fetching him to work every day. During the rainy season this year, with several consecutive days of heavy rain, I went to Serena's office to ask her if she could fetch me home after work because I couldn't get a ride.

⸻ 🌙 Beyond The Door Darkness waited on the other side. Not ordinary darkness. Something deeper. Older. 🌑 Ilyaan took a step forward. Then another. Ayesha grabbed his wrist. 😨 “What if we can’t come back?” Ilyaan looked at her. For a moment, he didn’t know the answer. 💔 Then he smiled weakly. “Then we’ll find another way.” Ayesha laughed nervously. 🌙 Together… They crossed the threshold. ⸻ 🌙 The Forgotten World

I feel my eyes close and darkness takes me. "Queen Ashley, WAKE UP!”

She wants me home as much as I want to be there with her. “Tempting, but I can’t yet.” “Alright Aolis. Well, I’d better go. I don’t want Samlael thinking I’m not serious about my training.” It’s quiet a moment. “I love you, Aolis.” “I love you, Lily.” After that one night, I began having dreams of claiming Lily again. Each morning, Eventide is revitalized with flowers and color and by the end of every day, it is dark and gloomy again. Each day, the darkness of the land seems to get darker.

We didn't let the darkness win. END OF VOLUME ONE

We would always be searching for something we may never find. I open my eyes, coming out of my deep thoughts, and look at Josh like only a brother would be able to understand. “I don’t know why I’m agreeing to this, but let me get some ice for your eye, and we will help you get to bed.” There is nothing to say, and I’m too tired to fight tonight, too much has happened. …….. I lay on the couch awake, with Alley at the end hunched over the arm with the blanket we shared draped over her, fast asleep. It is dark, I just stare at the TV wide-eyed not really paying attention to some old black and white episode of the Twilight Zone.

It was as if the darkness forbade the full moon to spread its light and to reveal that which was covered, even protected, by the darkness. Godric stood spellbound on the stage that led to his childhood fears. Another swallow. His throat felt dry, as if the liquid hadn't moisturized his throat in ages. Moments passed, then he was startled, dropped the candle, which rolled down the stairs and came to a stop behind the arch of the cellar entrance. The flame had gone out and only the glow of the moon seemed to give Godric a little light.

No wonder Maura was finesse; she was probably royalty. We decided to introduce ourselves individually to the Calma household staff. Amid the exchange of pleasantries, we were interrupted by a strong gust of wind that felt heavy in the heart. A figure appeared before us; it was a huge shadow in a shape of a cloaked man with no identifiable facial feature. It whispered in a gravelly, eerie voice, "Darkness has risen. Soon, hell shall rise; the dawn of darkness approaches." Then, it vanished in a cloud of smoke, leaving all of us coughing. Noah was yelling, "Moros, you coward! Face me!"

Aislen shivered, she’d had enough of things skittering in shadows for one night, she thought. “Well, there it goes,” Heath used the candle to light the others that were set out in preparation. “Well,” Talen’s finger stroked over the skin on Aislen’s neck, causing a shiver of sensation that immediately caused her body, primed by sketching her men for the past hour, to spike immediately into want. “What shall we do in the dark, little demon?” “Ah, f-k,” Tyler complained. “I guess I’m having an early night, then.”