Even In Darkness, She Chose To Rise Novels & Stories

her mind, unable to endure all the intensity, soon surrendered to darkness. Darkness, Endless darkness around her. she was standing in the middle of it, cold, vulnerable, naked to the eyes, lonely and scared. many hands emerged from it and tried to touch her, in the same disgusting manner as the priest. she helplessly tried to shield her body, protect it from the violating touches, from all the filth those hands carried, the darkness then started having a red glow to it, and the hands turned into red eyes.

A/N: Not my fav povs but sorry I was just trying it out again, though never again! *** Third Person P.O.V. Athina and the rest of her family had packed everything by the time the sun was starting to set down a little, to welcome the evening. Evening a time that belonged neither to the day nor the middle. It was simply a time in the middle, that connected the day to the night. The evening was a lost princess trying to choose between the light and darkness. Much like that Athina, who stood in between the darkness, Zayden and the light which was the life she was currently living. When observing light versus darkness, the light seemed to answer. But doesn't the darkness need to reach the light?

It was all so unusual. However, is there something that'd usual in nothingness? She's never known the daylight. All darkness. All oblivion. And when it seems like she's so close to the bright light, a gust of darkness comes from nowhere, and she's whisked away into oblivion. There's no point fighting it. It always wins, and she'd always left back where she started. Where it all began. ...Obscurity.

BUR! It was too cold and claustrophobic to endure. Ruby's body stopped moving. Her body descended further and swung inward. Down there, the darkness was ready to devour her. Ruby would not regret having such a tragic ending. Even if she was torn apart by the ocean, at least she had chosen the path that was her choice. What is to come will always be just in time. A light always follows the darkness. There was the sound of the sky's surface cracking.

Then she raised a hand, and the ground beneath them trembled. Eve barely had time to react before darkness exploded around them. *** Eve barely had time to react before the darkness surged forward like a living entity. Shadows coiled around her legs, tightening like chains, dragging her down into an abyss she couldn't escape. The sensation was suffocating, pulling at something deep inside her, as if trying to tear her apart from within. She gasped, trying to break free, but the more she struggled, the stronger the force became. The woman with the red eyes stood motionless, her lips parting in a whisper that carried through the air like a forgotten curse.

The shadows recoiled slightly, then curled toward her as though drawn by her presence. She closed her eyes, her hands resting on the ground as she reached deep within herself, searching for the part of her that the pool demanded. Memories flooded her mind: her childhood, her mother’s laughter, the feeling of belonging she had found with Ren and the pack. Her love for him burned brightly in her chest, a constant, unyielding force that strengthened her resolve. “This is my choice,” she whispered. As the words left her lips, she felt a warmth spread through her body - a light that pushed back against the darkness of the pool. The shadows writhed and hissed, recoiling as the light grew stronger,

" My mother sat frozen on the ground, her gaze empty as she stared at the check. Samuel's silhouette faded away. The blood on my mother's arms and legs had turned to a dark crust. The relentless sun baked her, turning her skin a deep red. Time seemed to stand still until, at last, she stirred. She lowered her head and let out a cry of despair so raw, it echoed the pain of a creature in its final moments. "Yocelyn, how could you have loved a man like that?!" Beneath the harsh sun, I broke out in a cold sweat. My heart ached as I stayed by my mother's side, wishing I could wrap her in my arms and shield her from the world. However, to protect a man like that…

His darkness had seeped into every corner of her life, and now it was time to face him no more hiding, no more cowering. This time, she would be the one to finish it. She pushed herself up, feeling the protest of her battered body, and steadied herself against the nightstand. The faint sunlight spilling into the room felt like a blessing, a small but potent reminder that the light, no matter how faint, was still there. She wasn’t lost in the dark anymore.

She knew this part. She had always known. “Rhea…” Her voice softened—almost pitying. “The Child of Dusk… the one born beneath the waning moon. The one marked by the shadows of fate. The only one whose choice matters.” She shut her eyes. “And she already made her choice… She chose love. She chose Kael.” Her tone was neither angry nor relieved—simply resigned. Because choice did not mean peace. Choice meant consequence. She turned the page. --- “Between the Sun’s love…”

She was my bridge, my spy, my knife in the dark. Until she looked too closely. Until she saw the smoke under my skin, the way light bent around me when I was angry. Until she whispered the words I’d spent years burying. You’re the Dark One. I rose from the pool with water streaming down my chest, abs, thighs, and calves. Moonlight gilded every ridge and hollow, turned skin to marble. I didn’t bother covering myself. Let the night see me. Let it remember who ruled here. The door opened with a soft click.