Final Breath Novels & Stories

Then he suddenly spoke again, "Iris, we've been together since childhood. I can count as your brother. Let me walk you down the aisle." This was Adrian's final plea. As we walked down the aisle, I felt dazed as my memories drifted back to the year my mother died. At her funeral, I slipped away while no one was paying attention and ran to her coffin. The coffin was large and high. I wanted to climb up to see my mother one last time, but my legs were short. I could not climb up and could only sit on the floor, crying in frustration. Suddenly, someone tapped my forehead. "Why are you crying?"

A single, final tear fell from his clouded eyes. He took one last breath and closed his eyes forever.

But she holds on, brushing her fingers over his hair, her eyes filled with so much love it nearly takes my breath away. As her strength begins to fade, Bill steps forward, gently taking Collin from her arms. She releases him reluctantly, her hands falling back to her sides, her face filled with peace. Elena looks up at us, her gaze shifting between Bill and me. There’s a softness in her eyes, a quiet acceptance. She lets out a long, slow breath, a faint smile lingering on her lips. “Thank you,” she whispers, her voice barely audible. Her eyes drift shut, and the room falls into a deep, almost sacred silence. Her breathing slows, each breath softer than the last, until finally, she lets out o

It felt like my throat was ripped clean out of me, and all that came forth now sounded pathetic. My vision blurred, and the light seemed to flicker on and off in my eyes, dimming further so I knew I was running out of time. The sounds of the forest and Alex kept me tethered to this side. But it was no use. It was too much, much too dark. My body froze, and the pain moved far away. My brain-body connection delayed as my mind faded with a blankness. This was it. The end. The last few minutes of a life too short-lived. And with my final breath, as the world began to fade from view for one last time, I lamented all that would be left unsaid and lost in any moment

My breaths grew shallow. Nina’s tears blurred above me. The room dimmed at the edges. The last thing I heard before the silence swallowed me was the long, flat tone of the monitor. Time of death: 13:14, August 13th.

Ironically, because of her unwavering belief that it was real, the panic of this chance slipping through her fingers like sand in an hourglass drove her closer to the edge of insanity. Running recklessly deeper into the forest with only intuition to guide her, she didn't realise when his name that was gushing out from her heart had overflowed past her lips. She had been so focused on finding him that she remained utterly oblivious to how ragged and disorderly her breathing had become, resulting in her violent coughing and wheezing. As her intake of oxygen couldn't keep up with how much her body was burning, Aria's mind sunk deeper into chaos and despair.

Breathing. But no longer broken

Then, with a faint, tired breath- "Oh God... I'm finished."

A single thought, primitive, absolute, flashes through the advancing darkness, a final surge of love against destruction. Protect. It is my last conscious breath. My final prayer, addressed to any god willing to hear it. A vow whispered in the approaching silence. Then the thread, too taut, snaps. Consciousness tears like a silk veil. I sink, carried away by a current stronger than anything, stronger than fear, stronger than pain. The cold of the asphalt against my cheek is the last sensation, an icy and damp caress. Then nothing more. Only the infinite silence. And the night that, finally, takes me entirely.

Her tiny body twitched under his grip, and a faint, threadlike gasp escaped her lips. It was her final breath of life slipping away. Emily had only one breath left.