Granite Cave Novels & Stories

Immediately, I hugged Raina and then examined her for cuts and bruises. “I'm fine.” She panted out. Her voice echoed in the cave before eventually dissipating. Raina pushed my hands away and roamed her eyes around the cave in awe. “This is spectacular.” Bunches of white glow-in-the-dark mushrooms that branched out from the craggy golden walls illuminated the cave. A vast diversity of decorated gemstones glinted in the prime of their colors on the walls. The air was light and tolerant, smelling like toasted marshmallows. Crystalline blue groundwater filled several cavities with silver reflections while clusters of creamy crystals of danburite were strewn across the ceiling.

And that is how he comes to senses that when he dies, he wished to be a star, overlooking his family and the world for years to come. “These glow worms are the larvae of fungus gnats, but they spend most of their lives in the larval state. Amazingly they manage to find food – insects that fly into the caves, or occasionally they just eat one another! Surrounded by life and light, in a place that should surely be dark and dead, this place is special, not only to us but to the species living here as well.” Kuali said, his face showing the innermost happiness in him with his field of work. They had to agree with the Maori that there was something special about this place. Their group stayed ins

Small, medium to large. At first glance it feels like an earthquake. In the next split second, small to large cracks appeared, the ground splitting into several pieces. Several large gaps appeared to the bottom, revealing a streak of red smoldering light within. And without realizing it, Luca managed to destroy the barrier made by the Skarsgards. Leona screamed loudly when she saw the Alpha almost fall into the huge gaping hole behind him. Luca was about to dash – to save him, however, Loui had already approached – to grab the Alpha and take him to the other side which he felt was safe.

They were a few steps away from the cover of trees, not that mere timber would stop pieces of the mountain from hitting them. Jo kept running, but using her aunt’s IAC visuals, she watched what she was doing. As larger pieces of rock began to tumble down from further up the mountain, Cassidy caught them and dropped them in front of what used to be the entryway. There was not an opening large enough for a human body at this point, so much of the cave had come down. As Cassidy continued to use the larger rocks to secure the exit, smoke wound its way through the smaller openings, along with occasional poofs of dust. If any of the Vampires inside the cave had survived the silver nitrate or the i

He hopped out and motioned for me to follow. “This is it,” he said, pointing towards a cave entrance nestled between the rocks. I stared at the cave, its dark mouth gaping like a portal to another world. The air around it felt cooler, heavier, and the faint sound of dripping water echoed from within. “This is where the sapphires are?” I asked, my voice hushed. He nodded, his expression serious. “The locals say this cave goes deep… deeper than it should. They say it’s dangerous, that it could collapse at any moment.”

Steam erupted from every crevice, thick and scalding, filling the narrow space with white. Aldric sat up sharply, his body reacting faster than mine. "The walls." I looked. The cave walls were trembling. The sudden heat was expanding the frozen moisture trapped inside the stone, creating pressure that had nowhere to go. Cracks spread across the rock like veins. Small fragments began to fall from the ceiling. The jade had not mentioned this. The jade had not mentioned that caves could explode during the thaw. had it?

They were deep underground. After ten minutes of walking, the tunnel ended. They stepped into a massive cavern. "Oh my God," Serenity gasped. In the center of the cavern stood a colossal gate. It was at least ten meters high, made of a pitch-black stone that seemed to absorb the light from their flashlights. It wasn't just a door. It was a monolith. Carved into the black surface was a terrifying relief: Thousands of snakes intertwined to form a barrier. And in the center, a keyhole shaped like a drop of blood.

For us? 'For you, now,' he murmured, pulling me close. The bond thrummed, heat building again, the eclipse pulling at my desires. But gunfire echoed closer, shattering the moment. 'Cave. Now.' We scrambled up the rocky bank, vines clawing at my robe, the falls thundering ahead. The hidden cave mouth yawned behind a curtain of water, mist kissing our faces as we dove in. Inside, the air was warmer, lit by bioluminescent fungi glowing soft blue on the walls. The space felt alive, echoing with the waterfall's song, a sacred bubble amid the storm. I collapsed against the stone, chest heaving, Drake barricading the entrance with boulders.

Rave said, smiling. Hand in hand, they walked deeper into the cavern. Leesa had been hoping this cave might be like some she had seen pictured in books, filled with glittering crystal formations, sharp pointed stalactites and stalagmites, and maybe even an underground river or stream. They found none of that in here, however, even when they ventured farther into the cavern than Rave had ever gone. The passage twisted and turned, usually descending at a gentle grade and occasionally ascending, but it was always the same—rough walls and ceiling fashioned of uneven, gray and brown stone. Now and then tiny crystals embedded in the rock gleamed under her magical light, but it was nothing more tha

the girl in pigtails explained. "About three thousand people died in that town because of the sudden calamity. The military forces are trying to figure out their purpose for going that far as summoning a tidal wave, forcing the flow of nature against it's own. But we've heard...," she said and leaned towards Iktanne's ear and whispered, "... we've heard a few days ago in the library from the proctors that the Giants were collecting gold and souls from the normals. They said that there was an insignia left on the shores of the north... which might cause a great trouble because it links back here in the Academy and the Empire."