Heartbeat Rhymes Novels & Stories

whirr Her heart was gone… What was beating in her chest?

Phone still in her hand. Useless. Still no signal. The footsteps stopped. Right outside the door. Silence followed. Heavy. Pressing. Then— A knock. Not aggressive. Not rushed. Just one. Clean. Controlled. Keisha didn’t move. Another knock. Same rhythm. Same patience. A voice followed. Calm. Familiar in a way that made her stomach drop. “Keisha.” Her name. Not shouted. Not forced. Just said like it belonged in that moment. Her grip tightened on the phone.

Shawn opened his mouth to speak the final words, ready to ask her again the life changing question. But just then, something went terribly wrong. As the word left his lips, his voice suddenly slurred, sounding heavy and strange. Shawn froze. A sudden, violent wave of heat began running through his entire body, starting from the center of his chest and spreading down to his veins like molten lava. An unexpected, overwhelming desire washed over him with the force of a tidal wave. It wasn't just a normal romantic feeling, it was a dark, raging fire that completely consumed his thoughts in a fraction of a second.

I can feel its heartbeat—a hard, steady thrum—vibrating through its ribs. Hot breath rolls up my throat, damp and rank. I brace for teeth, for a tearing pain and a quick end. My pulse screams in my ears.

My eyebrows pull together when I focus too hard and hear his heartbeat too. ‘ It’s normal for us. ’ The voice whispers in my mind, making me suck on my lower lip. “ I don’t think you need this comforting shit. You need some facts straight. ” Ryker scowls all of a sudden. I purse my lips, listening in to his heartbeat. Does his heart ever beats fast? Ever misses a beat? Ever flutters? Like mine? It’s the most ridiculous time to be thinking about this to my annoyance but I can’t really help it when I can finally hear the sound of his heartbeat — the rich ba-dum kinda shit — and even his breaths, even and calm.

The Heart glowed between them, brighter than ever. And across creation, from the smallest atom to the oldest god, the new rhythm whispered— > thrum … thrum … thrum … The sound of freedom. The sound of remembrance. The sound of love reborn. And the universe sang. ---

silence stretched thick and suffocating broken only by the wind howling through the broken windows and the distant rhythmic thud of red hollow drums that sounded like a heartbeat counting down to zero Rhea broke it voice steady despite the pain carving deeper lines into her face with every word “ill lead it” Kaelin and Serna both turned the air between them crackling with unspoken grief and love that had no place in war but lived there anyway Rhea met their stares eyes ancient with exhaustion and the kind of love that doesnt need words “im the fastest rider left. i know the western passes better than my own scars. and if i dont come back—” she shrugged with her good shoulder the motion small

Amara with racing heart felt the reassuring beat of his pulse against her skin. Rhys buried his face into the crook of her neck, inhaling deeply as if trying to capture the essence of her. His arms wrapped around her, creating a shell of safety. Amara could feel the rise and fall of his chest with each breath, a rhythmic lullaby that eased the tension within her. And something hard poking her back. It wouldn’t take a genius to realize what it was. She just swallowed hard and clenched her legs tight. And the fact that she was naked underneath the shirt just fueled her anticipation.

" Hope tries to increase his pulse but suddenly. Ryan take heavy breaths and his body shook rapidly. "No ryan please reponse me you can't leave me like this." Ryan ki heartbeats second by seconds was falling

His heartbeat matched the rhythm of the steps closing in on him. ⸻