In The Afterlight Book Novels & Stories

Dante held me as if I might vanish, but I no longer had the strength to push him away. Professor Shaw came to my side. “Aria, can you hear me?” I looked at her through the blur. “My baby…” Her expression changed, but her voice stayed steady. “We’re taking you to the institute medical center now.” As they lifted me onto the stretcher, Dante tried to follow. Professor Shaw stopped him with one look. “You had your chance to protect her.” The last thing I saw before darkness took me was Dante standing in the hall, covered in my blood, while the wedding ring box lay open at his feet.

The corrupted army answered with deafening howls. Captain Lyra lowered her eyes. "No..." Across the valley, the Primordial Darkness smiled. "I expected nothing less." --- Then... Another sound reached the battlefield. A slow, steady heartbeat. Boom. Boom. Boom. Golden light appeared inside the fading dust. At first it was only a faint glow. Then it grew brighter. Brighter still. Until it shone like the rising sun. Varkor's ears twitched. The smile disappeared from the Primordial Darkness's face. The golden light stepped forward.

The clouds cover the blue sky and the sun is about to set. Selah hurried her feet to walk near the seashore as she deeply gazed at the ocean, mesmerizing every tip of the waves it creates whenever it dashes on the sands. It's getting late and the night is fast approaching. Her afternoon classes just ended and she doesn't want to go straight home. she still wonders where she might drop by to buy something to munch. But honestly, she skipped her final class considering that she almost got into a fight again. It never happened once, it's Selah's daily struggle actually. Getting into fights and being involved in trouble? Those were her things.

•|•|• There she comes! See how the dark days cease? A mate for one, a savior for us all. •|•|• [Kayos Adren Prime] Tucked away behind countless rows and aisles, I work quietly, a calm silence around me. A pristine comfort, warmth I revel in. Focused, I straighten piles of books beneath the dull flicker of candlelight. Silver rings gleaming beneath the yellow glow. Alchest scampers by shifting down the endless rows of books neatly stacked in piles down the wide oak table.

--- **The Aftermath** The battle lasts seconds. Or centuries. When the light fades, the Verse's ship is a smoldering wreck. The sapling is ash. My body is human again-barely. Ravel finds me in the crater, the sigil on my chest now a black hole, devouring light. "What did you do?" she whispers. The static is silent. The scar is gone. But the ground trembles, and the survivors' eyes glow gold. --- **The New Dawn**

Afterlight drifted closer, her edges fuzzing in and out of existence. When she reached the limit of her projection boundary, she stopped only inches from Alexander’s chest. Her voice dropped to a whisper, “You were never meant to have her.” Alexander stepped forward, crowding into her space, unafraid, “She’s not yours.” Afterlight blinked slowly, eerily, “She is me.” Evelyn’s stomach dropped, “No. I’m not...” “Evelyn.” Her name echoed through the room spoken by Afterlight in dozens of versions of her voice, young and old and everything in between.

- I replied, indignant. - It doesn't matter what time it is.- my mother interjected.- You are not allowed to walk in this forest after dark. Even during the day, it's not completely safe there, a vampire hangs around this woods. And don't even tell me you didn't feel it when you wandered there.- she added, to my surprise, although I shouldn't be surprised, after all, my mother was more powerful than me and was able to sense all kinds of creatures from a great distance. - I felt it only once, late in the evening, at the end of the previous year.- I confessed, quite truthfully.- I never felt it during the day, and today I returned home after dark for the first time in a long while.- I reminded

I just bottled up what happened and kept it moving Tory was the only one I talked to and vice versa that made us become closer I really feel like she’s my brother mate and scared to find out I plan on getting them around each other to find out but Tory doesn’t let much slip past her other then the dreams and my behavior lately no one even noticed anything was wrong but inside I was dying in darkness stuck in my own mind not knowing what to do afterwards I didn’t want to get in trouble for leaving pack lands My father would never let me leave his site again if he found out I felt as if I was spiraling out of control trying to keep it to myself but now I see the light A Red Burning light and a

Unfortunately the price for it was very high and had ended and destroyed many lives. We left the administration wing behind Anton in silence and marched across the area to a further set back building that looked very similar to the first one. Of course, Reese lit a cigarette, as soon as he was outdoors and only because he didn't let go of my hand, I realized that his thoughts were on me and the upcoming encounter. He probably feared that I would freak out or try to shoot them. Unfortunately I had to admit that I was no stranger to this idea. I had no idea what it would be like to face these proles. Maybe it left me completely cold.

She said in a deep voice. We ended up laughing and rolling on the garden floor all the while feeling something burning through my back. It felt like someone's eyes. Or should I say, Something's eyes. ¶•¶•¶•¶•¶ I