Into The Dark: The Body Novels & Stories

She turned back and glanced at him one more time before leaving the room. All was silent in the room for a while and everywhere seemed calm. Then it happened. A heartbeat… followed by another….and then another. Blood began to slowly pulse again around his body and his body gradually began to retain it’s bright color. His veins began to appear and then suddenly, his eyes flew open. Except, his eyes were not normal. They were blue.

“Her face is also half burnt, so she’s-” “She’s going to die?” Eka asks again. Roy nods weakly toward Eka who already lost part of his soul when he sees the grim look on Roy’s face. As if a part of him was torn apart, Eka just sunk his body deeper into the comfy bed, he looks at the bed next to him, the sound of the medical machines next to his is loud enough for him to hear.

" It's Dark night. " " Push her into the sea. " Without wasting a second, he commanded his men. " Yes, boss. " The man followed his boss's order. He moved out and went to the room. Risa turned her focus to the door when the door opened. A man entered the room and rushed towards her. She tried to get a broad sight of the man but her mind went blank. ____ Dark night - underground world organization.

He staggered backward, coughing as the darkness wound around him, curling into his very bones. His mind screamed to resist, to push it away, but it felt like the mist was a part of him already. Midas turned away from the dresser, his hands trembling as the gravity of what he had just unleashed sank in. The box sat closed now but the darkness inside it was far from dormant. He could feel it crawling beneath his skin, threading through his veins like liquid shadow, intertwining with his very essence.

His heart raced so fast it hurt. The footsteps got closer. The shadow moved forward. The door creaked wider. Eli whispered one last time, his voice barely a whisper. “Cove… please… they are here. I am hiding. The dark is coming.” The shadow stepped inside. The darkness closed around him completely.

I stood there, feeling the cold of the night seep through my skin, freezing what was left of my heart. Sometime in the middle of the night, a fever took hold of my body. Eventually, I couldn't hold myself up any longer, and I collapsed onto the floor.

She clung to her mother, trembling but conscious, Everyone prayed for the safety of the two siblings and hoped for a miracle by the river's edge. As the villagers had desperately searched for Alex, one of the fishermen finally returned to the shore, his face etched with sorrow, carrying Alex's unmoving body in his arms. The collective hope of a safe reunion had hung in the air, but the grim reality now settled over the riverbank like a heavy shroud.

We stood there, his hand still death-gripping the fractured bedpost, my palm flat against his chest, his heartbeat slamming hard and then slowly, reluctantly, beginning to settle beneath my fingers. I could feel it happening. The cold pull up my arm, the familiar drain of it, the sensation of taking something dark and absorbing it somewhere deep in my own body where I would carry it silently for hours. That was the price. That was always the price. But this time it was different. Usually the transfer was slow, reluctant, like pulling a current against the tide. This time it moved through me like something that had been waiting. Eager, almost. Like my body understood this man's darkness with

They flowed into me from every direction, dissolving into my skin, my bones, my very breath. The pain was overwhelming. But beneath the pain… There was something else. Recognition. The void wasn't invading me. It was returning. My body trembled as the darkness continued pouring into me. The endless shadows that once surrounded the world now gathered inside my chest, swirling around my heart like a storm. Chaos stepped back, watching. The white space had completely vanished now. Only darkness remained. And it was listening to me. My hands began to glow faintly with violet light as shadows curled around my fingers like obedient serpents.

Dark of Night Copyright 2019 Emily Goodwin Chapter One “What do you see when you look at this one?” The doctor holds up a card, showcasing an ink splotch that’s twisted and creepy, with eyes that follow you no matter where you go. I look at it, heart hammering away inside my chest. The mess of ink on the white paper reminds me of the monster that lurks in Nana and Papa’s basement, the one that tried to get Abby and Scott to go downstairs with it.