Little Embers Blind Boxes Novels & Stories

"Absolutely love games. Can't get enough of them." "Wonderful!" Ember's tail whips out again, this time creating a cage of fire around Ash and me. "First game: Don't get burned while I rearrange my hoard. I've been meaning to organize by color and historical significance, but it's so tedious doing it alone." "You want us to help you organize your treasure?" I stare at her. "Oh no, you'll be dodging fireballs while I organize. Much more entertaining that way!" Ember launches a gout of flame toward us that we barely dodge. "See? Already fun!"

And eyes that flashed—just for a second—in the sunlight. Not yellow. Not like last night. But gold. And not human. I blinked—and he was gone. A rush of air escaped my lungs. “Earth to birthday girl,” Ember said, appearing beside me with a glittery clutch. “You okay?” I turned back to her. “Did you see Zander standing outside just now?” “Nope.” She tilted her head. “Why?” “Never mind.” Back at my house, Ember helped me sort through the pile of outfits we brought home.

Michelle Xia had prepared a special birthday gift for Lizzy Xia, the mystery blind box she had recently become enamored with. Inside one of these blind boxes was a chubby blue figurine known as the “Forest King,” which Lizzy was particularly fond of. However, Lizzy seemed to have a streak of bad luck. She had never once received the toy she wanted, and every time she opened a blind box, her face would fall in disappointment. Yet, every time she saw another blind box, her eyes would light up with excitement, her feet would freeze, and she'd gaze longingly at it, forever filled with hope.

“Are you ok?” “Nightly dreams. It’s the purpose of the box. Keeping the flames contained.” Ember shrugged her shoulders. Sitting on the bed she began slipping on her shoes. Watching her move was distracting him. Shaking his head, he looked at the box. Getting his first look at the inside and he felt anger bubble up. Scorch marks covered the whole interior. There was no pillow or cushion. Just an empty, cold interior that didn’t look like it should fit the gorgeous woman calmly sitting in front of him. Forgetting to approach the subject delicately with his emotions getting the best of him.

I walked to Jaime's boat and knocked three times. "I was wondering when I'd see your face again. Looks like that pearl worked in your favor." He smirked at me. It seems that I'll never surprise him when I come here. "Tell me what I can do for you." "I need a gift for Ember. Her birthday is in a couple of days. Got anything that will help her with her grief?" I was quick to get down to business. I want to get back to Ember before she realizes I am gone. "I have something, but it'll cost you a day of your life." He smirked. I narrowed my eyes at him.

Old Hagstorm laughed and opened the three blind boxes. In the third box was a unique medicinal plant. It was shaped like a lotus and had seven bizarrely fiery red petals, representing its extreme heat attribute. This was the Dragon Flame Lotus! The second box had a ginseng larger than the wild ginseng king that Andrius had obtained long ago. Just by how it looked, it was clear that it was more valuable than the wild ginseng king. The first blind box had an almost transparent wax-like substance that emitted a faint fragrance. It was the legendary Gold Essence Ambergris!

“Light the match.” Twenty minutes later. The gasoline reeked like war. Lucien poured it over the staircase and floors. Ember stood in the living room with the final piece in her hands her old ballerina music box. The one Rafael had given her. She opened it. A lullaby played. The same one from her nightmares. Inside, tucked beneath the gears, was a flash drive. She palmed it without a word. Lucien struck the lighter. “Sure about this?” “No more shadows,” Ember said. “Let him see the fire.”

My heartbeat begins to quicken and before I can stop it I’m eight years old again. One thing that I have always found very weird is that when I have these flashback, I don’t feel the pain that I must have endured. I have these little clips in time but not the memory of the pain. Instead, I feel the emotions that I felt the terror and sorrow that I was in. I felt happy at first. It was a boring day at home. I was playing in my room shaving the hair off of my barbies and designing new outfits for them out of some of my old clothes. I had always been an odd duck and never much of a girl. I liked playing in the mud and playing sports. One this particular day I was still in my pajamas because nob

He said moving his hands in a playful manner. "Oh brother, you know I'm really bad at guessing so please just show it to me." Ava said rather impatiently. Lucas knelt beside her, pulling a small box from his pocket. "What's this?" he asked, then opened it to show a diamond necklace. "Tada!" Lucas exclaimed. "Wow, it's beautiful! Thank you so much brother Lucas." she breathed, touching the necklace. "Don't mention it, you're my kiddo," he said, his voice a little husky. He put the necklace around her neck, his fingers brushing her skin, making her shiver.

"What are you two talking about? You look so happy." "It's a recent trend to buy blind boxes. I went and bought one. We're just trying to guess what's inside," Cece explained with a smile. "Vicky, why don't you give it a guess?" "Is there a general criterion?" Vicky asked. Cece took out a poster and said, "There are a lot of themes, like cartoons, fairy tales, ballroom, horror... Just a lot of them." "What are you guessing?" "I'm guessing a stuffed animal," Cece said.