Luz En Tinieblas Novels & Stories

"I swear, I'll be everything you want. I'll be the good little mouse you keep telling me to be. Just… don't do this. Please." The darkness of the room pressed down on me as he flipped off the last light, leaving only a faint glow from the moon seeping through the window. That cold, silvery light barely reached us, casting long shadows that made the entire scene even more haunting. I felt completely exposed, trapped, and helpless.

The storm has take the lights, and even takes the soul out of the house. Our house that is usually humming with the invisible life from the lighting has gone tomb-quiet, almost like a grave yard. It’s so dark, I could barely see a thing. The floor-to-ceiling glass of the master suite is nothing but a black mirror reflecting the flashes of lightning over the valley.

******* Luna I was in a dark space, I tried finding a way out of it but I kept tripping because of obstacles that I couldn’t see. This was what I endured for a very long time until light suddenly beamed into where I was standing and it seemed a woman was in front of the light.

I stepped closer to my pillar and read the words aloud: "In the heart of darkness, light must shine, But alone, its glow will fade with time. By shadow’s grace, the light is freed, Together, they are one in need." Evelina joined me, reading the rest of the inscription on her side: "Through dusk and dawn, they dance as one, For without the dark, the light is undone. When both are present, the truth is clear, Together they guide, without fear." She met my eyes, understanding lighting up in her expression. "It’s a test of balance—light and dark. Both need to work in unity to move forward."

I swallowed hard and do as stated; a bit shy that Kuya David caught me staring at Triton… “I still couldn’t get used in the world of these normal people; it is way different from our world. The way of living is different, unlike from the countrymen of Hanyang.” Minseo kept his gaze on the sky. In their world, the sky looks so mesmerizing but in this realm, their sky looks awful. At night time, there are no visible stars that could be seen, but in Hanyang, the stars are skinning so bright up the sky. He wonders what they could have been doing there. Was there any celebration now that the headache of the palace is gone? How’s Jun, the Queen, and his play dolls there?

The melody was full of hope and inspiration, and the rhythm fit in surprisingly well with the words of the poem. “In the stillness of the night, In the distance, there’s a light. The horizon’s brightly shining Its luminous glow blinding Why's the sun shining so bright? Because it is with all its might, Trying to conceal Del Cealus from us, But I’ll soon be there to set the people free As long as the sunlight never dims. I will now sail through the sky; Soon Del Cealus shall be found And be brought down from up high I’m taking along with me

Latin words filled the air, their meaning lost to all but those who practiced the mystical arts. "Lucem in tenebris, fiat ut sol nascatur," I intoned, my voice steady and resolute. "Vitam aeternam, doce mihi, lux perpetua. Lux solis invoco, exuro tenebras, ut ambulem inter lumen et umbram. Sol inter lucem et vitam me revocet."

It could have been a trick of the light or something. "Say something, Luna!" Little tears dropped from his eyes, his beautiful eyes but I couldn't see past the hate. Something was wrong but I was too drowsy to think clearly or offer my mate a reply. At last, I was pulled into darkness and the sounds around me slowly waned. The last thing I heard was Asher calling me the pet name he gave to me. Deliciae.

“Good day? Day doesn’t exist, luna. It’s always night.” “Yet when the clouds are grey, we call it a day. When the clouds are dark, we call it a night. I know it’s always night, but we want to believe that something nonexistent, like the day, still exists. Subtly masqueraded, yet we want to believe that it exists. As for nights… they are always gloomy until one sees the moon and the stars.” “Luna wants to believe in hope?” “I do because it’s not the sky that holds the darkness, it’s the eyes that are blind to light.”

Aside from them feeling damp, there is no sunlight or moonlight with it. Of course, they also don’t like caves or the tunnels, since darkness would envelop them, just like what is happening to Tinum right now. Tinum feels scared, since not only could he not see anything around him, he also feels suffocated. Only the light from the fire in his hand calms him, but he knows that this can’t go on. He has to return to the surface. He has to return to Loheiruchel! “Earth nymph… where are you? Earth nymph!” Tinum tried to call the earth nymph, only to hear his own voice echoing around him but not the voice of the earth nymph.