Nightfall Novels & Stories

I kind of wouldn't be surprised if they killed him. "Anna, did you see where Austin went?" Candice asks. I snap out of my door stalking and look over to her and our group of friends. Alan is speaking to one of the members that introduced himself as Miles and Jared is assisting Laynie in putting her coat on. There is a large storm and it's beginning to get ugly outside, so many are calling it a night. I look over to the clock, my fifth time doing it since father has come in. Eleven twenty-four.

The flickering light registered first. It seemed to come from all corners of the room beyond the door, all directions until it replaced everything in Janice's world with cold fire. The door slammed behind her with a defiant thud, leaving her alone with whatever was causing the prismatic world. Slowly, images began to come to the forefront. An animated demon perched on a mountain, summoning spectral figures from the ground. A man, standing in a busy street, throws a Molotov cocktail into an oncoming car's window.

I shaked violently,as soon as I did, I felt him pour in me. He rolled off me ,mye became blurry.. "I love you Michael"I told him exhaustedly. I thought he didn't hear me...I just fell into a deep slumber. "I love you Natty" I heard him say but I was already asleep.

I nodded and left holding my newly acquired phone tightly. My Mother returned home few minutes past 10pm. As usual, my siblings were fast asleep already. I was watching the 10pm news on CHANNELS TELEVISION. The weather was harsh. We were sweating all over. Our standing fan stopped working few months ago. Fixing it will cost alot so it was abandoned. My mother came inside, dropped the bar keys on the bed then grabbed her wrapper and went to the bathroom. "Your drugs ma. " I said as she sat on the bed cleaning her body with her wrapper across her chest. "Fetty I took them by 7pm before taking over the bar from you. I also ate dinner before leaving. " she answered. "Ok ma. " I quickly replied.

"Platinum Level. Executive Assistant privileges. I’ve been saving this for a rainy day." "Ben," I pointed upward, where the ceiling of the silo was vibrating. Dust was sifting down. "It’s not raining. The sky is falling." Above us, miles of rock and ice were groaning. The Fenrir's Fang flagship was bombarding the surface, and the shockwaves were finally reaching this deep. The "Neo-Thule" underground city was collapsing. We had minutes, maybe seconds. Ben ran to the pedestal and slapped the card on the scanner. BEEP-BOOP.

Rowan: “Colleges can wait. The world can wait. We’ve got one more summer to burn the sky down right.” Above us, the Milky Way shifts. The stars rearrange themselves into one quiet, blazing sentence: YOU WERE NEVER LEAVING. We stay on the field until dawn, laughing, crying, planning a year that belongs to no campus, no kingdom, no prophecy. Just us. Four days left of summer? Good. We’re going to need every second. The Last Night of Summer August 31, 2029 – 11:59 p.m., the ridge above Hot Springs

she screamed. “They’re too close,” he said, voice steady. “If I don’t collapse the wing, they’ll get to the civilians.” “We’ll find another way!” “There isn’t one.” He smiled at her. “Tell Naelle… she was worth saving.” He pressed the button. The east wing collapsed in flame and stone. Yuri fell to her knees, scream caught in her throat. Nightfall – Aftermath The battlefield was ash. Bodies lay scattered. Fires burned in the distance. The Council had retreated—for now.

Gavin came closer to me, not waiting for long; he immediately shot out his right hand and landed on my cheek so hard that I took a step back and almost hit the door behind me. "Gavin, don't do that to Mahira. How many times have you hit her over a misunderstanding, you thought, huh? It's enough that you made Mahira throw away everything she had for you; don't throw away Mahira's hope to stay alive," Adam defended. His voice rose so loudly.

Everything goes blurs, blackness engulfs me. Roman's screams echoes " Rose...no!" Next silence, then nothing but darkness forever. ############

Daphne gasped, drawing in a deep breath as she awoke. She blinked frantically trying to clear out the remnants of the dream. She felt exhausted from having multiple dreams since one night. She sighed, closing her eyes to compose herself. She could hear the distant sounds of the castle coming to life—servants bustling about, the clatter of dishes in the kitchen, the occasional bark of a guard's command.