Nightfall Novels & Stories

His familiar fragrance enveloped me. I murmured, "Landon, you smell amazing…" That made his ears turn bright red. The next thing I knew, he captured my lips in an even more searing kiss. In between kisses, he whispered, "A zombie's fated partner is the only one who can see what we truly look like and smell the fragrance unique to us. I'm a lucky man, Annabelle." Our bodies remained pressed together as we shared a passionate night. It wasn't until dawn, when the first light of day slowly crept over the horizon, that Landon stopped as I begged for mercy in exhaustion.

` Replies came in for hours: `Understood` `Back to work` *13. 6:00pm. Kano Max* Guard told James. “Denied.” James nodded. Went back to his bed. Day 7,341. 11 years left. He stared at the ceiling. No notebook. No phone. No words. *14. 11:59pm. Rooftop* All three. Willa: “We won.” Elma: “We survived.” Nathan: “Again.” The city was quiet. 22 plants dark except for safety lights.

Elara knew something had gone wrong before she even reached the first floor. Voices echoed through Nightfall House long before sunrise, too many footsteps, too many doors opening and closing, too many phones vibrating with incoming alerts. By the time she stepped into the lower hallway, one of the wall-mounted screens near the security office was already flashing territorial updates beneath the Nightfall crest. BLACKWATER BORDER LOCKDOWN ENTERS THIRD DAY RITUAL FOOTAGE LEAKS CONTINUE ACROSS REGIONAL FEEDS HOLLOW CREST REQUESTS FORMAL SACRED REVIEW

Through the dinner-plate viewport, the moonlight on the underside of the waves is a roof of beaten silver, close enough to touch, already pulling away. “We’re not going to a battle,” Sarah says, to nobody, to the controls, as she opens the valves and the sea takes us. “I’ve been to a battle. You come back from a battle. We’re climbing into a grave ten kilometers deep, and we’re pulling the lid shut over our own heads. So. Everybody hold your breath like you mean it.” The silver roof closes. The light goes. And the Nadir-04 begins to fall.

A space-battle erupted in the upper atmosphere, lighting the sky in shades of violent purple and gold. ​But the "Glass Needle" had taken its toll. ​Nora collapsed on the peak, the obsidian dust falling around her like soot. The spire groaned one last time, and a massive section of the eastern cliff—the location of the old Davis orchard—sheared off, falling two thousand feet into the boiling sea. ​Kael climbed out of the vents, his lungs scorched by the heat. He found Nora in the ash, her skin pale, the amber glow almost gone.

"Then move! The Cocolink heavy hitters are mobilizing!" They burst out into the dawn air, the sudden sunlight stabbing at eyes that had known only fluorescent hum and shadow. Nathan breathed in the scent of wet pavement and freedom. It was a retreat—a fast, dirty exit back into the safety of the underground tunnels—but the board had changed. Nathan, James, and Logan were out. And Havenfall was finally within reach.

“Ayla, you are fated to be a celestial guardian. There’s a war and you have to fight.” Nash, whose lifeless body was being carried away from the camp stained by blood. “I’m going to kill him too.” On one side, Adon’s foot pressed against Ler’s neck, who was lying unconscious on the floor. On the other, Lux clutched Nox’s skull with only one hand. “Who will you choose?” It was her fault. Suddenly, Ayla was awake, sitting on her bed and choking back tears, with her hand clutching her chest as if it could help to calm a pain that had nothing to do with her body.

They didn't even do anything. I slow as a house comes into view. It was crimson bricks and a thick wooden door, a car with chains on the wheel sat in the drive way, a web of ice on the windshield. Golden light streamed over the snow so was guessing someone was awake. I slowed til I was almost walking and watched as the groups split as if instructed to. Mikki pads to a stop, watching in awe as the wolves charged at the building. I stared in astonishment as Bray threw himself through a window. The glass shattered and Bray disappeared inside as someone screamed. Vic leaps through another window, causing another scream and a very colourful swear word. The others piled in, vault themselves inside

"Why would you attack me out of nowhere if you really just wanted to polish your mirrors? And did you know the people who drowned here in the past, too? You just want to keep hiding here, hiding behind the excuse of polishing your mirrors while you kill people." The Nightfall Well fell silent for a moment before the Night Demon's voice echoed through the air once more, "I guess you found me out in the end. Well, you're not leaving Gemglass Village alive now." "Is that so? I'd like to see which one of us ends up dead, actually." Just then, the dark clouds in the sky began to spin ferociously. They formed a vortex that connected to the N

“United, we shall cut into them. We’ll assemble and let them come to us. I think they will be spoiling for a fight before sundown.” Malitus looked up at him. “Why do you say that?” “Because Lammas is near, a holiday for them. I’m sure they will want to be bare assed and drunk by midnight.” Laughter chattered among the officers as the General nodded. Ralta yawned. “There’s the chance they won’t want to engage us at all.” “True,” Malitus agreed. “But I have a feeling, call it a sensation or an inkling they are going to attack.”