Of Love And Shadows Book Novels & Stories

A hidden secret. A forgotten debt. A dangerous obsession. ​Fifteen-year-old Elena leads an ordinary life in a quiet town, sheltered by her close-knit family and high school dreams. But her peaceful world shatters when her older brother, Alvaro, unwittingly brings a dark shadow into their home—his mysterious university friend, Gabriel. ​Unbeknownst to anyone, Gabriel is the ruthless leader of the notorious criminal syndicate, The Crimson Crest. ​When a misplaced handwritten letter exposes an ancient debt of honor between Elena’s military father, Roberto, and Gabriel’s family, Elena finds herself entangled in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. Hiding the letters in the shadow of dus

Maddy yawned again. "I think I'm falling in love with you, don't hurt me." With that Maddy was fast asleep. Philip gasped at her words. He didn't want to believe her, but she was the brightest spark in his life, he wanted her every second of the day and he knew it wasn't just lust now, his heart called out to her, his soul was cracked open the first time he saw her. He looked at the wheelchair next to the bed and frowned. How could he keep a woman like her?

His movements were precise and delicate. He pulled back, and their joint bodies cast a shadow on the floorboards, making them look like one, even though two people were standing there. And as the sun set down on the horizon, their shadows became bigger, filling the entire room, just like his heart was filled with his love for her. The sun settled in the heart to the horizon as if the sky could speak of his love for her.

How many more dark shadows would darken my life? “I can’t believe you didn’t give up your firm for my happiness. This man is a monster,” I screamed at her as loud as I could after biting Kevin. I wished I had run away, but he quickly grabbed my hand. I thought he was going to get mad, but he started laughing sadistically. He was enjoying our argument, our misery. I didn’t think there were such people in the world. I didn’t realize that the man I had sworn my love to at the altar was, in fact, a man without scruples, without a heart. He was actually a monster. He physically blocked me, but that wasn’t the worst of it. Emotionally, I was a wreck. Everything I had heard so far was swirling arou

Her grief gave birth to the wrath that tainted her as the change took hold. It wasn’t long before she caught up with Daniel and the others. Her mind went to Ava. The woman told her of a plan. One that would see Penny being whole again. Ava needed to live. She needed to retrieve the Book of Shadows. Everything rested on her and the book. What the rest of them had to do was stay alive and keep each other safe. The shadows used themselves as projectiles, rocketing towards Penny. Since they could not render her soulless, they came at her to cause physical injury. Penny allowed her anger to feed her strength.

"I was the one who kissed and held you that night. I was the one who saw you first, Miranda. It was me you kissed that night of our Foundation Day." "W-What? Y-You mean..." I nodded and smiled. "Oh sh*t Xyle!" she cursed and cried. I kissed her once more. Under the beam of illuminating light. I will never hide my love for her anymore. The shadow has gone. She will be my light that will shine brightly until the last day of my life. "Min elskede, my beautiful wife." *** “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” —Og Mandino Kiss in the Shadow is written & translated by Mar Mojica The End

A blood-curdling scream tore through the air as I plummeted from the skyscraper, blacking out before I hit the ground. "Lily." The camera lingered mercilessly on my mangled form. The voice was unhinged with madness. "You're finally going to die. Don't blame me. Blame yourself for being so vile. "You knew damn well I loved Shane, and you still went ahead and married him! "In this world, only I am meant to love him! Everyone who'd try to take him from me should die!" The screen quaked, the view flipped, and there was Joanna's twisted face, filling the big screen. The footage cut off abruptly.

For a moment, the smoke cleared—and Maya saw its face. Her own face stared back. Not the Maya in a torn coat, but a Maya with eyes like empty stars, a crown of black glass on her head. “Who are you?” Maya whispered, out of breath. “I’m the part of the story you tried to erase,” the shadow said. Her voice was Maya’s, only colder, more perfect. “I’m the ‘No’ to your ‘Yes.’ I’m the hunger you tried to call love.” The shadow stepped closer. The black chains pulsed with a sick light.

Something he had spent years pretending wasn’t there. He’d seen it wrap around her. Felt it touch his. Their darknesses recognized each other like lovers meeting in secret. And gods, the memory of it still burned through him—the way her shadow had curled against his, bold and curious, like it had wanted him. Like it had been waiting.

The Shadow sat at the head of it, looking down at Leo with a mixture of pity and contempt. "You think this 'Actual' life is a victory?" the Shadow asked. "You’ve traded the stars for a garden. You’ve traded the Thorne Legacy for a woman who will eventually realize you’re just a broken worker. I am the part of you that survives the centuries. I am the part of you that Meilin actually loved." Meilin stepped forward, her pulse-rifle leveled at the Shadow's heart. "I never loved you. I loved the man I thought you were. I loved the man who was hidden under all that ice—the man who is standing right here, covered in dirt."