Prelude 12/21 Novels & Stories

At 8:59 am tomorrow, send the electronic version of this joint lawsuit to everyone via company email. After hanging up, I texted Alexander, "Apologies, Mr. Langley. I'll only be able to give you the final response in 22 hours. However, I guarantee you'll witness the most thorough corporate purge you've ever seen."

Finally, they arrived at their floor and the doors opened. They walked the short corridor to their respective doors. Vespera had reached her door but then she stopped and turned. Ezekiel had his key card out but noticing that the figure wasn't moving, he looked at her. "Is everything alright?" were his first words to her for the evening. Vespera smiled and walked back to meet him. "Yes, everything is alright. There is an industry event happening on Friday." She informed him. "The Vine Entertainment showcase. I have two seats."

Under the dark sky, a burst of colorful fireworks suddenly lit up, making even the dark rooms in the house bright. I looked at the clock and saw that it was past midnight. It was a new year. Watching the fireworks, I felt happier than I ever had before. The fireworks kept going, lighting up the sky as if they were showing us the way for the year ahead. I smiled, went back to my room, and snuggled into my cozy bed.

They were so full of the unshed tears that I could no longer see everything, it was all blurry. “ The sacrifice will take place tomorrow night as soon as the moon has risen.” “ Why does it have to be so soon?” I stammered tear stopping me from speaking clearly. “ We do not have time to waste, we still have to train you after the transfer of power is complete and we don’t know if the transfer will be instant or take a few days and the faster it happens the better for everybody as you will still need to travel to other places after here and we do not know how long exactly we have until the big battle will commence, we only have a small reference in the scrolls saying when the time is near a co

Tyson smirked. “31 Days.” Chance affirmed. “Which Day was today”? He asked. “Ninth.” Dr. Tyson added. “Twenty two days to go, man I am gonna savor these.” with a devilish smirk, Chance declared.

Jerald silently pushed his glasses upwards and took a bite. “They probably had someone with space ability, where you can plant fruits and harvest them in a short amount of time. I heard something about it before, it's amazing.” Patrick ruffled his hair, speaking lightly. “Yeah. Like, you can probably even start a poultry farm in it!” Twilight observed her teammates, and when she saw none of them aren't downcast, she finally released a breath of relief. “Enjoy it, guys. That's probably gonna be the last time you're going to eat apples. Once we are back in the base, we're back to hard bread and thin noodles.”

“You rode a motorcycle all the way here in this weather? What about the storm?” “I like to live dangerously. Getting home will not be boring. We’ll see if I need to get a room or not.” “Seems rather badly planned.” “Only your repeated calls so close to the holidays. At this rate, I’m going to miss Yule all together.” “Yule?” “Yes, the holiday that Christmas stole every tradition from. That Yule December twenty-first to January first. That Yule, we have family coming in from all over this year. Some of them we’ve never even met before. It’s kind of important.”

Chaos, precision, family, love, she had all of it in some measure, and for the first time in months, it felt like balance rather than pressure. Outside, Cheshire’s winter sun broke through the clouds for the first time that day. A faint, hopeful light spilled across Hemmingway International offices, touching every corner of glass and steel, and Joyce, pencil in hand, finally allowed herself to sketch the future she had been waiting for.

Time to end this one way or another. ***

Gabriel kisses my forehead, "You are brilliant. I think it's a good plan. What does the rest think?" They all nod in agreement. Zeus then gets up and asks, "How do we know when the battle is though?" I become silent because I forgot that tiny detail, to be honest. Nolan gasps, "Didn't you say you saw golden banners in your vision?" I stare at him confused, "Yes, so?" Nolan claps his hands and says, "That must mean it happens at midwinter solstice. The celebration for the first winter crops to be harvested. That's in 3 days from now."