Rise B Novels & Stories

I touched the table, felt and picked up the bread knife, and raised it. “If you do something, I swear!” I heard the guy laugh and I would admit I find his voice damn sexy! It’s a bit low and rough in an attractive way and I could imagine him singing. Okay, what is this feeling? Why am I having butterflies in my stomach just hearing his voice? “I will not do something,” he stated. Roselia whispered. “I’ll be around the place and just shout if you need me. Enjoy the evening, Lady Daianara.” “Wait…” I waved in the air trying to catch Roselie but I guess she was already gone.

“You were moving so fast, each strike was so powerful and unexpected that even the three of us couldn’t put up much of a fight against you. We were forced to use our magic to hold on, and even then it was still a struggle. You could have killed us easily if you had wanted to.” “Wow!” Tara hissed, looking down at her hands. Worry quickly overtook her countenance. “How are you? Did I hurt any of you?” “No, we’re okay. You just surprised us with your newfound strength, that’s all,” Boma replied her, reaching to rub her bare shoulder. His touch sent spikes of pleasure through her, even as he shook his head in wonderment. “I think I also need to step upon the path with the song of life very soon.

As soon as Roselin and Count Robin had produced and distributed the immunizing liquid against the incapacitating effects of the other, we quickly set for White Birch plain. All the shifters followed the moving party from the forest, while all the human rebels took the road with hundreds of wagons in tow. We needed to move the weapons, the armours, the food and water supplies.

The citizens, caught in the fervor of the moment, found solace and strength in their shared commitment to safeguarding their future. Rhesus, standing amidst the fervent assembly, absorbed the energy pulsating from the crowd. He raised his hand, acknowledging the support, and the crowd responded with an uproar of approval. "To the halls of resistance, we march!" Rhesus proclaimed, his voice carrying over the sea of faces. "Let this day be remembered as the birth of our defiance!"

"To every woman who was told she was too emotional, too soft, too ambitious. To every person who lost everything and had to start again. This is your reminder that we rise. And we rise stronger." That night, Natalie sat on the balcony of her penthouse, watching the stars return to a sky once clouded by doubt. Lila joined her with two glasses of wine. "You know," Lila said, handing her a glass, "I always believed you’d come back. But I never expected this." "Neither did I," Natalie admitted. "But maybe sometimes we have to be burned down to remember what we’re made of." Lila raised her glass. "To rising from the ashes."

Fiona accepted the helmet he held out to her, and he helped her buckle the strap beneath her chin before pausing. "There are people upstairs looking at you," he said. Fiona whipped her head up. True enough, she saw the figures of several unfamiliar colleagues gathered behind the railing of the balcony. She silently gave them a thumbs down before hopping onto the motorbike. "Ignore them. They're a bunch of people with too much time on their hands," Fiona said in irritation. But soon, her attention was diverted. "Your motorbike's so cool…" "If you like it, I'll come and pick you up with it again some other time."

I was shocked when I saw a text from Ryan. Ryan – Charlotte 1 Daisy 0.

Shit. This isn't going to be good.

He walks towards me and frees me, he even helps me to stand. “If I were you, I wouldn’t have done that.” Caleb says in anger, I see his eyes turn color abruptly. He walks towards Tristan, but before he can land a blow on his face, Tristan defends himself by catching it midair, he then twists Caleb’s hand. I swear I hear bones breaking.

I’m not sure if I should feel relieved or not. A quick look to the left tells me that Connor was the fastest to reach his pole. His long limbs have enabled him to climb the pole like a seasoned monkey and retrieve the first blade. He raises it in the air like a prizefighter, all the while clinging to the pole and I hear Helios shout, “That’s my boy!”