Shade The Echidna Novels & Stories

"We're being hunted." Shadows detach from the walls-not cultists, nor crows. *Shades* of the First Wolves' prey, their antlers splintered, pelts riddled with phantom arrows. The citadel isn't a sanctuary. It's a snare, baited with Lila's crows and our desperation. Eden's scar flares as the shades charge. He raises a hand, and the nearest shade implodes, reduced to hoarfrost. But more come, endless, their anguish a weapon. Kael lunges, ripping through a stag's throat, but the ice re-forms instantly.

Colton Hayes “Since Echo hates being restricted, there will not be a cage for this fight.” The audience jeered, shouting in protest and sprouting insults. Except my focus wasn’t on them, it was on the piles of mutilated and decaying bodies surrounding the arena, the stench of death swallowing me whole. The announcer’s words are muffled to my ears, staring directly at the beast emerging from the gates. Her beastly form was two times the size of an average she-wolf, her fur an unusual shade of blue black that became more prominent under the spotlight.

“We are close to finding the truth.” “Are you that happy?” Elijah lifted a small smile when Shadow’s cheekbone lifted. Although Shadow didn’t take part in the brawl, she was wearing her sleeveless knee-length coat attached with a hoodie painted with a yellow and red snarl falcon logo at the back. Plus with the creepy smiling mask on the face. The majority of them didn’t know Shadow’s face and only the trusted members had the privilege to have seen one. “We are near the end. The useless territory dispute will end soon.”

"You saw those shadows, right? Those are from you. You are supernatural, just like the man you encountered earlier in the marketplace." "No. I must be dreaming, right? I am still trapped in that dream with the shadows. I just need to wake up completely—" "Ah, right, the dream. Everything you saw there is the reality, everything really happened. It is proof that your ability has been activated. Those shadows were your eyes. What you underwent during those two weeks of unconsciousness is the process called shading. The shading usually lasts for months but your record shocked us. The shading allows your body to completely integrate your ability called Nyx and for you to overcome it in less than

Shola sent with sick-looking emojis. "Ooh nooooo... Are you making fun of me !? But it makes sense little witch. When I'm able to make great drawings like you, I'll be able to boast of your pencils as my best teachers... I could put them up for auction if you like ! You naughty devil !" "Oh, I was just teasing you Fèmi, don't take it the wrong way. Of course I'll gladly offer you new pencils if that's what you want. I too started with small beginnings and today I haven't evolved that much either." Shola sent with emojis all red.

Something was moving faster than us, hunting us through the mist. Kael tightened his grip on my hand. “Get ready,” he whispered. “They’ll strike soon.” And then it happened. A rush of shadows exploded from the trees, twisting like smoke and solidifying into humanoid forms. Echo-Binders—older, stronger, faster than any we had seen. Their crimson eyes glowed faintly, focused, intelligent, and lethal. One surged toward me, swift as a striking serpent. I reacted instinctively, thrusting the shard forward. A ribbon of crimson light shot from it, forming a protective barrier that threw the Binder back. Its hiss echoed through the valley. The shard pulsed, almost alive, feeding off my fear and reso

"Behind me. Now." "I may be injured," I retorted, forcing the tremor from my voice, "but I am not helpless." Before he could argue, they poured from the shadows. Four nightmare creatures of fluid darkness and sharpened bone—Shadoviels. And with them, a fifth. It was immense, towering over Cassius, its form a roiling mass of darkness that seemed to drink the light around it. The leader.

They just laid there holding hands, knowing that there were guards everywhere watching over them. Emma sighed, "That doesn't explain anything to me." "It's one of the deadliest poisons that can harm a Schatten. It comes from the root of a rare tree and is harmless to humans but deadly to shades. I will explain more later, when my strength returns." Sleep took hold as they were both still weak from the events of the morning, knowing that they would need to deal with Imogen upon recovering. Tomorrow, Matthias thought, tomorrow.

“You think you’re the only one?” “You wound me, Delia,” Gray chuckles. She slaps his arm playfully, letting him know it's time to get serious. He straightens up, as all signs of amusement snap from his face in a split second and holds still while she goes to work on the chain in his hands. She places both of her hands a few inches above the metal and whispers some incantation until a low blue glow can be seen from underneath her palms. When the glow fades she moves her warm copper brown hands and sighs.