Shadow Word: Pain Novels & Stories

The shadows did as they were told. “Ackkk!” Amanda cried out, voice straining with the amount of pain that shot through her body. The shadows changed the surface color of her skin into inky black, frozen, without giving her a chance to move. “Rex...cord, I’m goi...ng to kill yo...u! I swear I- ahhh!!!” His shadows seeped into her skin pores, tightening her nerves and delivering pain there. As a consequence, Amanda shouted again in a complete sound of pain.

Cassius’s roar was a physical force, a shockwave that seemed to momentarily halt my violent journey. Gritting my teeth against the fire in my shoulder, I twisted, forcing a torrent of mana into my palm. I lifted my head just enough to see it: a knot of congealed night, a writhing mass of animated shadow with tendrils like whips of solid darkness. A Shadowveil. It was pulling me into its formless body. I aimed and unleashed a lance of amethyst light. The blast struck true, and the creature didn't just die; it unraveled, dissolving into a silent puff of black smoke.

“The truth you deny.” Her mother’s words echoed in her mind: *“Remember who you are.”* Jessica focused, not on destroying the shadow but on understanding it. She let her spark flow, not as a weapon but as a bridge, reaching for the pain within the shadow. It faltered, its form flickering, and she saw it—a fragment of her grief, her anger, her fear of failure. “I see you,” she whispered, and the shadow screamed, dissolving into light. Around her, her companions overcame their own echoes, their resolve bolstered by her victory.

With a scream of anguish, Liora plunged her blade through his chest. The golden light flared, swallowing the shadows. “I’m sorry,” she sobbed, holding him close. Caelum smiled faintly as his body crumbled into motes of silver and black. “Thank you… little star.” The Shadow’s Whisper As his essence scattered, a faint, cold voice slithered into her mind: “Do you think this is over? Where there is light… There will always be a shadow.” Liora collapsed to her knees, clutching her chest as golden light bled from her body.

It twisted into a dark, screaming shadow. "If I can’t have the fuel, I’ll take the explosion!" Suit-Gabe roared. The shadow—her own broken soul from before—lunged at June. A monster built of pure sadness. June didn’t fight it. She opened her arms. "I know," she whispered as the shadow hit her. "I know it hurts to be a copy. I know it hurts to be forgotten." She pulled the shadow into her chest. Mixed her own life with that old failure. The room exploded in purple and blue light.

she snapped, her voice trembling with pent-up anger and something deeper, something raw. “It’s this lackadaisical attitude of yours that cost us the life of Salindra...” The words tumbled out of her mouth before she could stop them, and she immediately regretted it, the sting of it hitting her like a physical blow. Collins froze, his hand dropping lifelessly to his side. He stared at her, stunned, the color draining from his face as if the very life had been sucked out of him. His expression shifted, pain reddening his eyes,

We stopped a few feet away from them and then the old men spoke those damn words. “Ombra di morte.” (Shadow of death.) The old man said as I took the hood off. I knew what his plan was the moment he wanted me to suddenly assist him with training. never did that at home, why here. The woman looked surprised and the men, well they looked displeased, irritated, aggravated and enraged . Because again they expected the shadow of death to be a man and not a woman. “Liyah.” The old man called out to me.

"Shadowthorn essence is a dark poison derived from the thorns of the nightshade plant. They cause terrifying hallucinations, leading to paralysis." "While Whisperwind Venom is harvested from the elusive Whisperwind spiders dwelling in the ethereal forests, this poison imbues one's mind with haunting whispers and illusions, driving them to the brink of madness." "These poisons are not easily found. They are only in Kingdom Solstice." As tears streaked down my cheeks, I struggled to make sense of Dr. Halt's words. My shoulders sagged under the weight of the brutal revelation, and my eyes widened in shock. Frantically, I scanned the room, desperate for answers that slipped through my fingers li

"The goddess always seems to bless Hellhound males with smart women. The gods know those males need them. You're right; myths tend to come from a truth albeit perhaps an embellished truth. Shadow Wolves are no different although I'm not sure there are any werewolves alive today who know the story. "The story goes that Shadow Wolves are the spirits of fallen werewolves that manifest from the shadows around us when summoned. Only one strong enough to control these creatures has the ability to conjure them. They grant a single wish to the person that summons them and they can't be summoned again by that person once the wish has been fulfilled." "But that's not true, is it?" Chloe raised an eyeb

They drew many vials of blood from me, but compared to the pain caused by the cancer, it was a trivial experience. In the end, the side effects of the special drug manifested even more intensely within me. Before my death, I had resembled a living corpse, wishing I could never open my eyes again. By the end, I could barely keep my eyes open because they had begun to rot. Now, witnessing Chandler’s unexpected reaction, I felt no joy, only pity. What was the point of such emotions when I was already dead? He wandered in a daze until the hospital called him, jolting him awake.