Shadows Fall Novels & Stories

Obstacles that could be overcome, but how? Matthias stood still and watched as she continued down the path and noticed that she turned around again, seeking one last glance at him before she disappeared from view. He knew right then and there that he needed to win her over and quickly. He needed a plan to win her over. Immediately! There was no time to waste! Time was of the essence. But how? Pure and simple, manipulation. Manipulation. Reader Notes: Welcome to the world of Das Schatten, aka, the Shadows. The Schatten can turn into shadows and travel through walls and objects, unless they are bound with silver chains.

I asked in curiosity. "I saw you? I saw you, you were scared. There were these shadow man, but I can't remember anything else. Sometimes pieces of it come back to me in my sleep." He jumped over the fence, reaching his arms out to help me. I knew I wasn't gonna make it over, I took one step up and slipped, the wolf coming behind me to catch my fall tingles rushing through me as I gripped his fur causing him to grumble.

One must fall, or all will. The ground cracked, and the shadows surged, not as echoes but as a tide, their faces now a blur of countless lives, their pain a weight that pressed against the group’s barrier. The world trembled, its golden light flickering as the star’s cold glow intensified, threatening to drown it. Selene’s light burned brighter, her voice a command. “We hold it together. All of it.” Elyra’s shadow wove into her light, their scars blazing. “No one falls.”

Proof that shadows were closing in. I leaned into Victor’s chest, his arms wrapping around me like armor. “Promise me,” I whispered. “Promise you won’t let this destroy Elysium.” He pressed a kiss to my temple, fierce and reverent. “I promise. But understand, Cassie—whoever dared to touch you like this… they’ve already declared war.” And in that moment, with Victor’s heartbeat thundering beneath my ear and the photos burning a hole in my thoughts, I realized something terrifying.

Only the whisper of wind, carrying her scent, fading into the night. His knees hit the ground. The mark pulsed once, then dimmed to nothing. And in the distance, a new shadow stirred—watching. Waiting. A woman’s voice, soft but cold, drifted through the dark: “The balance has shifted. The moon has fallen. The age of shadow begins.”

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.

The baton connected with the back of my neck, hard and final. Pain exploded through me, fast and blinding. My body gave in instantly, strength draining out like it was never mine to begin with. My knees buckled. The wall slipped away. Voices turned distant. Blurred. And just like that... Darkness took over.

I opened my eyes, the Fold of Shadows stretched before me—an endless landscape of crumbled ruins and twisting trees that bled black sap. The sky overhead was a dull silver-gray, like it had forgotten what light was. Everything around me pulsed with a haunting stillness, and the shadows… they moved. They didn’t just stretch and shift—they watched. They listened. Some of them looked like people who had lost their faces. Others crawled like beasts, dragging sorrow behind them like a chain. I took a cautious step forward, and the ground whispered beneath my feet, voices rising from the earth as if it remembered every soul who had fallen here.

“Let them. We’re ending this tonight.” The old church loomed in the moonlight, its silhouette stark against the night sky. Sophie and Alex crept towards it, the weight of the journal heavy in Sophie’s bag. The air was thick with tension, every shadow seeming to hide a threat. They pushed open the creaking doors, the sound echoing in the empty space. The interior was dark, illuminated only by the faint moonlight streaming through the stained glass windows. Dust motes danced in the air, and the smell of damp wood filled Sophie’s nose.