Shards Of Earth Novels & Stories

They even gave me a cell phone for free. “Oh,” Hassan explained. “We, the Crimson Shadows, are the largest information guild in this world. We’re the ones helping newcomers like you to adjust in this world every year, trading whatever you bring from ours in return. That’s how we got our advanced technologies here. Also —” he waved the brochures that he bought from me. “We need to know the current events happening back on Earth. Think of it as a mutual benefit for both of us.” “That makes sense,” Wilt swallowed.

I managed to get out of the bed I was laying on Luckily my hands weren't chained or anything I tested out my arms and feet Whatever those healers had done they did it pretty good because I wasn't in pain I needed to find a way out of here but first I needed a weapon I looked around and my eyes landed on a full body mirror I did what a normal person would do in times like this I broke it and took the sharpest piece while being mindful of the broken shards on the floor I prayed to the deities for the door to be unlocked and surprisingly it was .

“The shard—it’s still active.” She turned to face it, her jaw set. “Then we end this, together.” --- We approached the shard side by side, our combined presence steadying the chaotic energy swirling around it. Aria reached out first, her hands trembling but sure. I followed, placing my hand over hers. The energy surged, trying to repel us, but we held firm. Together, we channeled our strength, pushing back against the artifact’s dark power. The shard let out a final, anguished scream before shattering into a thousand pieces, the light fading as the fragments fell to the ground.

The deep cobblestones had melted into a glassy, glowing slag. "Jace, step back," Valerius warned, coming up behind me. "The earth is still venting." I ignored him. I stared down into the glowing red fissure that had opened in the bedrock beneath the city. The iron hadn't shattered because of a random earthquake. It had shattered because the frequency of our empathy was a foreign contaminant to the deep earth. We had tried to force human and wolf emotions into the ancient, unfeeling geology of the planet.

ZANE’S POV The rink was my sanctuary, the only place where the world’s noise dulled to a low hum. My skates carved the ice, each stride a desperate bid to outrun the chaos in my head. The Blizzard’s practice facility echoed with the sharp crack of pucks and the shouts of teammates, but I barely heard them. My mind was a storm—Lila Harper’s hazel eyes, her defiant mouth, the way she’d shuddered under me last night.

a voice says, smooth and low. I jump about a foot in the air. It’s coming from somewhere — hidden speakers, maybe? I spin in a slow circle, heart racing. “Please proceed to the central island,” the voice continues. “Your work will begin shortly.” I swallow hard and step forward. The island is huge, glossy, and probably costs more than my entire education. “You will find controls embedded in the surface,” the voice says again, calm but cold. “Touch the panel on your right. That will activate the cooking modules.”

" Then, with Wendy firmly nestled in his arms, he turned around without so much as another glance back. Reuben was so frantic that there were tears in his eyes. "Yelena, don't be scared. I'll think of a way to get you out!" he said with a trembling voice. Not long after, I felt the earth shake again. Debris started to cave in around me, and dust fell into my eyes and mouth. A slab of concrete fell on me hard, and I think I heard the sound of bones breaking. My organs felt like they were being crushed to nothing.

“I’m listening, but I’m not sure I like what I’m hearing so I might cut you short and send you out soon.” He looked up at me and his eyes glistened with unshed tears. All of which were fake to me. He thinks that he could shed crocodile tears to move me? “I made terrible mistakes. I didn't know what came over me. Leaving you, choosing Kiara… I ruined everything good in my life. And now, I’m paying for it. Kiara and I are done. The relationship was toxic. She’s…” He explained to me before trailing off. Kendrick shook his head in shame. “It’s not what I thought it would be. I messed up.”

I raise my middle finger to all the flat-earthers that believe the earth is flat and we´re the only intellectual beings to exist. With that question, he cracked up like crazy. "Where are we? In a 1970's human-made alien movie?" he laughed again "What? I thought you aliens are all like that?" I shrugged. My knowledge all came from watching too much documentaries on Discovery Channel. ¨Don't you all want world domination? You're no more than just intergalactic capitalists. I mean humans are almost there too. We are planning on building a colony in Mars, in FREAKIN MARS! can you believe that? What about the ocean explorations? What have they found that made them so scared they had to urgently s

“Lead us, Aelys.” The sanctum crumbles, rifts flaring, and a new rift roars, its void a cosmic storm, the Overveil’s whisper echoing—I am all. Aelys clutches the relics, her lunar mark blazing, her voice resolute. “We’ll seal the shard—together.” The chamber fractures, the realm trembling, and the Veil’s heart endures, but the Overveil’s rifts consume the world. Aelys leads, Cassia’s fire, Renn’s loyalty, Maddox’s hope, Sylvara’s resolve, Lysara’s redemption, Zorath’s spark, Valthor’s unity, Lirien’s defiance, Theryn’s sacrifice, and my fragile essence stand with her, and with the shard awakening, she faces a war that will forge our legacy.