Shattering Novels & Stories

' yan ang tanong ko sa sarili ko. May nakadagan sa akin na braso kaya nanlaki ang mata ko at agad na bumangon. Masakit ang boung katawan ko at may mantsa ng dugo sa cover. Napatakip ako sa bibig at napahagulgol. 'i can't believe it' Dali-dali akong nagbihis at agad na lumabas. 'paano nagawa ni Jarred ito sa akin'

react ko pa. Tama, kailangan ko lang din i-shake it off ang kamalasan ko sa buhay. 'Life must go on no matter how hard it is, Kenshane!' "Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break. And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake. Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake. I shake it off, I shake it off!" Feel na feel ko pang kumanta at sumayaw. Mas malakas pa yata ang boses ko kaysa sa volume ng speaker ko.

The crashing of the glass echoed the whole room. Holding my phone on my hand and my eyes set on the broken glass on the floor, a sudden shiver crept all over my body. Ang saya na kanina'y ramdam ko ay napalitan nang kaba at kaunting takot. Sumabay pa ang biglaang pagbuhos nang malakas na ulan sa labas dahil sa bagyo tinutukoy nang balita sa t.v kanina bago ako matulog. A sudden rain after the glass crashed on the floor is somewhat creepy. 'Weird.'

"You didn’t hesitate." "No." "You didn’t run." "No." Leaned intimate, voice velvet thunder: "Now they’ll learn." Heart synced his—steady, lethal. "Let them." **The Illusion Shatters** Outward: war brewed—enemies circling, Alessio scheming, her deemed chink in armor. Inward: myth demolished. ⸻ Cana: prey no more. ⸻ Lethal mistake incarnate. ⸻ **No survivor.**

ALLISON P.O.V. Crackkk! "I tried to get cold water from the refrigerator, but the glass I was holding unexpectedly slipped and fell to the floor. It shattered, scattering shards across the tiled ground. I suddenly felt so nervous that my whole body started shaking." "Anong nangyari, Alli?" nag-aalalang tanong ni Tita Karen. Hindi agad ako makapagsalita; nilalamon ako ng takot at matinding kaba.

There's a lot of engineers in this world, it's an easy problem. "He died, I can't do anything about it," I whispered. "I can't even bring him back to life or talk to him through phone call." Napahawak si daddy sa sintido niya at malalim na nag-isip. "Since when our machines started getting destroyed one by one?" "Last week?" "Why did machines start getting destroyed one by one ?" Kakulit naman ni daddy. "Due to lack of viscosity causing them to stop working, friction of inner materials are the problem."

Ngunit sa kasamaang palad, hindi niya napansing sumagi pala ang stand nito sa katabing vase at nahagip iyon. Sinubukang saluhin ni Belle ang vase pero bigo siya. Umalingawngaw ang malakas na pagkabasag sa buong kabahayan. The shards of debris from the small vase scattered around her feet. Mabelle could barely move as fear struck her system. Umalis mula sa kinauupuan si Navi at galit na sinugod si Mabelle. "Look what you did, you idiot!" he shouted.

Hindi niya aakalaing mas uunahin pa ng ama niyang isalba ang kumpanya kaysa sa kasiyahan niya. Umalis na siya roon at nanghihina ang mga tuhod na bumalik sa kaniyang silid. Napaupo siya sa gilid ng kaniyang kama at doon ay bumuhos na nang tuluyan mula sa kaniyang mga mata ang masaganang mga luha. Umiyak siya nang umiyak na para bang pinagsakluban siya ng langit at lupa. Her heart was tearing apart and it was painful. Hanggang sa hindi niya namalayang nakatulog na pala siya sa ganoong ayos.

Mapanlinlang ang katahimikan. Sa kaniyang mga mata, may sigaw na hindi maibulalas. Ang galit, ang lungkot, ang pagkabigo—lahat sinisiksik sa loob ng katahimikang iyon. Then, in a sudden snap, the glass shattered in his hand. Hindi niya alintana ang pagdaloy ng dugo mula sa kaniyang palad. Ang kirot—tila ba mas gusto pa niya iyon kaysa sa sakit na matagal nang iniipit sa dibdib.

The earth shuddered again, a low, guttural groan that shook the trees and sent a flock of hornbills screaming into the sky. A second, louder detonation ripped through the air, followed by a shower of debris that rained down on the camp. The thick column of black smoke billowing from the ridge was no longer a distant threat; it was a looming reality, a sign of the violence that had just shattered Leona’s world. Her gut twisted with a mix of fear and an icy, all-consuming rage.