Silent Battles Novels & Stories

--- Silence crashed over the battlefield. --- Kael blinked. “Okay… I take back everything I said about terrible survival instincts.” --- But Silas didn’t speak. --- Because he understood what this meant. --- The Realization I stared at them. At the way they held position. Waiting. Listening. --- To me. --- “I didn’t just call them,” I said slowly. --- No one answered. Because they already knew. --- “I can control them.” --- The words felt wrong. Too big. Too dangerous. ---

They giggled and whispered. Silas walked up onto the stage and stood in front of all of them with his hands placed on his hips. He cleared his throat. All of them immediately stopped talking and all eyes were on him. Power radiated off of him and his voice was loud and clear as he spoke out to them, "We have a visitor."

Only silence remained. **

Harlan shouts, reaching for a weapon he isn't allowed to carry in the UN. "I am the Silence," the entity says. "I am the one who watched you from the dark." The black spot on the map. The predator Aria saw. "Your network is loud," the Silence says. "It is chaotic. It is... inefficient." The screens flash red. "I have come to bring order." BOOM. The windows of the Grand Hall blow inward. Not from a bomb. From a sonic pulse. Screams erupt. The crowd stampedes. "Get the kids!" I scream, shoving Alex toward Aria.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧