Silent Breath Steam Novels & Stories

I told them. That really caught them off guard because they both stared at me. Silence filled the room and it was seriously uncomfortable. "What?" I asked them. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Antonio asked Lorenzo who nodded in response. "Can someone explain what is going on?" I asked them. "Dragon's can read minds but they can also manipulate them as well" Lorenzo said. "Okay and what does that have to do with my handshake?" I asked them. "If you saw yourself through Trinity's eyes then he's manipulating her mind" Tony said.

My breaths come in pants, my heart frantic in my chest, I try to swing my hands but I can’t even blink, goodness! No. No, No damn it! “The mixture that makes it difficult to concentrate. Created for one just like you, I heard it’s calming, I didn't want you to fight me, you might hurt yourself. It will not harm you; you’ll be fine in a few hours.” He says this calmly as he pushes my curtain to the side and lays my window open. Fuck! I reach from that place deep inside me and I almost scream when I find it empty. How…?

“Why not? It’s part of the sparring.” Echo sighed as he removed his shirt and pants and placed it over the chair. RJ turned around to him, his eyes started turning red as he raised his hands. “Reid…” “Attack,” Reid said in a low voice and Echo didn't have a choice but to attack him. A command from their Alpha. *********** She gasped when her alarm started ringing. She sat up as usual and stretched a bit. But she’s too lazy to go out or even leave. She fixed herself up with a lip moisturizer and since she already took a bath last night, she didn’t want to bother washing her hair.

“That goes without saying. We should now discuss the deployment plan. " Josh stretched comfortably in his bed and slowly opened his eyes. The sun shone brightly on his face, he enjoyed the warming rays for a moment and then got up with a yawn. He loved it when the sun woke him up. His gaze automatically slid to the window. Over there everything was quiet, nothing moved. A quick glance at the clock told him it was only a little before seven. He quickly put on his sports pants and went topless downstairs into the training room. He turned on the treadmill and jogged barefoot, actually he much preferred to run outside in the woods or in the park, but unfortunately that wasn't possible here with

I watched each hair falling on the sink. I placed back the pair of scissors on the sink near the pack of black crystal reaching my hand for the roll of bandages on the sink. I carefully wrapped it around my breast, until I couldn’t see any of that god forsaken part of my body. I pulled the old grey hoodie and pair of old jeans from the chair beside me wearing them. I took the pack of black crystal and shoved it at the back of my jeans. One last time I stared at the new Siren Weapon before me.

But for now, I can afford a break to enjoy these fleeting moments of silence and peace. I lower my hood and remove my blade from my back, placing it down next to a rock. Then I take out my canteen and slowly fill it up in the clear, cool stream. The water flows effortlessly over the rocks, casting small shadows from the sun’s heavy gaze. I close my eyes, trying to memorize the sound, storing it away for a day when I need to center myself and escape the reality that is my life.

Steam rose almost immediately, the building impatient with winter. Celeste leaned her hip against the counter and closed her eyes, letting the cool laminate press against her bone. The ache behind her eyes pulsed in time with the kettle’s building song. The pressure behind her eyes flared—brief and sharp, like someone tapping on glass. She inhaled slowly through her nose, counted to four, then let it go. The pressure loosened, receded, and agreed to wait. “Later,” she said, her voice sounding strange, as if it had been sitting unused on a shelf all day.

One page at a time. One person at a time. One still, deep, patient day at a time. Until the water found its level. And the room became real. And the invisible all the invisible became seen. THE SILENT LUNA End of Volume One