So Eden Sank To Grief Novels & Stories

Eden clung to me, his blood slick between us. "Don't let go," he gasped. "Never." Kelly stood at the helm, haloed in fractured light, her laughter blending with Nyxara's. The ship struck the moon's surface, and everything went white. --- **EDEN'S POV** Silence. Then-voices. *Familiar* voices. I opened my eyes to a meadow. The grass was too green, the sky too still. Rhydian lay beside me, serpents dormant, breath steady.

The silence was deafening, amplifying my sense of despair. I leaned my forehead against the door, my body shaking with sobs. Tears streamed down my cheeks, each one a testament to my fear and desperation. I thought everything was over. I thought I would never see Eden again. But then, I heard a sound. The sound of the door being unlocked. I stepped back, my heart pounding in my chest as the door swung open. And there he was. Eden. Without a second thought, I leapt towards him, throwing my arms around him. I buried my face in his shoulder, my sobs muffled by his shirt. “I thought I was never going to see you again,” I managed to say between sobs. “I was so scared.”

But inside Cassian, the world had cracked open. He hadn’t said it. The words were right there. I love you. I need you. I’m sorry. But they’d caught in his throat like glass, and now she was gone, and he was choking on everything he hadn’t said. Eden didn’t cry until she was three blocks away. And even then, it wasn’t the kind of sobbing that wracked your body and demanded attention. It was silent—streaming tears and hiccuping breaths, the kind of crying that didn’t ask for comfort because it didn’t believe it deserved any.

Guards rushed toward him, but he held up a hand, trembling. “I, need, Alpha Ethan,” the man rasped. Ethan froze. Then he turned, stepping toward the messenger instinctively. “What is it?” Ethan demanded. The man’s hand shook as he lifted a crumpled note. His voice broke, raw with panic. “Edenwood,” he gasped. “Edenwood has fallen.” A wave of shocked silence rolled through the crowd like a sudden storm. Even Ingrid went still. The messenger swallowed blood and forced the next words out.

He pulled back a few moments later, tasting her tear in their kiss. His heart skipped few beats as he took in the happenings. Her eyes teary, her face showing nothing but grief. Her body didn’t come alive like it always did at his touch. His desire subsided instantly but he didn’t leave her. "Eden, what's the matter?" He cupped her face softly, making her look at him, "What’s wrong? Tell me." "I need money." Eden said as she tried to control her sobbing. "For what?" "Dad_ Dad isn’t well." Eden stuttered, thinking of the bad possibilities. She wasn’t ready to live any of them. She would do anything to get the money for the operation, "I need money for his operation."

Tears falling like an neverending waterfall from my eyes. I didn't have to mindlink my father, he already knewn she was gone by the snapping of the mate bond, letting him known she was dead. The screams I heard from my father that night were sounds you would never think a grown man could make. His screams mirroring that of a banshee, ear piercing cries rang through out the bathroom, bouncing off the silver tile walls.

"Gzees!" Ethan Brooks felt like he was going to explode. Luckily, the roof of the den was only strapped to the top, and Ethan Brooks scurried right out through the roof. The small nest was instantly destroyed by the crash, the beast sank deep into it, and after shaking violently twice, the small nest completely fell apart.

I was starting to think there wasn’t much left of humanity to save. We had just returned from a mission that had gone horribly wrong. We’d been ambushed by the infected halfway through securing an old supply cache, and though we had made it out alive, it hadn’t been without cost. Two soldiers—men I’d worked with for weeks, men I had shared meals and conversations with—hadn’t made it back. The air in the base was heavy with grief. Everyone moved like ghosts, their shoulders slumped, their eyes dull. Even Ethan seemed quieter than usual, his face drawn tight with the weight of command.

"Edwin continued to snap out of his hallucination. His Vienna, who was in the same position as Kirana, couldn't have left in such a way. Even when Vienna was healthy, Edwin had never scolded her to spare her feelings. Kirana, on the other hand, Edwin occasionally berated her with hurtful words in the hopes of making her a better woman. "No, no. Oh God, this can't be happening!" Edwin couldn't stop the tears pouring down his face, making him stagger and fall weakly on his knees. Edwin and Jovan hugged each other tightly, both feeling shattered by the loss. "This is Vienna's fate, Ed," Jovan said, gently touching Edwin's shoulder as they stood beside Vienna's lifeless body.

"Mom, what did that ungrateful bastard say to you? She used a kindness as leverage, slandered Lily, and even declared in front of the cameras that she wanted to sever ties with us. It's a good thing that Lily taught her a lesson! That way, she'll stop causing trouble all the time!" Grandma's right hand, which was holding the phone, began to tremble. She frowned, unable to understand what on earth was happening. "Is this what you mean by Lily teaching Laura a lesson? Laura's right arm is fractured, and there's a hole in her head! If I hadn't rushed back after seeing the news about the fire, she might have died on the pavement!"