Sorrow Lantern Novels & Stories

Returning to the table, he placed the lantern in front of her before taking his seat again. "Here, you can turn off the lantern. It's a special gift I received from the frontal pack for a complicated reason. They claim it's a lantern that never turns off. The light cannot be blown out, so as the great priestess of the frontal pack, use your divine powers to turn it off," he instructed, holding the cup in his hands while Lilith gazed at the lantern with teary emerald eyes. Chul stared intently at her as she averted her eyes back to the lantern, then down to the table, her expression filled with sadness.

One by one, each stepped forward, each leaving a token upon the pyre—a splinter of a fallen friend's armor, a lock of hair, a sword. Sama Arthur paced the flames, her gaze fixed on the pyre. She held in her hand a small, slender silver armlet, one pulsing crystal inlaid. It was something she had crafted for Leiran's father, a remembrance when the world was not broken, when hope was not a curse. She looked at the bracelet, at the symbol of love that had bred this new, frightening reality, and a single tear etched its way down her cheek.

Anger flashed in her eyes. Matei finished his incantation. The green light flared. A dark cloud rushed past us through all the trees surrounding the circle. It swirled, blotting out most of the green light. The spiral of cloud twisted in the center, slowly solidifying into a female figure. I didn't realize I was holding my breath until I let it out. "Can we do anything to stop it?" I asked in a whisper. Lanie shook her head. "It's too late. If it was a demon I could offer a trade, but I have nothing to offer. This is some sort of soul summoning, I think."

The girl I saw grow, fall in love, get lost to herself because of a sorcerer, and recompose and fight for what she believed. I was going to lose it. I was going to lose her. Using a power that should not be mine, I managed the magic to transport me to her side. Maybe it was because I saw Liam and Lily disappear too many times right in front of my eyes. Maybe, it was magic being pious with me. I fell on my knees to her side. Her eyes are barely and kept open, the blood sprouted from her without stopping, without diminishing. Her hand felt frozen, death came for her.

He is too strong and stubborn for his own good. I walk over to him and stand next to him. I don't know what I'm doing but I don't want him to hurt himself. He raises his hands slowly to my face and gently cusps my cheeks. My tears land on his hands. "I'm so sorry Lane." he says with cry.

" Blinded by tears, my resentment surged. I cut him off, shouting his name with all the bitterness I could muster. "Charles, just stop. "Take your 15,000 dollars and get out of my life."

The next morning, she heard from Lucas’s assistant that Vanessa had suffered a miscarriage. … Vanessa sat weakly atop the horse, her voice hoarse as she pleaded for mercy. From the raised platform, Lucas idly toyed with a lighter, his expression unreadable. Only after a long pause did he finally light his cigarette as he decided to let her go. Desperate, Vanessa reached for him, unwilling to accept her fate. But all she received in return was a cold, mocking sneer.

“Ophelia, If I don’t survive, know this: I didn’t hate you. I envied you. Your light. Your mercy. Your love. I broke because I thought I had to be perfect. You became whole because you chose not to be. If there is another world wait for me.”* Tears fell. But not in grief. In release. 6. The Lantern Walk On the solstice, we began a tradition. A walk beneath moonlight through the Hollow Grove, each person carrying a lantern for a memory, a hope, or a dream. We called it the March of Stories.

Amira was starting to panic, fearing the worst. As Amira was about to give up hope, she spotted a small, glowing light in the distance. She followed it to the edge of the forest, where she found a small, flickering lantern. The lantern seemed to be guiding her deeper into the woods, and she hesitated for a moment, uncertain of what to do. But she was driven by her determination to find Kimora, and she followed the lantern into the darkness. As she walked, the trees seemed to close in around her, and the shadows grew longer and deeper.