Tasting Darkness Jessica Hall Novels & Stories

Each time she ran her hands over him, the way he would clench his jaws and the hardness of his muscles made her swallow nervously. Plus he opened up about his feelings for her. Was it even real? She pondered. She let out a tired yawn. "I know. I'll phone Ariel in the morning and ask her for some advice." Jessica blinked away the world and peacefully dozed off. ****** Jessica opened her eyes to find herself surrounded by total darkness. She couldn't see anything at all; no lights, no shadows, nothing whatsoever. Just thick, never-ending blackness. "Where am I?" She panicked. "Kanyon? Cameron?" She called out, but the only thing she heard was her voice echoing back to her. She focused on her o

He strolled further into the room like he owned the world, his black coat swirling around his ankles, his grin wicked and sharp as a knife as his eyes locked onto mine. “Hello, Jessica,” he said softly as he stood before me. There was no kindness in his eyes—just darkness. "You know him?” I heard Joyce ask. I could hear the unmistakable horror in her voice. I did not respond to her. I couldn't even put words together. Everything felt so unreal.

For such an idiotic reason… “You should know this better than anyone else,” hissed Jessica, glaring at Yuri with menacing eyes. “Be it you or me, everyone has a dark side to them that they’ve kept hidden from the rest of the world. The darkness in your heart…is me, isn’t it?” Yuri’s eyes widened a slight fraction. “You know that I speak the truth. Revenge is in your heart. It has been for a long time.” “No!” Yuri denied fervently. No. That’s not true! No, it’s not!

Jessica paused slightly as she pulled up the zipper on her boots, and she glanced at Terry, feeling warmth filling her heart. After all the fuss, it was getting late. Jessica changed into her cotton slippers and was about to say goodnight to Terry when she was suddenly pulled into someone's arms. The next second, the hallway light was abruptly turned off, plunging the room into darkness. She was pressed against the wall, feeling a chill on her back, but the man in front of her was very warm. In the darkness, Jessica could feel Terry looking at her, and despite the dim light, his burning gaze still made her feel a sense of scorching.

[Livy] The light from the hallway is bright orange against my closed eyelids as the bad men enter my room. It's hard playing dead when your heart is beating so fast your chest might burst. Jessica and her bad friends want to steal me away, she even said so. The way she laughed was so awful. She was never a nice girl. She was always just playing pretend.

Jessica plodded to ignore the rising fear within her, fastening solely on the fluttering arsonist held by Mateo and the uneven path ahead. The lair seemed endless, a trip into the heart of an unknown darkness. Yet, there was a strange sense of purpose that drove Jessica forward. The study of Draven’s business, the treason that had shattered her world, fueled a determination within her. Indeed if she had to face her topmost fear, to defy the darkness that had crept into the life she formerly knew, she'd do it.

Scott’s lips curved into a faint smile. Then, abruptly, Jessica stopped crying. Her trembling ceased. Slowly, she lifted her head, a chilling smile creeping onto her lips. Her ruined makeup added a menacing edge to her expression. With deliberate movements, Jessica wiped away a tear with her thumb, smearing mascara down her cheek to create a dark streak. “You really gave me a tough time, didn’t you? Don’t worry—it won’t be long before your allies join you in hell. I’ll savor their deaths... one by one,” she said in a low, sinister tone that sent shivers down the judges’ spines.

She placed her left hand on the patient’s chest and closed her eyes. “I’m sensing more spelled cages in body.” “Damn, how many ghouls would he have puked? He’s got a lot of ghoul goo between his teeth. I don’t think there is a drink strong enough to kill the nasty aftertaste he's gonna have lingering in his mouth when he wakes up.” "More than you have fingers on your hands." Jessica was laughing when Sebastian and Stephanie walked into the room. “What joke did I miss? The glowing elixir is ready,” said Sebastian.

“Selene!!” She could feel herself slipping. Her upper body was already inside the darkness, its chill sinking into her skin like hooks. Her vision blurred black at the edges. Her hearing dulled. Everything began to feel… distant. Jessica’s voice echoed again: “Help me… Aria… don’t leave me…” Aria’s breath hitched. Jessica was crying. Before she could process it, the shadows jerked violently, yanking her forward. Pain lanced through her arm. Her knees scraped the stone floor. The darkness swallowed more of her.

I took the stairs two at a time, & when I reached the bottom I ran towards the silver laced steel door that opened up to the dungeon. Gavin put the code in & opened the door, & we followed the screams to the very last cell where we found them. Jessica was glowing, her eyes the most vibrant shade of green I'd ever seen, while her body shimmered a lighter version of the shade. In all my years on this earth, I had never seen a witch glow before, but she was infact glowing. I looked to Ronan & Gavin to be sure I wasn't the only one seeing it, & the looks on their faces as they watched her said that I wasn't.