The Darkness Outside Us Novels & Stories

He leaned forward and looked at me with concern. "Can you tell me about the nightmares, please?" He asked, and I nodded and looked away, trying to blink the tears that threatened to fall. "Darkness, William, literal darkness. When Dinah told us about the darkness that will be upon us, she was talking about a total blackout. No sunlight." I said, sounding frantic, and he looked at me, confused.

he whispered, his voice as faint as a mosquito’s buzz. But we couldn’t hear them. We were inside, bathed in light and music, writing our future. They were outside, in the dark, left to drown in the hell of their own making.

" I turned around and walked out the door, not bothering to answer Ben's question. Daphnie I sat in the Uber, staring out the window. Traffic was moving incredibly slow. Most probably due to the rain. It was pouring so bad that you couldn't see anything, and it was freezing outside. Had I known the weather would be so horrible, I would've worn a light jacket. It didn't help that the driver wouldn't put on the heater either.

It could have been a trick of the light or something. "Say something, Luna!" Little tears dropped from his eyes, his beautiful eyes but I couldn't see past the hate. Something was wrong but I was too drowsy to think clearly or offer my mate a reply. At last, I was pulled into darkness and the sounds around me slowly waned. The last thing I heard was Asher calling me the pet name he gave to me. Deliciae.

Darkness has always been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. It has always been there, lurking in the shadows, watching me. Ever since the war broke out between the creatures and humans, darkness has been a persistent companion, protector, and guide. But this night was different. As I made my way through the darkness, I felt something else. Something that has never been there before. Something that has my heart beating a little faster and my skin crawling with unease. The darkness seems to be reaching out towards me. Almost as if it were trying to take me.

I promise I'll find you again, Angel and you will be loved this time. I'll be better man for you. I promise! The darkness finally took over.

All she can see is darkness. ‘Darkness again… If he’s really my family, why did he give into darkness? All I want is light from the people who love me, but I want my family to give the brightest light I could ever see in my life. I didn’t know that knowing one of them would just give me the darkest light I’ve ever wanted in my life.’

she asks as I smirk leaning forward. " You wanna hear it ?" I ask, she nods happily. " Okay. Imagine, you get home today and witness the death of your husband and children right in front of you but your body couldn't move an inch to protect them. You turn around and your house, your happy comfort zone isn't there too. You turn to the other side and find nothing. Darkness , thick cruel and never ending darkness slowly covers you up. You try to think and then you realise . . . you can't think anything. Your mind is blank , it feels like a foreign place. Imagine being alienated in your own mind. What are you going to do ? Where will you go ? You don't know. Why ? Because you're scared of those

Melania is still out there. ‘We need to get there faster.’ I growled, not thrilled with the time it would take to even run at full speed to reach the hospital. ‘Then get there faster.’ Darkness scoffed like this was so simple. ‘I can’t. This is as fast as we can run, and I can’t travel that far using shadows.’ I shook my head at him. Darkness rolled his eyes at me. ‘Chesed couldn’t travel that far with the shadows. I am Darkness. I could travel to America if I wanted.’ He scoffed.

|•| DESIRÉE DOYLE |•| It was funny how the darkness was one thing most of us were terrified of as kids but as we grew older, it became our escape. It became a form of solitude to cling to whenever we needed to get away from the outside world. Like I was currently doing.