The Darkness Was Comfortable For Me Novels & Stories

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.

And he would learn, as they did, that the darkness was not something to fear. It was something to be embraced. 5 ELIAS The darkness of the asylum had become my second skin. I knew its shadows better than I knew my own reflection, and in that suffocating familiarity, I found a strange sense of comfort. I had succumbed to the abyss, allowing it to wrap its cold fingers around my heart. Nina was everywhere—her presence enveloped me like a haunting melody that resonated deep within my soul. Each time I closed my eyes, I felt her there, waiting, wanting.

Esma’s pov Darkness engulfed me. It was the same kind of darkness one would have witnessed during a long slumber, or death. Death? Am I dead? I don’t know. This is oblivion. At least it felt good. It’s peace, in oblivion, in emptiness, without any worry, without any fear. It was just me now. no one to bother me, no one to hurt anyone. I could float in this abyss of nothingness forever.

I hoped they were satisfied with themselves really. I slipped from the seat to the floor, crossing my legs with my eyes closed. I was trying to awake my darkness, trying to see what it could do for me. So far what I could do was turn my surrounding places black. There was just a dark fog that surrounded me but other than that, nothing else. It brought a sad smile on my face. I just let it cover me and sat there in its comfort because when I sat in it, I felt I belonged, there was a sense of protection as if nothing could get to me.

I initiated to make our conversation longer. "Really? But other people loves light more. Darkness feels like danger, how can you feel safe with it?" I heard a hint of confusion in his tone. I know. It's also strange. "Of all the things in this world, darkness is the only one who won't leave us. They hide when we needed light more. But when light gets tired, it remains blinding us from things we shouldn't see. The one we don't like but is always with us," I said, suddenly remembering how darkness has comforted me in my whole life alone.

My head bounced with a loud thud that echoed through my ears and darkness captured me. Relief flooded my body as I laid in the darkness. I felt light and peaceful. There was no pain, just lightness. It felt like I was floating. I was no longer falling, just still in the darkness. I pulled myself to my feet and felt the floor beneath me. I looked down at my stomach like there should be something there, but I couldn’t think why. I wandered through the darkness looking for a way out like normal. There was always a way out, but this time it was not obvious. The darkness was a bottomless pit. I walked and walked.

Luna The darkness was warm. It wrapped around me like a blanket, soft and relaxing, offering me an escape from the pain I couldn’t quite remember. In the darkness, there was no Drey. No divorce No fall and no blood spreading on the marble floor beneath me. There was only peace. But that peace didn’t last. I woke with a start, violently pulled away from the comforting darkness and thrown into a light so harsh it burned through my closed eyelids. The smell of antiseptic enveloped me and pain pulsed through every part of my body.

*Emrys’ POV* Ever since I was a child, I had found such peace in the darkness since it was the only place that comforted me when I had no one else… Darkness was always there for me, it knew how to let my thoughts be wild and free and sometimes damning, and darkness let me show emotion. Darkness was real and raw, true and tried. “How dare-” I released a guttural growl as Kyrell tried to speak only to be stopped by my fingers tightening around the column of his throat, a feeling unlike not other and one I had dreamt about for years and years-

I don’t have much food left and I’m starting to have to fill up my water bottles in the sink. Maybe they’ll just leave me here to starve, I thought. No, they said they wanted me, they have to want me for something … sex? I mean they hadn’t so far tried anything but what the hell else could they want? I took a lot of showers, since it was about the only time I felt normal. It was the only time I could close my eyes and feel like I was escaping, like I was home. I had been asleep for a while, there was no way to know how long. When I woke up it was pitch black in the room, those fuckers cut off the light!

She was like April sky, sunrise in her eyes Child of light, shining star, fire in her heart Brightest day, melting snow, breaking through the chill October and April He was like frozen sky in October night Darkest cloud, endless storm, raining from his heart Coldest moon, deepest blue, tearing down the spring October and April Like hate and love, worlds apart This fatal love was like poison Right from the start Like light and dark, worlds apart This fatal love was like poison Right from the start