The Delicate Sound Of Thunder Novels & Stories

her young partner added, sounding assured. As they were speaking I heard a sudden but loud thunder from outside, followed by sudden fast blow of spin chilled wind that instantly opened closed door of all windows around us. ‘THUD… THUD…. THUD…. THUD… THUD…. THUD…. THUD… THUD…. THUD…. THUD… THUD…. THUD….’

And if the silence is not enough, the skies are turning darker than before. "Lovely, all we need now is to walk back in the rain." My words are not even dead, and I hear the rumble of thunder, but thunder in more of an ominous way. So as I lift my head to observe how hard the rains shall come down onto us, I stop in my tracks. "Azron."

Our connection deepens, transcending the merely physical to become something more profound, more elemental. Through the haze of pleasure, I become aware of a sound building outside our sanctuary. The low rumble of thunder rolls across the sky, growing louder and more insistent with each passing second. Lightning crackles, illuminating the room in brief, brilliant flashes that cast dramatic shadows across our entwined bodies. The weather. I gasp in amazement. it's changing. Damon's rhythm falters for just a moment as he too notices the atmospheric disturbance.

Apparently her kind, she realized, since she couldn’t get the thought out of her head of what it’d be like to be covered by this sexy-as-hell hunk. Thunder suddenly rumbled in the distance, signaling an approaching storm, bringing with it the crisp scent of rain. Tourmaline glanced toward the swollen sky, and then softly, in a tone completely unlike her, she heard herself say, “It looks like a storm’s coming. You wanted to talk, so talk, before it starts to rain.”

LYRA War has a sound. It's not the noises. Not swords hitting shields or people screaming as they die. The real sound of war is quieter. It's in the thunder of marching armies. In the crackling of fires burning villages before dawn. In the silence when everyone in the room already knows the news is bad. That's the sound around me now. It's heavy. Endless. Alive. I stand on the walls with cold wind blowing through my silver cloak. The mist below the cliffs looks like an ocean waiting to drown the world.

And somewhere in the silence that followed, outside that little shop in Haver, the sky cracked with a sound like thunder. But it wasn’t thunder. It was the sound of Aster’s patience ending.

But my voice wavered, coming out as a moan, which only seemed to amuse him. Leaning in even closer, Thorian whispered, his lips tantalizingly close to my ear, "Moaning for me already?" He gently nipped at my earlobe, sending an electric jolt through my body, and I couldn't deny the intoxicating attraction that pulsed between us. The thunderstorm outside seemed to mirror the tumultuous emotions surging within the room, setting the stage for what was to come.

Normally, I reveled in the soothing melody of rainfall, but today it felt overwhelming, like my brain couldn't process the cacophony of sounds. Suddenly, a deafening clap of thunder reverberated through the air, sending shockwaves through my body. I instinctively clutched my ears, feeling as though my eardrums might burst from the intensity. Zaylen appeared beside me in an instant, concern etched on his features. "Are you okay?" he asked, his voice barely audible over the roaring thunder. I nodded weakly, but inside, I felt anything but okay. This had never happened before. I was never scared of the thunder. Its sound never made me clutch my ears like this.

EIGHT HOURS EARLIER Pop. The sound of the gun is not that loud, but it resounds in my head like a drum. I open my eyes and the first thing I notice is that I can't see. Sweat and tears have leaked into my eyes and they sting like a bitch. My hands are also shaking so damn much, I can't focus on anything.

“Ryder, tell me you hear that,” Sienna whispered, her voice barely strong enough to hold steady beneath the trembling breath that slipped out of her. She didn’t raise her head, didn’t dare look up at the sky again, because the sound was no longer just sound , it was pressure, ancient and deliberate, folding the air around them like invisible hands crushing the edges of their world.