The Eight Novels & Stories

Breaking the Eight Trigrams Manifestation required precision instead of force. The path led from the East Gate of Life through the Southwest Gate of Rest, finally striking through the North Gate of Opening. But this was not just about breaking a manifestation. The lock had eight marks—Life, Rest, Harm, Block, Vision, Death, Awakening, and Opening. These were the eight gates within the manifestation. As Aria studied the corresponding numbers, she was suddenly struck with inspiration. Following the sequence, she pressed them. The lock then opened with a click.

she shouted, “But since she’s already gone, I’ll be the one who’s going to kill you first and make you vanish in this world! I never wanted to see you ever again! You just kept on stealing what’s mine!” “What are you saying? Have you lost your mind? This world, including its people, including you, belongs to me,” the Soulwaker countered, “you’ve completely gone nuts now that you’re fighting against me. And since when did you lure The8’s thinking? I wonder what did you even do to him?” she asked upon sighting The8 who was standing meters away from them, but he wasn’t moving. It was like he was just a design, a lifeless design who seemed to have completely lost its mechanism. “I just told him

Dad watched in silence, then lifted his glass and whispered to the empty place, "Danny, happy new year." Joe and Lyra followed in unison, "Danny, happy new year." Outside, the fireworks bloomed again, lighting the sky with the same brilliance and joy as last year. Only I was gone forever. That snow at the rest stop had frozen an eight-year-old me to death—and with me, it had frozen a family's heart. Some mistakes could be mended, some wounds forgiven, but some losses remained forever. Melted snow never returned to its first shape, and a vanished life never returned to those who had loved it.

I interrupt, eyes wide, looking at Sam, who stays silent. “What’s the problem, Estela?” Sam asks calmly. “Repeat what you said, Mark,” I demand, surprised. “I said… how about we do this now?” he repeats, pointing to a card in the game with a sliced ham image. “I’m hungry, sorry,” Mark adds, shrugging. This time I swallow hard—the imminent full moon is affecting me more than ever.

But the functional signature is there. Eleven. Eleven people. Out of forty-three. Already. And more being found every month. The document said when eight voices speak together, I text. Not eight people. Eight voices. Yes, he says. I think so. The eighth voice is a chorus, I text. A pause. Yes, he says. That's exactly what it is. I look at Lucia asleep in Dominic's arms. Reading the residue even in sleep, probably. The things that have been. The things that remain.

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‘However, how would a big shot like David be interested in something worth eight hundred thousand? ‘It’s like he’s worried I won’t sell it to him if he tells me the price. ‘Could it be eighty million?’ Oren was filled with joy. ‘I was right to come here this time. ‘David knows what he’s doing!’ “Eighty m-million?” Oren asked carefully. David shook his head again. Oren was puzzled. ‘It’s not eight million or eighty million, but it’s a number that starts with eight. Could it be…’