The Heavens May Fall Novels & Stories

“Please… stop calling me that.” Matthew was looking at her in surprise. “What do you…” “Stop calling me by that nickname!” Allison cried out, letting the tears finally fall from her eyes. “We’re not lovers anymore, Mattie… you have to stop calling me that… just…” Suddenly, the world swam before her eyes. It was as though the room was spinning, the ground tilting its way to meet her. Her body felt like it was burning, the heat spreading throughout her limbs like wildfire.

I giggle. “Ah yes, another man with many rugs draped over his body masquerading as clothing. I fear that we may all die of a fashion emergency instead of another drought or war.” I smile and try to hold in my snorts, as the carriage enters a foggy forest, and Dante continues to mock every noble from the Wailing Coast to the Soundless Seas. “Lady Dyteria gave birth again,” I say, trying my hardest to be modest. One must be modest, after all, to set an example for the future lords and ladies I shall preside over.

“Right. Never mind.” Nova kept struggling as the group moved through the tunnel, rainwater splashing beneath their boots and paws. Above them, thunder rattled the city ruins overhead. “You’re insane,” she hissed at the Alpha. “All of you are insane.” The Alpha finally spoke again“If I leave you here alone,” he said, “you’ll be dead before sunrise.” Nova clenched her jaw. “And I can’t have that” he muttered.

The silence in Hangar Bay 4 was deafening. The roaring plasma-cauldrons had been powered down, leaving only the sound of hissing cooling vents and the heavy, ragged breathing of the surviving mortal Cultivators. Outside, the sky was raining the shattered, glowing remnants of the Heavenly Armada—chunks of flawless white jade and broken flying swords falling into the snow like a meteor shower of dead gods. But Caleb Blackwood didn't care about the falling sky.

One second of letting it land. Then he stepped backward off the Precipice. The fall wasn't what he expected. He'd imagined it would feel like failure, like punishment, like the cold certainty of a door slamming shut behind him. Instead it felt like exhaling for the first time after holding his breath for ten thousand years. His lungs expanded. His whole body expanded. The rigid, perfect, unbearable structure of Heaven fell away above him like a shell he'd finally cracked open, and underneath it he was soft and new and terrifyingly alive.

… Natalie treated Michael attentively, remembering every tiniest detail about him with utter devotion. Michael had also grown accustomed to accepting her care. I impatiently asked the system, "How long do I still have to stay in this world? I've had enough of watching their lovey-dovey act!" The system patiently comforted me and replied, "Host, the main system is currently undergoing updates and maintenance. You will only be able to return to your original world in a month." I was not from this world, and neither was Natalie. The technological advancement of our original world was far beyond this one.

Kael shouted again, this time louder, not in sorrow but in fear. Above the ruins, one of the gods screamed—not a sound, but a tearing absence. Something had vanished. A presence once tethered to the heavens had slipped the chain. The sky turned inside out. And beneath the altar, the child whispered, “They’re looking for you now.” “Will you hide… or return unseen?”

Though it was just one punch, Hamilton felt as if the weight of the heavens bore down on him, crushing everything in its wake. Whoosh! The wind howled as the destructive force swept through, shattering everything in its path. The world seemed to be on the brink of total collapse, a sight as terrifying as it was catastrophic. Boom! The heavens trembled as if the entire sky was tearing apart. The scene defied imagination, overwhelming in its sheer intensity. Boom, boom, boom! Relentless shockwaves surged through the air, shaking the entire world. It was impossible to fathom the magnitude of what was unfolding.

“Blue is ours. It belongs to us. We’re supposed to build our future with it. Your father said so!” Aneeka’s lips curved into a sinister smile. “There’s no us, Damon. It’s just me and I”, she leaned forward, still smiling. “Blue is mine. It belongs to just me. You’ve never been a part of it, so what are you talking about?” His face twisted with rage, his nostrils flaring. His vision blurred with fury and disbelief at her audacity. He was about to lose Blue Horizon. Aneeka’s heart hammered in her chest, but her voice remained steady and unwavering. “Blue stays with me…… D”.

He raised his eyebrows. “Yup. I already planned it. I already told anyone. Tomorrow, it will be the last day of my father’s madness. As the dawn falls, the imaginary castle he built will finally crumble.”