The Loud House Sound Of Silence の小説・ストーリー

The sweet air was shattered by a recording and photos that no one expected, splashing across the screen for all to see. Whispers and gasps swirled around me, growing louder by the second. "The Wallace family sure knows how to put on a spectacle!" "He's marrying his brother's widow?" "Doesn't Emily see what's happening?" "Perhaps they've joined forces to kill Jeffrey so that there's more inheritance to go around." Chaos reigned on the stage. Emily's screams pierced the air, begging for the screen to be shut off, her earlier joy wiped away in an instant. Margaret, catching sight of the screen's contents, collapsed. This time, it was not for show.

“I don’t sneak. People just don’t notice until it’s too late.” She set the book aside, her pulse still racing. “That sounds more like a threat than an apology.” Gabriel stepped into the room, the floor creaking under his weight. He moved like a predator, controlled, deliberate, but there was no malice in his eyes only something unreadable, something that tangled her insides. “Lorca wrote of silence, too,” Gabriel said, nodding toward the book. “He believed it was as sharp as any blade.” Lucy swallowed. “I think I understand that better than I ever wanted to.”

He was just hard to understand and it would be frightening to find out who he actually is. I tossed the heavy silk duvet back restlessly and frustrated. The most eerie and annoying thing in this house was the silence. There was never any quiet in my small Queens apartment. The roar of the subway, the yelling of the neighbors and the hiss of the old radiator all blended together to form a never-ending orchestra of life. This was the heavy, old-fashioned and profound silence of a tomb. Needing a glass of water, a distraction or anything else to stop the yelling panicked monologue in my own head, I walked noiselessly out of my suite.

Every creak in the house sounded like a warning. She would do anything to protect him. Even if that meant destroying what was left of her own peace. Chapter Fourteen: The Quiet After the Cake The house was still. Balloons sagged slightly in the corners, wrapping paper littered the couch and Lucas had finally fallen asleep while clutching the truck he’d named “Monster Max.” Lissa sat on the porch steps with a blanket around her shoulders, the cool night air brushing against her skin. She heard the screen door open behind her. Footsteps. Then Colt sat down beside her, a careful space between them.

He sits forward, elbows resting on his knees, eyes trained on me with that kind of focused calm that always makes it hard to breathe. “Still thinking about the message,” I admit. He nods once. “Me too.” A long silence stretches between us, but it isn’t uncomfortable. Just full. Eventually, he speaks again. “You know… this house used to be silent like this all the time. For years.” I tilt my head. “And now?” “Now there’s noise. Doors slamming. Sisters fighting over breakfast syrup. My pantry running out of things I never even knew we stocked.” He lets out a soft huff of a laugh. “I don’t mind it.”

The sound of the water, a stark contrast to the silence and tension in the room, ran for a long, long time. ~•~

There was no coming back from this. The house would no longer be quiet after tonight. The silence was over.

Something I could control. The silence pressed down on me like a weight I couldn’t shrug off. Every sound—the clink of the pan, the soft sizzle of oil—seemed too loud, too sharp in the stillness. This house had been full of noise just yesterday. Voices, arguments, grief, betrayal. Now it just felt... hollow.

“What the fuck is going on?!” But it wasn’t Silas who answered. It was the soft beep of a timer. Hidden inside the wall, behind a loose stone. Three red lights. One blinking. Luca’s eyes widened. “Trap—” BOOM. The lights went out. The house trembled. And the last thing I heard was Silas whispering: “Time to wake up, brother.”

No flicker. Still… The silence screamed louder than anything else.