The Sun Also Rises Audiobook Novels & Stories

I listened attentively as the person read and read from the wonderful book for me. Another person came into the room too. And the person whispered sad things in my ear. The person kept apologizing for something I had no idea about. Several people came in and out but for hours I laid there waiting and eager to hear the voice of the person I had nicknamed my Sun. Everyone else was sad. They all kept begging me to wake up but none gave me a reason to want to. My Sun was different though. He was always vibrant and cheerful. Yes, He. I figured it out when I heard someone calling him by his name.

Smiling weakly at her he would look straight ahead. Bright sunlight illuminated the street behind them. Elaina turned in her seat to watch the sun rise in the East. She was so used to it rising ahead of her that she almost thought that somehow they had got turned around. She watched with wide eyes as it continued to rise higher turning the clouds in the sky bright shades of orange, red, and pink. Almost like fire. Elaina thought to herself. She immediately remembered what the book she had stolen from Tonya had said and let a shudder run through her.

The sun rose warm and bright, as if celebrating with them, as if welcoming them back to the land of the living. Elara stood on the ridge, watching the sun rise, feeling its warmth on her face, marveling at the simple miracle of being alive. Beside her stood Caleb, his arm around her waist, his warmth a constant reassurance that she was alive, she was real, she was here. She leaned into him, still marveling at the miracle of her return, still half-expecting to wake up and find it was all a dream.

Nevertheless, irksome intuition was filling my blood, thrusting my insides hard. At half-past seven we were on the road. The sun was rising gradually, spreading contagiously across the horizon and shooing away the darkness. Judy danced splendidly through the sunroof of Alex’s SUV, relishing the warm weather and appreciating the emerging rays of the sun. Even my mood seemed to have lifted slightly at the sight of the glamorous horizon that I could manage a smile.

“It may very well be the pull from the goddess, but I married you and accepted you as my mate. Why must you …” There was no way I wanted to continue hearing this. I purposefully dropped one of my books on the floor. They stopped talking. The sounds of their footsteps retreated from my door. Leaning against the frame, I sighed. “That was not something I wanted to hear.” I looked up at the ceiling. I was addressing the Sun God. But the sun continued to rise over the horizon. The voice came through once more. “It was something you need to hear. Adults aren’t perfect either.”

"Correct. That's where we're from. North. But why does the sun rise in the South?" Huh? In the south? I looked in the direction where the sun rose, yes it was. He is the opposite of where we come from. That means, the sun rose in the south? "Impossible, right? The sun rises in the east, which means we don't come from the north but from the west!" Okay. That's confusing. The Mediterranean Sea is in the north part of the desert, it must be north. But since it's impossible for the sun to rise in the south... that means we're from the west!

He spread his arms toward the rising sun. “We are the New Dawn Pack.”

Then, the golden sun broke through the clouds, and the entire world was covered in brilliant light. It was breathtaking. I sat there, watching the radiant sunrise as my breath grew shallower, and my body became weaker. Until the end, when there was nothing left, my lungs gave out. Leaning in his arms, I took one last look at the man I loved. "Evan, don't cry…" As the sun rose, my trembling hand, caressing his cheek, fell for one last time. "Melody! Melody, wake up! Didn't you say we'd go see the aurora together? Melody!"