Waiting For The Light Novels & Stories

Sure enough, it was gone. The image of him smiling at the clerk came to mind, along with the warm compliments about what a loving couple we were. That scene kept replaying in my head. I stood there in a daze, the bitterness in my chest slowly settling. I quietly told myself that maybe this was all just a one-sided crush on Serena's end. After dinner, Lucas suddenly set down his fork and said, "I have to work late tonight at the observatory. I need to observe a star that's quite rare."

That night, after calmly arranging his affairs, I took sleeping pills and lay down next to him. “I’ll be with you soon.” When I opened my eyes again, there was a blinding white light. “Are you okay?” I shot upright and realized I was leaning over my desk. The girl next to me was wiping tears from her cheeks, choking on her sobs. “Emma just went off with Callum. Ugh, finally, love triumphs over everything.” My eyes widened as I looked down at the novel in front of me. It was open to the chapter titled “Please Wait for Me.” The illustration showed him holding my hand, standing by the sea, supporting each other through life.

He lifted a finger, pointing at one of the candles. “Do you see that?” I followed his gaze, not really sure what I was looking for because the candles on the table were always too much to make out anything out of the ordinary. “I don’t see anything. Why don’t you just tell me what is going o—,” “Her light is back. Her light…it’s flickering.” I squinted my eyes in confusion. “Light? What light are you talking about?” He stepped closer to me, taking my hand and drawing me forward. “Your highness, whose light have we been praying for all these years? Who have we been searching for all these years?”

quizzes. As they pulled closer to the clearing in the woods where valets waited for them to park their cars, Damian couldn’t help being amazed by the light show they were greeted with. On each side of the road that led through the thick forest was what looked like a connected line of light spheres filled with numerous fairy lights, but when you came a bit closer you could see they were made up of individual spheres filled with fairy lights like tiny glowing bees, equally spaced apart. They seemed to go all the way to the compound that waited on the other side of that road.

I don’t remember the elevator ride down. I know I must’ve taken it, because one second I was standing outside a door that had just closed in my face, and the next I was out on the pavement, cold air biting at skin I hadn’t even realized had gone numb. Let's pretend this never happened. Let's never contact each other again. I kept repeating the words in my head, over and over, hoping that eventually they’d make sense. They never did.

Now I'm waiting for the count to begin. One emperor, one light. After ten minutes of silence, the light turned on. Please assist me with counting. The first five white lights flashed, then three yellowish lights flashed, one dim light flashed, and finally, one red light flashed. Thank you very much. Thank you to my grandfathers who have voted; eleven of you have done so. Those who believe we should take the saw route, please show yourself as your light has shown. Five red lights appeared first, followed by two yellowish lights, and finally one faint light.

Then, she needed to rush home to feed Clover, who was surely waiting anxiously. Amidst the chaos, the traffic light ahead turned red for pedestrians. Calla glanced up and saw that this red light would last 95 seconds. It was rush hour, and the traffic was heavy. Though anxious, she had no choice but to stand there, waiting for the light to turn green.

the stranger said but when he started to move away, Olliver grabbed his arm and whined, "Skaiii..wait ten minutes?" The stranger jutted his chin out, "You have five.." Olliver smiled and turned to move back to the experiment and that is when he noticed Smith standing there slack-jawed. "Oh pick up your jaw Smithson. This is not a theatre and a fly might just go into your mouth!"

“Wait don’t go. I have more questions.” As the light moves away and gets dimmer and dimmer “We are one. What you will so will we.” before it finally disappears.

ZARA TAYLOR I stared into the red traffic light as my feet shifted relentlessly on the brake pedal of my car. The weight of the evening pressed against me. The air was thick with the faint hum of the city, the distant murmur of conversations blending with the sound of tires on wet asphalt. I could feel the tension building inside me, like the calm before a storm. The light flickered, almost as if teasing me to move, but I remained frozen, unsure if I was waiting for it to turn green or for something more... something I couldn’t yet name.