When Darkness Holds Light Novels & Stories

"I can't do this. I'm only get like every other word. This is so convoluted." Remi squeezed my shoulder. "It's okay. Let's just try to put it into context based on what we know. You said "darkness" right? Well we definitely found some darkness yesterday. It sounds like a prediction that is warning that if the darkness interrupts this ritual, then the balance between light and dark will be tipped." I wrinkled my nose. "I guess. If you can even trust what I have translated." "I think you translation is fine. It's just not complete. Now the first one. It looks like you have to combine the fractured soul. That's something. We just need to figure out what she is trying to combine you with."

Not forgetting the darkness. But choosing light anyway

Moonlight rested on the walls, and the stones answered in a faint, steady pulse. Like a heart that knows—it lives. ⸻ “For a long time, I thought darkness had to be destroyed, or it would consume everything I love. But now I know: darkness is not an enemy, only a space in which light must find its place. It is not battle that sustains us, but learning to breathe within it—without losing ourselves. Because the light that does not fear the dark—that is what truly remains alive.” — Nyra, Daughter of the Moon

- she said to herself, rubbing eyes lightly with her hand. After all, Nadir had spent all her life in the Underworld, and to feed she would always go out at night, returning before sunrise, so she was not used to it, and the sun's rays striking her eyes were not pleasant. Nadir got up and pulled the blinds all the way down, then folded the couch she slept on and stowed the sheets in it.

Come forth and show your strength to those who seek only destruction and chaos. After uttering those words. Her brightness spread all around her, lighting up the golden water source. Lord Durin stood shell-shocked as he watched her light shine and spread through the water, travelling all over the fae kingdom. ~~~~~~ "Just a little bit more my Queen," the Dark Prince encouraged. Queen Aurora pushed herself even more and the clouds began to change. The sky grew darker and the mist around them grew thicker. The soldiers and werewolves began to move away from the trolls as if surrendering. They managed to confuse the creatures for a moment.

I knew because I was awake and the dark has a specific and particular quality when there is light somewhere in it, the way it is not entirely dark, the way the knowing of the light changes the quality of the dark even when you cannot see it. I knew she was awake. I lay in the dark and I held the words I had found and I thought: tomorrow. At one-twenty the light went out. The dark became the specific and complete dark of a hallway at one-twenty in the morning.

Dark of Night Copyright 2019 Emily Goodwin Chapter One “What do you see when you look at this one?” The doctor holds up a card, showcasing an ink splotch that’s twisted and creepy, with eyes that follow you no matter where you go. I look at it, heart hammering away inside my chest. The mess of ink on the white paper reminds me of the monster that lurks in Nana and Papa’s basement, the one that tried to get Abby and Scott to go downstairs with it.

As the first light of dawn peeked through, I saw Samuel. He was gone, turned into a ghost. His stubborn spirit had somehow tied me down too, like invisible chains I could not break. I wanted to get away, never to see him again, but I was stuck. He noticed me as well. His face, which had been ashen, suddenly lit up with an incredible glow. He blinked, tears streaming down his face. "Yocelyn!" He was so overwhelmed, moving to grab my hand.

The clash of light and darkness ignited the canyon, sending sparks of energy that illuminated the battlefield in brief, blinding flashes. And as they charged, Hazel felt a singular truth crystallize within her: no matter how vast the darkness, together, they could be the light that shattered it.