Shards of Life

✓SHORT STORY✓
{STRONG LANGUAGE but NO SMUT, only a couple of steamy scenes}

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"Ah, shit!" Andrew yelled in annoyance. A box of old records fell on him while he was dusting a high shelf.

"Ha, stupid." he scowled at me "next time, try taking everything down first, then dust." I said, waving the Swiffer in his face.

He swatted my hand away before I went to go dust on another shelf.

I slowly took off each dusty box, reaching out my hand for the last one, I saw crystal balls inside. Each kept separated by styrofoam. I quickly dusted them off before pausing, noticing names and dates engraved into each one.

{Zemira- 1880 AC}

{Torryn- 1894 AC}

There were at least a dozen. I picked one out of the box, carefully dusting the entire thing.

{Sage- 1900 AC}

Before I set it down again, it glowed.

Out of shock, I dropped it. It shattered and glass spread around on the floor. I stood in shock, watching small green sparks come out of the scattered shards. Almost like mini fireworks.

"Hey, Jules you okay?" Andrew yelled at me from across the back of the library.

I stumbled with my words. "Y-yeah! I'm okay!" I yelled, looking back to see if he was walking closer.

I hear footsteps of what sounded like army boots walk towards my back. A presence is standing right behind me, I can hear heavy breathing. I turn around to see...