Novels by A.marvel

The city did not sleep that night.Braxton Tower glowed against the dark sky like a wounded giant,lights burning on every floor, drones cutting silent paths through the air, guards posted at every entrance. Inside, tension pressed down on everyone like a held breath that refused to release.In the high-level medical bay, machines hummed steadily around Mila Braxton’s still form. Clear tubes ran from her arms, soft lights blinking in careful rhythm. She looked peaceful, almost like she was asleep after a long day.But Ethan knew better.He stood just outside the glass wall, staring at her, fists clenched at his sides. Every beat of his heart felt like an accusation.This is because of me.Leanna stood beside him, silent, watching his reflection more than the girl in the bed. She saw the storm building in him….the same storm she’d seen before battles, before impossible decisions.Victor broke the silence first.“We don’t follow his rules,” he said flatly. “We never do.”Ethan didn’t loo

Her lashes fluttered, but she didn’t wake.One of the medics glanced up sharply. “Sir, please step back.”Victor didn’t move.“What did this?” he demanded.The medic hesitated, scanning Mila’s vitals. “This isn’t natural. There’s a paralytic agent in her system. Fast-acting. Precision delivered.”Victor’s jaw tightened until it ached.“Where’s Leanna?” he asked.Ethan Wakes to the StormEthan woke to noise.Not the soft hum of machines or the steady calm of recovery…but shouting,alarms,running footsteps.The room felt tense, heavy, charged with fear.His head throbbed as he tried to sit up. Pain shot through his ribs, stealing his breath, but he forced himself upright anyway.“What… what’s happening?” he rasped.A nurse rushed to his side, panic clear in her eyes. “Mr. Braxton, please lie back there’s been an incident…..”“My sister,” Ethan said suddenly.The nurse froze.“How…”“My sister,” he repeated, sharper now, dread rising like bile. “Something’s wrong.”The truth crashed into h

She didn’t know that far below, the danger was already circling someone he loved.In the abandoned sub-level, Korrin watched Mila’s routine play out on his cracked monitors…classes, training halls, the lunch atrium, her evening walk to the greenhouse deck.Predictable,innocent,isolated.He tapped the screen.The drones responded instantly, dispersing like dust into the Tower’s ventilation shafts.“She’s never alone,” Korrin murmured. “But she thinks she is.”He diluted a vial of misty blue toxin…non-lethal, but potent.A paralytic,fast-acting,silent.“It won’t kill her,” he whispered. “Just take her away.”He smiled, knowing Ethan would awaken into a world turned upside down.Back in the academy, Mila slid into her training seat just as Master Rowan entered. She let out a relieved breath and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear.Something shimmered above the lights,something small,silent.It descended,so quietly she didn’t hear it land on her collar.A micro-drone.A needle, t

Korrin watched from the cracked windows of the abandoned sub-level lab,his new hideout, a forgotten wing of Braxton Tower sealed off after an old reactor leak. The radiation was long gone, but the air still tasted metallic, poisonous in a way that made him feel alive.His last attempt to poison Ethan had failed,Leanna had been faster than he expected. The Council had become suspicious,and Ethan… Ethan was waking.Korrin’s jaw tightened at the thought.He paced slowly, fingers trailing across dusty control panels as he replayed all the moments Ethan had slipped from his grasp like smoke.Not again. This time, he wouldn’t touch Ethan directly. That approach clearly wasn’t working.He needed leverage,he needed pain that struck deeper than any blade.A small holo-screen flickered to life in front of him, displaying dozens of surveillance feeds pulled illegally from Braxton Tower’s internal system.Then he saw her A soft knock had been recorded outside Ethan’s recovery room,the same girl

Braxton City slept under a cold, pale moon,but beneath that quiet sky, the city’s shadows were alive…moving, shifting, whispering danger.In those shadows…Korrin made his move.He knew Ethan was protected by layers of guards and reinforced security. Leanna had made sure of that,but a city was more fragile than its walls. Break the right piece, and everything collapsed.And Korrin knew the exact piece.The Braxton Water Regulation Hub.A small, forgotten building that filtered and delivered clean water to a third of the city,including the tower’s medical wing.If he contaminated it with the right compound… panic would spread. Systems would weaken. Guards would be reassigned. Chaos would follow.Chaos he could use.Korrin crouched near a side entrance, wearing an engineer’s uniform he’d stolen. He picked the old lock with quick, practiced movements.Click.He stepped inside.The small facility was nearly empty,only a faint hum of machines and blinking lights. Perfect.Korrin pulled out a

Korrin ran through the lower sectors of Braxton City, slipping into alleys and service tunnels where the lights flickered and the air smelled of dust and metal. Sirens flashed in the distance…his name already being hunted through every channel.He knew this part of the city better than anyone,he had once patrolled these streets as a loyal enforcer, but now he crept through them as a fugitive.He stopped only when he reached a locked gate hidden behind a rusted vent panel.His shaking hands pulled it free, and he crawled inside the narrow tunnel,darkness swallowing him almost immediately.Only then did he breathe.His voice echoed faintly in the metal chamber.“She won’t stop, will she? That woman…”Leanna’s face burned in his mind…cold eyes, fierce voice, unmovable presence.He had underestimated her.He had assumed she was just Ethan’s protector.But she had become something far more dangerous.“She wants war,” Korrin muttered.“So she’ll get war.”He crawled deeper until the tunnel