Myles opened his eyes and slowly rose to his feet. The ground beneath him was a rough, cracked patch of barren hellscape, surrounded by jagged hills and volcanic peaks that spewed smoke and molten rock. The air reeked of sulfur and poison—a noxious mix that made his eyes sting.Myles surveyed his surroundings unimpressed.“ If this is supposed to be much looked forward to afterlife then it's worse than life itself.” He said“ Welcome to the underworld mortal” a sultry voice said behind him. Myles spun around and saw a hooded figure in a dark robe—an old man with an ageless face.“ Wait I know you, aren't you the grim reaper?” He asked. “ Close, I go by the name Hades the god of the underworld” Hades replied then gave a frown. “ What are you thinking?”Myles frowned. “I was expecting something more dramatic. Scythe. Shadows. Maybe flaming eyes. You just look… normal, besides I thought there'd be demons in hell”Hades didn’t flinch. “Looks can be deceiving. As for demons—you’ll meet the

Myles walked through the darkened alley, pistols drawn, each footstep slow, precise, calculated.His senses were on high alert.Behind him, a large, man-sized wolf materialized from the shadows, low and silent. Its breath steamed in the night air as it crept closer—four meters away and closing.Myles spun on his heel like lightning and opened fire.The shots cracked through the silence. The wolf gave a low growl and retreated into the shadows.“Great,” Myles muttered with a grin. “Got a little pup on my hands.”Moments later, it returned—flanked by two more.“Look who brought friends,” he said dryly.They lunged.A fast smattering of bullets sent two stumbling. Myles ducked low and charged the third, facing it head-on.He waited—perfectly still—until the last possible second, then launched sideways. The wolf skidded, trying to correct, but crashed into the concrete.“Okay,” Myles said with a grin, “I’ve got six rounds in each pistol. So y’all gotta share.”They came at him again, thi

“ Sorry kiddo I was forced to! A demon came up to my office and threatened to kill me if I didn't do otherwise” Louise pleaded. “ I wasn't in my right mind that Thursday, I and the boys had a drinking marathon. Gin in the morning, four bottles of beer at twelve, a couple shots of whiskey at three—“ Louise—” Myles started but Louise rattled on. “—cocktails at five, whew the cocktails were brutal! I wonder how Sammy got to learn—”“Louise.” Myles’ voice cut through like a blade. “You’re telling me a demon gave you a job—to set me up—just to steal my watch?” “Yeah... pretty much.” Louise muttered and visibly flinched as Myles began to squeeze the trigger.Myles let the tension hang for a second, then holstered his pistols with a shrug. “Checks out.”Louise blinked. “Wait, really?” “ What're you doing here?” Myles asked, eyeing him with suspicion.“ I came to hand over the second half of your fee, just because the job was fake doesn't mean you don't get paid right?” Louise gave a ne

A practiced arrow grazed the snap on his wrist and lodged itself into the MP3 player. The music stopped immediately while watch quietly slipped off his hands. “ Hey that was actually close to amputating me.” Myles said with a grin. “ Yep” she agreed and came at him, he exactly mirrored her charge. As they both closed in on each other, Savannah fell to her knees and skidded across the room on sheer momentum neatly avoiding Myles arm sweep. She picked up the watch as soon as she slowed and turned to face her assailant. “ I got what I came for” “That's mine! Give it back!” Myles snarled and came at her just before she tapped the button on her bow. She jumped out the window just as the arrow detonated as a flash bang in the room. Myles was up as soon as the light subsided and looked out the window. “ Of course” he murmured dryly. “ Who the heck was that chick” Louise wolf whistled as soon as he got out of his hidey-hole.“ I don't care who the f- she is, I'm getting my watch back” H

The convoy was wrecked.Black smoke curled into the sky like a funeral flag. Ash coated the asphalt, and burning metal hissed under the rain of embers.Anna’s pulse thudded as she knelt behind the twisted shell of the center truck. Myles was beside her, rubbing raw wrists—his chains now broken from the inside, sparks still flickering on the links. She didn't ask how. She didn't need to. The watch was now on Myles wrist like nothing had ever happened. Across the ruined highway stood Kaelin, smug and composed, flanked by two horrors pulled straight from hell’s darkest corners.Nixx, a flickering, shape-warping shadow, melted in and out of visibility. Its limbs stretched and distorted, sometimes looking human, sometimes… not.And then there was Infernox.The bull-headed demon’s hooves cracked the pavement as he stomped forward. Seven feet tall and packed with coiled muscle, he radiated volcanic heat. Lava-pulsing veins lit up across his red-black skin, and his nose ring glowed like mol