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THE DEAL WITH MARLOWE
Harrison was too weak to go with Vince and Leo so he sent them to go get his son. He sat in the wooden chair at the center of the room, his hands gripping the armrests so tightly his knuckles had gone white. His breathing was shallow, his skin was pale, slick with sweat. The black rot on his stomach had spread further, creeping up toward his ribs, down toward his hip, pulsing with a sickly yellow light that flickered beneath his skin.He had been sitting there for hours, staring at the wall, trying to ignore the pain but it was getting harder. Every breath felt like fire. Every heartbeat sent a fresh wave of agony through his body.He was dying. He knew that now.The cloaked figure's words echoed in his mind. "The clock is ticking, Harrison."He had refused the deal twice but the clock was still ticking. And the rot was still spreading.Harrison closed his eyes. He thought about Axel, about Mariette, about the life he could have had if he had made different choices. Then he opened his
YOU DEFINE IT
The tunnel was dark and cold. Water dripped from somewhere above, echoing through the narrow passage like a slow, steady heartbeat. Axel followed his mother through the darkness, his hand pressed against the damp stone wall for balance. His other hand glowed faintly blue, casting just enough light to see a few feet ahead.They had been walking for what felt like hours. The tunnel twisted and turned, branching off into passages that seemed to lead nowhere. Mariette moved with purpose, never hesitating, never looking back. She knew these tunnels. She had grown up in them.Axel's legs ached. His lungs burned. But he didn't complain. He couldn't stop thinking about what had happened in the city. The enforcers. The purple Aevum. The way his flames had exploded out of him like something alive.He had hurt someone, burned them and seen the fear in their eyes.And a part of him had liked it."Stop," Mariette said suddenly.Axel almost collided with her. She had stopped in front of a rusted i
THE FIRST HUNTERS
The city was a risk. Mariette had made that clear before they left the warehouse at dawn but they needed supplies, food, water, clean clothes. They couldn't stay hidden forever without resources. So they had slipped into the outskirts of Bonneville, keeping to the shadows, moving fast and quiet.Axel being back into the city felt exposed and conscious. Every alley felt like a trap, every passing car made his heart race. He kept his hands shoved deep into his pockets, trying to suppress the faint blue glow that kept flickering beneath his skin."Relax," Mariette whispered, walking beside him. "You look like you're about to run, that will only draw attention.""I feel like I'm about to run," he muttered back."Don't, just walk. Breathe. Act normal."Normal? As if anything about his life was normal anymore.They made it to a small convenience store on the edge of a rundown neighborhood. Mariette paid with cash, old bills she had stashed away years ago and loaded a bag with canned goods,
THE STRANGER IN THE DOORWAY
The warehouse fell into a suffocating silence.Axel's hands were still glowing, the blue flame flickering uncertainly at his fingertips. His heart pounded in his chest. His eyes darted between his mother and the woman standing in the doorway, who had appeared out of nowhere and spoke like she knew them, who radiated an aura of controlled danger.The woman stepped forward. The morning light caught her face, revealing sharp features, silver eyes, and dark hair pulled back into a tight ponytail. She was young but her eyes were old, like someone who had seen too much and felt too little."Mariette Windsor," the woman said again. "It's been a long time."Mariette's face was pale, her hands trembled at her sides but her voice was steady when she spoke. "You shouldn't be here.""I shouldn't be anywhere." The woman's lips twitched into something that wasn't quite a smile. "But here I am and here you are. And him." Her silver eyes shifted to Axel. "The carrier of the blue flame."Axel stiffen
A CONNECTION
Elena's body went rigid. "What connection?"Luciana's smile widened. "You don't know, do you? Of course you don't. They never told you.""Told me what?"Luciana walked around Elena, circling her like a wolf circling its prey. "Harrison Hawthorne destroyed the Windsor family. That part you know but what you don't know is that he did it by seducing Mariette Windsor, getting her pregnant and ended up creating two children, two carriers who could be used as weapons."Elena's blood ran cold. "Two children?""Yes, Elena. Two." Luciana stopped behind her, close enough that her breath stirred Elena's hair. "He's your twin brother Elena."Elena felt the world tilt around her, her hands started shaking. She tried to speak, but no words came out. Her carefully constructed walls began to crumble."That's not true," she managed finally. "You're lying."Luciana laughed, a soft, musical sound. "Why would I lie about something like this? It's true. Your mother is Mariette Windsor. Your father is Har
Elena, Unseen
The warehouse was a maze of rusted machinery and crumbling concrete. Dust hung in the air like a suspended shroud. The target had been hiding for three hours, moving through the shadows like a rat seeking shelter but the rat was tired and the hunter was patient.Elena moved through the darkness like smoke. Her footsteps made no sound on the debris-strewn floor. Her breathing was slow, controlled, barely audible. Her silver eyes scanned every corner, every crevice, every possible hiding place.She found him cowering behind a collapsed conveyor belt. A man in his thirties, desperate and frightened, his hands crackling with unstable blue Aevum a failed experiment, one of Harrison's castoffs. He had been on the run for weeks, stealing food, sleeping in alleys and the founding families had finally tracked him down."Please," the man whimpered, his voice shaking. "Please don't hurt me. I didn't ask for this. I didn't want this."Elena's face remained expressionless. She had heard these ple
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