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Chapter Thirteen: Right or Wrong
The air was thick with dust and the stench of decay and Malie’s breath came in short, sharp bursts as she sprinted ahead, her boots slapping the cracked asphalt. Cael matched her pace effortlessly, his expression calm, unaffected by the physical exertion. The flickering neon signs of ruined stores reflected off the rain-slick streets, casting distorted shadows in every direction. The city around them seemed both alive and dead, a husk of a once-thriving place, now nothing more than a battleground for scavengers and survivors.Malie glanced over her shoulder, making sure they weren’t being followed. Her instincts were sharp, honed by years of surviving in the Null Zone, and something about the way Cael moved unnerved her. There was no sign of fatigue in his expression or posture, even though he had just been through a brutal fight. She had seen the gang members he faced. They weren’t weak by any means, but Cael had dispatched them with disturbing ease.They turned a corner, pushing thr
Chapter Twelve: No Equal Among Them
The square had gone quiet, suffocated by the weight of Cael’s first strike. The body of the Rook he’d killed lay sprawled in the dust, his severed head rolling to a stop near the base of a vendor's overturned stall. A pool of dark blood spread slowly from the stump of his neck, soaking into the cracked pavement like ink into old paper.All around him, people froze. Murmured conversations died on trembling lips, and the clatter of movement ceased. Eyes, wide with disbelief, turned toward Cael. He stood in the open, spear lowered but ready, body still and poised like the calm before a second storm. The four remaining Rooks wasted no time mourning their fallen comrade. Shock flickered for only a moment before it was replaced by rage. One of them, a burly man with rust-colored armor plates strapped to his shoulders, let out a guttural roar and charged forward, drawing a blunt machete from a sheath across his back.Cael stepped forward to meet him, their weapons collided with a clash that
Chapter 11: Street Life
Nadir looked different in daylight.The shadows had drawn back just enough to show the broken veins of the city, with cracked pavement and half-sunken alleys that twisted like old scars. Buildings leaned against each other for support, and old neon signs flickered uncertainly, remnants of a time when people thought light could protect them.Cael followed Malie down one of the main streets, boots crunching softly over debris. The morning air was dense with the smell of scorched plastic and grease, mixed faintly with something spicy that drifted from a food cart in the distance. Steam hissed from vents along the walls, and low music leaked from an open window several stories up. He took it all in silently, the way he took in everything: without understanding, but with sharp attention."Try not to look too interested," Malie said, glancing over her shoulder. "People around here don't like being stared at. Makes them nervous."Cael adjusted the cloth-wrapped spear slung across his back. I
Chapter 10: Find My Purpose
The road into Nadir wasn’t really a road. More like a broken excuse for one with cracks spiderwebbed across the pavement and metal rails poking through the concrete like bones. Cael stepped around a rusted frame that might’ve once been a signpost, now it was just a crooked shadow on the wall beside it. He kept his pace even, falling in step behind Arlen and the others. The air smelled of smoke, damp steel, and something he couldn’t quite place. It wasn’t clean, but it wasn’t choking either, fortunately.People drifted along the edges of the street, some sitting in doorways, others hunched over makeshift grills or watching from windows. Cael saw a boy dart past them barefoot, kicking up grit. A pair of teenagers argued over a bundle of wires that might’ve once belonged to a drone. No one looked twice at Arlen’s crew.They didn’t look twice at Cael, either, something he was secretly grateful for.Arlen raised a hand, cutting left toward an alley that dipped under a hanging scaffold. The
Chapter 9: Comeback
The Reclaimer’s attention turned sharply, full weight shifting as its servos reloaded for another charge. Its eyes pulsed with a dull blue glow, but Cael didn’t wait for it to come to him.He lunged forward, and for first time since he got the weapon, the spear in his grip felt at home in his grasp. Every movement felt anchored in something his body remembered better than his mind. He cut low and fast, aiming straight for the damaged seam he’d exposed earlier. The tip of the spear glanced off the Reclaimer’s outer plating but dug in just enough to catch.The machine twisted, fast and violent, forcing Cael to disengage. It struck back with its bladed arm, carving an arc through the space he had just moved out of. He pivoted left and planted his feet, slipping behind it as the spear came around for another strike.He slammed it into the back of its shoulder. Sparks lit up the air as the spear dragged through the join, but the Reclaimer adapted, shifting its stance and locking its arm to
Chapter 8: The Reclaimer's Mandate
It didn’t give them time to plan. The Reclaimer lunged forward with a vicious burst of speed, its limbs unfolding mid-motion as they locked into sharp, bladed forms. The sound it made wasn’t mechanical in the way Cael expected. There was no roar of turbines or growl of hydraulics. It was silent, efficient, and entirely focused.Malie was the first to react. She raised her blaster and opened fire, red bolts cutting through the air. The first shot hit center mass, the second struck just below its shoulder. Sparks bloomed and flickered, but the machine didn’t slow. It absorbed the impact as if it barely registered.Arlen charged in from the side, swinging his makeshift blade at the Reclaimer’s exposed flank. The metal-on-metal clash rang out, loud and sharp, but the blade bounced off its armor. The Reclaimer spun fast, its arm lashing out and catching Arlen square in the chest with the flat of its blade. He hit the ground hard, coughing.“Jace, behind it!” Malie shouted.The younger boy
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