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Chapter 58. The Hive’s Core
The world was gone. There was no night sky. No ruined camp. No survivors screaming. Only silence.Jonah opened his eyes slowly. His chest ached, his body weak. His golden claws flickered faintly but did not burn steady.He was standing on a surface that was not ground, not stone, not earth. It pulsed faintly under his boots, like flesh. The air smelled of blood and rot, heavy and choking.The sky above was not a sky. It was black, with glowing veins crawling across it like cracks in broken glass.Beside him, Kevin stirred. The boy’s small body shivered. His eyes opened, wide with fear. He looked around, clinging to Jonah’s arm. “Where are we?”Jonah’s jaw tightened. He already knew. He had seen it in his nightmares, in the Hive’s whispers. “We’re inside,” Jonah said quietly. His voice was grim. “This is the Hive.”Kevin’s face went pale. His small hand tightened on Jonah’s sleeve. “Inside?”Jonah nodded once. His golden eyes scanned the endless black landscape. Shapes moved in the dis
Chapter 57. The Giant of the Hive
The earth shook with every step. The Hive beast moved closer. It was taller than the broken walls of the camp, its body glowing with crawling veins of green and red. Its head looked like a skull carved from bone, its jaw wide enough to swallow a man whole.Around its feet, the horde screamed. Hundreds of infected poured forward, their bodies moving as one, their glowing eyes locked on the survivors.The night itself seemed to tremble. Jonah stood at the center of the ruins, his claws out, glowing gold. His chest heaved, his wound burning. He could barely hold himself up, but he refused to step back.Kevin clung to his side, his small hand glowing faintly, his face pale but determined. The survivors huddled behind broken barricades, their whispers sharp with fear. “We can’t fight that. It’s too big. It’s the end.”The scarred leader’s voice was harsh, his hands shaking on his rifle. “He brought this on us. Him and the boy. The Hive wants them. We should give them what they want.”The
Chapter 56. The Hive Approaches
The night did not rest. Smoke clung to the ruined camp. The stench of burned flesh and rot still hung heavy in the air. Survivors moved like shadows, dragging bodies away, tending to the wounded, whispering in broken voices. At the center of it all was Jonah.He sat slumped against a shattered wall, his chest heaving, golden blood still leaking from the wound in his side. His skin was pale, his golden veins faint but alive. His claws were gone for now, pulled back, hidden. But his eyes still glowed faintly, like dim lanterns in the dark.Beside him was Kevin, who refused to leave his side. The boy’s hands still held a faint golden shimmer. He looked exhausted, his small face pale, but he kept staring at Jonah as if afraid he would disappear again. Jonah lifted a weak hand and ruffled the boy’s hair. “I’m still here.”Kevin leaned into him, his voice soft. “I know. But I saw, I saw you leaving me. I can’t lose you.”Jonah closed his eyes, guilt stabbing his chest sharper than any cl
Chapter 55. Inside the Hive
The night was broken. Smoke curled from the walls of the camp. Survivors huddled together, their weapons clutched in shaking hands. The horde circled the ruins like wolves, their glowing eyes fixed on the center where Jonah had fallen, and there, on his knees, was Kevin.The boy held Jonah’s limp body in his arms. Jonah’s skin was pale, his golden veins flickering like fading embers. His chest rose faintly, barely a breath at a time.Kevin’s face was wet with tears. His small hands shook as he gripped Jonah’s shirt. “Don’t leave me. You promised. You promised you wouldn’t leave.”The boy’s sobs echoed through the ruins. The survivors watched, torn between fear and pity. The scarred leader stood stiff, his rifle lowered but his eyes still full of suspicion.But what no one could see, not the survivors, not Kevin, not even the horde, was that Jonah was no longer here.Darkness. Jonah floated in an endless black sea. No ground. No sky. Just whispers. “You are ours. You were never human.
Chapter 54. The Boy Who Glowed
The battlefield stank of smoke and rot. Fires burned where Jonah’s claws had cut through the swarm. The survivors huddled near the inner barricades, their eyes wide and fearful. The horde still growled at the edges of the camp, waiting, but in the center of it all stood Jonah and Kevin.Jonah’s chest heaved. Golden blood dripped from his wound. His claws burned, glowing too bright. The Hive howled inside his skull, furious, unrelenting. “The boy is not one of us, but he bends us. He commands us. This cannot be. TAKE HIM.”Jonah shook his head violently. “No, you don’t touch him.”Kevin held Jonah’s hand tighter. A strange golden shimmer passed between their skin, soft but alive. The glow made the horde hesitate, their growls faltering.Kevin looked up at Jonah, tears streaking his dirty face. “What’s happening to me?”Jonah’s throat was dry. He could barely speak. “I, I don’t know.”The survivors watched in silence, too stunned to fire. The scarred leader’s rifle shook in his hands,
Chapter 53. The Edge of the Storm
The world exploded into fire and gold. The gates cracked. The sound of splintering wood cut through the night like thunder. The survivors on the wall shouted in panic, their rifles spitting fire at the swarm below. Bullets tore into rotting flesh, but the horde only roared louder, climbing over one another like a tidal wave of teeth and claws.Jonah knelt in the dirt, one hand pressed to the bleeding wound in his side. His golden blood dripped through his fingers, glowing faintly in the dark. His other hand dug into the ground, claws carving deep grooves as he fought to stay upright.His vision swam. His ears rang. But louder than all of it, the Hive whispered in his mind. “Bleed with us. Rise with us. You are more than a man. Let go.”Jonah’s jaw clenched. His breath came out ragged. “No, not yet.”Kevin dropped to his knees beside him, his small hands pressing desperately over Jonah’s wound. Tears streamed down his face. “Stay with me, Jonah! Please!”Jonah’s golden eyes flickere
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