Se connecterI sat up slowly. My body trembled, but it held. The ache behind my eyes hadn’t gone, but it had found a rhythm. “It’s not hurting me.”Simon stepped closer. His brow furrowed. “Can you describe what you’re feeling?”“It’s not sound,” I said. “It’s something that clears space ahead of me. It moves fo
We had brought the worst cases here first, the ones who hadn’t responded to Simon’s field serum, children who froze mid-sentence, mid-step, mid-breath. After the last round nearly broke me, we were supposed to stop.I had collapsed in Richard’s arms, body unresponsive, field overextended, and barely
“I need to finish this row.”There were four more lined up along the opposite wall. A wolf boy brought from Vitus Hollow. A vampire girl who hadn’t spoken since the last toll. Two human children who had been frozen. One of them hadn’t blinked in over twenty minutes.The pressure returned more quickl
AmeliaNo one knew how to fix it, not the scientists, not the Pack Council, not even the vampire contractors who had built it. The relay triggers weren’t just physical; they had embedded themselves deep in the nervous system, like mold growing into the foundation of a house.Sleeper conditioning did
RichardThe council chamber was too bright, not only because of the lighting, though the overhead panels hummed with cold fluorescence, but because every face in the room was exposed. Postures stiffened under scrutiny, and expressions held the tension of anticipation. No one blinked or exhaled. Some
A woman ran down the sidewalk, her shoes slapping the concrete. Her face was pale and her eyes were wide with fear. “Lia! Baby,”She stopped when she saw me beside her daughter. Her eyes snapped to my face, then dropped to the open case and the syringe in Simon’s hand. Her entire stance tensed, like







