Mag-log in“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
The border towns always felt too still. Not quiet in a peaceful way, but quiet in a way that made the air taste like stale sugar, like the kind of quiet that follows an argument you walked in on too late.The buildings were short and municipal, lined in brick and glass with poorly tinted windows, li
Simon adjusted the data. That signal disappeared, and the remaining zones snapped into a sharper configuration.“That cleaned up the quadrant,” Simon said, half to himself. “I’ve been trying to solve that loop for forty-eight hours.”Richard’s voice came low and fast. “She just started recovering. I







