INICIAR SESIÓNWhen the heatwave apocalypse hit, the world turned into a literal oven. It was 140 degrees outside. The water dried up, and the power grid went completely dead. We had no choice but to make a run for the underground bunkers. Luckily, my boyfriend, Hudson, awakened ice powers. He is a man of few words, but he caters to my every whim. One day, I was being my usual spoiled self, begging him to waste his precious energy to make me some ice cream, when a sudden memory flooded my brain. It was a plotline. I realized I was living in a romance novel, and I was nothing but the useless, high-maintenance side character. All beauty, zero survival skills, and a constant burden to Hudson. According to the plot, he would eventually leave me behind, and I would die a gruesome death at the hands of some wasteland raiders. Meanwhile, Hudson would meet the REAL female lead—a woman as strong and capable as him. Terrified, I decided to pull away and stop weighing him down. But I didn't expect that the moment I distanced myself, Hudson would snatch the back of my neck, kissing me with a vicious, uncharted possessiveness. "Are you bored of me? Trying to shake me off?" he growled against my lips. "I'll never let that happen."
Ver másWe got back on the road, leaving the scent of blood to the desert wind. I was back in the passenger seat of Hudson's SUV, but this time, there was no escaping his gaze. He drove with one hand on the wheel; his other hand had mine locked in a death grip, fingers laced tightly, as if I would vanish if he let go. In the backseat, Maya—who had just finished wrapping Jax's leg—leaned forward, uncharacteristically gossipy. "So, Eliza, considering the epic cold war you guys had going on, did you actually break up?" Maya teased. "If you did, let me know so I can tell Ethan. He's still pining." My face flushed. I opened my mouth to say, "We did—""No, we didn't." Hudson cut me off instantly. He shot Maya an icy glare through the rearview mirror, delivering his verdict with absolute arrogance. "Ethan doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell. Tell him to back off. Eliza and I are perfectly happy, and we are never breaking up." I was so flustered by his blatant claim that I couldn't speak, l
In a battle between gifted, a three-second freeze was all it took to flip the script. Hudson and Jax didn't waste a millisecond. Lightning and ice pierced through the raiders' chests. The tide turned instantly. The brutes were frozen solid before they could even scream. But just as I exhaled, thinking we were safe, the unexpected happened. The scarred leader, with his dying breath, pulled the trigger of his rifle. BANG! A searing, tearing agony ripped through my side. The sheer force of the bullet threw me backward onto the dirt. "Eliza!" As I hit the ground, I heard Hudson's raw, throat-tearing scream. My vision blurred, but I could clearly see the man who was always so stoic, so untouchably cold, completely lose his mind. The mask shattered. He scrambled and sprinted toward me, dropping to his knees and pulling my bleeding body fiercely into his chest. "No... no... Eliza, look at me! Don't you dare close your eyes!" Hudson's hands were shaking violently. He clamped his han
Before I could even process the excitement of potentially having powers, the SUV slammed on its brakes. "Get down! Ambush!" Hudson roared from the driver's seat. Through the windshield, I saw them—a small army of heavily armed raiders swarming the dunes ahead. The Vipers. Their leader, a scarred man with fire powers, laughed maniacally as he raised his hands, hurling massive fireballs at our convoy like a meteor shower. BOOM! The explosion sent a shockwave that shattered our windows into a million pieces. Looking at the leader's scarred face, absolute terror and burning hatred warred inside me. He was the monster who had torn me apart in my nightmare. The car doors flew open. Hudson and Jax didn't hesitate. Ice spikes and lightning bolts tore through the air as they fought back. But the Vipers didn't just have powers; they had heavy military artillery. "Argh!" Jax cried out as a stray bullet tore through his thigh, dropping him into a pool of his own blood. "Jax!" Maya yelled
After that night, the cold war officially began. Normally, even if I pushed him away, Hudson would inevitably gravitate back to me. Even if he just glanced my way, he would subtly maneuver himself to keep me in his line of sight. But now, he treated me with the cold, ruthless efficiency of a stranger. Even when handing out rations, he didn't spare me a second glance. Things were going exactly as I had planned, but I didn't feel relieved at all. At noon, we took a break by a dried-up riverbed. I sat hugging my knees in the shade of the SUV. A few yards away, Hudson and Maya were speaking in low tones, mapping out the route. They looked so perfect together. My heart felt like it was being squeezed in a vise. I forced myself to look away, burying my face in my arms. But a fear far worse than heartbreak was currently paralyzing me. According to the map, we were about to cross into the territory of the Vipers—the most brutal raider gang in the wasteland. In my vision, they were the












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