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CHAPTER 145: The First Battle
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2026-04-15 01:23:52
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POV: NeomaThey wanted to poison the air. I decided to take the air away.High above the Kill Box, the Zeppelin’s bay doors groaned—a slow, grinding cycle of metal scraping against metal. The vibration traveled through the smoke-choked atmosphere, rattling my teeth and settling deep in my jaw. Hundreds of silver canisters tumbled into the sky, spinning as they fell. They looked like liquid light, descending in a rhythmic, mechanical pattern."The gas!" Barzil roared.His voice cracked, a raw and jagged sound. His throat constricted, the muscles in his neck standing out like rigid cords."Neoma! Seal the suits! Get underground!"There was no time. My lungs locked. Air trapped. The canisters were air-burst models designed to detonate at fifty feet. They would blanket the sector in a silver-nitrate aerosol. The chemical would fuse muscle to bone and lock the Lycan skeletal system in a permanent, lethal spasm.I looked at my army. Two thousand Rogues. The Vanguard. They couldn't move thei
The Obsidian Covenant #1: The Rejected Mate's Ruin CHAPTER 145: The First Battle
POV: NeomaThermal waves hit my face. The light leached the shadows from the concrete, turning the night into a flat, blinding white.The first artillery barrage hit the decoys. The ground didn't just shake; it pulsed with a rhythmic, mechanical violence. Pressure slammed into my chest—no air, no sound for a fraction of a second—just a blunt impact that drove the breath from my lungs. My eardrums throbbed with the weight of the displaced air. I tasted copper in my mouth.I stood on top of the archway of the subway entrance. The stone was cold and gritty under my boots.Below me, the main avenue was crowded with white metal. The Purge Corps tanks ground over the rubble. Their treads emitted a high-pitched, metallic shriek—metal scraping against metal in grinding cycles. The vibration traveled up the archway, through my shins, and settled in my jaw. Thousands of Onyx Guard marched behind the machines. The firelight reflected off their black armor in staccato flashes.My heart hammered a
The Obsidian Covenant #1: The Rejected Mate's Ruin CHAPTER 144: The Calm Before
POV: GullerThe absence of sound exerted pressure on my ear canals. It pushed down on my shoulder blades, causing the muscles in my neck to lock into rigid cords. Below the roof of the skyscraper, the ruins consisted of geometric shadows and traps.Beyond the city limits, the horizon emitted a constant, artificial glare. The floodlights of the Purge Corps leached the color from the night. Ten thousand men. Heavy armor. Machines designed to stop biological functions.Up here, the air was cold. Each breath I drew into my lungs felt like dry glass. We sat in a circle on the tar-paper roof. The material was gritty, scratching against my palms.We shared a meal of stale bread and tinned peaches. The bread was dry, absorbing the moisture in my mouth and making my throat constrict. The peaches were different."Eat," Viggo murmured.His voice was a subsonic vibration that rattled the fluid in my inner ear. He pushed the tin toward Neoma. His skin was flushed, radiating a feverish heat that I
The Obsidian Covenant #1: The Rejected Mate's Ruin CHAPTER 143: The Tactics of Shadow
POV: WolfyA fair fight was a failure of strategy.The knowledge hit my stomach like a blunt impact. If I found myself fighting fair, it meant my jaw was already tightening for the break. It meant I hadn’t rigged the deck, poisoned the water supply, or dug the pit before the enemy arrived. My throat went dry, a sandpaper texture that made every swallow a sharp effort.The Purge Corps moved with the weight of an empire behind them. I could already feel the phantom vibration of their tanks, air support, and infinite ammunition rattling in my molars. We moved with rubble and the laws of physics.I stood over the tactical table in the command center. The blue light of the holographic map hit my face, leaching the color from my skin and turning my hands into pale, flickering shapes. The grim faces of the Covenant leadership surrounded me.The map was a patchwork of scavenged data streams. It flickered with low voltage, the vibration of the generator traveling up through the floor and into
The Obsidian Covenant #1: The Rejected Mate's Ruin CHAPTER 142: The First Skirmish
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