Ashes Of Desire
The armored tactical personnel carrier carved through the winding switchbacks of the northern highway, its heavy diesel engine a low, rhythmic growl that vibrated straight through the chassis. Outside the reinforced glass, the dense, mist-shrouded pines of the Bloodmoon frontier rapidly gave way to the sharp, imposing architecture of the capital’s outer industrial ring. Neon signs cut through the perpetual gray drizzle, casting bleeding smears of cyan and crimson across the wet asphalt.