Black Bullet Light Novels & Stories

Through the darkness, Wilder's voice drifts toward us. “Contrary to what you think, Blackwood, I'm not completely unreasonable. I'm an Alpha too, you know. But if you want a piece of my time, you'll have to entertain me first.” “Ah, so you want us to play your little game?” I drawl. Neon lights suddenly flicker across the room in pulses of crimson, violet, and electric blue. The crowd roars louder as shadows move through the flashing lights. “How else are you going to get my attention?”

I reached for my water, my eyes tracking the way his throat bobbed when he swallowed. "Is that a crime?" "You don't eat here," he rasped, finally lifting his head. Those green eyes were blown out, the pupils swallowing the iris until they were almost entirely black. "You eat... there." He gave a sign vaguely toward the center of the room where the team was staring at us like we had both grown second heads. "I eat where I want," I replied. I took a bite of my sandwich, watching him. "Why are you sitting in the dark? You like being a ghost?"

The old lighthouse had been dark for years. Perched on the jagged edge of Widow’s Point, the Black Hollow Lighthouse had been abandoned since the night Keeper Alden Rowe vanished without a trace. No one had taken the position after that. Some said he’d fallen. Others whispered the sea had claimed him for a debt long unpaid. Mara didn’t believe in sea-debts. But she knew what she saw. Three flashes. Evenly spaced. Deliberate. The pattern repeated. Her little brother, Toby, burst into her room. “Did you see it?”

Lucas stood with his head lowered, as if he couldn't even bring himself to meet my eyes. Slowly, he took a small box from inside his coat and held it out toward me. His voice was hoarse and barely above a whisper. "Wilma, I want to return this to you." I opened the box and saw the familiar star-shaped pendant. It was the same one I had broken and tossed aside in the car. It had been fully repaired. The delicate star glinted faintly under the light.

The silver blade of the "System Dagger" did not draw blood when it struck Kaelen; it drew "Static." The moment the tip of the weapon made contact with the boy’s chest, the courtyard of the Blackwood Keep exploded in a flurry of grey, redacted pixels. Kaelen let out a shriek that sounded like a thousand glass bells shattering, but his body didn't fall. It "Lacked."

A motion fluid, practiced, and laced with a violent sort of grace. It was the Glock 17 from before. I knew that model well. Polymer frame, matte black slide, 9mm. Standard issue in half the departments I’d worked with. Lightweight, reliable, and easy to conceal beneath a tailored jacket like his. But in the right, trained hands, it became something far more lethal than a basic service weapon. And Elian’s hand was more than trained. Even his tattoo was wired for this. A jet-black serpent coiled across the back of it, its inky body disappearing under the cuff of his suit. The serpent’s scaled head rested on his knuckle like a sigil. Its forked tongue, a thin black line, traced down his middle

As we chatted, Thomas came over with a bowl of piping hot special mushroom soup and a few small dishes for me. In the blink of an eye, the butler and the other servants had vanished from sight. He watched me until I had finished everything, then he finally relaxed and leaned back on the sofa. Without any preamble, he asked me, "I've agreed to help you get your revenge on him."

Total darkness. A single gunshot rang out.

Hera’s POV “Dan, shoot!” I heard Felixe yell as he gripped the rifle securely. They both had shifted to their human form to get a good grip on the ammunition. There was no time to think of clothes and I sat quietly, closing the window to give them privacy. Within seconds, I heard a series of gunshots being fired. I knew they were firing the lethal pycrete bullets into the enemy’s bodies before they could realize and flee. “The pycrete bullets are a lethal combination of sawdust, ice, and anthrax. These bullets are a tested method to exterminate the Flame Hounds,” explained Derrick as he stood at the door of the cabin to check on the progress.