Cyberpunk Altar Novels & Stories

" A shrill voice somehow managed to cut through my hectic thoughts. My eyes lazily scanned the room, drifting past the panicked faces of the Fae attendee's. I stopped once I reached a raised platform, etched in ice and snow. On the platform stood Aralia and Tamara, a High Lady and her accomplice. With a move that no one would have noticed, the corner of Aralia's lips lifted ever so slightly. 'Raelynn, don't!' The shrill voice sounded again, and I glanced over to see Adelina just a few feet away. She stood beside Atlas's body, but looked--different. There was this shimmering quality to her, like she didn't quite fit the background. Her mouth opened again, but whatever she planned to say, it w

June asked, taking a step back, as Altair stepped forward. “I just wanted to bring you back. Now nothing will stand in our way," said Altair. "No! Please just go away!" exclaimed June. "I can't do that, June," he said with a smile. Instantly, Altar grabbed June's wrist and this time June immediately fell unconscious. Altair hugged June's body which was only wrapped in a towel and then carried her. He then opened a portal to the place he wanted, the land he had built with his people. Tonight is Altar's lucky night, because no one saves June.

he mumbled to himself. The men held posters of their faces, stamping them on trees. Altar gasped, 'You're not serious' he thought. He read the captions beneath their faces, "ALTAR CLEOS: DEAD OR ALIVE; TEN THOUSAND GOLD PIECES. DIEGO REED: CAPTURE ALIVE; TWENTY THOUSAND GOLD PIECES" The boy knight let out a sigh. He was about to leave when he saw them pull out a map, which was exactly what they needed. Without any thought Altar went out there and unsheathed one blade with his left and killed both men. He snatched their map and called Diego out. "Well that was fast" Diego commented after seeing the dead bodies.

"... The culprit of these deaths is rumored to have murdered at least 10 men. He remains hindered but his case has made the detectives baffled. He is reported to have attacked his prey at their homes or somewhere out of sight, yet the 10 men are reported to have been bitten by animal bites, giving him the name, "Wolf guy". The distinctive and unidentifiable evidence of abnormal behavior of humans. However, the…" The huge tv in the lucrative parlor displayed the midnight news. Alex clicked a remote as the tv went blank. He turned and stared in concern at the petite figure before him.

I prayed to the goddess to guide him and to let no harm or trouble come to him. It was already ten minutes past five when I got to Nelly's. I met Lilith already waiting at the same booth where we sat during the first meeting. I joined her at the booth and I could tell she was surprised to see me but she did not bother asking why I showed up still. I saw it as a gesture and I was glad for it. I took the pills from her and thanked her for coming through. "Darrell" she called to me as I was about to leave and I turned and looked at her. "You will be fine," she said and smiled at me; I nodded at her and left.

' I give him a tight smile, hoping this is the end of our conversation. 'You're sure about that?' Luckily, Mr Lars comes back into the room and clears his throat to indicate the lesson is about to begin, so I have a valid excuse to close off the mindlink without a reply, but I feel the burn of Abaddon's gaze on my back until I hurry through the door, meeting Tabitha who is already waiting for me. The rest of the day goes relatively quickly, at lunch Tabitha and her friends sit with us, discussing some TV show they're all watching and I'm able to converse with Ana via mindlink undisturbed while I tell her about the place Gene suggested.

Lilac’s P.O.V. “Well?” Jada stared out at the street ahead, slowing the car to a crawl. She hadn’t said anything this entire time, even after I explained how my conversation with Nox had gone. We pulled off the main road and onto the shoulder, next to a string of small businesses. An antique shop sat at the corner, connected to a building whose sign read Zuri’s Psychic Readings. In the window was a second sign, this one neon and flashing. It was in the shape of a hand. On its palm was an eye that blinked every few seconds.

But with Martha holding her arm, chattering away about her rose garden and how hard it is to find good tea leaves these days, the fear began to go away. ​Maybe, just maybe, this wouldn't be another disaster. ​But as they passed a large painting in the hallway, Natalie froze. ​It was a landscape. A dark forest with a full moon hanging low over a cliff. ​She knew this place like her own name. It is the same place she had seen it in her dreams a dozen times. That very cliff where the fight happen. Where Aurora was killed. ​"Coming, dear?" Martha asked, tugging gently on her arm.

“He’s trying to overwrite me.” Roman raised his rifle. “We shoot the core” “No,” Ezra shouted. “If we do, she dies with it.” Alma reached into her coat and pulled out a data spike. “Then we overwrite him. With you.” Ezra stared at the spike. “You mean upload my neural pattern?” She nodded. “You’re the only one strong enough. If your code exists in the system maybe she’ll have an anchor.” SAPPHIRE collapsed to the floor, shaking.

, but absorbing it, pulling the very life out of the room into their dark crevices.A chill, greasy mist hung in the air above the altar, and Sama Arthur could feel a heavy, malevolent thrumming emanating from it.Kane stood before the altar, his hands moving in a slow, measured rhythm. He was no longer looking at her with a look of vengeance, but with a strange, somber reverence. He was a priest in a black temple, and she was the sacrifice."The Omega Altar," Kane announced, his voice echoing through the vacant hall. "Dean Wason, in his hubris, believed he could steal its power, taint its purpose. That he could be the Alpha, the start. That he never understood that all things must return to th