Deadly Game
Aria
The freezing rain was relentless, a driving wall of silver needles that hammered against the rusted containers of the shipyard, filling the night with a deafening, metallic roar. The air tasted heavily of salt, rotten wood, and the bitter, chemical sting of industrial run-off.
My tactical boots sunk three inches into the thick, freezing mud of Sector 4. My black gear was already soaked, clinging to my frame like cold iron, but my core was burning with an entirely different fire. Under the high collar of my tactical shirt, my lips still tingled with the memory of Malakai’s mouth —brutal, demanding, and utterly possessive. The mask was off. He knew what I was. He knew what I had done in t