Knuckles Turning Black Novels & Stories

I said. She grasped the blunt tool with both hands, held it high above her head, and brought it down with all her might. The cry tearing from Gary’s chest shook the roof. I inspected his rapidly swelling left hand. His fingers were quickly going from pink to a satisfying bluish-black. “Good job,” I praised her.

The display flickered out into absolute darkness as the internal circuitry shorted out in a spray of tiny sparks. Julian let out a sharp, agonized shriek, his body collapsing over the desk as he clutched his right hand against his chest. The impact had completely shattered the delicate bones of his knuckles, blood instantly seeping through his fingers, staining the dark wood beneath him as the true silence of his total ruin filled the room.

Glenn looked over at his friend uncertainly but nodded. When it happened Carine barely saw him move. Glenn raised the knife and brought his hand back to strike, lashed out and found his hand trapped in the grip of the dark clad man. With his other hand the newcomer sent a slashing blow downwards, snapping the ulna and radius bones with a sickening crack. Carine looked at him in horror as Glenn screamed, grabbing his arm. She could see something white jutting from the dripping wound. Jesus! She thought as bile rose in her throat.

I looked down at my hands, shocked. My hands were cold as ice and just as white, with veins of black snaking through my skin. The tips of my fingers were black too, almost like Barry's hand. Almost. My eyes were wide. As I watched, the dark veins and paleness faded, and my skin went back to its usual hue.

My wide eyes darted from my ripped nails darted to the man lying on the floor. Kade was clutching his nose with blood streaming between his fingers. A man was standing over him. His fist dripped a few drops of blood, the skin tearing where knuckles had met teeth. Soren demanded, “The hell are you doing.”

Finally, she pulled her hands away from his sides and turned her attention to his arm. At first glance, everything appeared fine, and she let out a soft sigh of relief. A closer look, however, showed her that the tips of his fingers were beginning to darken. The bluish hue wasn’t all that obvious yet, but when she held the affected fingers next to his good hand for comparison, the difference was clear. She knew it was only a matter of time before Ralin’s entire hand began to discolor and swell, just as it had the previous night.

The file was nearly a year old and had a lot of pictures included. He had been hit dozens of times with the buckle end of a silver lined belt. He had an extensive second degree burn on his left thigh that had been allowed to become infected and he had evidence of being injected with multiple drugs. Alpha Black ended up putting him in the ICU for a week when it was discovered that he had both silver and blood poisoning.

It was the tone he used on his guards. I reached the bottom of the stairs and walked across the marble floor. The cold stone sent a chill up my legs. I stopped two feet in front of him. He was breathing heavily. He smelled of sweat and copper. "You are bleeding," I said, looking at his hands. Kade looked down at his knuckles and the skin was split open. Dark blood oozed from the cuts, dripping onto the pristine floor. "It is not my blood," Kade said flatly. "Some of it is," I pointed out and reached out wrapping my fingers around his thick wrist. His skin was burning hot. He tensed immediately, trying to pull his arm back, but I held on. "You split your knuckles open. You need to clean them

it has to be. The veins in my arms were changing colour, turning darker to almost black. It was spreading further and further up to cover my entire left hand And that's when I felt the numbness to enter...my entire left arm was numb...and I couldn't feel it. What was it in his claws? Were they coated in poison or what? A normal wound or claw mark wouldn't do this. Then what was this? "Alex! Dammit! Speak!" I scream through the mindlink. Removing the mask covering my face and throwing on my way with my good hand, before it also starts turning numb.

But instead of hearing the door latch, I hear a sharp groan of pain. Glancing down in alarm, I see Bill's hand wedged between the door and the frame, stopping it from closing completely. Bill quickly withdraws his hand, clutching it close to his chest. I notice his knuckles are swollen and discolored, clear signs they've taken a harsh beating. "My God, what happened to your hand?" I ask. Quickly, I unlatch the chain and step out of the apartment to get a closer look at Bill's knuckles. They look even worse up close.