Marked by the Enemy King
"I felt the surge. The system is screaming, Nikos. It’s crying out for a host because it knows you’re too soft to be its god."
Nikos staggered, his legs buckling as the interface tether pulled tighter, dragging his consciousness toward the abyss. "Andreas... get back. It’s too late. The transfer has already initiated."
"It’s only too late if you have the audacity to think you're important enough to finish it," Andreas said, his voice dripping with a cruel, regal condescension. He reached the console in two long strides, his presence forcing the very air in the room to turn frigid. He looked at the glowing terminal, then back at the trembling, dying man before him. "You’re pregnant, boy. You