The Obsidian Covenant #1: The Rejected Mate's Ruin
The static made the hair on my arms stand up, a constant, irritating buzzing against my skin.
I stood at the front of the trench. The grit of the Bone Wastes was abrasive against my raw knuckles. The heat of the day was receding. My sweat-dampened shirt grew cold against my back, sending a shiver through my spine, but the metabolic fire in my blood kept my core temperature high.
On the ramparts above, the hologram flickered. The blue light cast a sickly, translucent glow over the red sand.
Nergal stood there. He was a small, white-robed figure against the obsidian stone. Next to him, a line of kneeling Nulls waited. Their heartbeats were frantic, a chaotic drumming I could almost feel throug