Bloodscript: Survival Game of the Reborn
Behind us, the plaza moaned—distant drones dragging themselves out of rubble, sirens wailing in a broken loop, the ever-present hum of the dying city.
Beside me, my skin still tingled where Corvin’s hands had been. My ribs ached under the fresh bandage. His warmth felt like an echo in the narrow doorway we’d just left.
The almost-kiss clung to the back of my mind, unhelpfully vivid.
“Okay,” Jax said, drawing in a breath. “So. Talking doors. That’s new. Does anyone have the cheat code?”
“There’s no code,” Grant said grimly. “They mean it. You don’t get in unless the Gate’s fed.”