Strike The Blood Avrora Novels & Stories

Belle gasped and her eyes went wide. Alba, with a revolver on her gloved-hand, had been standing behind Annabella when she unexpectedly fell face down onto the hard surface of the carpeted floor. Annabella started to shiver and moan on the ground, as Alba aimed the rifle at her head without any hesitation.

“Jeffrey’s gene buys time. Mine completes the sequence. The dormant seed Voss mentioned—it’s tied to the original Holloway-Mitchell blood fusion. I’m the architect, Ava. Your half-brother, yes, but the only one who can reverse the cascade without killing her.” The corridor collapsed behind them in a roar of dust and fire. They burst onto the overgrown quad just as the second detonation lit the night sky. The helo’s rotors whipped the air into a frenzy as they loaded aboard, medics stabilizing both men en route. Ava cradled her comms device, watching the live feed from the lodge: Ava Rose’s tiny body arching in pain, the glow now a fierce, pulsing light across her chest. Ethan and Lucas watch

By now, the car was rolling all over the road and I knew soon, dad would be closing up on us. But Ava wasn't through yet. She grabbed the steering and lurched back into the road. A running van hit the car nose but it didn't stop Ava. She tried all means to regain balance but I would be a fool to allow that. I bite her upper arm till I tasted her blood on my lips. Ava screamed and left the steering again. This time, I kicked her face with a strength I don't know where it came from. Ava's face flushed with blood as she groaned and hit her head against the car glass. It was clear she had lost her powers cos she was bleeding so badly from hitting her head on the steering.

Aurora urgently dodged to the right and narrowly escaped the blade by one inch. The killer’s move was swifter than she thought. He swung his arm and threw a punch at Aurora’s shoulder. Aurora was a trained soldier. She was confident that she could stop that punch. So she raised an arm and tried to seize his arm— BANG! She was sent flying backward and knocked into the closet. The loud, shattering noise echoed in the room. Fuck! She forgot that she was dealing with a Lycan!

She slammed her laptop onto a diagnostic terminal and rapidly spliced her cables into the Core's maintenance port. "I'm in the peripheral firewall!" Kara screamed, her fingers a blur. "But the ICE is adapting! It's trying to fry my motherboard!" The liquid-metal Avatar turned its featureless face toward Kara. It raised its arm, and the liquid metal flowed and reshaped itself, forming a long, wickedly sharp javelin of solid chrome. The Avatar drew its arm back to throw the javelin directly at Kara's cover. "Oh no you don't!" Leo roared. The giant hauled himself out of the shattered server rack. His LMG was jammed with ice, so he discarded it. He drew his heavy combat knife and charged the Ava

The sheer kinetic force of the hurricane was trying to break her spirit, but beneath her skin, the sapphire fire of the Blue Rose flared to life, fighting the exhaustion. Suddenly, a strange, high-frequency vibration rippled through the water. Ava opened her eyes beneath the waves. Rising from the dark depths beneath her were three sleek, torpedo-like automated extraction pods from the fortress. Their mechanical claws were open, their optical sensors glowing a malicious, scanning amber. They had tracked her blood signature. "Not today," Ava gasped, surfacing for a fraction of a second.

The warriors scrambled to obey, dragging the younger wolves away but Ava’s roar shook the air before they could clear the field. It wasn’t human or wolf. It was something else entirely. Wind burst outward in a violent surge, knocking several recruits flat. One boy rolled across the dirt until he slammed into a dummy, coughing blood. Warriors shielded their faces as sparks snapped through the air. “Ava!” I forced my way through the storm, my claws digging into the earth to anchor myself. “Look at me! It’s Lucas!” She didn’t look. Then lightning burst from her fingers, slamming into a dummy and exploding it into splinters. Another strike ripped into the ground, splitting the dirt apart.

All pretense of control vanished, consumed by a singular, primal need to stop her pain. I moved, my power flaring around me, ready to tear this insane connection to shreds. "Don't you dare!" Ava’s voice was sharp, a whip-crack of unexpected authority. "If you interfere now, the backlash could shatter her mind!" "She's bleeding!" I roared, the sound echoing off the obsidian walls. Did this foolish woman not see? A physical wound was a line that had been crossed. A price too high. I would rather face a thousand fractured realities than allow one more drop of her blood to be spilled.

By now, the car was rolling all over the road and I knew soon, dad would be closing up on us. But Ava wasn't through yet. She grabbed the steering and lurched back into the road. A running van hit the car nose but it didn't stop Ava. She tried all means to regain balance but I would be a fool to allow that. I bite her upper arm till I tasted her blood on my lips. Ava screamed and left the steering again. This time, I kicked her face with a strength I don't know where it came from. Ava's face flushed with blood as she groaned and hit her head against the car glass. It was clear she had lost her powers cos she was bleeding so badly from hitting her head on the steering.

Her body swayed, and I can feel the life force draining from her through our bond. "Oscar, catch her!" I yelled, my heart pounding in my ears. Oscar dove, managing to catch Ava's limp form just before she hit the ground. Her skin was ashen, lips tinged blue. "What have you done?" I snarled at Sera, fury coursing through my veins. But there was no time for answers.