The Crux Novels & Stories

“We’re almost there.” The summit came into view as the sun dipped low in the sky, casting long shadows across the peaks. The Nexus Core pulsed faintly at the center of a plateau, its energy radiating outward in waves that made the air around it shimmer. Tendrils of shadow coiled around it, their movements erratic and frenzied. “This is it,” Crane said, his voice filled with awe and dread. “The force’s anchor.” Callan stepped forward, their glowing eyes fixed on the core. “Prepare yourselves. This will be unlike anything we have faced before.”

The path to the center of reality's wound wasn't a path at all. Alexander understood this now. The Crucibles' merged consciousness was giving him glimpses of truth. The wound existed everywhere at the time. It was a tear in existence that the Architects once called the Nexus. Before the Disputed betrayal it was a meeting point. The Architects gathered there to discuss creation plans. They could. Adjust the threads of reality. Now it was a graveyard of light.

Coach Brimworth says. I take my bag and leave.

*Crunch* A hooded man walked slowly across the deserted surface of the planet. The planet hadn't seen the light of day in a long time because it's lone star was dying out, producing dying embers that could illuminate it slightly and not do any more than that. However, that was sufficient for the man who walked his way through the planet.

Leaving me frustrated with a bulge that refuses to stay down. I can already tell how it’ll go with the Michele’s.

What I truly wanted was to ascend to the Apex and be very powerful and respected. Lucan vanished after my cold rejection. Eryx and Corin left after him, followed by Dominic. Only High Chancellor Veylor was left. However, his mere presence was intoxicating. “You missed your first Crucible,” he said to me, in that dark, commanding voice and I felt a cold shiver run down my spine. “What is a Crucible?” I asked curiously. “Crucibles are monthly duels, debates, rituals, and seductions that Blackcroft students use to rise in rank. Those who pass many Crucibles get chosen to join the Apex Initiates or serve as their loyal consorts.”

"What did you just say?" Liam wasn't sure he was correct. Last he remembered Cruxus never had a daughter, he knew about his pack and even though they never had much to say, they were not friends. He has a strong pack and his territory was very well guarded. Luna Cameron Cruxus, that name rings in his ear for some reason he couldn't. What piqued his interest was the name, he wasn't sure if it was just a coincidence or if he just wanted to see the woman who bears

We reached the central spire—the CPU of the universe. It was a massive, rotating crystal of pure, condensed information, ten miles high and a mile wide. It throbbed with the weight of the entire galaxy’s history. "Nevan, the core!" I screamed. "I can't delete it! It's too dense! We have to break it physically!" Nevan looked at the crystal, then at his broken claymore. He looked at the "Quiet" of his own soul—the unprogrammed, messy, human heart that the Source couldn't understand.

She did not understand why the man in front of her always said the same things to her. "Done," said the man as he rose from his position. "Take this, you need it more than I do," said the man as he handed the small bottle that was in his hand to Angel. The woman looked at him in disbelief. "Are you kidding? I have some antiseptic supplies at home." She sighed softly. "Rather than that, thanks for treating me, Kevin." The man sighed softly. "How many times have I told you? My name is Calvine, not Kevin." The man looks to protest.

Chapter 87 My heart start to beat fast and it trigger my memory that it hurt my head. I was breathing so fast and my adrenaline is on the rush that I didn’t even realize that I save myself from that… my hands were working on it’s own and I drive harshly just to save myself from getting hit by the moving truck in the slope. I was scared but I was brave. I close my eyes tight as I successful pulled over and I cry and cry and feel the pain all over my head… and my heart.