The Finisher Runyx Novels & Stories

Their movements blurred. The tension was unbearable. I barely breathed. Rune lunged again. Zyran sidestepped smoothly, striking back. Rune barely dodged. The difference between them was clear. Zyran was stronger. Faster. More controlled. Rune attacked again, more desperate now. Zyran parried effortlessly. Then Zyran moved. Fast. Precise. His blade cut through the air. Rune froze. A beat of silence. Then Rune’s body collapsed. A collective gasp filled the hall.

"Welcome to the Gauntlet Run. Racers will navigate a three-mile course through the Ravine Sector. Only the top four finishers advance. The rest are disqualified." Disqualified. Such a clean word for what really happened. The course map appeared on the screens. Narrow pathways, collapsing bridges, and a stretch called the Killing Floor where the path split into three routes. According to Ash's intel, only one route was safe. The other two led straight into traps designed to look like accidents. I touched my helmet, feeling the tiny camera Juno had installed. It was active. Recording. "Racers, take your positions." I moved to the starting line. A girl next to me was shaking so badly I could he

“That’s my boy!!” I snorted. “He’s not your anything.” She ignored me, her blue eyes bright with excitement. Talia leaned over and murmured, “is he yours then?” I half-smiled despite the dread pooling in my gut. 🜃 By noon the run ended, Atlas crossing the finish line first. He shifted back into human form quickly, conjuring dark woven training pants with a flick of his claw-marked hand. Sweat gleamed along his throat and collarbones. Nova ran down from the stands, nearly tripping over her own feet to fling a towel at him.

She yells trying to stop him but Ayo still continues running outside. XOXO

But then, a roar rips through the room. "Jax!” Everyone freezes. The chatter stops like a cord has been cut. I turn my head, and my heart nearly stops. Ronan is standing by the entrance to the bar. He looks like a god of war. His face is twisted into a snarl so dark it doesn't even look human. His fists are clenched at his sides, his chest heaving under his leather vest. He isn't looking at me, he won't even grant me that, but his gaze is pinned on Jax with a violence that makes the other man tremble.

I would die before I let anyone touch the twins again and I would fight for their lives just as both my mother and Jayne had done for me. "I would like you all to meet the future Alpha of Darkness, Maxwell David Lex Jackson, and his sister, Nicole Janette Jayne Jackson. I would also like for you all to say hello to Daniel and Michael Hind because I am sure you will be seeing them around the pack a whole lot more than you used to," I smiled as I felt Michael's hand tighten slightly around my own. I gave him a reassuring squeeze and looked down to see that his eyes were now on his feet rather than on the people who were in front of him while Daniel was enjoying the attention he seemed to be ge

But the silver bullets in his rifle proved he was already a hunter. I turned around to assess what to do next. Trevor’s form had bitten the arm clean off one man, quickly ending it for him with a swipe across his chest. Rose’s wolf zigged and zagged around the last man standing before digging her claws deep into his side and sending him careening down the 30 foot drop into the river below. Adair came and stood over the girl. The injuries had caused her wolf form to let go, just leaving a petite, naked girl. Her lilac and pine scent was overwhelming.

I smile in satisfaction that I beat him. Tyler showed up at the right lane which took me by surprise. He sprint easily and now is ahead of me. I could feel my legs are starting to burn but I keep running as fast as I can. I could see the finish line in just a few meters away. Come on!! I could do this. A little more and I....

The finish line rushed toward her, a bullet of white in the midnight gloom. She crossed it first. Not by inches—by a chasm. The small, exclusive crowd erupted—shouts, wild laughter, the kind of joy that only comes from seeing someone cheat death and win. Nyxara coasted to a stop, running a hand over the dash, her breathing slowing. She pulled off her helmet, shaking out her hair, savoring the moment—the power, the proof. But the feeling that hit her next wasn’t triumph or lust or even relief.

"All right, as I said before, other students who passed in previous years will try to make you fail. Also, the five with the slowest times will be disqualified as well. So run fast and think fast. The first thing you do is you must army crawl as fast as you can and select two weapons or tools to help you with this then with the selected items you must scale the twenty-foot wall and make it to the other side. Once there you will pull an envelope with a piece of paper that will have a picture of an item you must find in the sand trap. Then Run down the track and swim through the pool with your item. On the other end of the pool, you will find a hook with keys on it. You must find your key with