The Last Gunslinger Novels & Stories

He knew there were no bullets in it but, hopefully they wouldn't call his bluff. "Hey man," the man put his hands up. "Are you Seven from the Sabers?" "Who wants to know?" He cocked his gun hoping that they would be intimidated and run away. Four other men appeared from around the corner and a couple more jumped down from the roof of the store. He was surrounded. "You're on our territory, man." The guy smirked and shook his head. . "You should know better than to trespass on someone's else's territory." "I don't even associate with them anymore. I'm done living that kind of lifestyle." Seven explained as he slowly backs away.

Ka-Rin had moved to the front, if not she too would have been stuck. “My dear daughter, I was doomed already. The weight of the hammer had already put a lot of strain on my heart, it was only a matter of time before I would pass. The arrow was meant to strike X, but found me instead. I am happy that it choose me and not you two. Yes, if it were not for X’s attempt to deflect it, he would have been the one to pass; but I would have soon followed. All hope would have been lost, as he is the last direct descendant.” Alyisha breath was heavy and started to become painful.

"Melissa, are you asleep? Don't wait up. I've got stuff to handle, and I won't make it home tonight. "Just use one of those forgiveness cards, okay? I'll bring you some pastries tomorrow. I have to go, bye." He hung up before I could even respond, leaving me with a dial tone. I set the phone down, a bit too hard, and knocked over a cup. Our engagement cup, the one we made together, shattered into two. Maybe it was a sign that our relationship was broken beyond repair. I opened the messenger and clicked on Walter's picture. [Didn't get to say this earlier, but I'm out of forgiveness cards.]

He ran over, jumping over bodies and other fights till he got to her lifeless body just laying there. "I love you, Sasha. Please wake up." He nudged her body with his snout, but nothing. That's when a wolf grabbed him by the ankle, while another bit down on his neck. He became weak in that moment. "Surrender and survive. Keep the pack alive and keep us in your hearts. Save those who are left," Felix said through the mindlink before being killed. His body falling atop Sashas. The pack lowered themselves into submission, baring their necks to the other pack as Alpha Tristan stepped forward from the shadows.

"Just last month, he murdered a pair of twin sisters' parents to claim them for himself, driving the girls to die by their own hands in their sorrow. "He slipped through the police's fingers once and wounded many officers. The case landed on our desk, but we hadn't gotten to it yet." "Then he meets his end with Zane!" Howard commanded. "Roger that!" The Judge acknowledged with a nod. "This is it!" Zane and his ally locked eyes, aware there was no escaping their doom. Better to go down fighting than wait for death. With a surge of energy, they exploded forward, their presence fierce as untamed beasts, ready for the final clash.

Victor narrates. "Victor it is disgraceful of you to go around threatening poor men like these," I can hear my father say as I point a gun at him, at the very man I was supposed to leave alive. "Beg," I command the man kneeling in front of me. He lets out a cry that I find as pleasurable as the day I started doing what my father had so kindly taught me to do. "Joshua I will pay everything I owe—I promise—I just need more time, more time and I can pay it all back!" stammers the same man holding the barrel of my gun to his temples several times.

“Let’s see if you’ve reached your ninth life.” “After everything, you want to end it that way?” Nine’s lip twitched. “What do you have in mind?” “You and me. Let’s finish the fight we started decades ago.” Six held out his gun and let it drop to the floor. Nine followed, setting his own gun on the ground. “Fine by me. You need a reminder who’s better before I kill you.”

With a heartbroken cry, he hurled the gun away, it clattered across the floor, spinning harmlessly into the shadows. I exhaled a shuddering sigh of relief, my chest loosening for a fleeting second. He hadn't chosen. He couldn't. My brother… The relief shattered like glass under a boot. Damian's expression didn't change, but he nodded once to the rogues. Gunfire erupted… sharp, deafening cracks from modified rifles loaded with silver bullets. Not the tech weapons, but old-school killers, designed to poison wolf blood irreparably.

Lucas' downfall wasn't a victory for me. It was a long-overdue release. He was soon to be extradited back home for trial. Before his departure, his lawyer reached out with one final request. He wanted to see me one last time. I hesitated as a storm of emotions swirled in my chest. In the end, I agreed. Maybe it was for closure, I decided to look him in the eyes one last time and leave our marriage with no regrets. When we met, I was caught off guard. The man before me bore no trace of the Lucas I once knew.

“Then that’s what we do. We don’t destroy it. We guide it. We protect the city and everyone in it. But we stay vigilant. Always.” Below them, the streets were awakening. People moved freely again, unaware of the invisible war that had just been fought above their heads. The shadows were gone, leaving only the faintest shimmer in corners and alleyways—a reminder of the network’s presence. Emma turned to her companions. “We’ve won the battle, but the war… is ongoing. The network will continue to evolve. And so must we.” Nolan nodded. “I’m ready for it. Are you?” Emma smiled faintly, her gaze returning to the cityscape. “I have to be. The Last Signal isn’t just a weapon—it’s a responsibility. A