The Strain Novels & Stories

And for the first time— It hesitated. “Impossible…” it whispered. Its red eyes flared violently. “Then I will break the source.” Darkness surged around it—denser than ever before. “Alpha King… let us see how long you can hold them together.” --- The Strain Back in the sanctuary— Ethan dropped to one knee. The connection— It was too much. Every injury, every fear, every impact—he felt it all. Kael rushed forward. “Ethan, you need to stop! Your body can’t handle this!”

He walked closer and closer toward our table. His expression looked irritated as he stopped in front of Ash and me. Other participants began moving toward our table, surrounding us. What was this supposed to be? “Listen,” Damian hissed. “Even the participants who died were more useful than you. So starting now, work harder and figure out what your power is.” I just stared at him, trying to hold back my tears. Did he think I wasn’t trying? I had only just learned that I was a Strain! Did he even understand how hard it was to figure out what my ability might be?

Everyone jumped. Carla immediately rushed into the room. She saw Amanda covering her mouth, her eyes red as she stared at the floor. "Mom, what happened? What..." She walked closer as she spoke. Then she froze. The long straw was lying on the floor and broken in half. "It broke?" Her breathing became shaky. A terrible feeling settled in her chest. She and Amanda looked at each other. At the same time, they remembered what the fortune teller had said years ago. "These straws decide life and death. The short straw represents the younger son. The long straw represents the older son. If one breaks, it means that soul has been destroyed."

Then the screen turns on, revealing a white background that had a lot of static. Red purses her lips. “Red…” She hears her name come from the computer. It was an unfamiliar voice. “What… is happening?” The computer releases a garbled sentence. Red could only pick up one word from the messy sounds. “... Stennex…” Stennex? Red didn’t know what Stennex was but she could look it up. She memorizes the word and swears to search for it later. Right now, she wanted to find out what was happening. Slowly, Red approaches the computer.

"Working on it. Dane has already gone back to the bus." Dane was happy when he thought he saw a light coming opposite his position, he ran immediately but accidentally tripped on a wire that activated a string of wires tying his leg in a motion, dragging him upward with his right leg hanging in the air, he bumped his head in the tree and passed out, his bag slipped out of his hand.

TERAH was bored and tired. She had nothing to do except to watch a movie on a paid online site. She made sure to make a different subscription service for watching TV episodes and movies from different countries. Because sometimes, after a mission, she had nothing left to do but to stare at the ceiling then think of her family.

Everyone in the club was literally engaging in one nasty stuff or the other. “I never knew you could be so good with your hands,” Mel mumbled, trying to hold back her moans with the way he was fondling both of her nipples at the same time. “I can do better. Even with my mouth.” “Oh really?” “It depends.” The stranger answered. “On what?” “How brave you are.” “What do you mean?” Melissa frowned. She was tired of people indirectly referring to her as a pussy just because she was a very gentle person. “I can be bad too.” She defended herself.

Disoriented or not, however, I still screamed and fought like mad. “Shut up and enjoy it,” he snarled when I stomped on his foot, hitting me again. I felt him trying to pull down my panties while I struggled. With no other ideas, I reached back and grabbed his balls, twisting so hard I felt something rip. He screamed and stumbled back. “You bitch!” Still dizzy, I scrabbled around the island, grabbing drawers and yanking them open. Anything to get in his way. Bran slammed them shut again. “You are fucking dead. You hear me?! Dead!”

Ryan said. "Thank you for that kid bro". Theo said and Jayden scoffed." for what you just said I will get us another drink but is on me this time". he stood up and left, a few seconds later he came back holding three glasses of drink and gave each of them, they gulped all at once. "Gosh, what kind of drink is this?" Ryan asked as he felt a burning in his throat. "Is called Devil Springs Vodka". he said and Jayden stood up to leave " Are you leaving?"

The name on the screen made me frown. Daniel Laurent. My brother-in-law. My sister Camille's husband, which made him family by the particular technicality of a marriage I generally respected and occasionally found extremely inconvenient. I stared at his name for a moment with the distinct feeling of a man who already knows the shape of what's coming and wants no part of it. I pressed the screen and got out of the bed. "Give me a minute," I said. Violet pulled the sheet up with the easy generosity of a woman who understood that certain calls required privacy and didn't take it personally.