Eastern

Chapter 14

Surprisingly, when I woke the next morning, I didn’t feel the usual weight pressing down on my chest. Accepting what had happened had helped. For the first time since the rift, my thoughts weren�...

Chapter 13

I followed Wei Lin along one of the raised paths through the paddies. We didn’t speak much—neither of us really needed to. My thoughts were still a mess, too jumbled to sort through.

Even...

Chapter 12

I looked over at the small, cat-like creature. Now it lay there, unmoving.

I felt… bad. Its body was peaceful in death. Calm and quiet. But I shoved that feeling down. It had attacked me wi...

Chapter 11

The river weaved through the trees, its steady trickle the only sound besides my footsteps. It should’ve been peaceful. A quiet, calming walk through untouched nature. But my thoughts wouldn’t ...

Chapter 10

I woke up.

Which surprised me more than anything.

Softness beneath me. The sensation was so foreign, so utterly out of place after what felt like an eternity of stone crushing my body, ...

Chapter 9

“Claire, we have breaking news regarding the B-rank rift in Circular Quay.” The news anchor’s voice was steady, but there was an unmistakable tension beneath it. “The rift has officially be...

Chapter 8

Despite myself, fear coiled deep in my chest, suffocating and cold.

“What are you?” I whispered, barely audible, my grip tightening around the useless remains of my dagger.

The thin...

Chapter 7

I woke covered in dried blood, my body aching as if I’d been trampled beneath a stampede. The room was dim, illuminated only by the faint, flickering glow of dying runes. Across the chamber, the ...

Chapter 6

I limped through the darkness, every step sending waves of pain through my battered body. My mind was a haze, numb from exhaustion and grief. Alex’s death replayed endlessly in my head, each haun...

Chapter 5

Everything was silent.

We moved carefully, footsteps echoing faintly off damp stone walls. Every sound felt too loud, like a beacon that would draw whatever lurked unseen toward us.

Joh...

Chapter 4

“Eth—Ethan, can you hear me?”

Someone was calling my name.

The voice felt far away, distorted, like hearing it underwater.

“How bad is he?” Asked another voice, deep, ro...

Chapter 3

The undead barreled straight at me.

Me, the weakest hunter here. Why? I had no clue, and definitely no time to figure it out.

Its clicking filled the cavern, sharp and relentless, echoi...

Chapter 2

A split second of darkness and then my boots landed firmly on solid ground.

I opened my eyes, scanning the cavern around us. Cold, damp stone walls glistened beneath the faint torchlight left...

Chapter 1

The old door slammed open, hitting the wall with a dull bang. Elise stood in the doorway, eyes blazing with anger but I saw the fear underneath clearly enough.

“Ethan, don’t do this!” s...