The Hour of Death: Doombringer
When justice fails, vengeance takes its place.
After his daughter Vanessa suffers a tragic fate at the hands of those she trusted, Horris turns to the one thing more powerful than the law—something ancient, something forbidden. With a single curse, he condemns the world to a slow, merciless death.
No one is spared. A nameless plague spreads, twisting flesh, corrupting minds, and reducing order to chaos. As civilization crumbles, the truth becomes clear: this is no ordinary disease. It is retribution.
And in a world where the guilty walk free, no one is truly innocent.
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Hours Later…
Darius arrived at the hospital, and what he saw terrified him.
Dozens of people lay writhing in agony, blood gushing from every opening in their bodies. Reporters, paramedics, and police officers surrounded the area, trying to make sense of the outbreak.
“We’re here live at Stanbridge National Hospital, where it appears a deadly disease has broken out,” a reporter said, speaking into the camera. “Symptoms include uncontrollable screaming and severe bleeding from the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.”
Darius’ heart pounded. His mind kept flashing back to Horris’ curse. The Doombringer.
He scanned the scene and finally spotted Betty, sitting in an ambulance. Stephan lay unconscious on a stretcher beside her. He rushed forward, but the paramedics blocked his path.
“That’s my wife!” he protested. “I need to see if she’s okay!”
“Sir, now’s not the time,” a paramedic said. “There’s an outbreak, and we have no idea how it spreads. For your safety—and for everyone else’s—we advise you to leave immediately.”
“Please, I have to see them,” Darius begged.
Before the paramedic could respond, Darius noticed something crawling on the man’s shoulder. “There’s something on you—”
The paramedic turned his head—just as the worm leaped onto his neck.
The second it burrowed into his skin, the man’s body seized up. A strangled scream tore from his lips as blood exploded from his eyes, mouth, and nose.
Darius staggered back in horror. Everywhere he looked, people were screaming.
Even the reporter who had been live was now convulsing on the ground, her camera abandoned beside her.
A single word echoed in Darius’ mind.
Doombringer.
