Lethal Gold
I turned away, trying to push past the suffocating madness that seemed to close in around me.
Coughlan’s voice followed me, calm but unyielding.
“You can run, Volcan, but you can’t hide. This city has a way of pulling its children back — whether they want it or not.”
I glanced over my shoulder. His hollow eye seemed to pierce right through me.
“Remember, your blood isn’t just a weapon. It’s a key. And soon, you’ll understand why.”
With that, he melted back into the shadows, leaving me alone with the cold night and questions I wasn’t ready to face.
I shakily took a breath, the cold edge of curiosity slicing through my panic.
Pulling a small knife from my pocket, I pressed the blade against my palm, wincing as it nicked the skin.
A bead of blood welled up, shimmering faintly under the pale moonlight — a soft, oceanic blue glow pulsing from within.
I stared, heart pounding, as the glowing droplet hovered a moment before dripping onto the cracked pavement.
Where it touched, the ground seemed to hiss, steam rising as if burned by some unseen fire.
My breath hitched. This wasn’t just a dream.
This was real.
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Some people excel at keeping secrets, others fail at concealing them completely.
Volcan Blipe,a haunted middle aged man, has the worst of them.
After an unexpected unfolding of events, Coughlan Ittanye, a power repressed city administrator, discovers the potential of Volcan’s blood- which can possibly eradicate the plague disease that has been turning humans into flesh eating monsters.
When he tracks down Volcan and offers him a deal he cannot refuse as an illegitimate in Belandion city-city identities and protection in exchange for vials of Volcan’s blood, Volcan initially refuses, but eventually concedes.
But things don’t stay the same. Unintentionally, their mutual transaction based on professionalism gets noticed by the underground societies,and one in particular-the Black Oxide gang
Amid the budding relationship with the younger city administrator and his desire to live a normal life, Volcan can no longer afford not to bleed if he wants to survive.