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Reckoning of the purple moon FATAL PASSAGE
POV: Ivory WellsAs I descended further into Callum's stronghold, the smoke-filled air stung my eyes and caused wateriness. Around me screamed the symphony of battle: steel smashing on steel, the terrible sound of rending flesh.But I drove it all to the margins, my senses sharpened with laser-like attention toward one single goal: locating my daughter Darcy. After so many years of believing her missing, I at last got proof she existed, held hostage someplace in this horrible land.Low, I passed a knot of Callum's guards interacting with Hardin's infiltration team. A few tried to turn and interact with me, but I was already swirling like a whirling tornado of flashing blades and kicked up smoke. They dropped silently and then rejoined the dusty haze.Part of me understood the need for every life lived and every hurt caused. But it was a little, always dwindling voice against the tidal urgency pushing me ahead. Once Darcy was in my arms once more, I could grieve the price of my deeds.
Reckoning of the purple moon INTO THE DEN
POV: HardinAs my squad and I battled our way deeper inside Callum's citadel, the air was filled with smoke and the sounds of injured people breathing heavily. Bodies everywhere, both enemy and ours, littered the ground. The price was already shown to be rather high.However, we could not and would not be discouraged. Not when we'd finally broken through Callum's warped domain's inner sanctum. Somewhere around here, Jenna was being held captive as his last, ruthless negotiating chip.Before that filthy creature could inflict whatever tortures his cruel imagination could conjure as "reinforcement" of his demands, we had to get to her."This way!" I gave the order with a bark and led the charge toward the big adamantium doors at the far end of a smoke-filled corridor. Callum's conceit would not permit anything less than them to serve as the entrance to his throne room.Blades leading, two guards erupted from a cross passage. I parried the first's poor attack with scorching speed, fallin
Reckoning of the purple moon UNHOLY PROGENY
POV: Callum Wells The only thing that broke through the temporarily shocked haze engulfing me was the white-hot flare of pain lancing across my shoulders. With the ferocity of his attack, that accursed Darrel had surprised me. Clearance returned itself, and I could feel his talons searching remorselessly into my flesh in search of purchase to shred and tear. Thinking to finish me with his bare hands in a flash of self-righteous wrath, the miserable fool I locked eyes with him and saw the wild anger boiling beneath his bestial hunger front. Nice. Allow him to feel, for a few more breaths, that he was in charge. It would make the next reversal all the more appetizing. My lips slid back in a taunting half smile as I felt his weight pinning me against the unforgiving stone. "Is the best you can produce, whelp?" I gasped out. "This miserable attempt at intimidation?" Darrel's only answer was an inarticulate growl of scorching wrath as he tried to up the pressure, thereby trying to
Reckoning of the purple moon UNLEASHING DEVASTATION
POV: Callum WellsThe first charges of Skarrgar and Ulkarn rattled the very basis of my sanctum like a tremor warning of an approaching earthquake. As my two relentless juggernauts tore into the scattered defenders with all the remorseless ferocity of a collapsing tsunami, I stared with a mix of paternal pride and greatly pleased bloodlust.Underfoot, bones crushed like dry twigs as Ulkarn's first swipe swept two of Hardin's fighters aside in a boneless heap. As he pushed forward, each step a little seismic event, his rumbling roar of pure, distilled violence dislodged dust from the vaulted ceiling. Skarrgar was proving equally terrible nearby. Whirling in a tornado of blurred motion, he swiped his huge bludgeoner in scything arcs Hardin and Darrel could barely avoid, let alone try to counteract."Is this the great threat you presumed to harass my kingdom with?" As I watched the one-sided struggle playing out, I couldn't resist calling out tauntingly. "These two alone are destroying
Reckoning of the purple moon A FATHER’S INTERVENTION
POV: Jeremy WilliamsAgony!!!That one word seemed to capture my whole life in those boundless, anguished moments. Every nerve ending felt as though molten blades were shredding me as Callum's terrible force tightened me evermore.I battled desperately, lips open in a never-ending rictus of quiet suffering. As the pressure doubled, black dots began to kaleidoscope over my view. Was this the way it concluded then? Before I could change things, that insane beast was crushed into oblivion.Some deep, primordial part of my brain must have been obsessed with that single denial to not let my life's story finish here, snuffed out ignobly on the whims of a murderous madman. Because even as I felt my bones straying into their shatter point, a last flutter of opposition burst.I called every last shred of energy and concentrated it with pure savagery, a bestial growl tearing from the depths of my very being. From my heaving body, an exploding shockwave of pure fury rippled forth.Callum's telek
Reckoning of the purple moon MISTRUST AND ACCUSATIONS
POV: Ivory WellsThe room shook violently, deafeningly roars and crashing sounds could be heard throughout. The air was thick with dust and trash, and it caused my eyes to hurt. As I looked through the haze, I was able to see those two monstrous juggernauts that Callum had conjured up wreaking havoc on everything in their immediate vicinity.In an attempt to avoid being crushed by the gigantic shapes of the lumbering animals, Hardin's fighters were dispersed and fighting desperately to avoid being crushed. However, it was a waste of time. As if they were ragdolls, each one of them was demolished one by one.Darrel stood in the middle of the mayhem, his teeth exposed as he engaged in a battle of blows with the more powerful juggernaut. However, it appeared that his blows had no impact on the armor-plated skin that covered the creature's jagged body."Darrel!" The panic and wrath in my voice caused my voice to crack as I screamed his name.His head snapped around and his eyes met mine,
Reckoning of the purple moon THE TURNING TIDE
POV: HardinAs I struck the ground hard, the breath shot out of my lungs in a terrible surge, scattering rubble. With a grunt, Darrel landed next to me and gripped his side. The blood seeped through his fingertips.I wheezed, trying to pull myself up, "you stubborn fool." "I had it handled."Through the smoke and dust, Darrel gave me a sideways glare. "You did it like hell. Your skull would have been crushed by that object."A massive clap shook the chamber as another supporting column was destroyed by one of Callum's monstrosities. Shards of metal and stone, both alive, rained down upon us.I snarled, "This can't go on," and ducked the deadly debris with my sword. "We're losing ground fast.""No kidding," with a grumble from Darrel. He favored his damaged side as he battled to get his feet beneath him. "I don't know how much longer we can keep this up."My gaze swept over the conflict, seeking any opening for our gain. Although the juggernauts were unyielding, they could still be wou
Reckoning of the purple moon HAUNTED TRAUMA
POV: JennaA tremendous roar shook the chamber, vibrating in my bones. I looked in awe and dread as the multicolored light merged into a massive, ethereal shape.What sort of ancient power was this? The ghostly shapes of snarling teeth and raking claws swirled in a whirlwind around a central lupine nucleus. As the dazzling light faded, I swear I saw muzzles and gleaming eyes peering out from within that frantic tornado of phantom fur. The towering juggernaut that had been bearing down on the defenseless Ivory appeared to falter, taken aback by this unusual new menace. That solitary second of doubt was its undoing.With an earth-shaking rush of force, the ember beast struck, engulfing the war golem in swirling, scintillating savagery. Its frightening chorus of howls and roars drowned out all other sounds as it charged at its mechanical prey. I could only gape in stunned wonder as adamantine skins crumbled and separated like rice paper under the continuous assault. The juggernaut's
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