Revenant's Kiss | ONC 2022 Shortlister ✓
When a government-funded project to create supersoldiers goes incredibly wrong, a zombie outbreak unlike any the world has ever seen in books and video games sweeps the United States.
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Daytona Pierce lost everything when the LycanZ pathogen spread to her hometown. Despite it being years since the first outbreak, she hasn't given up hope in a cure for humanity. On the contrary, she uses her position as sergeant in the Boston Quarantine Zone to keep up to date on the progress of an antidote.
A mission gone horribly wrong sends Daytona on a trek cross-country in hopes of delivering the one person who could save the world: Soren Levisay. Only, more than just her life is on the line and despite her promise, she finds herself lost in the revenant's kiss and unwilling to let go.
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This will be written in first person point of view.
Based off Prompt 33: And then I pressed my cheek against the asphalt and prayed the dead bodies would cover my scent.
Additional, Prompt 5: A soldier always has two options when at a crossroads: to follow orders or to abort the mission.
Started: 2/4/22
Ended: 4/29/22
Word Count: 34,238
CONTENT WARNING: contains mature language, blood and gore, and explicit scenes of various types including those of sexual nature
© D. C. Bolton 2022
