𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐔𝐒 - Inky - Wattpad

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐔𝐒

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He hunted criminals, but now he was the prey.

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Call it foul play, but Criminal investigator Cien Morris loved the smell of freshly withdrawn notes, fair or not. The case on his table this time? A missing bounty of Thullium. 

When the ship laden with the metal vanished into the depths of the sea, desperate geologist Philip Paniz singled out his apprentice, Aaeila King. 
Cornered, Aaeila had a wild story - no conspiracy, no theft, but the insidious pull of Eblis. And to clear her name, she even proposed to journey into the Eblis itself.

Cien initially dismissed it as the ramblings of a desperate woman, until a survivor from a previous Eblis disappearance turned up dead. Suddenly, the hunter became the hunted, framed for a crime he did not commit.

The clock was ticking, and the choice was stark: rot in a prison cell for a crime he didn't commit, or jump into Eblis. 

Either option meant darkness, but one offered a sliver of a chance to clear his name while the other promised a slow suffocation. 

Cien knew which way to jump.



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A Cillian Murphy in the mysterious Bermuda triangle feel. 






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Beyond The River

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