The Infected
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Last published Fri, Sep 26, 2025
A devastating plague has erased most of humanity, leaving the world in flames and ruin.
Elowen and Nyx-two young survivors bound first by mistrust, then by something deeper-struggle to find safety in a collapsing world.
What begins as a fragile alliance becomes a connection neither expected, as they search for shelter, medicine, and with hope... a cure before the infection claims them too.
But survival comes at a cost.
The disease spreads faster than hope, and every step forward brings fire, loss, and impossible choices.
Will they reach their destination in time? Or will they fall to the same fate as the world around them-one with the infected?
Only by following their journey will the truth be revealed.
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