An apocalyptic, genre-bending tale of moral greyness, supernatural intrigue, and a certain sense of Stockholm.
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"Then why are you here?"
"My reasons are beyond your understanding."
"I love that you don't directly call me 'stupid'."
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SELESTE is in her senior year of college, so of course an alien invasion would just have to happen now. On top of that, they seem to be on a quick path to enslaving the entirety of the human race. Even though she knew her life was over, and she'd spent YEARS trying to make a better life for herself, Seleste can not afford to be captured. She is, what some may call, a vampire-she's granted faster, better healing, super-strength, and heightened senses at the cost of drinking a little fresh blood from time to time, and if she doesn't, she could die. There's no telling what the aliens-the Ani'ira Fal-will do to her when they find out.
So of course, while making a run for it, she comes face to face with THE COMMANDER of the Ani'ira Fal. Tall with skin as white as snow and long hair blacker than the night, and hypnotic purple eyes. A certain stern handsomeness about him, but ultimately very much an alien. And though she does manage to escape being taken prisoner, such close contact with someone so high up can't be a good thing for trying to lay low for too long.
Here's ANOTHER invasion story for you, except instead of vampires, it's the more traditional version of a supernatural invasion: aliens.
Tempest has no human bone in her body. She is devoid of all emotions, making her 'job' as a guns-for-hire easy- at least, that's what the heroes call it. She doesn't see it as a job but as a lifestyle.
After all, that is all she's ever been surrounded by. Blood, money, drugs, psychos, more blood and money. Blood money. All of that shit.
The only problem is that the heroes disagree with her so-called 'lifestyle' and start a special task force in her name called D. O. A. Best known as the operation Dead. Or. Alive. The person specifically tasked to bring her in is none other than the great hero, Phoenix.
He is best known for his smarts, good looks, and being a virtuous savior. But among people like Tempest, he is known as another overpowered, overrated hero no one can escape. Not even those blessed with super speed or teleportation can escape him. So, it should be effortless for him to catch her since she has no superhuman abilities.
Except it's not.
Tempest has a deadly virus no scientist, no government, no god can ever get rid of. So, when she finds out she is being hunted down by not only the hero society but the face of it, she turns to biological warfare.
The few other people with the disease would never dare to do something like that, but Tempest would. If it guarantees her coming out on top, she will.
EROTICA| THRILLER| DARK+TWISTED ROMANCE| DARK THEMES| SCI-FI| 18+