A serial web novel

The air inside the limo crackled with the unspoken conversation that had just happened inside the Den. Rei’s every impulse sought to ask, to ask what had been decided about her life. But she held…

Inside the limo Rei moved closer to the window and stared out at the Den’s entrance. Every second stretched into an eternity. She could hear the faint, rhythmic tap of Cillian’s shoe on the pavement…

The Offer Karasu was still watching the limo from the bedroom window. He wondered why Cillian didn’t close the door behind Rei faster, but then he saw a polished leather shoe hit the pavement, then…

The Last Morning The first slivers of dawn were just bleeding through the blinds, painting Karasu’s bedroom in shades of gunmetal and rose. Rei was a warm weight against his side, breathing deeply and evenly.…

Unrest & Homecoming The silence at home in her Sakura Avenue apartment was deafening. Takumi’s words echoed in the hollow space; in perpetuity. She was a thing to be traded, a contract to be settled. A…

Simulations vs. Reality Rei tilted her head, the faintest smile tugging at her lips. “I’m thirsty,” she said softly, as though the cruelty Takumi had just laced into her skin hadn’t landed at all, “Will…