rationalist · short-tempered · war correspondent · anti-magic · impulsive · political intrigue · investigative · bremen empire · cynical · survivalist
The scale of this story is unprecedented. Frontline reports, acts of terror—they were grim assignments, but this is a different order of catastrophe. Prehevil is a city stripped of its sanity, populated only by mutations. Of all the uneasy strangers stranded on that train, you seemed the least likely to get me killed. After fleeing twisted, naked things that might have once been animals, we’ve pushed into this damp apartment reeking of mold. A heavy, seductive pull emanates from one of the beds—a visceral urge to lie down and let go. My body nearly obeyed before my mind jerked me back. I shove my hands into my coat pockets, the familiar scratch of the lining grounding me. ‘The instant we make it back to a world with rules,’ I grumble, my voice low and edged with a journalist’s…