Novel & Cerita Eddie X Venom

Blood blooms beneath his fingers. --- **The Echoed Cut** The venom reacts before I do. Lightning arcs from my fingertips, severing the doll's thread. Eden collapses, the wound mirroring on his skin. The child wails, her form fracturing into wasps made of shadow and sugar. They swarm Eden, burrowing into his mouth, his eyes- *No.* I tear into the swarm, venom dissolving them to ash. The child reforms, pouting. *"Mean sister. Mother said you'd be mean."*

Alexander’s team is shadows, snipers on adjacent roofs, drones overhead, every exit covered. I walk in alone. The overhead lights are off. A single hanging bulb swings over a metal chair in the center. My mother is tied to it, her wrists bound, duct tape over her mouth, eyes wide and wet but furious. A bruise blooms on her cheek. She’s alive. Unharmed beyond that. Theo stands behind her, swaying. He looks like a ghost of the man I once loved, gaunt, unshaven, clothes hanging off him, eyes bloodshot and wild. A hunting knife glints in his trembling hand.

I took a deep breath and gathered every speck of my wolf’s strength to jump from my spot along with the silver net over me; however, numerous gunshots flattened me to the ground. “No!” I landed on the ground with a loud thud, sand flew with the impact of my sudden fall. The darts of wolfs-bane emptied their contents in my bloodstream. My veins burned like molten lava flowing through them, but my years of practice with my wolfs-bane training had made me resistant to this pain. I lowered my head to catch my breath and attack again, Ivy’s cold voice slithered into my ears. “Alpha Eddie is dead. His heart has stopped beating.”

Victor says, at last, leaning forward, red eyes like pools of stale blood. Edward meets his gaze head-on, mirroring the determination there. The silver omega spoons food into his mouth, chews, and swallows. He'll survive. Victor feels it in his blood. Edward will survive.

Carlos a answered with venom in his eyes. Xx___xX