Karim Sissoko is the author of the book series Lightning. He lives in Florida, is of Haitian descent and is attending college for “a piece of paper that proves I’m smart”. He enjoys his passion of writing, particularly the fantasy genre but he also enjoys science fiction. He plays a lot of video games, watches a variety of anime and enjoys making art. You can find him on social media, but he is most active on his Twitter. 

Before there were humans, there were Astrals. When Storm Hinato is branded an assassin by the queen, his own guardian, his world falls apart. A masked man chases after him, a war god longs to test his strength and he finds himself caught in a war that spans across the worlds. Will he find the strength to press on? Or will he fall to the chaos like those before him?

Lightning

Storm began to awaken. He felt disoriented and heard voices echoing. His head hurt, he was panting, and at first, he saw nothing but a black void. He heard the voices become louder, and suddenly he saw Rena in front of him. She smiled softly and walked towards him barefoot, in the void. Suddenly blood began to drip from her, falling to a black floor.  As Rena neared him, Storm began panting faster, but he found that he couldn't speak. 


He couldn't do or say anything. Her irises and pupils faded, her eyes completely black. There was a hole gaping through her chest and blood spilling to the floor. She now smiling wider, gritting her teeth, breathing heavily. Storm wanted to speak, but couldn't, and he couldn't move either. He felt bound by a supernatural force. Rena took the boy and pressed his head to her chest softly. Storm still felt fear as she did so, the void silent. Rena began to speak.


"You let me die-" she said to Storm, her voice distorted, almost demonic. 


Chapter 27: Questing, Part 1