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

The soldiers and Storm both were silent, as they knew that attempting anything stupid would be enough to be dropped to death's door.


Storm took a slight step, a large kitchen knife instantly at the boy's throat. 


"Nano, leave him be. I will be the one to kill him," Irea said, Storm gritting his teeth. 


"Deu--" Storm was interrupted by Nano pushing the knife closer, and he took a step back. 


"Speak another word or move anymore and you will be dead where you stand," Nano warned. 


Storm then thought on what the best move should be. After taking apart the gun, and putting it back together, the man nodded, staring at the weapon for a few moments and standing.  He picked it up and motioned to Nano.


Chapter 35: Pitfall, Part 5