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

Scion looked to him, confused. "What do you mean, done?" he asked. 


"I'm not doing this anymore. This-this is way out of my league, man. I'm done, screw this," he replied, shaking his head.


Scion took a duffel bag and packed a large crystal the size of both his hands in the bag. 


"You aren't serious," Scion said, taking some of the papers and some books and placing them in the bag. "I've got your things, Blaze. Remember to burn everything else." he said. 


Storm looking to Blaze who nodded once slowly, and then looked to Scion. The man had been pouring gasoline on the books and papers he wasn't keeping. Storm, realizing he was being ignored, gritted his teeth. 


"Do you honestly think I'm gonna stick by you guys after everything that just happened earlier? Are you friggin crazy?" Storm asked. 


Chapter 40: A Test of Strength, Part 5