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

"Listen. We're here. We've been in high stress these past few months, even when nothing's happened. Regardless, that doesn't excuse that nonsense that you pulled. Don't lie to me. Seriously, please don't take Celeste's bad habit of not telling us anything, alright?" Angel said.


She sat next to him, her head resting on his shoulder. She was exhausted and somewhat relieved that what he was keeping wasn't anything important. Still, she wasn't pleased that he tried to keep anything from her. 


Angel looked up to him. "Why?" she asked him, confused. 


"I've been treating you badly," he said. 


Storm looked at her. "I just-didn't want you to feel hopeless, telling you that I didn't know what we were gonna do," He said.


Chapter 43: The Temple, Part 3