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

Blaze realized that he was significantly closer, but this was unintentional. He wanted them to be more relaxed, but instead he had made them even more vigilant. 


"Daaaaamn. I made things worse-c'mon guys-vouch for me-" Blaze thought to himself, hoping that his friends would come to his aid. 


"He's not trouble, I assure you," Scion spoke, the council members looking to him. He felt pressured, all that attention shoved onto him, but he remained calm regardless. "Let me get straight to the point. Asura is returning, and we--" 


Instantly, a knife had passed right by Scion's cheek, grazing his skin. He winced in pain, blood dripping from his cheek. 


"Do not speak unless I tell you otherwise. Do that again and I won't miss next time," The woman said, holding three other knives in between her fingers.


She looked at Storm and Angel, then back at Blaze. 


"What's this about Asura?" she spoke him directly, Blaze gritting his teeth. 


Chapter 46: The Council, Part 3