Michele_Bazzani

My name is Ren Volkom, and I’m… a vampire! Or at least that’s what I thought until the night that completely upended my life. The truth? It’s even more shocking. A unique crystal, embedded in my heart since birth, grants me incredible power and extraordinary strength—but at a steep cost.

I’m not the only one born with this crystal. Others share this trait, and the secret services call us ‘Crystalbringers’—they’re certainly not brimming with creativity, are they?

But life as a Crystalbringer is no fairy tale. Ruthless criminal organizations and global military forces are desperate to claim our power—and they’ll stop at nothing to get it.

Overnight, I’m plunged into a world of brutal survival and, honestly, some wildly steamy situations—maybe too many? There’s also room for deeper, more introspective moments and the usual struggles of being a teenager—like getting rejected by your crush, which, let’s face it, stings more than a near-death experience.

Crystalbringer

«Three minutes until the exploration phase ends.»

Dr. Amanda Clegg's voice echoes through the speakers, reverberating across the entire combat zone.

Damn it. Three minutes, and I haven't even covered a fraction of this massive simulation. I'm faster than the others, yet I didn't even have time to figure out the layout. And them? What could they have possibly achieved? Maybe, 'exploration phase' is just a misleading name, isn't it? Perhaps the real objective wasn't exploration at all. Oh, great—I probably just wasted a critical part of the training.

My eyes settle on a towering ten-story building, which at a glance must house at least fifty apartments. If I lock myself in one of those rooms, they'd never find me during the thirty minutes of the survival phase. A perfect plan.

4 - The clash of might and mind