Pelumi_David

“Heroes killed my parents. Now I wear the mask of one. Until I can bury them all.”
At seven years old, Hernan Vale watched his parents — two powerful heroes — brutally executed in their own home by the very people they trusted most: the legendary super-team known as the Zodiac 13.
They thought he was dead.
 They made sure the world blamed villains.
 They covered their tracks.
 But Hernan survived — and never forgot.
Ten years later, under a false name, Hernan enters the prestigious Hero Academy, hailed as a prodigy. To the world, he’s a rising star. To his classmates, he’s charming, calm, unstoppable.
But inside?
 He’s a weapon. Waiting. Smiling. Counting names.
As he trains to become a licensed hero, fights real villains, and rises through the ranks, Hernan plays the long game — earning the trust of the Zodiac, learning their routines, studying their weaknesses. One by one, he’ll bring them down.
And this time, he won’t hide in the closet.
But the deeper he goes, the more blood he spills — the more he wonders if he’s becoming worse than the monsters he’s hunting.
 And when love, loyalty, and lies collide, Hernan may have to decide:
Will he save the world like they think he will...
 or finish burning it down?

BLOODCAPE

Some memories aren't recalled. They awaken.

Ava — Below the Archive

Not metaphorically. Not figuratively.

It inhaled—slow, deliberate—and the floor beneath Ava's boots lifted a millimeter, like something alive shifting beneath the floor panels. Then it exhaled, and with it came a hush of air that smelled of static, old soil, and wilted orchids.

The pulse of blue beneath the black bio-thread was faster now. Twitching turned to flexing. The thing inside wasn't dreaming anymore.

It was remembering.

Her body knew it before her mind did. The tiny muscle twitches in her fingers, the tightening in her throat. Something in her blood hummed—like static winding itself through her veins.

Chapter 80: Inheritance Protocol