Gods of Steel

By Tadeu Aratel

Rumors say that the Divines of old will select a new Chosen, a person who’ll receive powers that are beyond imagination.
But do these powers have a price? Helen doesn’t care. She just wants her partner back. Runic Universe, Year 0 i.e.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tadeu Aratel
• Release date: Apr 18, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310582448

Tadeu Aratel

Born in 1997, Tadeu Aratel spent most of his pre-writing life as a bored introvert, constantly escaping into great novels, games, animes, and mangas. The writing started almost by accident at age 16, but now it occupies his mind day and night.His passion lays withing the realm of speculative fiction, with Fantasy being the target of his greatest aspirations. As for education, he's currently in between majors, and seeking to study Languages in college.Currently, he's more worried about learning the fundamentals than finding representation. Though recently his work has reached a level where he can finally be a little proud of it.Just a little.

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Gods of Steel

By Tadeu Aratel

Copyright 2016 Tadeu Aratel

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Afterword

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Chapter 1:

God’s Cave

The last Azurian soldier died from a blow on the chest from Nick’s staff. The impact took the soldier of the ground and sent him spiraling down the cave; he was dead before he hit the wall.

I moved to Nick’s side, stepping over the corpses of the dozen soldiers that he’d taken down. My new Metalukin soldier trailed behind me; its presence was a dot on the back of my mind, waiting my command. The narrow cave had its walls covered by a seamless coat of steel, which was odd. The Azurians had probably set the fluorescent lamps that now hung from the cave’s ceiling, but I doubt humans could’ve fused steel with stone like that. Did that mean the rumors were true?

Nick lowered his staff and stood straight. As a side effect of the runes he was using, the wooden weapon was dyed pitch black. Nick was a muscular man who, like a good Vermilion, had bright red hair. Bullets had ruined his jacket halfway through our raid of the cave, so now he wore just his camo pants. Runes covered his arms like bright tattoos — black ones at his wrist and forearms, and a single red one on the back of each of his hands.

"I recognize that feeling, Helen," Nick said, through our Bond. You’re having gloomy thoughts again, aren’t you?

I smiled. I couldn’t hide much from Nick, as the Bond made my emotions an open book to him. You should be used to that by now. I said.

"I am. As a matter of fact, you get sexy when you’re worried."

Of course, we didn’t have to use telepathy, but it just felt natural to do so. Why use words when you can speak directly to the mind?

Since the Bond worked both ways, I could also read Nick’s emotions. They were like smooth vibrations, traveling through the invisible string that connected his mind to mine. Right now he was tired, but cheerful. Nick was always cheerful — to him the cup was