Soul Bound: Part 1: Unlikely Heroes

By A. Hoxit

Lilly Gardens is an ordinary high school student living with her aunt in the town of Asphodel after the tragic death of both her parents. Her life gets turned upside down, however, when a fateful encounter with the mysterious boy named Adam grants her magical powers. Now, she must learn to control these new powers while being stalked by an evil from the shadows.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Apr 30, 2021
• ISBN: 9781645364467

A. Hoxit

A. Hoxit lives in Houston, Texas. She enjoys reading, drawing, petting animals, horror films, and anime. Her main passion is writing and she is quite introverted.

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A. Hoxit lives in Houston, Texas. She enjoys reading, drawing, petting animals, horror films, and anime. Her main passion is writing and she is quite introverted.

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Hoxit, A.

Soul Bound

ISBN 9781641825818 (Paperback)

ISBN 9781641825825 (Hardback)

ISBN 9781645364467 (ePub e-book)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020900837

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Prologue

The Mad Man’s Creation

It was darkness…darkness and oppressive silence. That was what was found in the void and that was what surrounded the figure hovering in it. It was a tall figure, garbed in armor that concealed its entire body. The armor itself was sterile-looking, being completely white in color. It had a large teardrop-shaped helmet that appeared to be made out of some sort of reflective material that made the wearer look unnerving and faceless. The rest of the armor seemed to be made of a more standard-looking metal and for the most part conformed to basic human anatomy, having a torso with arms attached to it that had five fingered hands at the ends of them. The armor seemed to lack legs however, instead having a large metal skirt with purple lights at the bottom of it. This appeared to be what allowed the thing to hover.

The figure was standing before a large, transparent sphere filled with some sort of liquid. It put a hand on the sphere and sighed. Although it had done this exact procedure over a thousand times, it was still nervous about going forward. Black energy began to flow from the figure’s hand onto the surface of the sphere. The liquid inside of the sphere began to bubble. Soon, something started to form within it. It looked to be a chunk of shapeless flesh. The flesh then began to grow and contort until it formed the familiar shape of a brain.

The figure then began to slide its hand along the sphere and the brain began to rotate. This was a complicated organ and it wanted to make sure nothing was too wrong with it. Satisfied with the brain, it stopped moving its hand and the brain stopped as well. It then continued its work.

Several nerves then shot out of the brainstem and were soon incased in bone along with the brain itself. This process continued until there was a complete human skeleton floating within the sphere.

Various organs began to form within the frame of the skeleton—lungs, a heart with arteries and veins, an esophagus attached to a stomach which was in turn attached to small and large intestines, two kidneys attached to a bladder via ureters, a liver and a gallbladder, a thymus gland, a spleen, lymph nodes, and lymphatic vessels. Male reproductive organs were formed as well, though the tonsils and appendix were left out as they were superfluous.

The figure moved its hand again and the skeleton opened its mouth. A tongue and gums began to form within it. Soon, muscle began to form around the skull along with a pair of eyes in the previously empty sockets. Soon, all of the naked bones and organs were covered by muscle and sinew. What now floated in the sphere was a skinless human male.

The figure closed the thing’s mouth and continued. Pale white skin soon began to form over the muscle, forming eyelids over the eyes and lips over the mouth. The ears and nose became more recognizable and long, black hair sprouted from the thing’s scalp. The rest of the body was soon covered by skin as nails grew from the fingers and toes. What now floated in the sphere was a fully formed human sans nipples and bellybutton, an infinitely complex machine with flesh and bone in place of