“They are not our prey,” Strife said, sighting down his massive pistol. “They’re just… stuck.”
The sky was the color of a fresh bruise, churning with ash and the dying light of a sun that had forgotten how to warm. Four horses stood on the ridge overlooking the ruins of a coastal city. Not just any horses—the pale, reeking mounts of the apocalypse. But one saddle was empty.
Their missing brother, Death, had ridden ahead a week ago. His mission: find the source of the new plague. The one that didn’t just kill—it recycled. Every corpse rose again, not as a servant of Hell, but as a mindless husk. No balance. No purpose. Just an endless, gray hunger.