The Light They Fear

An Awakened Series Short Read — Episode One

De: Baldwin Book Publishing, James R Baldwin

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

The Light They Fear
An Awakened Series Short Read (Episode One)

They didn’t come to kill him.

They came because the light inside him was calling.

When Telly Young and Callen Vos take shelter in a frozen field on the edge of nowhere, they realize too late that they aren’t alone. Something has been following them through the mountains. Not human. Not mindless. And not hunting the way predators should.

Every time Telly’s light flares, the things in the dark draw closer.

Callen knows the pattern. Three strikes. Three approaches. The last one unseen. He’s faced them before, long enough to understand the truth Telly is still fighting—this isn’t about survival anymore. It’s about containment. About buying time. About deciding who walks away.

As the night collapses into violence, Telly is forced to confront what his power has become. The light no longer heals in isolation. It attracts. It feeds. And the creatures circling them are learning fast.

The Light They Fear is a high-intensity short read set later in the Awakened timeline, where the cost of power is no longer theoretical. Designed to be read in one sitting, this episode centers on loyalty, sacrifice, and the moment when running stops being an option.

Some gifts save lives.
Others make you a target.