Silas Nash

By Sooz006

Silas Nash Books 1-3

Hush Hush Honeysuckle
Night Night Necropolis
Lie Lie Lullaby

And coming soon:

Cold-Blooded Carnival

  • 459 reads
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Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 1

By Sooz006 on Mon, 26 Jun 2023

He would feel like killing himself again today. Life had lost its meaning. In a fit of unaccustomed rage, Silas picked up his clock and threw it at...
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Silas Nash Book 1 Hush Hush Honeysuckle Chapter 3 (a)

By Sooz006 on Tue, 27 Jun 2023

Max came out of the hospital entrance, sat on a bench and sobbed. People stared at him as they passed, and one old lady said, ‘Oh, dear,’ but didn’t...
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Silas Nash Book 1 Hush Hush Honeysuckle Chapter 3 (b)

By Sooz006 on Wed, 28 Jun 2023

Max turned the radio on, and it irritated him. The presenter talked about a rockstar dying yesterday and said they’d have some great music and time...
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Silas Nash Book 1 Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 4

By Sooz006 on Thu, 29 Jun 2023

The next day coffee shop-girl—Paige—was still on his mind. Thinking about a pretty girl was easier than thinking about a dead nanny. Despite that, he...
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Slias Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle Chapter 5 (a)

By Sooz006 on Fri, 30 Jun 2023

Nash’s bones creaked as he pulled himself up the last flight of stairs to the room allocated to the task force. Who was he kidding? He loved it. He’d...
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Silas Nash Book 1 Hush Hush Honeysuckle Chapter 5 (b)

By Sooz006 on Fri, 30 Jun 2023

Nash walked a long way to find a bar where he was unlikely to run into another police officer or anybody else he knew. He was torn between being...
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Silas Nash book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: chapter 6 (a)

By Sooz006 on Sat, 01 Jul 2023

Max had been in her company for less than five minutes, and she was nagging him already. ‘Have you been to see Mum?’ Max’s sister, Melissa Jones-...
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Silas Nash book 1 Hush Hush Honeysuckle Chapter 6 (b)

By Sooz006 on Sun, 02 Jul 2023

He tapped on the window and walked in without waiting for the door to be answered and was almost knocked over by Lucy, aged five, who screamed and...
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Silas Nash Book One: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 7 (a)

By Sooz006 on Mon, 03 Jul 2023

Max was tied up for the rest of the afternoon and made the phone call the next morning. He hoped he wasn’t too late. ‘Hi, mate. I’m calling about the...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 7 (b)

By Sooz006 on Tue, 04 Jul 2023

He went into a small dark pub called The Chieftain and battled through the punters to go straight to the bathroom. He used the toilet, and after two...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle Chapter 8

By Sooz006 on Thu, 06 Jul 2023

The next morning, Max went into the office to sort out what was going to happen now that Henry was dead. It was bloody inconvenient and a blight on...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter Nine (a)

By Sooz006 on Fri, 07 Jul 2023

Dogs shouldn’t be on beds. Tell that to Mia, who, in the space of hours, captivated Max. If he could give her a good home for the rest of her life,...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 9 ( b)

By Sooz006 on Fri, 07 Jul 2023

It was tough for Max to make friends when he was boarding at a private school. Jon and Bobby still called him a posh git at every opportunity, but...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 10

By Sooz006 on Sun, 09 Jul 2023

Jessica showed her security pass to start her shift at BAE Systems Barrow. She was proud to be a tiny part of the history that was responsible for...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 11 (a)

By Sooz006 on Mon, 10 Jul 2023

Max was manhandled from the van with a semi-circle of policemen in riot gear around him. This was like some kind of surreal dream. He expected a...
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Silas Nash books 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 11 (b)

By Sooz006 on Tue, 11 Jul 2023

‘First thing’ turned out to be after ten o’clock. Gathering information, they said. He hadn’t slept. Somebody was singing Billy Bragg’s New England...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 12

By Sooz006 on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

‘See, Max? Everything we have is circumstantial. So, he was your old tutor. So what? That doesn’t mean you took tines to the man and stabbed him into...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 13

By Sooz006 on Thu, 13 Jul 2023

Nash’s third interview with Max had just started, this time with his solicitor, Jane Pearson, present. The second interview the night before was...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle Chapter 14

By Sooz006 on Fri, 14 Jul 2023

Nash got back to Barrow by early afternoon. Three bodies for an autopsy would take time, but Robinson promised to fast-track them and get the results...
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Silas Nash book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle. Chapter 15 (a)

By Sooz006 on Sat, 15 Jul 2023

Max was fifty-four hours into the ninety-six that they were allowed to keep him before charging him or letting him go. They went through the same...
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Silas Nash book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle Chapter 15 (b)

By Sooz006 on Sun, 16 Jul 2023

Nash took the new pictures and put them in front of the ones he already had. Max had a glimpse of the file, and there seemed to be a stack of photos...
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Silas Nash book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 16

By Sooz006 on Mon, 17 Jul 2023

‘Didn’t somebody come to our borough asking about a missing sister in Morecambe?’ Nash asked. He’d come out of the interview two days earlier and...
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Silas Nash book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 17

By Sooz006 on Tue, 18 Jul 2023

The boys were found within three hours of each other. On both occasions, it was the scent of honeysuckle that made the parents investigate and find...
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Silas Nash book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 18 (a)

By Sooz006 on Wed, 19 Jul 2023

It was getting harder to keep a lid on things—stories leaked from the incident room every day, things that only the team had access to. Paranoia was...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 18 (b)

By Sooz006 on Sat, 22 Jul 2023

They went back to Paige. ‘You say you never saw Paige again, but you did go back looking for her, didn’t you? Did you find her? This girl very much...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 19

By Sooz006 on Mon, 24 Jul 2023

Max was as nervous as hell, and the man attaching all kinds of wires to him didn’t help. He wondered if being nervous would make him fail when he...
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Silas Nash book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 20

By Sooz006 on Wed, 26 Jul 2023

Jessica was sick of answering the door. And that was only when she was sure it wasn’t the press. She despised them. They were devious and would do...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 21 (a)

By Sooz006 on Thu, 27 Jul 2023

‘Go on. Tell me again what you want me to do.’ ‘This man is targeting you. Therefore it stands to reason that you either know him or you’ve had...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle. Chapter 21 (b)

By Sooz006 on Fri, 28 Jul 2023

At home, he touched things as though he’d been away for a year. He touched his bookcase in the hall and brushed his hand over some of the books. He’d...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 22

By Sooz006 on Mon, 07 Aug 2023

‘We should talk.’ ‘Of course. Shall I come to you?’ Jessica sounded repulsed. ‘No. Text me your address, please, and I’ll come to you.’ With the...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 23

By Sooz006 on Wed, 09 Aug 2023

‘I need to speak to Inspector Nash,’ somebody said. ‘He’s very busy, miss, and can’t come to the desk. If you tell me what it’s about, I can give him...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honjeysuckle: Chapter 24

By Sooz006 on Wed, 09 Aug 2023

Nash had a bad night. Loneliness was always worse when it was dark and he was in the house on his own. It was crippling. Having a selfish,...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 25

By Sooz006 on Sat, 12 Aug 2023

Nash tapped the desk as he listened to the ringing on the end of the line. He didn’t think Jones was going to answer. ‘Jesus, can’t a man pleasure...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 26

By Sooz006 on Mon, 14 Aug 2023

When Nash rounded the corner at Happy Mount Park, he swung into a parking bay at the farthest point from the bustle of the busy parts of the prom...
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Silas Nash book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 27

By Sooz006 on Mon, 14 Aug 2023

Lawson said, ‘Boss, they’re waiting for you with the suspect in Interview Room Three.’ ‘Who’ve we got?’ ‘No idea, boss.’ Nash felt his heart rate...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 28

By Sooz006 on Wed, 16 Aug 2023

Max was meeting Nash at the station. He was in time to see the senior officer wrestling somebody further down the street. He heard the bloke asking...
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Silas Nash book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 29

By Sooz006 on Wed, 23 Aug 2023

The knock at the door was timid, and there was a whirring in Max’s head that wouldn’t go away. The tinnitus was getting worse, but it wasn’t that. It...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush GHush Honeysuckle: Chapter Thrity

By Sooz006 on Mon, 04 Sep 2023

Nash knew that look. Jessica might as well have been standing with her hand on her hips, tapping her foot with impatience. She didn’t adopt the...
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Silas Nash Book !: Hush Hush Honeysuckle. Chapter Thirty B

By Sooz006 on Tue, 05 Sep 2023

Nash and Renshaw avoided contaminating evidence in Amanda Keys’ kitchen. Nash felt ill. This one was on him, and he felt the burden of guilt pressing...
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Silas Nash Book !: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 31.

By Sooz006 on Tue, 05 Sep 2023

‘You see our predicament, Mr Finch?’ Nash said. Nash and Brown were on their third cup of coffee at their third house that day. The children were...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 32 (A)

By Sooz006 on Thu, 14 Sep 2023

They drove away, discussing the fact that they were out of options. It wasn’t Max, and it wasn’t Finch. That left them with nobody. Every time they...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 32 (B)

By Sooz006 on Thu, 14 Sep 2023

Nash snatched the keys as Brown held Carter’s arm to stop him from running. Nash charged up the stairs and was aware of Brown guiding Carter up in...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 33 (A)

By Sooz006 on Sat, 16 Sep 2023

Linda banged her gavel on the table. ‘On the charge of being a despicable human being who has no right to walk this earth or have the get-out clause...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 33 (B)

By Sooz006 on Sat, 16 Sep 2023

Carter shuffled into the room. He was standing on his tiptoes behind Brown and had a butcher’s knife to her throat. What the hell was happening?...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honewysuckle: Chapter 34 (A)

By Sooz006 on Mon, 18 Sep 2023

The hospital was too sterile and too quiet, especially at this time of night. ‘How is he?’ Nash asked. ‘It won’t be long now.’ The nurse was pretty...
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Silas Nash book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 24 (B)

By Sooz006 on Mon, 18 Sep 2023

Max had to turn away then, and he brought up blood into the cardboard receptacle next to him. He was weak and lay back on the sheets. Nash was glad...
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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 35

By Sooz006 on Tue, 19 Sep 2023

At the Dale View secure mental health facility, Carter Finch had been in isolation for three months. And now he wasn’t. He’d behaved so much like a...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter One.

By Sooz006 on Tue, 08 Apr 2025

Xion Island Carrier Chapter 1 I am filled with hatred. It’s a state of being that engulfs me, and this island isn’t dissimilar to my mind. Both are...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 2

By Sooz006 on Wed, 09 Apr 2025

Detective Chief Inspector Silas Nash slipped into the passenger seat of the unmarked car and nodded at DI Molly Brown. ‘Brown.’ She looked at him in...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 3.

By Sooz006 on Thu, 10 Apr 2025

I am filled with hatred. My name is Travis Bernstein. I’m thirty years old. Not safe around children—or adults. I close my eyes, and memories haunt...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 4

By Sooz006 on Sat, 12 Apr 2025

I am filled with hatred. It’s my fire that burns inferno pretty. The Bernsteins gave me everything I wanted. I had a new room. It was as big as the...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 5

By Sooz006 on Thu, 17 Apr 2025

I am filled with hatred. And the pulsing itch of inevitability crawls under my skin. It starts before I reach the airport, before I’ve even zipped my...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 6.

By Sooz006 on Fri, 18 Apr 2025

Nash didn’t believe in ghosts until his good friend Max died—and then came back to torment him. He believed in patterns. And sometimes, a pattern had...
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Xion Island Carrier Chapter Nine

By Sooz006 on Mon, 12 May 2025

No missing chapters, some werre too long so I broke them into two. 6-9. The wind rattled the loose pane in the upstairs bathroom again—it was a...
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Xion Island Carrier Chapter 10

By Sooz006 on Tue, 13 May 2025

Chapter 10 ‘Detective Chief Inspector Nash,’ Dr Fendt said, shaking hands. His voice was hushed. ‘I’m sorry to call you this early, but we have a...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 11.

By Sooz006 on Fri, 16 May 2025

The isolation ward, set up as an emergency ICU, was too bright. Always bright, an internal room without windows, compensating for the lack of...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 12

By Sooz006 on Sun, 18 May 2025

Nash stared through the one-way glass at James McAlister as the roast beef sandwich he’d wolfed down for lunch refused to settle behind his ribs. The...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 13

By Sooz006 on Tue, 20 May 2025

I am filled with hatred. And the thrill of impeccable timing. I couldn’t have planned Aunty Laura’s reckoning better, though the moment she stole the...
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Xion Island Carrier Chapter 14

By Sooz006 on Wed, 21 May 2025

The rain drew slow trails over Nash’s nerves like a jagged fingernail over skin. Barrow was under one of those relentless showers that made...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 15

By Sooz006 on Wed, 28 May 2025

I am filled with hatred. And the cold, exquisite pleasure of momentum. The map of bloodlines stretches across my laptop like a spiderweb. They are...
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Xion Island: Chapter 16

By Sooz006 on Mon, 02 Jun 2025

Barrow had precisely two pubs that didn’t belt out karaoke on a Friday night. Nash had picked The Townhouse—a low-lit place with real ale, decent...
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Xion Island: Chapter 17

By Sooz006 on Tue, 03 Jun 2025

I am filled with hatred. And, to my disgust, something close to nostalgia. The flesh remembers things the memory has never known. I tell her my name...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 18

By Sooz006 on Wed, 04 Jun 2025

The interview room was cold, but James McAlister didn’t seem to notice. He was still. Paler even than the day of the funerals, and the room was...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 19

By Sooz006 on Thu, 05 Jun 2025

It was Tuesday, not that it mattered with working turnaround shifts, but Tuesdays were difficult to feel thrilled about. They should come with a free...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 21 (no missing chapters I split one)

By Sooz006 on Sat, 07 Jun 2025

I am filled with hatred. And the ache of something I can’t name. I sit alone on my bed, the lamp throwing everything into a weak orange soup. I want...
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Xion Island: Chapter 22.

By Sooz006 on Sun, 08 Jun 2025

The hotel was quiet the morning after a butchered corpse had been discreetly removed. It was a contrived coolness with the brittle calm of a cover-up...
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Xion Island Zero Chapter 23 (and a cover)

By Sooz006 on Mon, 09 Jun 2025

Nash had a shower after work and stood by the bathroom sink with his shirt hanging open. A purpling bruise bloomed like a hydrangea across his ribs...
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Xion Island Zero Chapter 24

By Sooz006 on Tue, 10 Jun 2025

When they went into the lounge, Danny stopped by the front door and left his boots there. ‘It’s okay,’ Kel said. ‘Don’t worry about it.’ Nash glared...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 26

By Sooz006 on Thu, 12 Jun 2025

I am filled with hatred. But not for Carrie. Not in the way you’d expect. She’s a pathetic waste of space. The house smells like supermarket fabric...
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Xion Island Zero, Chapter 27

By Sooz006 on Sat, 14 Jun 2025

Brown ran to catch up to Nash before they went into the briefing. ‘Boss, wait up. I need to talk to you.’ ‘It’ll have to be quick, you’re already two...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 28

By Sooz006 on Tue, 17 Jun 2025

The wind sweeping through the cemetery was uncommitted, the kind that rustled hems and ribbons but didn’t disturb the dead. Even the weather managed...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 29

By Sooz006 on Thu, 19 Jun 2025

Nash stood under a yew tree and watched the last car pull away from the cemetery. The place felt thick with old ghosts, but Max was nowhere around...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 30

By Sooz006 on Fri, 20 Jun 2025

Nash was wired from a rush of adrenaline. He couldn’t mess up again. He had to get inside Bernstein’s head, be him, and think methodically. The guard...
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Xion Usland Zero: Chapter 31

By Sooz006 on Sat, 21 Jun 2025

Nash was behind Norton, and she was closing in on the Harley. Travis turned in his seat. They were right behind Norton on his tail, and for a second...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 32

By Sooz006 on Tue, 24 Jun 2025

I am filled with hatred. But today it gives me clarity. He chokes, and I watch him die. He fights it. This man wants to live when he has nothing left...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 34

By Sooz006 on Sat, 28 Jun 2025

Nash stabbed his salmon with more force than necessary. The dinner plate clinked against the oak table, and Kelvin raised an eyebrow. ‘I think it’s...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 35

By Sooz006 on Tue, 01 Jul 2025

The fairy lights twinkled along the eaves of Nash’s house, and every bush in the front garden bloomed with a Christmas crop of diamonds. They’d...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 36

By Sooz006 on Sat, 05 Jul 2025

Nash stood at the window with a vague hum in his ears. He was staring out of a lot of windows these days. At the table behind him, Kelvin hummed to...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 37

By Sooz006 on Mon, 07 Jul 2025

His phone buzzed as another image came through from Bernstein. It was a photo of a faded trailhead sign in Grizedale. A single word appeared on his...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 38

By Sooz006 on Sat, 12 Jul 2025

The forest vanished into blue shadows as Nash looked at the door. The hut squatted like a waiting animal, and the narrow windows reminded him of...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 39

By Sooz006 on Sat, 19 Jul 2025

The smell hit Nash. It made his throat close. His eyes watered. Then it twisted, punching him in the throat. It was acrid and human. The stench raged...
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Xion Island Zero Chapter 40 and 41

By Sooz006 on Tue, 22 Jul 2025

Chapter 40 I am filled with hatred. I am done! Chapter 41 The room pulsed with heat, making Nash’s head spin. He was drowning in the stink of sweat...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 42

By Sooz006 on Tue, 22 Jul 2025

If he could keep him talking, maybe he could buy some time. Even now, Travis’ ego was overwhelming, and he needed him to see that Nash hadn’t given...
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