Horrific Shorts: Zombie Edition-Chapter 888 Story The Whispering Hunger
888: Story 888: The Whispering Hunger
888: Story 888: The Whispering Hunger
The city was no longer silent.
Something moved beneath the streets—a pulse, a whisper, a growing hunger.
The Hollowborn was gone, but its presence lingered like a disease, spreading through the very bones of the ruined metropolis.
And Evelyn could feel it.
The Infection Spreads
Mia ran her fingers along the crumbling walls of an abandoned building.
The concrete was breathing.
Not metaphorically—it was actually moving, expanding, contracting, like lungs.
Leon gritted his teeth.
“This place is wrong.”
Reaper adjusted his grip on Lucas, who was still weak from blood loss.
“We need to move before it—”
A low hum filled the air.
It came from everywhere.
The walls, the ground, even the sky.
And then, a voice.
“I see you.”
The Hollowborn’s Call
Evelyn’s heart pounded.
It was speaking directly to them.
Not through sound—but through thought.
It was inside their minds.
Lucas groaned, struggling to breathe.
His eyes flickered open, and when he spoke, his voice wasn’t his own.
“You are part of me now.”
His veins darkened, spreading like black vines under his skin.
Evelyn grabbed him, shaking him.
“Lucas!
Stay with me!”
Mia backed away, her face pale.
“It’s using him.”
Then Lucas lunged.
Turning Against Each Other
Reaper barely dodged as Lucas’s arm twisted unnaturally, stretching longer than humanly possible.
His fingers sharpened into claws, swiping inches from Reaper’s throat.
Leon fired—one clean shot to the shoulder.
Lucas shrieked, but the wound sealed instantly.
Evelyn’s mind raced.
It’s not him.
It’s the Hollowborn.
It was testing them again.
Mia pulled out a flare gun, aiming directly at Lucas’s face.
“Stand down!”
But Lucas grinned.
Not his grin.
The Hollowborn’s.
And then he spoke in its voice.
“I am learning.”
The Hunt Begins
Lucas collapsed.
The dark veins retreated as fast as they had appeared, leaving him unconscious.
His breathing was shallow, but he was alive.
Evelyn’s hands shook.
“It’s growing stronger.”
Reaper swore under his breath.
“It’s not just some monster anymore.
It’s hunting us with a plan.”
Leon reloaded his rifle.
“Then we kill it before it learns too much.”
Mia looked around.
“Where do we even go?
It could be anywhere.”
Then the whispers returned.
“You don’t run from me.”
The city shuddered.
And somewhere, in the darkness, the Hollowborn smiled.
