The group reunited at the library a month later, drawn back to the place where it all began. They sat in silence, each lost in their own thoughts.
“I keep dreaming about it,” Logan finally admitted. “The battles, the creatures… it feels so real.”
Ryan nodded. “Me too. It’s like I’m still there.”
Mia shivered. “Every time I look in a mirror, I feel like something’s watching me.”
Anna took a deep breath. “Maybe we didn’t just imagine it. Maybe it was real, and we just… forgot somehow.”
Evelyn’s words echoed in Anna’s mind. The underworld will always remember you.
The others exchanged uneasy glances, their silence speaking volumes. Whatever had happened to them, it wasn’t over. And deep down, they all knew it.
The library was quiet, its usual hum of activity reduced to the sound of pages turning in distant corners. Anna, Logan, Mia, and Ryan sat at their usual table, a heavy silence hanging between them.
The shadows from the evening sun seemed to stretch unnaturally long,
