# Chapter 08
"So don't try to escape, because once you leave this building, you become an intruder. The lighthouse will sound an alarm, and all the members in this city will hunt you down," Gabriel warned me, his voice carrying the weight of absolute certainty.
I looked at the lighthouse visible from the building, remembering how I had seen it light up once before, and the memory filled me with dread. How could it not? The entire city had suddenly been bathed in red light—it was like something out of a nightmare, transforming the peaceful community into something sinister and threatening.
I had heard conversations among my guards outside about someone who had entered the city uninvited. The casual way they discussed the intruder's fate made it clear that such incidents were handled with swift and permanent solutions.
After I showered, I came out of my room and, as had become my habit to pass the time, I sat near the glass wall and watched the people below. The routine had become a str
