EPILOGUE — WHAT STAYS WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE FADESIt had been weeks since the system went silent.No pressure in the air.No hidden presence watching.No fractures trying to form where there were none anymore.Just life.Quiet, slow, unfamiliar life.⸻Sienna woke up to sunlight instead of alarms.That alone still felt strange sometimes.She stayed still for a moment, listening to the absence of anything trying to pull her apart.Nothing did.⸻Damien was already awake beside her.Not gone.Not distant.Just there, like he had always meant to be.One arm loosely around her waist, like even in sleep he refused to let the world take her again.⸻Sienna turned slightly toward him.He stirred almost immediately.Like he always knew when she moved.⸻“Morning,” he said softly.⸻Sienna smiled faintly.“Morning.”A pause.“It is still real, right?”⸻Damien opened his eyes fully now, looking at her.“You are still asking that?”⸻Sienna let out a quiet breath.“It feels like I should stop ex
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