~ Williams POV ~The last thing I remembered was the world turning upside down, the screech of metal on asphalt, the smell of burning rubber, and a pain so sharp it felt like my very soul was being shredded to pieces. I had fought to stay conscious, my mind screaming only one name, “Dante, Dante, Dante,” like he would magically appear now and save me from this pain, but the darkness was a predator, and eventually, it swallowed me whole.Then, there was nothing. No pain, no weight. Just a vast, cold, endless void.I just kept floating between the limbo, till suddenly, the void shifted. The smell of nothingness was replaced by the scent of cheap perfume, stale cigarettes, and floor wax. It was a smell I recognised very well. I was back. I was home. Not my home now, but the home of way before. I was in our cramped, third-floor walk-up. The wallpaper was peeling, and the radiator hissed like a dying snake. I looked up and saw my sister standing in front of the cracked vanity mirror, fas
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