SIERRA’S POVThe sensation spread faster than fear, faster than reason. The world inside me, my thoughts, memories, even the sound of Isaak’s voice, fractured, like a house of glass struck by an unseen hammer. Aurelian was frantic, his voice cutting through the collapse, furious and strained as he tried to anchor himself to what was left of my crumbling self. He reached for memories, for fear, for me, but there was nothing solid left to grasp.The structure that had held him there simply gave way. With no mind left to bind him, no consciousness to root him, he was torn loose, dragged backward into nothing as the last fragments of my inner world fell apart.It was almost beautiful. Almost. The chaos, the quiet surrender of everything inside me, the release from the endless pull, my heart thumping hollowly in my chest.I swallowed, tasting the burn of the pressure under my skin, tears slipping down without sound. I continued to tell myself that it was worth it, that if I die this ends.
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