All Chapters of The Apocalypse Knows My Name: Chapter 1 - Chapter 3

The world ended on a random Tuesday.Dr. Elena Vasquez remembered that detail with so much clarity, how seemingly ordinary the morning had been. She had kissed Marcus goodbye at the door of their apartment, her scrub top still smelling of antiseptic from the night shift. He had mumbled something about a meeting with a client, his eyes never leaving his phone.She had believed him.That was four months ago. Or maybe it was seven days. Time had become slippery since civilization collapsed, stretching and contracting in ways that made her doubt her own memory. But she remembered the fall with perfect, accurately antagonizing precision.The solar flares had come first, disrupting satellites and communication networks. Then the auroras, impossible curtains of light that danced across skies where they had no right or reason to exist. By the time the first Breach opened in New York, it was already too late. The thing that came through wasn't a monster from a story. It was wrongness given for

They drove through the night.Elena dozed in the back seat, her body finally surrendering to exhaustion. But her mind refused to rest. Fragments of memory surfaced and sank, her grandmother's face, the Void's cold hunger, the look in Marcus's eyes as he pulled the knife from her back.You were just useful.She woke with a start when the SUV left the highway.The city was long behind them now. They had climbed into the mountains, tall, dark peaks that cut against the star-streaked sky. The road had become a narrow, winding thing, barely wide enough for the vehicle, with a sheer drop on one side and a wall of rock on the other."Where are we?" she asked, her voice rough with sleep."Almost there," Sarah said from the driver's seat. "Another ten minutes."Adrian sat in the passenger seat, silent and watchful. He hadn't spoken much during the drive, a few clipped instructions to Sarah, a few glances in the rearview mirror at Elena. She could feel his attention like a weight, and she wasn'