Rejected by the Alpha, Claimed by the Beast
The blackness rushed upward, swallowing the stadium, the gold suits, the silver eyes, and the little girl.
Julian was the last one left. He reached out to me, his face a mask of pure, corporate terror. "You... you've canceled... everything..."
Then, he was gone.
The stadium was gone. The Moon was gone. The Earth was gone.
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### The White Page
I was floating in a world of pure, blinding white.
There were no stars. There was no ground. There was no sound.
It was the "Blank Page" the Author had spoken of. But it wasn't a page waiting to be written on. it was a page that had been washed clean.