Rejected by the Alpha, Claimed by the Beast
Rowan’s voice was a raw, desperate roar that barely pierced the screeching sound of reality tearing apart.
I spun around, and my heart nearly stopped. The ten thousand—the weary, the hopeful, the broken souls I had promised to lead—were losing their edges. A young girl reached out for her mother, her small fingers turning into a spray of grey pixels just before their hands touched. The mother screamed, but the sound was distorted, echoing like a skipping record.
They weren't just dying. They were being erased.
The Elders had been the anchors. With their deaths, the "System" had lost its purpose, and like a dying beast, it was collapsing inward, trying to take every living soul down into the