Moonbound
“Trying to control something that doesn’t want to be controlled.”
Adrian stared at him for a long moment. “That makes two of you.”
That night, Evelyn couldn’t sleep. The mark pulsed too steadily, like a metronome counting toward something inevitable.
She opened the folder again, tracing the name R. Draven with her finger. Below it, a half-faded note:
Subject exhibited secondary resonance. Suggest containment before phase two.
Her phone buzzed.
Unknown Number: Containment failed before. It will again.
Her fingers tightened. Who are you? she typed.