WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK
They knew what she could do.
But they did not know her.
They did not know Ina.
The darkness descended around them, heavy and suffocating, as the van traveled over rough roads.
The transition was slow, nearly imperceptible. The world beyond her unraveled and reformed, the borders of Lily's perception fading. The crushing burden of terror, rage, and powerlessness transformed into something else.
Something dark.
Something unencumbered.
Her respiration grew slower. The knots in her muscles shifted—not in fatigue, but expectation.