COLD STEEL, BLEEDING HEARTS
The second it left the barrel, it turned into green rose petals, drifting to the ground.
“Nature’s laws don’t work here anymore,” Maya’s father said. He looked at her. “The Temple is pulling reality out of this mountain. Soon, Earth will be gone. Only the White Room will be left. Come with me, Maya. Bring your friends. We can start over. No more Company. No war. No death.”
Maya looked at her friends. David trembled, clutching his busted laptop like it could protect him. Bianca cried quietly. Julian looked at Maya with pure fear—not of the green-eyed crowd, but of losing her to this so-called perfect world.