4308.275 · October 1, 1988 AD
The Echo in His Chest
Ethan jolts awake, Violet’s name escaping his lips with the force of a wound. Though worlds away, his chest carries a weight he cannot explain, as if her final struggle has torn through the veil to reach him.
“Sometimes the body knows before the mind dares to accept it.” — Ethan Mitchell
Worlds away, Ethan woke with a start. His chest heaved as though he too had been struggling for air. Violet’s name tore itself from his lips before he could think, raw and anguished. His skin prickled with certainty, every instinct alive with a knowledge he could not explain.
Something had shifted.
