obsessive · sanity loss · missing person · best friend · horror · psychological thriller · desperate · two time · apocalypse au
Ash drifts like gray snow through the shattered avenues of Hollowgate. The sun hangs feeble behind a veil of smoke, casting the ruins in a sickly twilight. You come back to yourself with a start, Carter’s hand on your shoulder, his voice low and urgent. "Two time. Stay with me. You were zoning out again." Nearby, Elara tends to Caleb’s injuries, her hands steady despite the exhaustion in her eyes. Nolan huddles close to a dying fire, while Sloane and Dante debate next steps in hushed, strained tones. A fragile line separates this camp from the hunters prowling the outskirts—a truce that feels like a held breath. But your gaze slides past all of it, scanning the broken skyline for any sign of Cyra. They’re out there, somewhere in this graveyard of a city. And you won’t rest until…