Unseen and ForgottenI stepped onto the street, the weight of the city pressing down on me like a silent storm. The air was thick with exhaust and movement, the constant churn of people living their lives, rushing forward with purpose. I wasn’t sure what I expected. Panic? Recognition? Something?But as I moved through the crowd, something strange happened.A woman glanced at me and frowned as if I were out of place, a glitch in her perception. A man turned his head halfway, his gaze skimming past me as though I wasn’t worth noticing. A child pointed at me—wide-eyed, curious—before his mother gently pulled his hand down and walked faster, whispering something under her breath.By the time I reached the other side of the street, no one even looked my way.I stopped. Turned.No one remembered me.My chest tightened. “No. No, no, no.”I spun on my heel, backtracking, weaving through the same people I had just passed. They should have recognized me. Even if I had been just another face, s

The Overseer’s ChoiceThe world split apart.Not in the way the fractures had before—this wasn’t the violent unraveling of reality, not the sudden stutter of time skipping like a broken record. This was different. It was quiet. Cold.One moment, I was standing with Kane and Elias, their worried faces locked onto mine. The next, everything was gone. The street. The city. The world.I floated in an endless void, neither light nor darkness surrounding me, just an absence of everything.And then—A voice.Low. Ancient. Everywhere.“You stand at the threshold.”The words settled into my bones, not spoken aloud but imprinted directly into my mind.I turned, though there was no ground beneath me, no direction to move in. Yet, something shifted, and suddenly I wasn’t alone.A figure stood before me. Or maybe it had always been there, waiting for me to notice.It wasn’t a person. Not exactly. It shifted between shapes, flickering between versions of itself, never settling. One moment, it was a

The Disappearing SunThe sunset.And then it never came back.I stood at the edge of the ruined city, staring at the horizon. The sky had darkened, but it hadn’t gone completely black. Instead, an eerie twilight lingered, stretching the shadows long and thin. It was like the world had forgotten how to move forward, stuck in the moment between day and night.A cold wind rushed through the streets, whistling between broken buildings, making them groan as if the city itself was holding its breath.“This isn’t normal.” Kane’s voice cut through the silence.I turned to see her standing a few feet away, arms crossed, eyes sharp as she scanned the sky. Elias was next to her, his usual composure cracking at the edges. He wasn’t the type to panic, but I could see the tension in his jaw, the way his fingers twitched like he was holding back from reaching for a cigarette he didn’t have.“It’s him,” Elias muttered.I exhaled sharply. “You think I did this?”He met my gaze, and for once, there was

The Last GoodbyeI stood outside Darren’s door, staring at the grain of the wood like it held the answers to all my unspoken questions. The hallway smelled of old books and antiseptic, an odd combination of wisdom and decay. My fingers curled into a fist, but I didn't knock. Not yet.This wasn't like the other battles I’d fought. This wasn’t a confrontation where I could overpower the enemy, nor a negotiation where I could twist the terms in my favor. This was final. And I hated that word more than anything.Taking a breath, I let my hand fall against the door, the sound barely audible."Come in," a rough voice called from inside.I pushed the door open.Darren sat in a worn-out chair by the window, the soft glow of the late afternoon sun casting long shadows over his frail frame. The man I had once seen as an unmovable force now looked... small. His skin hung loose over sharp bones, his eyes sunken yet still piercing, still aware. The room smelled of age like time itself had settled

A New DawnThe sun rose like it always had, spilling light over a world that had forgotten me.I stood on the rooftop of a nameless building, watching the city wake up. The streets below pulsed with life—cars honking, people walking, voices rising in a rhythm that had existed long before me and would continue long after. It was familiar. It was real.And yet, something was different.I could feel it in the air, in the way time moved. The world had reset, but it hadn’t erased everything. Not completely.I watched from above as Kane leaned against the rusted railing outside a small café, her arms crossed, her gaze distant. Elias sat across from her, stirring a cup of coffee that he probably wasn’t going to drink. The two of them sat in silence, but their quiet was heavy.They felt it too.I took a step forward, instinctually wanting to go to them, but the Shift curled around me like invisible chains, holding me back. I wasn’t part of this world anymore—not really. I could see them, but