All Chapters of 30 Days to Unmake a Monster: Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
12 chapters
Chapter 11: Remnants of Humanity
The two hundred million rupiahs sitting in Raka’s bank account felt less like a windfall and more like a bag of lead tied around his neck. Every time his phone vibrated with a notification, he didn't see numbers; he saw the face of the old man in the tattered clothes, his eyes wide with a terror so primal it felt as if Raka had already reached through time and snatched the breath from his lungs."Stop it, Raka," Luna’s voice cut through the humid afternoon air, sharp as a glass shard. She was leaning against the cool marble of a storefront, her arms crossed, watching him with a detached, clinical intensity. "You’re spiraling over a ghost. He’s gone.""He isn't a ghost!" Raka snapped, his chest heaving as he loosened the tie that felt like a noose. "You heard him, Luna. He called me 'Honorable Mr. Raka.' He begged me not to tear down his home. That man isn't from my past—he’s a casualty of the man you’re trying to prevent me from becoming. And I just let him run away!"Without waiting
Chapter 12: Memory Fragmentation
The violet light that had filled the room didn't so much fade as it was sucked back into a singular point on Luna’s wrist, leaving behind a silence so heavy it felt physical. The air tasted of ozone and burnt copper, the acrid scent of a short-circuited reality. Raka stood frozen, his hand still clutching the crinkled photograph of a future he had inadvertently helped build. His heart hammered against his ribs like a trapped bird, a frantic rhythm that matched the erratic flickering of the single overhead bulb."Luna?" Raka’s voice was a ragged whisper. She was sprawled on the floor, her body unnervingly still. The expensive trench coat she had arrived in was scorched at the hems, and her skin—usually the color of pale porcelain—now possessed a terrifying translucency. He could almost see the faint, glowing lattice of blue veins beneath her temples, pulsing with a light that shouldn't exist in human biology.Raka scrambled across the debris of his shattered life, his knees hitting th