Maddox:
I tore through campus like a man possessed.
After collapsing into bed for maybe an hour—maybe less—I woke up in the same panic that had dragged me under in the first place. My phone screen glowed back at me, still no texts, no missed calls.
No Jules.
I checked her dorm again first.
Still locked. Still dark. Still no sign of her.
I tried her friends. Shay hadn’t seen her. Neither had her roommate—who was away for the weekend. I even messaged people I barely knew. Nothing. Most people just looked at me with a mix of pity and judgment. A few asked, "Are you okay, man?" like I was the one who needed comforting.
But the thing was—I wasn’t okay.
Because she was just... gone.
Disappeared like she never existed.
And every second that passed without her voice, without her face, wi
