Salem stood frozen on the edge of a reality unraveling faster than his mind could grasp. The world around him flickered violently, like an old television losing its signal—fragments of color bleeding into one another, the ground beneath his feet shifting and warping like a mirage. His breath hitched with every pulse of the fractured landscape, each one threatening to swallow him whole.
The sky above was no longer a comforting blue but a kaleidoscope of chaos: shards of broken time and fractured memories spun wildly, tearing at the seams of the universe. Colors he couldn’t name flashed past, painting strange symbols in the air before dissolving into nothing. The very air felt heavy—charged with the weight of a thousand timelines collapsing all at once.
Salem’s fingers clenched the worn le
