The world around Salem was unraveling faster than his thoughts could catch up. Fractured fragments of time looped and collided like shattered glass, reflecting countless versions of himself—some terrified, some laughing, others lost in confusion. The air buzzed with tension, as if reality itself was holding its breath. He stood at the edge of a vast void—a place where timelines tore apart, spilling memories and futures into a chaotic storm. The shimmering threads of his existence flickered, some bright, others fading, threatening to snap. Salem’s chest tightened. How did it come to this? The skips, the glitches, the mysterious warnings—they were all pieces of a puzzle, but the picture was fracturing before he could solve it. A sudden ripple in the void caught his eye. Through the chaos,

