Year 2017
Atlas was engaged in conversation with Nithima, their voices blending in the background of the kitchen as she had helped Nithima to clean. Suddenly, however, their words were cut off by a loud, guttural scream coming from the direction of where Tatum had last been. Both women turned towards the sound, their hearts skipping a beat.
“What was that?” Nithima asked, her eyes wide with worry.
Atlas felt her stomach flip at the sound as there was now silence around them. Her heart was racing, her pulse hammering in her throat as she tried to listen intently. “I do not know,” she murmured, her voice edged with complete unease. “But that sounded... not good.” She cast a worried glance towards the direction Tatum had been, mentally debating whether she should check on him. “I should g
