The city stretched before me in an endless sea of flickering lights and shifting shadows, but I didn’t feel safe.
Not here. Not anywhere.
My breath came in ragged gasps as I weaved through alleyways, my body running on pure instinct. I had been on the move since escaping my apartment, but I wasn’t sure where I was going. I only knew one thing—I couldn’t stop.
Because they wouldn’t stop.
The Overseers had spoken. Zero had come for me. And now, I was being erased, piece by piece.
I turned a corner too fast, my foot slipping on wet pavement. I caught myself against the brick wall, my fingers digging into the rough surface. My heartbeat pounded in my ears, drowning out everything else.
And then—
A presence.
Not the void. Not Zero.
But something just as dangerous.
I didn’t need to tur
