Darkness didn’t come all at once.
It crept in.
Slow.
Heavy.
Voices floated around me.
Distant.
Distorted.
“…stable…”
“…prepare her…”
“…it’s time…”
Time for what?
My body felt weightless.
But my chest—
My chest felt like it was caving in.
Daniel.
The last thing I saw.
The blood.
The way he looked at me.
And his words—
“Your name… isn’t the one they gave you.”
I forced my eyes open.
White light burned my vision.
A ceiling.
Too clean.
Too bright.
Not a hospital.
