Chapter 53

• The darkness swirled around me like a heavy fog, thick and suffocating. My heart was pounding, each beat echoing in my ears. I tried to move, but my limbs feel heavy, unresponsive, like they were weighed down by the very air around me.
• “Rachael...”
• Kelvin’s voice. It was distant, but the raw concern in it cut through the haze that clouded my mind. I tried to focus, to open my eyes, but everything felt blurry. The room I was in was cold, the stone beneath me hard and unyielding.