THE MAN IN THE DOORWAY Ames didn’t move. The man blocking the doorway stood squarely in the...
THE FORBIDDEN ROOM Ames didn’t sleep that night. He tried. He lay in bed, staring at the...
THE MAN WHO VANISHED The day after the Dawnstrike footage leaked, the world didn’t wake up —...
The Day the Sky Broke The sirens began mid-sentence. Ames had barely stepped out of Dr. Moore’s...
THE ARCHIVES OF WHAT HAPPENED Ames takes the disk. The crystal is warm in his palm, as...
The Key That Knows My Name The crystalline disk continues to glow in my palm—soft at first,...
The Man Who Shouldn’t Be Here The restricted stairwell spirals downward—cold, industrial, humming with the quiet pulse...
The Letter of Stars I don’t remember walking to the far side of the observatory, but somehow...
THE FACE BEHIND THE NETWORK Ames had seen Ark Ucker on screens his entire life—smiling brightly on...
THE MAZE BELOW Ames didn’t know how long he’d been running. Seconds? Minutes? Time bent in the...
