Project: Descent

Chapter I: The Fracture No One Saw

The day unfolded like any other — the city’s rhythm intact, coffee brewing, empty conversations echoing through crowded streets. But the sky… for a moment, it cracked.

He saw it. No one else did. Just him — and the woman who screamed before she collapsed. A glimpse of the end, maybe. Or the beginning of something worse.

His friend kept talking, unaware, careless. The fracture was spreading, quietly. And deep inside, his Echo stirred.

“Hold fast to your Echo. It holds fast to you.”