Chapter 15

ADAM'S POV

Darkness.

Thick. Suffocating. Endless.

It coils around me, seeps into my skin, settles deep in my bones. I can’t move. I can’t breathe.

Then—light. A flicker. Dull, yellow. Buzzing overhead like it’s dying. It flickers again. And again.

I see walls, cold, cracked, bleeding with stains tha...