Chapter 1: Reaching

And there's - a man.

"Uhm," I say, "hello?"

His jaw is slack in shock. Something foreign - but strangely familiar - rolls in his eyes. It takes another moment before he speaks, but his voice seems to grab me by the back of my throat, compelling and urgent.

"About time," he says, a glowing smile on his face.

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After a decade, Jane Avery is reunited with her childhood friend, someone she thought was gone from her life forever. Sparks fly; but when they are separated, Jane doesn't know if they'll ever find each other again.

She doesn't know if she'll ever find a lot of things again.

//tw: death, gore, violence//