Chapter 1: Alone, But Not Alone

She escaped control. Now something inside her whispers: let me in.

She was searching for healing. What she found was a hollow hunger that whispered her name.

After a bitter separation, Elena retreats to a quiet seaside apartment, hoping to rebuild herself. But when an eerily intelligent stray cat appears, her once-quiet days begin to unravel. Her habits shift. Her emotions tangle. Her dreams bleed into waking life.

Is it grief? Isolation? Or something darker that crept in through the cracks?

As a parasitic presence takes root in her mind, Elena finds herself torn between terror and a rising, exhilarating sense of power.

The scariest part of losing yourself... is when it starts to feel good.