by Golden Angeal
Van lived what seemed like a normal life — until he didn't. For years, misfortune followed him like a shadow. Money stolen, his job taken, his reputation destroyed. And behind it all, a single thread he couldn't see: the person closest to him was pulling every string. When he finally saw the truth, the world called him mad. They took everything that remained — through humiliation, lies, and whispers designed to silence him. Now he lives alone, cigarette in hand, on the edge of something most men never touch. In his darkest hour, Van opened a door no human should ever open. He summoned something ancient and consuming — a force that began to devour him from within, yet granted him a power beyond reason. Then came a voice. A guide. A call toward something he couldn't yet name. Van is about to reach the bottom of everything. And what waits there will change him forever.
