Where the Light Doesn't Reach

Elias closes his eyes in a life that's slowly eating him alive. He opens them in a world doing the same thing, only faster. Cities lie empty and still, in a way that has nothing to do with decay. People vanish without a sound, without a body: the clothes left behind are the only proof anyone ever stood there. Something moves in the dark, in every place the light doesn't reach. It waits for the moment someone lies to themselves. Not everyone Elias meets along the way is who they seem. A man whose kindness appears to know no limits. A woman whose silence hides more than she ever admits. As long as there's light, the dark keeps its distance. But no one can stay where the light reaches forever. Surviving here isn't about fighting. It's about looking at what you'd rather not see, in the world around you, and in whoever's walking beside you.