Content Warning: This story includes references to trauma, abuse, physical violence, and death. While not graphically described, this may be emotionally distressing. Reader discretion is advised.
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Chapter 2
Fragmented words broke through. Then nothing.
Smith floated. Waves rolled over him
A rushing sound. Something pricked his mind.
A sense of falling in a sea of red. Wait.
Slow climb through layers.
Someone talking near him. The words didn’t make sense.
He tried for the surface.
Something holding his thoughts down. Underwater.
He let it go. Drifted.
Sentences started coming into focus.
“Found him next to her body” and then—
