Markus spent his life piecing together fragments of his past life on Earth, flickers of faces, half-remembered streets, the ghost of a world that no longer existed. Slowly, gradually, he’d finally found his footing in this new world of monstrous beings. He felt grounded, as if his fractured memories could finally settle into something resembling a family. But it all went downhill from there. A lingering touch, a promise, an obsession. As if fate itself was playing a cruel joke, his life begins to spiral down. Gradually tumbling down like a crescendo of madness, dragging him deeper into something inescapable. Every attempt to claw his way back only pulls him further down, like a bottomless pit with no end in sight. How much can a person endure before they break? And when they do, can they ever truly piece themselves back together? --- If you want to read the unedited chapters ahead of posting, join the discord server linked below. .gg/ntw3Tq4