Edge of the Dark

Chapter 125 - 124: The Passage of Time

Chapter 125: Chapter 124: The Passage of TimeTime never felt like such a tangible force as it did now. It pressed in on Ethan, relentlessly, without mercy. It was in the ticking of the clock on the wall, in the shifting shadows of the city skyline outside his window, in the subtle cadence of his breath as he tried to think, to process, to make sense of it all. But no matter how hard he tried to grasp onto something solid, time slipped away, leaving him with a sense of creeping urgency, an unshakable pressure building in the pit of his stomach.

Zoe had already left, her determination to track down the elusive figures behind the conspiracy driving her forward. She had a hunger for truth that mirrored his own, but unlike him, she didn't seem to be weighed down by the years of accumulated scars and betrayals. She was still fueled by hope, by the idea that once everything was revealed, the world would make sense again. Ethan admired her for it, but he couldn't help but wonder how long that optimism would last.

He had known too many people who had started out like her, believing that the truth would set them free. But for Ethan, the truth often did the opposite—it trapped him. It shackled him to a never-ending