Chapter 37 The Loop Within

Chapter 37: The Loop Within

The hum came first - low, metallic, resonant - crawling along the edges of his skull like a memory he couldn't silence. When Leonard opened his eyes, the world had gone white.

No forest.

No sky.

Just a vast, empty expanse that shimmered like liquid glass beneath a pale light.

He rose slowly, unsteady. The surface beneat