After experiencing a traumatic experience three years prior a young woman Sierra is struggling to accept the new reality she finds herself in. Despite her best trying to acclimate to her old life things never felt the same and she's begun to truly give up to despair as she can't stop being 'broken.' Note - This is a prelude chapter to a novel I've been working on for some time now. I've recently finished the entire outline as far as story beats go including a full scene breakdown, and have additionally finished my first official 'first draft' of it from beginning to end. I worked on a second and then a third draft of the first act to try and really define everything and thusly ended up with this chapter I'm uploading today. Trigger warning, if you can't handle depictions of gore or self harm this story is probably not one you should read.