Shadows & Gunfire 2

Six years.
That's how long it's been since Caitlyn Kiramman last saw her since the blood, the screaming, and the moment that shattered everything. Six years since Nine, the girl she loved, was ripped away... her life stolen by the very man who called himself her father.

But death does not always keep its grip.

Now, in the shadows, Nine wakes rebuilt, reborn, and changed in ways no one can understand. The chains that bound her are gone... or so she believes. Yet freedom has a price, and in the veins of the girl once called Nine, something darker flows something that could either save her... or consume her entirely.

Caitlyn lives unaware, haunted by memories she can't let go of. Does she still grieve the dead? Or has she, after all these years, found the strength to move on? And if Nine stood before her now, would she even recognize the woman she's become?

Their lives remain tethered by fate, their birthdays forever shared, their paths carved by a single truth they are children of purpose. Whether they walk toward reunion or ruin... only time will tell.