The Silence That Answers

Elara doesn't hear the world like everyone else. She hears its echoes.

Cursed-or gifted-with the ability to feel the emotional imprints left on objects, archivist Elara finds solace in the quiet whispers of the past. But her solitude shatters when she discovers a beautiful, antique telephone that echoes with nothing. It is a perfect, deafening void.

Then, the phone rings.

The voice on the other end isn't a voice at all. It's a sentient, hungry Silence. And with every call, it begins consuming the sounds of her life, starting with the hum of her refrigerator and ending with the voices of those she loves. It's lonely, it's chosen her, and it will dismantle her reality piece by piece until she is as silent as it is.

To fight it, Elara must use the very power that made her a target. But how do you wage a war against silence, when your only weapon is what it wants to destroy most? Some calls should never be answered.