The crowd presses in, alive and indifferent, a river of bodies that both hides and reveals. Somewhere in the midst of it, eyes find you, intentions unfurl, and the weight of what waits beneath your skin claws upward. Shadows move with purpose; a wolf waits in a cage, hunger coiled and patient. The city hums, urgent and dangerous, carrying whispers of power, choices, and inevitable collision. You can’t stop, can’t look away you can only survive.
A new chapter for Aether.