Chapter 51

Kyle woke with a jolt, his skin slicked with a cold sweat that clung to his frame. The silence of the cave felt heavy, a physical weight pressing against his chest. He sat up abruptly, gasping as the remnants of a dream—or perhaps just the crushing reality of his isolation—faded into the dark corners of the stone walls. He shook his head, trying to rattle the cobwebs of sleep and the lingering sense of loneliness that had begun to fester over the last month. Aside from the god-like presence...