Episode 34: "The Girl in the Smoke"

Marked to Vanish

Alex pushed forward, coughing hard as the acrid smoke filled his throat and burned his eyes. The fire roared behind him, casting chaotic shadows across the narrow alley walls. He ducked low and kept moving, searching for a glimpse of her—of the woman who had vanished like a phantom into the chaos.

But the alley only offered silence and the distant screec…