Episode 51: Fractal Hearts

Marked to Vanish – Part XVIII

Lina’s footsteps echoed inside the dark corridor, though she wasn’t walking on stone or metal. It felt more like stepping on pages—thick with texture, brittle with meaning.

The voices grew louder. Some she recognized from newsfeeds, others from personal calls long deleted. One, impossibly, from her mother, saying her name with a softness that cracked som…