Chapter 27 – The Connection That Shouldn’t Exist

Chapter 27: Chapter 27 – The Connection That Shouldn’t Exist

We didn’t leave the city right away.

That was the first thing that felt different, and it unsettled me more than I expected. In the forest, decisions always carried momentum; once you chose a direction, your body followed without hesitation, as if instinct refused to let you linger long enough to doubt yourself. Here, however, everything seemed to slow just enough to force awareness. Every step, every breath, every glance became deliberate in a way that made it impossible to ignore what I was feeling.

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