Sera’s pov:
I knew where I was before I even saw it.
That was the first thing that really terrified me. The road turned into gravel, and the sound of my shoes crunching on the stones seemed way too loud in the dead quiet. I stopped walking when the air changed. It got saltier, heavier, and it smelled like old metal, a smell that made my chest tighten until it hurt. My body knew this place. My brain was still catching up, but my heart was already hammering.
This wasn’t me finding something new. This was a homecoming I never wanted.
The coastline opened up in front of me, looking exactly like the nightmare I’d been carrying in my head. The rocks were jagged and sharp, like broken glass sticking out of the ground. The ocean was angry, slamming against them over and over, like it was tryin
