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Chapter 74
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2025-03-22 21:00:52POV: Mira
The Human Quarters had always held an undercurrent of desperation, but now it felt truly abandoned—a hollow shell of its former self. Shadows stretched along the narrow alleys where the last few residents drifted silently, their faces etched with loss. Scorched walls still bore the marks of rebellion, and shuttered homes rose like grim monuments. Yet signs of resilience persisted: a small patch of vegetables growing in a cleared lot, or the flicker of firelight in a boarded window.
Each footstep felt like trespassing, as though the ghosts of the past watched my every move. My scarf scratched at my neck, but I pulled it tighter. I shouldn’t have come here, but Jace’s absence weighed on me, unrelenting.
A map I’d discovered in his room led me to this crumbling warehouse on the outskirts of the Human Quarters. Its sagging roo
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