That night was utterly quiet. Only the ticking of the wall clock could be heard in Adrian’s study. He sat in his chair, staring at the laptop screen that hadn’t changed for a long while. His fingers rested stiffly on the keyboard, yet his mind drifted somewhere far away.

Suddenly, the shrill ring of his phone shattered the silence. Adrian exhaled a long, weary sigh before reaching for it with little enthusiasm. But the moment his eyes caught the sender’s name, his entire body stiffened. Leviana.

His hands trembled as he opened the long message.

> “Adrian, I hope you read this until the end. The doctor said I might...