The world around Keira had become a distant blur.
Her body sat in that cramped, suffocating classroom—but her mind, her soul, had slipped somewhere far away.
It felt like her life was unraveling before her eyes, one memory at a time.
They say that happens when death is near—your regrets catch up to you faster than your breath.
And for Keira, they came crashing down like a tide.
Shame gnawed at her.
Faces she'd hurt, laughter at someone else's expense, the quiet sobs of classmates she had ganged up on… all of it returned with cruel clarity.
The most recent memory lingered like a stain—Rin Evans.
She had mocked him, whispered behind his back, made sure others laughed too. For what? A sense of control? To hide her own insecurities?
Now, as her life hung in the balance, she couldn't help but wonder—
'Was this karma? Is this what I deserve?'
"Now," Ethan's voice rang out again, yanking her back into the moment. "Onto the next lesson."
