The Murder

Two years ago, the rain never stopped.

The street were drowned in neon lights and sirens the night Heiwa witnessed a murder no one could explain. A shadowy figure vanished into the darkness, leaving behind nothing but blood on the pavement and a terrified sixteen-year-old girl whose testimony led nowhere. The case went cold. The killer disappeared. And life moved on for everyone—except her.

Now a university student trying to live a normal life, Heiwa is haunted by fragments of that night. The sound of footsteps behind her. The reflection of a dark silhouette in her bedroom window. The same nightmare replaying every evening as if the city itself refuses to let her forget.

People say trauma fades with time.

But some memories refuse to die.

And as the line between memory and reality begins to blur, Heiwa must uncover the truth before the shadows of the past claim her next.

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