~HUNTER'S POV~

The city hums beneath me, a dull, never-ending sound. Lights stretch across the skyline, flickering like tiny, distant ghosts. Everything looks the same as it always does—cold, unreachable. 

And yet, my mind won't quiet. 

Three years. 

Three years, and the memory is still just out of reach. Like a dream I wake up from too soon. Like a song I almost remember but never fully do. 

I press my fingers against my temples, exhaling slowly. 

I've tried. God knows I've ...