04/06/2026
Nora almost kept walking — until she saw the boy on his knees, clawing at a fresh grave with bare hands, dirt packed under his nails, tears falling silently onto the soil.
"They buried him wrong," he said without looking up. "He’s scared of the dark."
She tried to answer, tried to say something reasonable — but then the ground beneath his hands moved.
Not settled. Not shifted. Moved.
A slow, deliberate push from underneath — like something down there had heard him.
Nora stepped back, heart racing, searching for an explanation… but the boy only leaned closer, calm, certain, whispering:
"He knows we’re here."
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