The girl's trembling voice echoed in Feriha's mind long after the video ended. 📢
"…before she makes me forget you too."
Too.
The word stabbed deep.
Ravihan paced the hallway, anger simmering beneath the surface.
"She wants you scared," he muttered. "She wants you emotional. That's why she sent this."
Feriha didn't respond.
She couldn't.
Her heart felt like it was being pulled in two directions;
toward the girl
and toward the truth buried in her own missing memories. 😵
"What if she already erased something from me?" Feriha asked quietly.
"What if I forgot more than I think?"
Ravihan stopped pacing and faced her.
"Feriha…"
He lowered his voice.
"If she did something to you, we'll find it. But you going alone? That's exactly what she wants."
Feriha tightened her grip on the charm.
"I'm not going alone. I'm pretending to."
Ravihan hesitated, thinking through every possibility.
"She's unpredictable," he said. "She could be watching us already. Tracking us." 📍
Feriha nodded.
Her determination had solidified into something sharper;stronger.
"That's why we have to move now. Before she relocates the girl. Before she erases anything else." 🏃
The nurse stepped closer, voice trembling.
"She said… she said you'd understand the message."
Feriha and Ravihan exchanged a glance.
"What message?" Ravihan asked. 🤔
The nurse pointed at the video again, at a detail they had missed.
In the corner of the dark room, almost swallowed by shadows, was a symbol scratched into the wall.
A circle. 🔵
A slash.
Three uneven lines.
Ravihan frowned.
"What is that?"
Feriha's breath trembled.
"I've seen that before," she whispered.
"Where?"
"In the memory. The corridor… it was on the door."
Ravihan's eyes widened. 👀
"You're saying the place Selene is holding her… is the same place you were trapped as a child?"
Feriha nodded.
And with that, the fear inside her transformed into something else;
resolve.
"I'm going back," she said.
"To the beginning." 🔃
Ravihan stepped closer, gripping her arms.
"We're going back," he corrected softly.
"You're not facing her alone. Not this time."
Feriha didn't argue.
For once, she let herself lean on him.
Even if the road ahead was going to break her. 😥