Kira's POV
I was living every story at once, and it was killing me.
One second I was a romance heroine falling in love with Zander for the first time. The next, I was a horror victim running from monsters. Then I was a space captain fighting aliens, followed by being a medieval princess locked in a tower.
Each story shift felt like being ripped apart and remade. My memories kept changing - one moment I remembered ten years as a rogue, the next I remembered growing up as a spoiled Alpha's daughter who never lost her sister.
"Make it stop!" I screamed, but my voice came out different each time. Sometimes scared, sometimes brave, sometimes sweet, sometimes bitter.
The Archivist was furiously scribbling notes in the air. "The Universal Story is overloading her mind! She can't process being every possible version of herself simultaneously!"
