Synopsis

Abbey had a way of holding things in, a quiet intensity that simmered beneath a placid surface. Emotions, like heat, seemed to gather within her, building until they threatened to spill over. One afternoon, while experimenting with a peculiar device of her own making – a contraption of glass tubes and humming wires – something went awry. A surge of energy, unforeseen and uncontrolled, pulsed outwards, enveloping those nearby. The air shimmered, the light refracted, and a strange stillness descen