Scarlet Vows — Chapter 7: Echoes in the Dark
Following the blackout, the rhythmic tapping of Farhan's cane draws closer, forcing Kabir and Riya to retreat deeper into the suffocating, pitch-black crawlspace. Kabir struggles to hide his tremors, but the constant, agonizing twitching in his cauterized right hand betrays his weakened state to Riya. To stall Farhan, Kabir decides to sacrifice their last remaining signal jammer, rigging it to a secondary breaker to lure the hunters into a dead-end tunnel. As Farhan steps into the trap, Vane’s t