CHAPTER 3
4:16 AM
Draven stared at the screen, waiting helplessly. Days had passed, and Lyra hadn't responded. Every day without a reply created deep voids in his heart. Lyra was just a virtual friend. But the void created by her absence gave him a strange sense of reality. Draven's mind was in turmoil.
His desire was growing; this silence drew him in even more. His fear was growing because something he couldn't control was disturbing him. His obsession, his desire to see Lyra, was increasing exponentially with every passing hour. That night, for the first time, he realized that all his feelings about Lyra had accumulated to the point of exploding inside him.
A week had passed. He had formed a bond with her, and he couldn't understand this silence. He wrote and erased for nights on end. He waited on one hand and grew angry on the other. He was being swept into the void by his helplessness. Then he was startled by a notification sound. Lyra!