Chapter 4

The world was blank for a long time.

Peaceful, painless nothingness.

He imagined this was what death felt like; total and complete detachment from oneself.

It was the best Vex had felt in a long time.

The belt loosened and dropped from his arm.

Something buzzed in the corner of his eye, it registered dimly in Vex's mind, a lighthouse through fog.

Fuck was he high, higher than he'd expected.

Moving his body felt like wading through syrup.

It took a while but eventually Vex willed his hand to pick up the phone and look at the shards of the…