Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Maja stumbled backward, feeling the ground tremble beneath her once more. Nana reached out to steady her, her expression

etched with concern.

"It's an aftershock. No telling how long it'll last. From the looks of it, the entire mountain's been decimated. See those broken bricks

over there? Those must be from the research base, just blasted apart by simmense force."

In the face of nature's might, human innovation seemed insignificant.

Maja and Nana stood there for an hour, waiting for the tremors to subside before they began to navigate the rocky path that led

deeper into the chaos.

Among the stones, twisted pieces of modern machinery lay scattered - the remnants of the research base's equipment.

Sweat beaded on Maja's anxious forehead as she thought of Dylan, who was also inside. Her pace quickened, and she nearly

tripped over a jutting rock, almost tumbling down.

Nana caught her, and together they glimpsed the horror below: a mass grave in the crevice, bodies piled upon each other,

distorted beyond recognition.

Maja couldn't hold back any longer, bending over to retch beside a tree.

The dead were unidentifiable, their features twisted, causing a sourness to rise in Maja's stomach. She vomited for a full minute,

her eyes reddening before she rinsed her mouth with bottled water.

and her own dark deeds, felt a twist in

deep, snaking down for miles, filled with the dead. It was too much to bear, and

base must have been underground and got

It means not everyone inside got buried deep.

for words, simply trudging

becmore numerous as they walked on, apparent victims of the base's

blankly at the sky as if pain was

the blue sky, it's been so long since I've

since I've seen the

actually see the sky, the trees, the green. I can hear water flowing. It must be a dream; I

at least a decade, with no plants, strict

looked at the sky with an obsessive

first survivor Maja found was in this state. She and Nana

the base? What on

just stared at the sky, entranced. A leaf drifted down, and as he

if he

realizing she wouldn't get any answers, and they moved

was vast and endless; even though half tress had

their view. Weary, Maja found a rock to sit on. Nana joined

were scarce; so far, they could count the barely alive on one hand, and it

survival.

approached, staying put becincreasingly dangerous. Nana pointed to a relatively flat spot not too

night

nibbling on

the tall grass to provide sprotection from the wind. After setting up,

a few bites of