The video showed London, overgrown with vines and moss. Big Ben stood half-collapsed. Then a woman’s face appeared, gaunt but calm. She spoke softly:

The woman on screen leaned closer, her eyes filling with black veins.

Cem clicked the link.

The video ended. The screen reflected Cem’s face — and behind him, a pale figure with bleeding eyes, smiling.

Now, Cem was one of the last survivors in Kadıköy.