Distant Days

Xia Jue dreads the future—it looms like a stranger he can never truly know, filled with danger and schemes he'd rather avoid. He clings to the present, or better yet, hides in the past where shadows feel safe. But the future won't wait. It marches forward, relentless and inevitable, closing the distance with every heartbeat. Yet what if those distant days aren't the unknown terror he imagines? What if they're simply the days he's already lived—warm, familiar, like an old friend waiting to be recognized?