paul-Novel

After being publicly accused of something he didn’t do, Antak finds himself isolated in a world already suffocating under poisoned skies and artificial light. The air requires filtration. Water must be purified as in the year 2147 pollution had taken over and everything needed purification and filtration.Antak was exhausted and shaken, he falls into a dream of his grandmother—long gone—waiting in a place untouched by smog or circuitry. Around her neck hangs a red pendant, glowing with a pulse that feels almost alive. She does not explain. She only reassures.When Antak wakes, nothing outside has changed.But something inside him has.Calmer. Clearer.Beneath the underground park’s synthetic sky, his friends rage over the accusations against him. Yet Antak’s attention drifts elsewhere.he wanted to talk about something that he noticed only to find out he isn’t the only one noticing things Parents leaving early. Returning late. Meals getting smaller. Conversations cut short. Identical excuses in different homes. The same tired eyes. The same rehearsed calm. Different families. The same silence.What begins as coincidence sharpens into pattern. Their parents are not merely distracted. They are coordinated. Bound by something they refuse to name.Because if every adult shares the same secret,then this isn’t a family problem.It’s something much bigger.