Echoes of a Savior

“Trust me. I'll save you. I promise!” said Sloane.

The firm, reassuring voice eased the child's anxiety, and it also made Declan, who had just arrived at the door, halt abruptly in his tracks.

The words Sloane spoke at that moment were eerily similar to what he had heard when he was disoriented in the river back then.

Why... would Sloane say such things?

Yet, why did her silhouette, time and again