The Woman They Tried To Erase

I risked my life daily, fighting monsters to keep our post-apocalyptic community, The Hollow, alive.

Yet, they only saw Anna-the gentle, beloved persona inhabiting my body.

My brother, Michael, and my former love, Caleb, preferred her, doting on her while ignoring the real me, Sarah.

When Project Chimera offered "consciousness integration therapy"-a polite term for erasing me-my own people readily agreed.

They celebrated it as Anna's path to freedom, pushing me to sacrifice myself on the very anniversary of my deepest sorrow.

I retreated, a silent prisoner.