The Girl Who Listened to the Stars
Rain lashed against the observatory's dome, a relentless drumming that mirrored the rhythm of Amelia's heavy heart. Every year, on this stormy April night, the weight of the past pressed down on her like a physical burden. Fifty years ago, the sky, once a breathtaking expanse shimmering with a million celestial stories, had inexplicably gone dark. No scientific explanation, no government conspiracy theories - just an endless, suffocating black that stole the breath from the world.