Stop moving forward — Richard Johnson

For years, Elara has lived by a single, relentless principle: forward motion. A high-powered architect in a gleaming metropolis, she equates stillness with failure. Her life is a curated sequence of career milestones, soulless connections, and a meticulously planned future. But when a sudden, devastating loss shatters her perfectly constructed world, Elara finds herself paralyzed not by grief, but by a strange and inexplicable physical condition.