Before Everything Fades is a science fiction love story about connection at the end of the world. As reality fractures and a gray void known as the Dim begins erasing everything it touches, the sky responds with living auroras locked in constant conflict with the darkness.Lyra has always felt other people's emotions as if they were her own. After her mother's death, she learns her feelings now shape the world itself. Fear feeds the Dim. Calm strengthens the light. What she feels matters, and losing control could cost everything.When Lyra meets Kael, a guarded survivor who trusts logic more than emotion, they discover something the world has been missing. Together, their connection brings balance where fear once ruled. But love is dangerous in a world that punishes attachment, and long ago, others stood where they stand now and ran when it mattered most.As the world fades and the Dim closes in, Lyra and Kael must choose whether love is a weakness that will destroy them or the only force strong enough to hold reality together.