Chapter 4: The Depths Of Darkness

As the days blurred by into one another, Xavier descends to further depression. Each morning he struggles to rise from his bed, finding home in the darkness of his house. Books, once the source of his happiness, now sits in dusty shelves remaining untouched for months and weeks, the empty pages resembling what he feels inside. The world outside his window seemed so far, a glimpse of his past and happy self.