Waking Up Is the Easy Part — Surviving the Truth Is Not

Maxie Jones is finally coming back. But Port Charles has moved on without her — violently, recklessly, and without permission.

After months lost in silence, Maxie wakes to a town where the rules she lived by no longer apply. Death has become reversible. Enemies have learned patience. And relationships that once felt permanent now exist behind carefully constructed masks.

This isn’t about shock value. It’s about psychological whiplash.

Maxie went into a coma believing she understood the battlefield. She returns to a city that rewrote its power map while she was defenseless. People she trusted made choices without her voice. Some out of fear. Some out of self-preservation. Some because chaos rewards the bold.