Chapter 22 – The First Reflection
The Soul Gate swallowed them whole. Not with violence—but silence. The kind that bends time. That stretches moments into echoes. Ethan blinked. They weren’t standing anymore. They were floating—weightless—in an infinite hall of mirrors. Each one shimmered with a different shade of their past. There was Ethan as a child, painting stars in his notebook. Noel sitting alone in a candlelit room, tears streaking his face. A reflection of their first touch. First fight. First spark of love. But it wasn’t a memory lane. It was a courtroom. Above them stood a massive reflection of the mirror god Velmir—his face now formed, his eyes open. Cold. Watching. “You are not welcome here,” Velmir said, his voice echoing like thunder through the chamber. Noel stepped forward, defiant. “This curse was
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