TWENTY EIGHT
🌙 Chapter 28 – When the Light Awoke Each breath Althea took was heavy. The air was thick with ash and smoke, and the walls of the facility were on the brink of collapse. The only light that remained came from the sparking wires and shattered monitors flickering around her. Slowly, she opened her eyes. Her vision was blurred, but through the haze and shadows, she heard a familiar voice calling her name. > “Althea! Can you hear me?” It was Xavier. His voice carried both exhaustion and worry. He rushed to her side, his arm wounded, his steps uneven, yet his eyes never left her. > “I thought… I’d lost you,” he whispered. A faint smile curved on Althea’s lips, tears welling in her eyes. > “We’re still alive… but the Eterna Core is gone.” Xavier looked around — at the ruins o
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