THIRTY TWO
🌕 Chapter 32 – Shadows Left in the Light --- Three weeks had passed since they left the city behind. Now, Althea and Xavier lived in a quiet northern town—far from the noise, the holograms, and every trace of Eterna. The place was surrounded by vast rice fields and misty mountains that hid beneath clouds each morning. In a small wooden house, they learned to live simply—Xavier repairing old radios and machines, while Althea tended to her growing garden. Yet behind every peaceful day, Althea still carried a silent ache in her chest. There were nights when she would wake up, gently touching the spot where her pendant used to rest. Sometimes, she could hear a faint hum—like the whisper of data lines from a world that refused to completely vanish. > “Xavier…” she called one early d
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