TWENTY FIVE
🕊️ Chapter 25 – The Echo Within When the light finally died, silence took over. The mansion was in ruins — the walls cracked open, the flickering wires looked alive, hissing softly in the dark. Xavier lay unconscious beside the table, his hand still reaching out — as if trying to grasp the memory of the hand he once held. Slowly, Althea Reyes opened her eyes. But the world before her was no longer the same. Everything around her rippled like an illusion — the air shimmered, and in one corner, holographic lines flickered, refusing to vanish completely — fragments of broken memories. > “Clarisse…?” she whispered, her voice trembling. No reply — only the hum of static. Moments later, her reflection appeared in the mirror. It moved… but not in sync with her. > “Who are you?” Al
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