THIRTY SIX
🌕 Chapter 36 – Awakening of Light and Traces --- Silence. There was no sound anywhere—only the soft whisper of wind brushing through nothingness. Slowly, Althea opened her eyes. But what surrounded her was no longer the observatory. It was a vast white chamber—quiet, endless, and doorless. In the center stood a single crystal glowing with golden light. As she gazed at it, fragments of memory began to return—Xavier’s hand, the blinding light, and Alyssa’s fading voice. > “Initialization begins…” “Xavier?” she whispered faintly. No answer. She took a step forward. Each footfall echoed softly, like ripples through glass. When her palm touched the crystal, it flared alive—and the world changed in an instant. Now she stood in the middle of a city. But it was unlike any city sh
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