LILA’S POV
The words didn’t just enter my mind.
They split it.
You were not the only bridge built…
My breath stopped completely.
The white around me fractured like glass under pressure.
You were the one meant to be replaced.
For a second, I forgot how to stand inside myself.
Nathan’s voice was distant.
“Lila? Lila, look at me!”
But I couldn’t.
Because something inside me had just been named.
Something I didn’t even know I was carrying.
A second bridge.
A replacement.
A twin.
My knees weakened.
Ryker caught my reaction instantly.
“That voice,” he muttered, stepping forward slightly.
“It’s not part of the origin field…”
Ethan’s eyes narrowed.
“It’s something that survived outside it.”
The white space trembled again.
And then
She appeared.
Not fully physical.
Not ful
