(Cassandra’s POV)
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“Aftermath Isn’t Quiet”
I never imagined silence could ache.
But this silence isn’t peace. It’s the kind that screams behind your ribs. It clings to the smoke, wraps itself around your throat, and whispers, What did it cost you?
We buried Archive Station Theta beneath fire and steel. The explosion cracked the sky. Somewhere beneath the rubble lies Lucien’s last lie.
But ghosts don’t stay buried.
They rise.
In the minds of survivors. In the eyes of the children who still flinch at shadows. In me.
Because I carry them.
All of them.
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“Ash Is Just Memory with Teeth”
The Free Wards are trying to remember how to breathe.
Families weep without knowing why. Toddlers reach for parents they’ve never met. Teenagers wake up screaming names that were stolen from t
