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Beyond Redemption Chapter 200
The New DawnSilence.For a long, endless moment, there was nothing. No sound, no color. Just the soft echo of a heartbeat that might have been mine, or the world’s.Then—light.It unfurled slowly, cautious at first, then bolder, spilling across the void like the sunrise after an eternal night.When I opened my eyes, I wasn’t in the citadel anymore.I was floating above what used to be the bridge—a sea of broken light stretching in every direction. The shards pulsed faintly, each one reflecting a memory: Aaron’s grin, Sylra’s fierce gaze, Edward’s steady hands.Every fragment was a life. Every life, a world.And somehow, they were all connected again.I should have been afraid. But I wasn’t.The fear had burned away with the tower. All that remained was the quiet hum of existence rebuilding itself around me.“Is this… death?” I whispered.“No,” a voice answered softly.Edward.He appeared beside me, his form clearer than before, no longer half-shadow, half-light. Just him.“You did i
Beyond Redemption Chapter 199
The Bridge of NamesThe void wasn’t empty.It breathed.The ground beneath me pulsed in slow, rhythmic waves—soft and luminous, like the heartbeat of a sleeping god. The air shimmered with threads of silver mist, forming faces that vanished the moment I blinked. They whispered my name, sometimes gently, sometimes accusingly.“Kora Vale,” they murmured. “Daughter of shadow. Maker of bridges. Breaker of chains.”Each name cut through me like truth.Edward’s voice came faintly from behind. “Don’t listen to them. They’ll twist your thoughts.”“I have to,” I said. “They’re part of me.”I walked forward, and the void shifted, revealing shapes forming out of the light—doorways, fragments of memories frozen mid-motion. There was the forest where I’d first bled under the moon, the temple where Sylra taught me to harness the glow, and even the night Edward marked me, his eyes fierce and desperate.Every choice I’d ever made hung here, weightless and luminous.“This place…” I whispered, “It’s n
Beyond Redemption Chapter 198
Shadows of the LivingThe morning came with silence—thick, unsteady silence that made every breath feel like a confession.I had stayed by the river all night, watching the reflections shift between two skies—one golden, one gray. Every ripple seemed to pull a different version of me to the surface.But now, even the water had gone still.The birds didn’t sing. The wind didn’t move.Only the low hum beneath the earth remained—the steady throb of the bridge energy I carried inside me.When Sylra approached, her steps barely made a sound.“They’ve gone,” she said. “The soldiers. They took what they could carry and left.”“Good,” I murmured, though the word tasted hollow.She crouched beside me, the scent of herbs clinging to her hands. “You scared them, Kora. You scared me.”I looked up, meeting her eyes. “Do you think I wanted to hurt them?”“No,” she said softly. “But what doesn’t matter anymore. You could. And that’s what terrifies people.”I said nothing. Because she wasn’t wrong.
Beyond Redemption Chapter 197
The Fracture Beneath the CalmThe air tasted different now.Not like the metallic tang of storm or the dry dust of ruin—something sharper, alive, threaded with both warmth and chill.Every step I took through the valley carried a faint vibration, as though the ground itself recognized me. The plants bowed toward my presence, petals trembling under invisible wind. Streams shifted direction when I passed.Nature itself was responding.Sylra followed a few paces behind, her staff clicking softly on the stones. I could feel her gaze like a weight between my shoulders.“You shouldn’t be out yet,” she said quietly.“I’m fine,” I lied.She said nothing, but I could feel her doubt. The truth was, I wasn’t fine. I hadn’t been since that night.Ever since the ritual, my senses had sharpened in unnatural ways. I could hear the heartbeat of every creature within a mile radius, feel the pulse of the earth as though it were my own. At times, the world blurred, shifting between color and shadow—two
Beyond Redemption Chapter 196
The Ghost in Her BloodThe first thing I noticed when I woke was silence.The kind that presses on your ribs, heavy and wrong.Rain had stopped. The storm clouds were thinning, leaving the temple grounds bathed in a weak dawn light. Everything smelled of wet ash and stone.Sylra was still unconscious beside me. Her pulse was steady, her breathing even. I brushed damp hair from her forehead and whispered, “Hold on. We’re not done yet.”When I tried to stand, pain seared through my arm. I looked down. The veins beneath my skin were glowing faintly—silver streaks threaded with something darker.Black.It pulsed once, as if answering my heartbeat.No. Not mine.I gritted my teeth, pressing my hand against my chest. The crystal shard I’d kept close was gone, but its echo remained—burning through me like a living thing.The bridge remembers blood.I heard the words again, soft and low, curling through my mind like smoke.And then, another voice followed.You opened it, Kora.Edward. No—not
Beyond Redemption Chapter 195
The Bridge of Blood and MemoryThe storm had not stopped.For three days, thunder rolled endlessly over the valley, and the skies wept like the heavens themselves were warning us to stop.But I didn’t stop.I couldn’t.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw his face—the man who wasn’t quite Edward, standing in the void with that unbearable sadness in his eyes. I could still hear his voice, soft but insistent: One last bridge, and we’ll both be free.Those words haunted me like a curse.Sylra had done everything she could to dissuade me.She locked the ritual chamber twice. She threatened to destroy the cracked crystal. She even brought the council into it—those old, frightened scholars who still spoke the word “void” as though it were poison.But the truth was simple: none of them had seen what I had. None of them understood that this wasn’t about power anymore.It was about ending the loop.I found myself in the library that night, the oldest part of the temple, where the air smelled li
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