Beranda / Romance / FRACTURED VOW / CHAPTER 40: THE CALL FROM THE DEAD

Share

CHAPTER 40: THE CALL FROM THE DEAD

Penulis: L.NOCTURE
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-08-18 00:51:16

The phone continued ringing.

Once.

Twice.

Three times.

Ava stared at Ethan.

He stared at the screen.

Neither of them moved.

The caller ID displayed a name Ava had not seen in years.

DAD.

Her father's name.

Her heart slammed against her ribs.

"Answer it."

Ethan didn't move.

Ava stepped toward him.

"Answer the phone."

"Ava—"

"ANSWER IT!"

Ethan finally accepted the call.

For several seconds, there was nothing but static.

Then a familiar voice came through the speaker.

"Ava."

Her knees nearly gave
Lanjutkan membaca buku ini secara gratis
Pindai kode untuk mengunduh Aplikasi
Bab Terkunci

Bab terbaru

  • FRACTURED VOW    CHAPTER 97 — THE MAN WHO NEVER LOVED HER

    The man climbing out of the darkness had Ethan's face.But he wasn't Ethan.His movements were too precise. His expression was too controlled. Even the way he breathed seemed deliberate, as though breathing was a skill he had learned rather than something his body did naturally.He stepped onto the laboratory floor.Then he looked at Ava.For several seconds, he studied her.Finally, he smiled."Administrator Ava Collins."Ava went completely still.Ethan noticed."Do you know him?"She didn't answer.The stranger turned toward Ethan."Of course she knows me. She created the circumstances that led to my existence."He extended his hand."Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ethan Zero."The original Ethan swore under his breath."Oh, this is worse than I thought."Ethan glanced at him. "You know him?""I know what he represents.""Then explain."The original Ethan stared at Ethan Zero."He is the first complete version of the consciousness your father tried to reconstruct. Before the me

  • FRACTURED VOW    CHAPTER 96 — THE MOTHER WHO CREATED HER SON

    “I was the one who created him.”Ava's words silenced the world.Ethan stared at her.For several seconds, he couldn't understand what she had said. His mind kept returning to the same image: a little boy with silver eyes, reaching for him through a wall he couldn't break.Their son.Elias.The child who had called him Father.“You're lying,” Ethan whispered.Ava shook her head, tears streaming down her face.“I wish I were.”“You told me we lost him in the first world.”“We did.”“You told me you remembered holding him.”“I did.”“Then how can you say you created him?”Ava pressed a trembling hand against her chest.“Because I remembered everything except the truth about myself.”Behind them, the woman wearing the black-glass crown watched with quiet satisfaction.“Excellent,” she said. “The original memory is returning.”Ethan turned toward her.“Shut up.”The woman raised an eyebrow.“Still emotional. Still defiant. The Architects will be fascinated to discover how much of your pro

  • FRACTURED VOW     CHAPTER 95 — THE SON WHO REMEMBERED TOMORROW

    Ethan couldn't breathe.The little boy stood beside Ava, holding her hand as though he had known her all his life.He had Ethan's face.Ethan's eyes.Even the tiny scar above his left eyebrow.But there was something else about him.Something that made Ethan's heart ache with a grief he couldn't explain.“Ethan,” Ava whispered, “please say something.”He looked at her.Then at the child.Then back at her.“You're telling me we had a son?”Ava nodded, tears shining in her silver eyes.“In the first world.”“And he died?”“Yes.”The word fell between them like a sentence.Ethan staggered backward.“No.”“I'm sorry.”“No, Ava. Don't apologize to me. Explain it!”The little boy squeezed Ava's hand.“Mother, he's angry.”Ava knelt beside him.“He has every right to be.”The boy considered that.Then he looked at Ethan.“Are you angry because you forgot me?”Ethan's mouth opened, but no words came out.How could he answer a child who remembered being his son when he himself remembered nothi

  • FRACTURED VOW    CHAPTER 94 — THE NAME THAT DIED WITH THE FIRST WORLD

    “Elias, my son… why have you taken your sister's name?”The question echoed through World 24.Ethan couldn't move.The woman standing beyond the broken sky looked exactly like Ava, yet there was something different about her. Her eyes held the exhaustion of someone who had watched entire universes die. Her face carried the sorrow of a mother who had buried her children more times than she could remember.Ethan shook his head.“My name is Ethan.”The woman closed her eyes.“That's what they called you after they took your memories.”“Who took them?”She opened her eyes again.“Your father.”Ethan turned toward the golden-eyed man.The man who had called himself his creator was staring at the woman in disbelief.“Mother?” he whispered.The woman looked at him.“You remember me now?”He staggered backward.“No. You died.”“I did.”“I watched the first world collapse around you!”“And I watched you rebuild it into something monstrous.”The man's face twisted.“I did everything for you!”“

  • FRACTURED VOW    CHAPTER 93 — THE THING BEYOND CREATION

    The hand entered the world.And reality began to bleed.Buildings dissolved into silver dust. The roads twisted upward, folding into the sky like pages being torn from an invisible book. The golden threads connecting Ava to World 24 snapped one after another, each break sending a wave of pain through the earth.Ethan heard Ava scream.Not through the sky.Inside his own chest.He fell to his knees.“Ava!”The enormous hand tightened around the edge of reality.And the golden-eyed man—the one who had called himself Ethan's father, staggered backward.“No,” he whispered.For the first time, Ethan saw him as something other than a powerful creator.He saw a frightened man.“It's impossible,” the man muttered. “You were sealed beyond the first boundary. I destroyed the entrance.”The voice from beyond creation answered.“YOU DESTROYED NOTHING.”The world shook.“YOU ONLY FORGOT WHERE YOU BURIED IT.”Eden began to cry.Ethan crawled toward her, grabbing the golden chains wrapped around her

  • FRACTURED VOW    CHAPTER 92 — THE FATHER OF THE FIRST WORLD

    The voice shook the laboratory.“BRING ME MY SON.”Every golden-eyed figure in the room dropped to its knees.Every single one.Except Ethan.He stood beside Eden, his hands trembling, his human heart beating painfully against his ribs.And inside the glass chamber, the original Ethan smiled.“He has finally remembered you exist.”Ethan turned toward him. “Who is he?”The original Ethan's smile faded.For the first time, something resembling fear crossed his face.“Your father.”Eden grabbed Ethan's hand.“Don't listen to him.”The original Ethan tilted his head toward her. “You remember, don't you, little girl?”Eden's fingers tightened around Ethan's.“I remember enough.”“Then tell him.”“No.”“Tell him what happened to the first world.”Ethan stepped between them. “Stop speaking in riddles!”The glass chamber flickered.A deep crack appeared across its surface.The original Ethan pressed his palm against the glass.“Every world you have known was built upon a dead one. Every versi

Bab Lainnya
Jelajahi dan baca novel bagus secara gratis
Akses gratis ke berbagai novel bagus di aplikasi GoodNovel. Unduh buku yang kamu suka dan baca di mana saja & kapan saja.
Baca buku gratis di Aplikasi
Pindai kode untuk membaca di Aplikasi
DMCA.com Protection Status