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Chapter 6: Time Slips Between Mirrors in an Endless Loop

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Chapter 6: Time Slips Between Mirrors in an Endless Loop

After the mirror cracked and the first crimson flower bloomed inside the bookstore, the world Aria knew began to unravel. Strange pulses echoed beneath the city, and unseen eyes watched her every move. What followed was a second chance — not to change the past, but to be near the future she hadn’t yet faced.

The girl stood on the edge of the rooftop five stories up, her silver - blonde hair, cut short with strict, surgical neatness catching the wind like threads of light. Her boots were scuffed, her hoodie torn at the sleeves, but her eyes — cold forest green and unwavering — never left the apartment across the street. She watched the window on the third floor, waiting.

Inside, Aria moved slowly through her morning. Toast in one hand, coffee cooling on the sill, phone playing a podcast she wasn’t really listening to. Her hair was damp from the shower, still tangled. The oversized shirt she wore was wrinkled. She looked like some
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