All Chapters of The Heart Never Forgets: Chapter 101

The world didn't just explode.It vanished into a roar of white light and a wall of pressure that felt like the hand of a god flattening the earth.The sound was so immense it surpassed the capacity of human hearing, becoming a raw vibration that rattled my teeth and shook the very marrow of my bones.I felt myself lifted off my feet, weightless for a terrifying heartbeat, before being tossed through the air like a rag doll. The archives, the rows of history, the heavy ledgers, and the hidden secrets of a hundred years, were erased in a single heartbeat of fire.The "Scorched Earth" protocol was no longer a theoretical threat; it was a devastating reality.Dust, pulverized concrete, and the ancient fibers of burnt paper turned the air into a thick, choking gray soup. I hit the floor hard, the breath driven from my lungs in a sharp, agonizing burst that left me gasping for air that was no longer there.I scrambled to sit up, my head spinning