CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE It didn’t stop. It never truly began as something that could stop. Aurora felt it before anyone spoke again, before the system reacted, before Helena adjusted position, before Alexander even moved. It was already inside her. Not as a thought. Not as a signal. As a continuation. Her breath caught shallowly, her body refusing to fully synchronize with itself. Something had shifted inside Alexander. And it had not stayed with him. It had reached her. Not like transmission. Like recognition finding a second host. Her fingers curled slightly without instruction. “…no,” she whispered, but the word lacked direction now. It wasn’t denial anymore. It was awareness trying to stabilize itself. Alexander did not step again. He didn’t need to. Whatever had broken in him was no longer
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