Semua Bab The Luna He Didn’t Choose : Bab 131 - Bab 140

Bella POVThe last thing I saw was Ethan falling.I screamed his name.“ETHAN!”Everything around me slowed down.The gunshot seemed to echo forever, bouncing through the endless halls of the memory network. Ethan’s body hit the floor, and for one horrible second, he did not move.I forgot how to breathe.I forgot everything.There was only him.I ran to him and dropped beside his body, grabbing his shoulders.“Ethan. Ethan, please.”My hands were shaking so badly that I could barely touch him.There was blood.Not much.But enough.A dark stain was spreading across his shirt.“No,” I whispered.I pressed my hand against the wound.“No, no, no. You can’t do this to me.”His eyes remained closed.I looked up at my mother.She was still holding the gun.For the first time since I had seen her, she looked frightened.“What did you do?”Her lips parted.“I didn’t—”“What did you do?!”My voice shook the entire room.The walls flickered.The floor beneath us changed for half a second, bec

Bella POVThe doors opened one after another, and the sound echoed through the laboratory.I couldn’t move.Ethan was still holding my hand.His fingers were cold.“Bella,” he whispered.I looked at him.“What?”“We need to leave.”My eyes remained fixed on the dark hallway.“But Elena is down there.”“I know.”“She needs us.”“I know.”“Then we can’t leave her.”Ethan stared at me for a moment before nodding.“Then we go together.”The mysterious girl stepped forward.“No.”I looked at her.“What?”“You can’t go down there.”“Why?”“Because that’s exactly what it wants.”“What wants?”She didn’t answer.My mother did.“The Architect.”The word sent a strange chill through me.“The Architect?”My mother nodded slowly.“The person who designed the entire memory network.”I stared at her.“I thought the Architect was just a name.”“So did everyone else.”“Who is it?”My mother looked toward the hallway.“Your father.”My heart stopped.“What?”Ethan’s grip tightened around mine.“No,” h

Bella’s POVFor a moment, I couldn’t understand what I was seeing.Noah was standing behind Elena with a knife pressed against her throat.His face was covered in tears.His hand was shaking.And yet, the blade remained against Elena’s skin.“Bella…”His voice broke.“Please don’t trust me.”I stared at him.“Put the knife down.”Noah shook his head.“I can’t.”“You can.”“I can’t, Bella.”Elena looked at me.Her eyes were wide with fear, but she wasn’t struggling.That scared me more than anything.“Ethan,” I whispered.He stepped beside me.“I’m here.”I squeezed his hand.Three times.He squeezed back.But this time, his hand was trembling.Dr. Vale smiled from across the room.“You’re all finally together.”I looked at him.“What did you do to Noah?”Vale tilted his head.“Nothing.”“Then why is he holding Elena?”“Because Noah has finally remembered who he is.”Noah closed his eyes.“Don’t listen to him.”Vale laughed.“Still pretending?”Noah’s grip tightened around the knife.E

Bella’s POVI couldn’t breathe.I couldn’t even blink.The woman on the screen was staring directly at me.She had my eyes.My face.My smile.Everything about her looked painfully familiar, even though I had never met her.Amelia.My biological mother.The woman everyone had told me was dead.The woman who had supposedly disappeared twenty years ago.The woman whose name had been buried beneath years of lies.She was alive.And she was watching us.“Bella,” Ethan whispered.I didn’t answer.I couldn’t.My entire body felt frozen.The woman on the screen smiled softly.Not the kind of smile my mother used when she was hiding something.This one was different.It felt warm.Almost sad.“My little girl,” Amelia whispered through the speakers.Tears immediately filled my eyes.I hated myself for reacting that way.I didn’t know her.She had never held me.She had never kissed my forehead.She had never tucked me into bed.She hadn’t been there when I was sick.She hadn’t been there for m

Bella’s POVThe elevator doors closed in front of us.For a few seconds, nobody said anything.The only sound was the low humming of the elevator as it began moving downward.Level Four.Then Level Five.Then Level Six.I stared at the numbers above the door.My heart was beating so hard that I could hear it.Beside me, Ethan was unusually quiet.Too quiet.I glanced at him.He was staring at the floor.“Ethan?”He looked at me.“Yeah?”“You’re okay?”He smiled.“I’m fine.”“You’re lying.”His smile disappeared.“I don’t know.”That answer scared me more than anything.I reached for his hand.He hesitated.Only for a second.But I noticed.My stomach tightened.“Why did you hesitate?”“I didn’t.”“You did.”“Bella…”“Amelia said not to trust you.”His jaw tightened.“I know.”“She said something was put inside you.”“I know.”“And you don’t know what it is.”“I know.”I stared at him.“Then why should I trust you?”He looked directly into my eyes.“Because I’m scared too.”That answer