Maya’s POVThe wind on the scavenger skiff was cold, but the silence coming from the ridge was colder. I stood at the railing, my fingers white-knuckled against the vibrating metal, staring at the silver figure that wore the face of the man I loved. Kael or the thing that used to be Kael, stood in the center of the titan’s chest, his new skin shimmering like a mirror under the rising sun. The violet fire that had once defined his spirit was gone, replaced by a steady, terrifying glow of absolute logic."He’s gone, Maya," Silas said, his voice heavy with a finality I refused to accept. "The reboot didn't just save him. It overwrote him.""No," I whispered, the word catching in my dry throat. "Fated mates don't just disappear. The bond... I can still feel it."It was a lie. The connection that had been a constant, humming warmth in my chest for months was now a jagged, freezing void. It was as if a limb had been cauterized. But the slow burn of our history, the memory of him falling fo
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