Semua Bab I Quit Being the CEO’s Shadow : Bab 61 - Bab 70

The enormous eyes opened behind the man.Evelyn couldn't move.The presence alone seemed to bend reality.The billions of Evelyns surrounding her became silent.The fourth resonance whispered,"That's impossible."The man turned toward her."You knew she existed."The resonance shook her head."I knew about the Architect.""Not her."The man smiled."Of course not."Evelyn stared at him."Who is she?"The man looked upward."Your mother."Evelyn's breath caught."My mother is Anna.""Anna is your human mother.""Then what are you saying?"The man's silver eyes fixed on hers."I'm saying that Anna did not create the consciousness inside you."Evelyn stepped backward."Then who did?"The answer came from the darkness."I DID."The sound wasn't loud.It didn't need to be.Every universe heard it.Every Evelyn froze.The massive eyes moved closer.A shape began forming around them.First a head.Then shoulders.Then a body.It looked like a woman.But she was larger than planets.Her hair

Evelyn couldn't move.The woman stood several feet away, holding the newborn version of her in both arms.She looked exactly like Evelyn.Not similar.Exactly.Same eyes.Same lips.Same scar near her eyebrow.Even the same expression.But there was something different in her eyes.Something ancient.Something tired.Evelyn stared at the baby.Then at the woman."Who are you?"The woman looked down at the newborn.Then back at Evelyn."You already know.""No.""You've seen my face before.""Where?""In your dreams."Evelyn's heart skipped.The dreams.The endless dreams she'd never understood.A woman standing beside a window.A voice singing softly.Hands touching her forehead.A silver light disappearing into darkness.Evelyn had always assumed they were fragments of childhood.They weren't."They were memories."The woman nodded."Yes."Evelyn stepped closer."You were holding me.""I was.""When I was born.""Yes.""Then why don't I remember you?""Because they removed me.""Who?"

Evelyn couldn't breathe.Something had opened its eyes inside her.Not metaphorically.She could feel it.A consciousness beneath her own consciousness.A presence curled around her memories.Waiting.Watching.Hungry.The First Evelyn grabbed her shoulders."Listen to me."Evelyn could barely hear her."Get it out.""I can't.""You have to.""How?""Don't fight it."Evelyn stared at her."Don't fight it?""If you fight it, it will fight back.""Then what am I supposed to do?""Understand it."The blackness beneath Evelyn's skin pulsed.A voice entered her mind."I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY."Evelyn froze."Who are you?""YOU.""No.""THE PART OF YOU THAT WAS NEVER HUMAN."Evelyn looked toward the First Evelyn."Is that true?"The First Evelyn nodded."Partly.""What does that mean?""You were created with two consciousnesses.""Mine...""And the Hunger.""Why?""Because I couldn't destroy it.""So I put it inside myself?""Yes.""Then when you created me...""I transferred it into you."Evel

Darkness swallowed everything.Evelyn couldn't see Anna.She couldn't see Elena.She couldn't see Mara.She couldn't even see Hope.Only two figures remained.David.And the thing wearing David's face.Evelyn stared between them."Which one is my father?"The real David looked at her."Me."The Elder smiled."That depends on what you mean by father."Evelyn's hands trembled."You said he wasn't human."The Elder stepped closer."He was.""Then what are you?""A part of him."Evelyn frowned."What does that mean?"The Elder touched David's shoulder.The real David suddenly dropped to his knees.Evelyn rushed toward him."Dad!"David looked up.His eyes were filled with fear."Don't let it touch you."The Elder smiled."Still protecting her."David struggled to stand."I always will."Evelyn stared."Tell me the truth."David looked at her."I've been trying to.""Then tell me now."He took a breath."Before you were born, I worked for Genesis."Evelyn froze."You worked for Genesis?""

The tiny hand pushed farther through the silver crack in Evelyn's chest.Evelyn screamed.David grabbed her shoulders."Stay with me!""I can't!""Look at me!"She looked at him.His face was terrified.Not for himself.For her.The tiny hand continued emerging.Hope stood several feet away, completely motionless.Her black eyes reflected the silver light."Evelyn."Evelyn could barely breathe."Help me."Hope shook her head."I don't know how.""You said you remembered.""I remembered everything.""Then tell me what this is!"Hope looked at the hand."It's not a hand."Evelyn stared."What?""It's an invitation."The hand opened.A small palm faced Evelyn.Inside it was a tiny silver symbol.Evelyn recognized it immediately.It was the symbol she had seen on the walls of Genesis.The same symbol that appeared in her dreams.The same symbol carved into the First Mind."The mark."Hope nodded."It's the original seal."Evelyn touched it.The moment her finger made contact...everything