Semua Bab I Quit Being the CEO’s Shadow : Bab 71 - Bab 80

The Earth split open.Not like an earthquake.Not like an explosion.The planet itself seemed to unfold.Continents pulled apart.Oceans rose into the sky.Mountains bent toward the horizon.And beneath everything...something was waking.Evelyn stood completely still.The voice inside her chest continued whispering."WELCOME BACK, MOTHER."She pressed both hands against herself."No."The voice laughed softly."YOU REMEMBER ME.""I don't.""YOU WILL."Hope grabbed Evelyn's arm."Don't listen."Evelyn looked at her."What is it?"Hope's face was pale."I don't know.""You said you could hear it.""I can.""Then tell me."Hope swallowed."It's afraid."Evelyn stared."Something that powerful is afraid?""Yes.""Of what?"Hope looked at Evelyn."Of you."The ground shook.The First Evelyn stepped forward."Everyone move away from her."Anna refused."No.""Evelyn is becoming unstable.""She's my daughter.""I know.""Then I'm staying."The First Evelyn looked at Anna."You don't underst

Evelyn couldn't move.The words continued echoing through the city.OUR CREATOR.Every forgotten soul had bowed.Every version of Anna stood silently.Every version of Evelyn watched from the shadows.And above them all...the First Dream had gone completely still.Evelyn looked at Anna."Say it again."Anna's face was covered in tears."You are its mother.""No.""You created it.""No.""You don't understand.""I understand enough."Evelyn shook her head."I didn't create the First Dream."Anna stepped closer."You did.""Then why doesn't it remember me?""Because it was born before you knew what you were."Evelyn stared."That doesn't make sense.""It will."Anna looked toward the sky."The First Dream was not created by your hands.""Then how?""By your consciousness."Evelyn frowned.Anna continued."When you were still the first consciousness, before you had a body, before you had a name, you imagined another consciousness.""The First Dream.""Yes.""It was your first child."Ev

Evelyn forgot how to breathe.David stood across the ruined city.Alive.Whole.Smiling.But his eyes were black.Not the empty blackness of the forgotten.Not the darkness of the First Dream.Something deeper.Something that seemed to swallow the light around him.Evelyn took one step forward."Dad?"David tilted his head."I told you not to trust me."Her heart twisted."You disappeared.""I did.""You were trapped inside the First Dream.""I was.""You said you were trying to protect me.""I was.""Then what is this?"David smiled."The truth."Hope moved closer to Evelyn."Don't go near him."Evelyn didn't move."Why are your eyes black?"David looked at Hope."Because I finally stopped pretending."The man who called himself Evelyn's first creation stepped forward."David."David looked at him."Son."The word struck Evelyn.She looked between them."You're his son?"David laughed."No."The older man remained silent.David's smile widened."He wishes."Evelyn felt the ground shi

Evelyn couldn't hear anything.The Outside had become a storm of memories.Millions of voices collided around her.Names.Screams.Promises.Prayers.Every forgotten life was demanding to be heard at once.She covered her ears."Stop!"The voices became louder."REMEMBER.""REMEMBER US.""REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID."Hope crawled toward her."Evelyn!"Evelyn reached for her."Hope!"Their hands touched.The noise suddenly stopped.Everything became silent.Evelyn looked up.Her mother stood across from her.The woman who claimed to have existed before the first universe.She looked exactly like the woman from Evelyn's oldest memory.But there was something different now.Evelyn could see it.Her mother was afraid."Who are you?"The woman smiled."You already know.""No.""You called me Mother.""That doesn't make you my mother.""It does.""Then prove it."The woman stepped forward."I gave you your first thought."Evelyn froze."What?""Before you created the First Dream, before you crea

Evelyn stared at herself.The woman standing across the broken landscape looked exactly like her.Same face.Same eyes.Same voice.But there was something fundamentally different about her.The other Evelyn wasn't confused.She wasn't frightened.She wasn't searching for answers.She already knew everything.David stepped in front of Evelyn."Stay behind me."The other Evelyn smiled."Still protecting her?"David tightened his grip."Always.""Even now?""Especially now."The other Evelyn looked at him."You promised me you'd protect me too."David's face changed.Evelyn looked at him."What does she mean?"David didn't answer.The other Evelyn laughed softly."Tell her.""David."He lowered his weapon."I can't.""Why?""Because she deserves to hear it from you."The other Evelyn smiled."How noble."Evelyn stepped forward."Tell me."David looked at her."Before you became Evelyn..."He swallowed."...there was another."Evelyn stared at her double."Her.""Yes.""Then who am I?"D