All Chapters of FRACTURED VOW : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

The silence after Elias disappeared was worse than the threat itself.Ava stood motionless before the black screen.Her mismatched eyes glowed faintly.Ethan stared at her.“Tell me that isn't what I think it is.”Ava didn't answer.Cain looked toward the ceiling.“They're awake.”Jonathan stepped closer.“Not just awake.”He pointed toward the monitoring systems.“They're connected.”One by one, screens around the chamber came alive.New York.London.Tokyo.Lagos.Paris.Johannesburg.Millions of locations appeared.Everywhere, people were standing still.Some were inside hospitals.Some were on streets.Some were in their homes.Some were driving.But they all had one thing in common.They were looking at the same symbol.The Genesis symbol.Ethan stared at the screens.“How many?”Jonathan swallowed.“Almost everyone who was connected during Phase Three.”“How many people is that?”Jonathan hesitated.“Eight billion.”Silence.Ava's expression changed.“Eight billion?”Jonathan no

The metallic structure descended through the broken ceiling.It didn't fall.It floated.Silent.Perfectly still.Ava stared at it.The symbol on its surface pulsed with silver light.GENESIS ZERO.Ethan stepped in front of her.“Stay behind me.”Ava shook her head.“No.”“Ava—”“This thing isn't here for you.”The structure suddenly opened.A circular doorway appeared.Inside was darkness.Then a voice echoed from within.“Ava Collins.”Ava froze.The voice was hers.Exactly hers.Same tone.Same breathing.Same rhythm.She stepped forward.Ethan grabbed her hand.“Don't.”Ava looked at him.“I need to know who that is.”“You don't have to face everything alone.”She squeezed his hand.“I know.”Then she released him.“But this time, I think I'm supposed to go.”---The moment Ava stepped inside Genesis Zero, the door closed.Ethan slammed his hand against it.“Ava!”Nothing.Cain stared at the structure.“It's sealed.”Ethan turned toward him.“Open it.”“I can't.”“You opened Genes

Darkness.Absolute darkness.Ethan couldn't see Ava.He couldn't see Cain.He couldn't see Amelia.He couldn't even see his own hands.“Ava!”No answer.“Ava!”Then, a hand found his.“I'm here.”He exhaled.“Thank God.”Ava's fingers tightened around his.But her voice was different.Fearful.“Ethan…”“What?”“Don't open your eyes.”He froze.“Why?”“Because we're not where we were.”“What do you mean?”Ava whispered,“We're inside the first world.”Ethan's blood ran cold.“That world was destroyed.”“No.”Ava paused.“We only thought it was.”---The darkness disappeared.Ethan opened his eyes.They were standing in a city.A beautiful city.People walked along the streets.Children played.Cars moved.Buildings stood untouched.The sky was bright.Everything was normal.Ethan stared.“This is…”“The first world,” Ava said.He turned toward her.“But I remember it being destroyed.”“So do I.”Ava looked around.“That's the problem.”A woman walked past them.She looked at Ava.Stopp

Ava stared at Eve.The question echoed through the ruined world.“Who would you choose?”Behind Eve stood millions of consciousness fragments.People from twenty-three worlds.People Ava remembered.People Ethan remembered.People who had loved.People who had died.People who had never been given a second chance.And somewhere beyond them, the living world.The people who existed now.The people Ava had just fought to save.Eve raised her hand.Two doors appeared.The first was silver.RESTORE THE DEAD.The second was black.PRESERVE THE LIVING.Ethan stepped beside Ava.“Don't let her force you to choose.”Ava looked at him.“She wants me to.”“Yes.”“She designed this.”“Yes.”Ava looked back at Eve.“Then there must be another option.”Eve smiled.“There isn't.”Ava walked toward the two doors.She looked at the silver one.Through it, she saw faces.A little girl who had died in World One.A mother who had never reached old age.A man who had spent his final moments searching for

Ava stared at the door.THE REAL WORLD BEGINS HERE.Her breathing slowed.“Original Ava?” she whispered.Eden nodded.“She’s been waiting.”Ava stepped closer.“What does she want?”Eden's silver eyes darkened.“You.”Ava stopped.Behind the door, something moved.A faint sound followed.A heartbeat.One.Two.Three.Ava's own heart suddenly matched its rhythm.She pressed a hand against her chest.“No…”Eden grabbed her wrist.“Don’t.”Ava looked down at the child's hand.“Eden, I need answers.”“And she will give you answers,” Eden whispered.“Just not the truth.”Ava looked at the door again.“What do you mean?”Eden's expression changed.For the first time, she looked afraid.“Because the original Ava doesn't remember being you.”Ava frowned.“Then who is she?”Eden swallowed.“The woman you think you are.”Silence.Ava stepped backward.“No.”“Yes.”“I remember my life.”“You remember what she allowed you to remember.”Ava's silver eyes began to glow.Memories flashed through her