Semua Bab I Died Once to Become Her Nightmare: Bab 131 - Bab 140

“Elena…”Adrian’s fingers tightened around mine.I could hear the fear in his voice.Not the kind of fear that made someone run.The kind that made someone realize there was nowhere to run.The voice beneath us spoke again.My forgotten name.Not Elena.Not the name I had carried through my human lives.A name older than language.A name that made every part of my body recognize itself.I whispered it without knowing how I knew it.“Aurelia.”The moment I said it, the entire sanctuary went silent.The first ones stopped moving.My mother covered her mouth.Eden stared at me.Lucian dropped his knife.Adrian looked at me.“What did you just say?”I couldn't answer.Because I suddenly remembered.Aurelia.That was me.Before Elena.Before my first death.Before the fourth life.Before the world.Before the Source.I had been Aurelia.And something beneath the earth knew me.The floor cracked again.A massive silver hand pushed through the stone.Eden immediately moved in front of me.“S

“That’s me.”The words came out before I could stop them.Across the ruined sanctuary, the First Ones were carrying someone.A girl.She looked exactly like me.Same face.Same dark hair.Same silver eyes.Even the small scar above her eyebrow was there.My scar.For a moment, I couldn't breathe.Adrian stepped closer to me.“Elena…”“I know.”“You recognize her?”I shook my head.“Yes.”“No.”I looked at him.“That doesn't make sense.”“I know.”The girl was unconscious.Her body hung between two First Ones, her arms falling loosely at her sides.She looked dead.But I could feel her.A heartbeat.Slow.Weak.Alive.The Guardian stepped forward.Its enormous body blocked our view.“Do not bring her closer.”One of the first ones laughed.“You still protect the Creator.”The Guardian's silver eyes burned.“She is not the Creator.”My heart stopped.“What?”The Guardian looked at me.“You are.”It pointed toward the girl.“She is the memory of the Creator.”I stared at her.“What does

“He was never supposed to be born.”The words hung in the air.Elena stared at the woman standing across from her.The woman looked nothing like the First Ones.She was not covered in silver armor.She did not carry a weapon.She simply stood there in the darkness, looking almost human.Almost.Her eyes were ancient.Older than the Guardian.Older than the First Ones.And somehow, when Elena looked into them, she felt something familiar.Not love.Not fear.Recognition.Adrian stepped closer to Elena.“What do you mean I was never supposed to be born?”The woman looked at him.For the first time, something like sadness crossed her face.“You were not part of the first design.”Adrian's jaw tightened.“So I'm an accident?”“No.”She shook her head.“You are a choice that was never meant to exist.”Elena reached for Adrian's hand.His fingers immediately closed around hers.“Then explain it,” Elena said.The woman looked at their joined hands.“That.”Her voice became quieter.“The bond

“Mother, why did you leave me?”Elena stopped breathing.The little girl stood inside the cracked body of the Perfect One.She looked no older than seven.Her silver eyes were filled with tears.Her face was Elena's.Not exactly.There was something softer about it.Something innocent.But Elena knew those eyes.She knew that voice.She had heard it somewhere before.Inside a dream.Inside a memory.Inside herself.“Who are you?” Elena whispered.The girl pressed her tiny hand against the inside of the silver creature.“You know me.”Elena shook her head.“I don't.”The girl's lower lip trembled.“You promised you wouldn't forget me.”A sharp pain struck Elena's chest.She stumbled backward.Adrian caught her.“Elena?”“I remember her.”The words barely left her mouth.Adrian looked toward the girl.“Who is she?”Elena stared at the child.“I don't know.”The girl smiled sadly.“You do.”Then the world around Elena changed.She was no longer standing on the battlefield.She was standi

“You were not the first creator.”Elena stood completely still.The voice had come from beneath the broken world.It wasn't loud.It didn't need to be.Every word seemed to shake the ground beneath her feet.Adrian's fingers tightened around hers.The First Mother was still on her knees.The first ones didn't move.Even the Guardian looked afraid.Elena slowly turned toward the crack in the ground.“Then who was?”Nothing answered.For several seconds, there was only silence.Then the little girl beside Elena whispered,“Don't be afraid, Mother.”Elena looked down at her.“You know who it is?”The girl nodded.“I remember.”“Then tell me.”The child's eyes filled with sadness.“It was before you.”Elena swallowed.“Before me?”The ground split wider.A wave of cold air rushed through the battlefield.Then a hand appeared.Not silver.Not black.It was completely white.Almost transparent.The hand gripped the edge of the broken earth.Something pulled itself upward.Elena took a step