Semua Bab THE MAFIA KING'S FORBIDDEN BRIDE: Bab 51 - Bab 60

The first thing Aria noticed was the silence.Not the frightening silence of the abandoned universe.Not the unnatural silence that had followed the Author.This silence was peaceful.Almost gentle.She stood beneath a sky filled with unfamiliar stars, her hand still wrapped around Ava's.For several seconds, nobody moved.They had crossed the gate expecting to return home.Instead, they had arrived somewhere else.Noah looked around."Where are we?"Lucian turned slowly."I don't know."Lorenzo pointed toward the horizon."Are we even on Earth?"Gabriel checked the strange device he carried.The screen flickered.Then went completely black."Apparently not."Seraphina walked toward a nearby hill."There are trees."Ava looked at them."They look normal."Aria didn't answer.Something about the place felt familiar.Not like a memory.Like a forgotten dream.She released Ava's hand and walked forward.The grass beneath her feet was soft.The air smelled of rain.Far away, she could hea

The gate opened into darkness.For several seconds, Aria could see nothing.She felt the familiar sensation of crossing between realities—the strange pressure in her chest, the weightlessness beneath her feet, and the feeling that time itself had become confused.Then gravity returned.Aria landed on cold stone.Ava landed beside her.Noah stumbled forward and caught himself against a wall.Lucian looked around immediately, his weapon already in his hand.Seraphina and Lorenzo appeared next.Gabriel emerged from the gate carrying his books against his chest.Cael came last.The High Keeper followed him.Then the gate closed.Nobody spoke.They were standing inside a massive chamber.The walls were black stone.Strange red lights burned along the ceiling.There were no windows.No doors.Only a long staircase leading upward.Aria looked at the others."Where are we?"Gabriel looked at the symbols carved into the walls."I don't know."Lorenzo sighed."That answer is becoming very commo

The light disappeared.Aria opened her eyes.She was standing in a place she had never seen before.Yet somehow, she knew it.The air was warm.The ground beneath her feet was covered with soft green grass.There were mountains in the distance, their peaks covered with silver mist.A river flowed quietly through a valley.Birds flew across a clear blue sky.For the first time since their journey began, there was no destruction.No armies.No monsters.No collapsing worlds.No strange voices.Just peace.Ava appeared beside her.Noah came next.Then Lucian, Seraphina, Lorenzo, Gabriel, Cael, and the High Keeper.Everyone looked around.Lorenzo stretched his arms."Finally."Gabriel smiled."Don't celebrate yet."Lorenzo frowned."Why must you always destroy my happiness?""Because every time you celebrate, something explodes."Everyone laughed.But Aria wasn't laughing.She was staring at the mountains.Something was familiar.A feeling.A memory.She walked toward the river.Cael foll

The darkness came without warning.One moment Aria was standing inside the Origin Chamber, surrounded by her friends and her father.The next, everything disappeared.There was no floor beneath her.No ceiling.No sound.Only darkness.Then she heard Ava screaming her name."Aria!"Aria reached forward."Ava!"Her hand found nothing.She tried again.Nothing.Then another voice."Aria, don't move!"Cael.She froze."Where are you?""Behind you."Aria turned.A faint silver light appeared.Cael stood several steps away.Then Ava appeared.Noah.Nox.Gabriel.Lucian.Seraphina.Lorenzo.The High Keeper.Finally, Aria's father.Everyone was there.But something was wrong.They were no longer inside the Origin Chamber.They were floating in a vast space filled with thousands of gates.Some were enormous.Some were tiny.Some were bright.Others were almost completely dark.And beyond them stretched an endless black ocean.Aria stared."What is this?"Her father looked around."The space b

The gate opened onto a world that should not have existed.Aria stepped through first.She expected to find the familiar streets of Earth.Instead, she found herself standing on a vast hill beneath a violet sky.Two moons hung above the horizon.A silver ocean stretched endlessly in the distance, reflecting thousands of stars that were visible even though it was daytime.Behind her, the gate remained open.Ava stepped through.She stopped."Oh."Noah came next.He stared at the landscape."Where are we?"Lorenzo looked around."I have one question."Gabriel sighed."What?""Are we still alive?"Gabriel checked his equipment."As far as I can tell."Lorenzo smiled."Excellent."Aria slowly turned.The others emerged one after another.Cael.Seraphina.Lucian.Nox.The High Keeper.Her father.Nova.Even the Author.Everyone stared at the strange world.Aria looked at Nova."You said we created a new world."Nova nodded."I didn't know what it would look like."Aria looked toward the oc