Todos los capítulos de Marked by the Alpha Captain: Capítulo 51 - Capítulo 60

The eye opened above them.It was enormous.Not an eye in any human sense, but a circular opening in the darkness above the chamber, surrounded by layers of shifting symbols and fragments of memories. Faces appeared within it for seconds at a time—people Rei recognized, people she had never seen, children, soldiers, scientists, strangers.Thousands of lives.Thousands of possibilities.All looking down.Rei couldn't move.Dominic stepped in front of her."Everybody back."Nobody argued.Even Caelan retreated.The ancient eye continued opening until the entire ceiling seemed to disappear.Then a voice filled the chamber.Not loud.It didn't need to be.It simply existed everywhere."Rei."Her blood ran cold.The voice knew her.Not the way Dr. Vale knew her.Not the way the First Ones had known her.This was different.It knew every version of her.Every choice.Every death.Every life she had never lived.Every world she had abandoned.Every world she had created."Who are you?" Rei d

Rei couldn't move.The woman standing across from her looked like a reflection pulled from a nightmare.Same face.Same dark hair.Same eyes.Even the small scar near her eyebrow was identical.But something about her was fundamentally wrong.The way she stood.The way she smiled.The way the air seemed to bend around her.Most frightening of all was the way Hope reacted.The baby wasn't crying anymore.She was staring at the other Rei.And smiling."Hope," Rei whispered.The other woman smiled wider."She remembers me."Dominic immediately stepped between them."You're not touching her."The other Rei laughed softly."You always say that."Dominic's eyes narrowed."Who are you?"The woman's gaze moved to him."You really don't remember.""Remember what?""How many times you failed."Dominic's jaw tightened."I've never met you.""Oh, Dominic."She sighed."You've met me more times than you can count."Rei felt the bond between herself and Dominic flare.Not with attraction.Not with

Rei couldn't move.The little girl stood barefoot on the porch, one hand resting against the doorframe, silver eyes reflecting the light behind her.She looked so ordinary.That was what frightened Rei most.After everything they had seen—ancient beings, impossible worlds, memories that could destroy reality—the child standing before them looked like a normal six-year-old waiting for her mother to come home.Except Rei knew she had never met her.At least, not in this life."Mommy?" the girl asked again.Rei swallowed."Who are you?"The girl smiled."You know."Rei almost laughed."Please don't say that."The girl's smile widened."Okay."She stepped down from the porch."My name is Mira."Hope immediately reached toward her."Mira."The girl ran toward her.Rei instinctively moved forward, but Hope leaned out of her arms."Mira!"The little girl stopped just before reaching them."Can I hug her?"Rei looked at Hope.Hope nodded.Rei slowly lowered her.The moment Hope's feet touched

For several seconds, nobody moved.The silhouettes remained in the doorway.Children.Dozens at first.Then hundreds.Some were toddlers.Some looked barely old enough to walk.Others appeared to be teenagers.A few were almost adults.All of them had silver eyes.All of them carried some variation of the First Bond mark.And every one of them was staring at Hope.Rei's arms tightened around her daughter."Who are they?"The seventeen-year-old girl stepped forward."The children who came after."Dominic's voice was low."After what?""After Hope."Rei looked at Hope."She's the first."The girl nodded."The first child born completely outside the Origin.""Then who are the others?""The consequences."Rei felt a chill."Consequences of what?"The girl looked directly at her."Freedom."The word echoed.Behind the girl, one of the smallest children stepped forward.He couldn't have been more than four.His silver eyes were enormous.He looked at Rei."Are you Mommy?"Rei's heart broke.

What stepped through the sky was not a creature.It was a city.A massive structure descended from the opening, suspended in the air by thousands of glowing strands. Towers stretched upward like spears, connected by bridges that curved through empty space. Entire buildings seemed to move independently, shifting from one possible design to another.At its center stood a black tower.The same tower Rei had seen in the photograph.The tower from the future.The tower that had once stood behind her son.Dominic stared upward."That's where you came from."The young man nodded."Yes."Rei looked at him."You said the future was dying.""It was.""But now it's here."His jaw tightened."Because it followed us."Mara stepped closer."Who controls it?"The younger Evelyn answered."I do."The older Evelyn standing beside them stared at her younger self."You."The younger woman smiled."Yes.""You can't.""I already did."The older Evelyn's face went pale.The younger woman looked at Rei."Yo