The Perfume On His Collar
But as she watched, the shadow flickered, resolved, and looked straight at her.
“You shouldn’t be here,” it said. Its voice was familiar, authoritative, yet laced with uncertainty. “This is not for you.”
“I am here,” Clara said. “I’m the only one who can fix this.”
The sphere reacted. Threads of light coiled around her, tightening, almost like constricting ropes. Images of every failure, every death, every moment she’d lost someone she loved, flashed through her mind: Ethan at the river, the collapsing corridors, Version Twelve disappearing through glass, her own reflection smiling in the wrong moment.
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