Bound by Voices
“I just did.”
The leaf flickered faster—steady, rhythmic, inevitable.
Somewhere deep beneath the city, the heartbeat of the world echoed back in perfect time.
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End of Chapter 16 – Hands That Shape Tomorrow
Next: Arc II, Chapter 17 – “The Countdown to Zero.”
The world’s pulse accelerates, and every living thing begins to move to the same rhythm. Mira’s link with the silver leaf threatens to dissolve her entirely, while Adrian races to find a way to separate love from life without breaking either.