Midnight Between Us
For the first time since meeting him, he looked genuinely stunned.
The darkness shattered completely, and reality returned. The fracture, the stars, the ancient beings—everything was back.
Ava stumbled forward, finding herself back on Earth, back in existence. Luca's presence wrapped around her through the network, protective and unyielding.
Beyond the fracture, the stranger appeared. He was watching, thinking. The Architect, the End, and the Witness all stared at him. Nobody spoke.
Then, the stranger smiled a strange, hopeful smile—the kind of smile someone wears after discovering something entirely unexpected. He looked directly at Luca.
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