HIS STOLEN PRIDE
Lucia watched from a hillside overlooking what had once been a busy district. The streets below rippled, their asphalt softening, glowing, reshaping itself into something organic. “This isn’t growth,” Lucia murmured. “It’s metamorphosis.” A tower collapsed, crumbling into dust that reformed into a glowing column spiraling upward. “It’s rewriting matter,” Alessandro whispered. “Turning the old world into its image.” He clenched his fists, every muscle in his body tightening. “We started this. We woke her ghost.” Lucia turned to him, face streaked with ash and light. “No, Alessandro. We just gave it a name. Whatever this is—it was always waiting.”They ran. Through alleys that shimmered, over
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