Bound by Voices
Every time he looked away, shadows formed the shape of a heartbeat on the walls.
> “It’s hiding,” she said. “Learning from me.”
> “Then what happens when it finishes learning?”
The windows shattered inward. Blue petals—not glass—spilled across the floor.
A whisper filled the air, low and certain:
> Then I’ll be real.
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End of Chapter 8 – The Heart’s Rebellion
Next: Arc II, Chapter 9 – “The Living Curse.”
The world begins reshaping itself around the new, half-sentient magic. Mira must discover whether she can teach it compassion before it decides that love means possession—and makes that definition absolute.