MOON OF ASHES
I—
Then it was gone.
Shadows ripped apart into ash that vanished into the silver flood. The chamber rang with silence so loud Ava thought she had gone deaf. The light dimmed, veins pulsing slower, softer, as though the heart itself exhaled after centuries of strain.
Ava collapsed forward, catching herself with trembling arms. Her chest heaved, her skin still glowing faintly like smoldering embers. She could feel the bond humming—stronger, freer, not chains but threads, alive and unbroken.
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