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CHAPTER 29: THE MAN WHO SENT ME BACK
Author: Manie Writes
last update2026-09-19 21:38:15

Soren's POV

The screen went black. Forty-eight hours. The words from the older version of me still echoed in my head like a countdown timer I couldn’t stop. I stood frozen in the data core, knife loose in my hand, while the others stared at the empty wall. Nadia’s grip on my shoulder was the only thing keeping me from falling.

“He’s dead,” I said finally. My voice came out flat, like I was reading it from a report. “That was me. But not the one who died in the first timeline. The one who made i
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