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Chapter 42: Ashen and the Night That Remembers
Author: Wonderful65
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Location: Midreach Realm – Eastwatch Gate, Midnight

System Status: Memory Echo Detected

System Alert: Unknown System Signature Identified

The wind that blew that night was strange. It didn’t howl. It whispered. It carried voices that had never spoken, dreams that had never been dreamt, and names that hadn’t been born yet. And in its wake walked a girl in gray. Her hair shimmered like moonlight on ash. Her eyes glowed faintly violet.

Her steps didn’t crush leaves, they unfolded them.

Her name was Ashen. And she remembered everything. Even things that hadn’t happened.

Aiden — The Girl Who Knew Him

Aiden stood at the Eastwatch Gate when the alert came.

[Distortion Detected: Type – Chrono-Memory Residue]

Anomaly Source: Entity “Ashen”]

Classification: System-Bound Precursor – Origin Unknown

She stood calmly between two weathered stones, mist curling at her feet. “I know you,” she said, softly.

Aiden stared. “Have we met?” Ashen tilted her head.

“You will save me… when the stars fall backw
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