CHAPTER 22: THE THING WEARING MY FACE
Author: Abel
last update2026-11-02 12:37:17
The figure stood at the end of the passage, wearing my face as if it had been taken from a mirror and placed on a body that did not belong to me. Its clothes were torn in the same places as mine, and the dark mark on its wrist pulsed whenever the formation beneath us stirred.

Crystal remained beside the injured guard, one hand pressed against his shoulder. I could hear the strain in her breathing, but she did not move away. The thing in front of me watched her for a moment before returning its a
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