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Chapter 128: The Other Hand
Author: Wonderful65
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The abyss howled, Jace dangled, every muscle in his body screaming. His wrist burned where the reflection gripped him. It wasn’t like touching flesh, it was like gripping something colder than stone, slicker than oil, yet undeniably alive.

Their eyes locked. His reflection’s face was pale, strained, terrified. It wasn’t smiling like the others. It wasn’t trying to pull him down. It was… holding him up.

“Why, why are you helping me?” Jace shouted over the wind, his voice ripped ragged by the storm.

The reflection’s jaw clenched. “Because… I am you.”

The words cut through the noise like a blade, But before Jace could answer, the other reflections surged across the tilting floor, clawing toward him. Their glowing eyes flickered, mouths opening in silent screams. They wanted him, both of him.

The bed frame slid another foot closer to the abyss. The screws ripped from the floor one by one, the sound shrill, agonizing.

“Climb!” the reflection bellowed, straining as it pulled. “Now, Jace!”

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