Chapter 204: The Core Speaks
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The resistance did not break the connection. Instead, it changed it. When Luther pushed back against the synchronisation, the strands of light that had tightened around him did not snap or withdraw. They shifted. The pressure that had been forcing alignment transformed into something else, something less direct but far more overwhelming.

Celeste felt it immediately. The intensity around Luther did not decrease. It deepened. “Something changed.”

Selene’s voice came through, strained with concent
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