Chapter 58: Fractured ReflectionsDimensional travel feels like being torn apart and reassembled by a careless child. My atoms scatter, stretch across impossible distances, then snap back together in new configurations. I scream, but there's no sound in the void between realities—only endless pressu
Chapter 1: The Wedding That Wasn'tMy wedding dress cost more than my car. Funny how that's what I fixated on as I stared at its pristine white fabric, now crumpled in the corner of my hotel suite like discarded tissue paper. Twelve thousand dollars of hand-beaded lace and silk, tossed aside just li
Chapter 2: Stranger in the NightThe Skylark's dim lighting couldn't hide the fact that I was still wearing my wedding day makeup, though most of it had turned into elegant smudges beneath my eyes. Three glasses of top-shelf whiskey had dulled the ache in my chest, but not the humiliation burning th
Chapter 3: Family Dinner DisasterTwo months of dodging James's calls had given me a false sense of security. So when his name lit up my phone for the hundredth time, I almost declined it out of habit. Almost."What?" I answered, balancing my phone while sorting through client files at my desk."Sop
Chapter 4: Undeniable TruthSleep eluded me that night, memories of dinner playing on endless loop behind my closed eyes. Every glance, every accidental touch, every loaded word replayed itself until I could barely breathe. When my phone buzzed at 3 AM, I wasn't even surprised.Unknown number: "We n
Chapter 5: The TestThe first test was a mistake. Probably a faulty batch, I told myself. Cheap drugstore brand. I'd buy a more expensive one tomorrow.The second test came from the pharmacy two blocks from my office. Digital. No room for misinterpretation. Two clear blue lines. Pregnant.The third
Chapter 6: Calculated Risks and Forbidden DesiresThe city breathed around me, a living, pulsing organism of steel and ambition. Henderson Legal loomed ahead—a cathedral of corporate power that seemed to challenge the very sky. Each step toward the building felt like walking into the mouth of a pred
Chapter 7: Family ShadowsVictoria Henderson's stilettos clicked against marble like a metronome of doom. I heard her before I saw her, that distinctive rhythm that sent junior executives scurrying for cover. Of all the days for her to visit our corporate office, it had to be today—when morning sick
Chapter 58: Fractured ReflectionsDimensional travel feels like being torn apart and reassembled by a careless child. My atoms scatter, stretch across impossible distances, then snap back together in new configurations. I scream, but there's no sound in the void between realities—only endless pressu
Chapter 57: Dimensional CrossfireCatherine's smile chills me more than the pendant's icy burn against my palm. The hospital security uniforms worn by her team can't disguise their military precision as they fan out around us."We need to go," I whisper to Jacob, who stands frozen beside me, his eye
Chapter 56: Fractured ReunionI lunge from the hospital bed, ripping away IVs and sensors. The monitors scream in protest as Jacob grabs my arms."Sophie! What are you doing?" His face contorts with panic. "You need to rest!""Let me go!" I twist away, my unfamiliar body weaker than I expect. My leg
Chapter 55: Echoes of ExistenceI wake up.My consciousness returns like scattered puzzle pieces slowly assembling themselves. First sensation—soft sheets beneath my fingertips. Then sound—a rhythmic beeping nearby. Finally sight, as my eyelids flutter open to blinding fluorescent light.Hospital ro
Chapter 54: The SacrificeThe pendant's light pulses beneath Truth's skin like a dying star—one final chance. One heartbeat of opportunity in the cosmic chess game we've been unwittingly playing."Mom?" Truth's voice breaks through, momentarily her own again—my daughter, not the entity wearing her.
Chapter 53: Convergence PointThe elevator doors glide open without anyone pressing a button, revealing a sterile metal box large enough to accommodate us all. No buttons inside. No panel. Just smooth, reflective surfaces that distort our faces like funhouse mirrors."I don't like this," Rodriguez m
Hundreds of faces—my face—stare at us with empty eyes. Researchers in pristine lab coats standing in perfect formation, surrounding our vehicle in concentric circles. Not blinking. Not breathing. Just watching."Oh my God," Rachel whispers behind me.Truth squirms in my arms, her movements no longer
Chapter 51: The race beginsOutside our home, the world has fractured.The familiar suburban landscape is gone, replaced by something that makes me question my sanity. The night sky pulses with colors that shouldn't exist—not quite purple, not quite black, rippling like the northern lights but someh
Chapter 50: Manifested"Sophia, wait." Marcus catches my arm as I move toward the door. The look in his eyes—that unfamiliar shadow I'd glimpsed moments before—has vanished, replaced by raw vulnerability. "You can't seriously believe I'd hurt Truth."The pendant's glow pulses beneath our daughter's