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🌙 Moonlit Rebirth — Chapter 25
"The Girl Who Was Two"
The silence between them was sharp.
Aria stood between Lysander and Caelen, her fingers wrapped tightly around the pendant that burned like fire against her chest.
> It didn't pulse anymore.
It throbbed. Like a warning.
Both men waited.
But the truth was already coming undone.
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The memory shard began to crack in her palm — fine lines of light spreading across its surface.
She gasped it's breaking.
The moment it shattered, the pendant flared violently—
And the world spun
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💤 Past Memory (merged) 💤
Two voices.
Two faces.
Both hers.
One was soft — wide-eyed, gentle, filled with wonder.
The girl Caelen loved.
The other — cold-eyed, sharp, cloaked in dark armor.
The woman Lysander served this isn't possible, the softer Aria whispered.
The warrior Aria replied,We were never supposed to meet.
They stood face to face in a shattered mirror.
And then…
They merged becoming the Aria now standing in the present
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🌙 Back to present
Aria screamed and dropped to her knees.
The air around her rippled with wild magic
Her hair lifted her eyes glowed blue and silver at once.
The pendant cracked — a thin fracture down the middle.
Lysander moved toward her Aria!
But Caelen stopped him no let it happen.
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The rune on her hand exploded into light.
And then…
A third voice spoke — deep and feminine.
She was never meant to choose.
Because she was never one.
She is both.
And she is becoming.
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Aria rose slowly, her eyes filled with stars.
She looked between them — not confused.
But clear.
I loved you both,she said but not as one person.
I was two.
One born of light. One born of war.
Caelen stepped closer then who are you now?
She looked at her hands — glowing, trembling, full of magic i 'm still becoming.
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Suddenly, the shrine behind them cracked — the walls splitting.
Something ancient stirred inside.
The seal… was failing.
Because Aria's merging had unlocked it.
And from within, a voice whispered:
Moonborn… come to finish what you started?
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The chapter ends.
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💫 Author's Note:
> Chapter 25 is the soul twist we've been building toward ðŸ«
Aria isn't just remembering — she's merging two pasts into one powerful self
But that means her enemies… might be from both lives.
💬 Question for you:
Would you embrace both your past selves — even if one of them was the villain?
📚 Add this to your collection if your brain is spinning and your heart's aching ðŸ˜ðŸ’™