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Chapter 26 - Chapter 26: The night that called her back

Silence was never meant to last.

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A World Without Her

Months passed.

Without Luna, the world didn't collapse—

it rotted.

Chosen who hid too long broke under the weight of isolation.

Others were captured by the faction and dissected in white rooms with no windows.

The Watcher no longer whispered.

It acted.

Entire cities began to experience "lunar blackouts"—

nights where the moon vanished completely.

And when it did…

people disappeared.

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The Trap

The faction understood too late.

This wasn't rebellion.

This was bait.

A coordinated blackout struck one city only:

Kurogiri.

Luna's city.

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Bren's Fear

Bren stood in the empty streets as the sky turned wrong.

Not dark.

Hollow.

The moon wasn't gone.

It had been covered—as if something massive had placed its palm over the sky.

Bren whispered into the night:

"Luna… please."

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The Call

Far away, Luna froze mid-step.

The silence she had chosen shattered like glass.

Pain—raw and sharp—ripped through her chest.

Not the Watcher.

Not the Chosen.

Bren.

Her breath caught.

"So this is how you force me back," she murmured.

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Return of the Myth

The blackout deepened.

Then—

Light.

Not lunar.

Human.

A single figure stepped into the street, moonless sky bending around her.

No glow.

No mark.

No weapon visible.

Just presence.

The shadows recoiled.

People felt it instinctively.

She's here.

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The Watcher Speaks One Last Time

The sky split.

The Eye returned—larger, closer, furious.

"YOU CANNOT ERASE YOUR FUNCTION," it roared.

"YOU EXIST BECAUSE I ALLOW IT."

Luna looked up calmly.

"No," she replied.

"I exist because I chose to."

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The Ultimate Truth

The Watcher descended.

Reality cracked.

Luna didn't fight.

She walked into it.

"I'm not here to destroy you," she said.

"I'm here to end the need for you."

The Eye trembled.

For the first time—

It didn't understand.

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Closing Scene

The city held its breath.

The moonless sky screamed.

And at the center of it all—

A myth stepped forward to confront a god.

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