The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 23

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  • Lysander couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off about the “reborn” Ophelia. A subtle but persistent distance separated them.

  • Her mannerisms, appearance, and voice nearly matched his memories perfectly, yet something felt

  • wrong.

  • Too perfect, too polished–like a program running flawlessly, but lacking the truly spark of life.

  • Lysander shook his head. Perhaps he was just imagining things.

  • As they strolled hand–in–hand through Columbia University’s campus, Lysander guided Celeste along the tree–lined paths.

  • They strolled past the historic buildings, pausing in front of the Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

  • Lysander’s portrait immediately caught Celeste’s attention, but what truly captivated her was Navier’s photograph beside his.

  • ‘Navier was brilliant in her own right‘, Celeste thought, ‘yet devoting to this man dimmed her light simply by existing. She deserved better than that fate.”

  • ‘Leaving Lysander was the wisest decision Navier had ever made. Away from his shadow, she could truly shine brighter.‘

  • After lingering on Navier’s photograph, Celeste finally tore her gaze away and offered insincere

  • praise.

  • “You were so impressive, Lysander!”

  • “If I hadn’t gotten sick back then, maybe… maybe my picture would be up here next to yours.”

  • head in fabricated disappointment.

  • immediately pulled out

  • president.

  • finish your studies, I’ll arrange for you to

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  • and if you want your name on this wall, all I have to do is make a call.”

  • with manufactured

  • still

  • she lowered her head

  • know… I’m living in someone else’s body now. It

  • I ever made it onto

  • just a little. Just enough to

  • reborn in this girl Celeste Stanley’s

  • the river,

  • before because I was worried you couldn’t accept it. But I wanted

  • to have lies

  • deliberately mixed truth with

  • surface in Lysander’s investigation.

  • more than she

  • only find that the

  • people–reinforcing rather than

  • suspicions largely dissolved after hearing

  • for her

  • Ophelia to me. All that matters is having you

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