The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 23

  • Chapter 14

  • 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.”

  • her head in fabricated disappointment.

  • mood, Lysander immediately pulled out his phone to call the university

  • president.

  • to finish your studies, I’ll arrange

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  • this wall,

  • at him with manufactured delight, her eyes sparkling.

  • still go to

  • could build, she lowered her head

  • know if I should. Lysander, you know… I’m living in

  • made it onto

  • tremble, just a little. Just enough to sell the lie.

  • reborn in this girl Celeste Stanley’s body. She

  • into the river, which

  • because I was worried you couldn’t accept

  • have

  • deliberately mixed truth with fiction.

  • surface in Lysander’s

  • let him discover more than

  • investigated, he’d only find that the

  • than

  • she anticipated, Lysander’s suspicions largely dissolved after hearing her explanation. And

  • her

  • You’re still Ophelia to

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