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.”

  • lowered her head in fabricated

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

  • president.

  • still want to want to finish your studies,

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  • you want your name on this wall, all I have

  • up at him with manufactured delight, her eyes

  • could still go

  • could build, she lowered her

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

  • if I ever made it onto that wall, I’d

  • her voice tremble, just a little. Just enough to

  • much struggle, I was reborn

  • and jumped into the river, which give

  • worried you couldn’t accept it. But I wanted to be

  • want to have

  • truth with

  • in Lysander’s investigation. Better to reveal

  • let him discover more than

  • that the old

  • people–reinforcing rather than undermining

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

  • for her only deepened.

  • Ophelia to me. All that matters is having you by

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