"The Nirvana occurring across the connection between the worlds pulled you back toward your origin."
Atheline stood silently. He'd been caught inside a loop. He died here. His soul escaped the reset and went to Earth. He lived an entirely different life there and died on Earth.
And somehow the same mechanism that should have returned everyone else to their proper places dragged him back into this world.
Atheline released a slow breath.
"So I've been moving between two worlds while everyone else simply resets."
"Not endlessly."
Atheline frowned.
"What does that mean?"
"This recurrence is different."
"Because of me?"
"Partly."
Atheline thought about everything he'd changed. His marriage to Lilith, his relationships with people who should have been enemies, the political alliances, the Sovereign cores, the corruption, and the fairy sanctuary.
Even Yander and Caius were living completely different lives from the ones he'd just witnessed.
Atheline looked into the darkness.
