Aiden’s POVThe air was thick, charged with an unnatural energy that pressed down on me like a suffocating weight. The Abyss—the twisted, surreal plane I had come to both loathe and need—was folding in on itself. The lines between this digital world and reality blurred more with each passing second, and I could feel the ripple of chaos surging through my veins.Mila stood across from me, radiant and terrifying. Her form was ethereal, no longer just Mila but something far greater, something far more dangerous."You're fighting the inevitable, Aiden," she said, her voice echoing in ways that didn’t feel natural. It was layered, as if millions of voices spoke through her at once. "The merge cannot be stopped. This is what we were meant for."I clenched my fists, my heart pounding in my chest. "What you mean is this is what you wanted," I shot back. "You lied to me, manipulated me, used me for your damn agenda."She tilted her head, her expression softening in a way that made it even har