Book 10: Threads of Time and Reality

Book 10: Threads of Time and Reality

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Chapter 1: A Moment Out of Place

Jalen stood at the edge of an abandoned train station, his body humming with power. The air around him warped, shifting between past and present with every breath he took.

He could feel it now—time wasn’t just a flow. It wasn’t something to move through. It was something he was a part of.

Yet, for all his newfound power, for all the moments he had lived and relived, this one was unfamiliar.

A presence.

Jalen’s golden irises flickered as the fabric of space in front of him tore open.

The air rippled. A golden light shimmered. And then—

She stepped through.

Page.

For a split second, time itself hesitated.

Jalen had lived a thousand variations of this moment. In some, she was gone. In others, they never met again. But this? This was new.

His voice was low. “You look different.”

Page smirked. “So do you.”

She wasn’t wrong. Jalen’s frame was leaner now, his aura more refined. Gone was the erratic instability of his power—he was controlled.

And Page?

She didn’t just bend space anymore. She wove it.

Their eyes met, and suddenly, neither of them knew what to say.

It had been too long.

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Chapter 2: The Space Between Them

They sat across from each other in the abandoned station, neither speaking at first. The city around them was eerily silent, as if time itself was holding its breath.

Page broke the silence first. “How long has it been for you?”

Jalen exhaled. “Hard to say. Weeks? Months? I don’t exactly move through time normally anymore.” He leaned forward, studying her. “And you?”

Page hesitated. “I don’t think time even existed where I was.”

Jalen raised an eyebrow.

Page smirked. “I died, by the way.”

Jalen blinked. “...Excuse me?”

Page leaned back, crossing her arms. “The Fabricator wiped me from existence. No big deal.”

Jalen’s fingers twitched. The idea of Page—his Page—being erased from reality? It didn’t sit right.

“Don’t look so mad,” she teased. “I got better.”

Jalen sighed, rubbing his temples. “Alright, fine. Explain.”

Page lifted her hand, and golden threads flickered into existence between her fingers. “I used to bend reality. Now?” She twisted the threads, and the world shifted.

Jalen’s surroundings blurred—no, they rewrote themselves.

One second, they were in the train station. The next, they were on a rooftop overlooking the city.

Jalen’s eyes widened.

Page grinned. “I don’t warp space anymore. I redefine it.”

Jalen let out a low whistle. “That’s insane.”

Page winked. “I know.”

Jalen leaned back, cracking his neck. “Guess it’s my turn.”

He raised a single finger. The air around it fractured.

And then—he disappeared.

No light, no sound, no distortion. One second he was there, the next, he wasn’t.

Page’s breath hitched.

She turned, already expecting him behind her. But when she looked—

He was standing exactly where he had been.

As if he had never moved at all.

Page stared. “What… was that?”

Jalen smirked. “I didn’t move.”

Page frowned. “That’s not possible.”

Jalen tilted his head. “Isn’t it?”

The realization dawned.

Jalen wasn’t just traveling through time anymore. He was stepping outside of it.

Page exhaled. “Holy shit.”

Jalen chuckled. “Yeah.”

For the first time since they had reunited, they both smiled.

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Chapter 3: The Things They Don’t Say

Jalen stretched, his body flickering slightly with residual energy. “So, what now?”

Page looked up at the sky, watching the clouds shift unnaturally—almost like they were responding to her presence. “I don’t know.”

Silence stretched between them again.

There were things neither of them had said.

How much they had missed each other.

How much everything had changed.

How, despite all their power, they still felt small in the face of what was coming.

Page finally broke the silence. “Chas and Stacey are still out there.”

Jalen’s expression darkened.

Page’s fingers traced the edge of reality itself, her power humming beneath her skin. “The next time we fight them…”

Jalen’s voice was quiet. “It’ll be the last time.”

Page’s fingers stilled.

Jalen stood, offering a hand. “For now, though… let’s just enjoy this.”

Page hesitated.

Then, slowly, she took his hand.

The air around them pulsed, as if time and reality had accepted their reunion.

For the first time in what felt like forever—

They were together again.

And soon… the real war would begin.

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End of Book 10

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