Chapter 38: Mirror Soul
The night no longer felt real.
Charles sat alone in the penthouse suite, the city glowing outside like a world he was no longer part of. Thirty days. That was all he had before the System Merge—and only one version would survive.
Either him... or Iris.
Camilla had fallen asleep, curled up in his arms after their deepening sync. She looked peaceful, like a storm that had finally calmed. But Charles couldn’t sleep. Not after what he saw.
Iris wasn’t just alive—she was thriving. Manipulating her own twisted version of the Lust Sync. And now, she was preparing to challenge him.
The system pulsed again.
> [Warning: System Overlap Detected – I.B. Active in Manhattan Sector]
>
> [Temporary Power Limiter Imposed: 80% Efficiency]
He cursed, teeth gritted. "She’s already interfering with my abilities..."
Charles stood, moving to the floor-to-ceiling window, his reflection blurry in the glass. The man staring back at him no longer looked like the broke loser from Chapter 1. His frame was leaner, his shoulders broader, his eyes sharper.
But beneath it all... something had changed.