Beyond the Horizon (Shadow Veil Saga Book 2) by Miroslav Kucera

Author:Miroslav Kucera [Kucera, Miroslav]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Panting, Olivia slipped through the doorway, her fingers trembling as she closed the hatch behind her. The metallic clink of the seal shutting out the cacophony from the corridors beyond reverberated in the cramped chamber. She leaned against the cold surface, allowing the darkness to envelop her—a welcome reprieve from the relentless assault on her senses.

Her heart still raced from the tumultuous events outside, but here in this sanctuary of solitude, Olivia could hear herself think. She flicked a switch, and a gentle blue light hummed to life, casting an ethereal glow across the small room. It was a stark contrast to the chaos that had become her reality since stepping foot onto this Bureau base.

Cautiously, she approached a table with artefact. The symbols etched in to its surface were both familiar and otherworldly, like distant cousins of the constellations that Olivia had spent countless nights studying through her telescope back on Earth. She reached out, her fingertips grazing a spherical device adorned with interlocking rings. It spun at her touch, setting off a chain reaction of moving parts within its core. Olivia's breath caught in her throat as holographic star maps and diagrams projected into the air above the artefact, surrounding her in a carousel of light and motion.

"Remarkable," she whispered to herself, her scientist's curiosity flaring up like a beacon. Each symbol told a story, a piece of a puzzle so vast it spanned galaxies. With every rotation of the sphere, new patterns emerged.

Olivia's gaze fixed upon a spiral glyph that pulsed with a soft amber light, its design echoing the spirals of distant galaxies. She pondered its significance, feeling a deep connection to this cosmic script. She was certain that these designs were more than mere decoration—they were a language, a map, perhaps even a warning.

In that moment, the weight of her discovery anchored her to the very fibers of space-time. Here, isolated from the world she knew, surrounded by the enigmatic creations of an advanced alien race, Dr. Olivia Reynolds felt the stirrings of a revelation that would forever alter the course of human destiny. She just needed to decipher the message hidden within the cosmic tapestry unfurled before her.

The spirals of light from the artefact dimmed, and Olivia exhaled a breath she didn't realize she had been holding. Her mind was alight with synaptic fireworks, each burst casting illumination on a different aspect of the enigmatic relics that surrounded her. She traced her fingers over the cool metal surface of another piece, etched with constellations that seemed to mirror but not quite match those found in the night sky. It was a map of sorts, but to where or when remained veiled in obscurity.

"Alternate realities, parallel dimensions..." she murmured, piecing together the theories that had once been confined to chalkboards and speculative papers. Each glyph corresponded to an element, a celestial body, a force of nature so fundamental that it transcended the boundaries of their universe. The alternate reality they had stumbled upon wasn't

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