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Both Man And Wolf

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Alejandro’s POV

She does not know that I am watching her. Zenith kneels between two beds of lavender and mugwort, dirt smudged across her cheek, sunlight in her hair, and a kind of soft joy radiating from her that I have never seen before. Her fingers move with quiet reverence through the herb stems, pausing occasionally to close around a leaf she swears she has never seen, yet knows how to handle.

She is humming. Off-key. Carefree and yet, breathtakingly beautiful. And for the first time in years, I feel... full. Not with fire or hunger or instinct. But with something quiet. Something good. This place, the garden, the land, the air, it is healing her. It is remembering her. And me? I am just grateful to witness it.

I just stand here, quietly, letting the weight in my chest unravel. Because this? This is what I would’ve burned down the world for. Just to see her this free. Just to witness her remembering herself.

It had not started like this. Last night, after dinner, while she was b
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