Sunlight filtered through the curtain gaps, falling on her pale, lifeless hands like life's final caress.Her face was gaunt, eyes closed tight, like a sleeping butterfly that could never again take flight.Her once-vibrant body was now just skin and bones, each breath a struggle, until finally her heartbeat stopped, departing this world with infinite weariness and disappointment.The memorial hall was set up in a modest chamber, white drapes swaying gently in the breeze like mourners' silent sighs.Elena's photograph sat in the center, her smile still radiant but now only a memory.Little Archer knelt on the floor, tears silently streaming down his cheeks to the cold ground below. His hands were clenched into tight fists, knuckles white with strain, his heart filled with rage against fate and infinite grief at her passing.Victor stood nearby, his expression completely unmoved, his coldness chilling to the bone."Just a useless woman dead." His contemptuous words cut through th
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