Mattheus Jade Fallow. Not Zero. Not anymore. But the reintegration did not erase what Zero had felt. If anything, it amplified everything. The truth hit me with a force that made my chest ache physically, a deep bruise that would not fade any time soon. Zero had loved them. Both of them. Aldric with his steady presence and unspoken devotion. Seraphiel with his sharp edges and hidden warmth. And they had sealed me. Divided me. Reduced me to a fragment and not because they were afraid. Because they wanted to contain and possess, the prophecy demanded something neither of them had been willing to risk... if they hadn't forcefully sealed him.. something far more terrible than Aldric currently realises would happen. I understood the truth now. They had not acted out of malice. They had acted out of desperation. And that made it worse. Malice could be hated. Desperation could only be understood. And understanding hurt more than anything else. My mind threatened to drown in the weight
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